1001 Albums: 1955-1959
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Topic: 1001 Albums: 1955-1959
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: 1001 Albums: 1955-1959
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 04:29
Compiled from 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - Fifty Years of Music from 1955 to 2004.  1955: Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsoD4eYuzH2U4NOhyNrLc8LoB4iiPLdrE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsoD4eYuzH2U4NOhyNrLc8LoB4iiPLdrE 1956: Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvDaQTRzMiRr2GcFF6Gq_yVpK2BVHNl31" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvDaQTRzMiRr2GcFF6Gq_yVpK2BVHNl31 1956: The Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nxQsfAHKwNOejZS7MtPtYjpn9byKurIUY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nxQsfAHKwNOejZS7MtPtYjpn9byKurIUY 1956: Louis Prima - The Wildest! - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01NBH7ivWKLen_m7U8T1WYjyqWIGStI2" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL01NBH7ivWKLen_m7U8T1WYjyqWIGStI2 1956: Fats Domino - This is Fats - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU3gVY50mDYlghJvtoRqbmHeg8APgUP6e" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU3gVY50mDYlghJvtoRqbmHeg8APgUP6e  1956: Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihEAAeD75eevQTDiFqHi8ta" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOihEAAeD75eevQTDiFqHi8ta  1956: Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bLEmZwTzpMGGJAtDZOk-bud" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bLEmZwTzpMGGJAtDZOk-bud 1957: The Crickets - The Chirping Crickets - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOigd2fEuBmSgoOm2xV5wVQZr" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOigd2fEuBmSgoOm2xV5wVQZr 1957: Count Basie - The Atomic Mr. Basie - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOiihqHtXLZkUF23NNtKGk3zE" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL-NbN8uTOiihqHtXLZkUF23NNtKGk3zE 1957: Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp1OjP0tJn_F4jBpdG_JqW8PE1bfKwDLt" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp1OjP0tJn_F4jBpdG_JqW8PE1bfKwDLt 1957: Sabu - Palo Congo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuvH2ToULI" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuvH2ToULI 1957: Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvPB3ZyOCrM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvPB3ZyOCrM 1957: Machito - Kenya - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3FB9341607FC235" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3FB9341607FC235 1957: Little Richard - Here's Little Richard - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbDDOYqBVTGg13XntyeiDtA0yTWEmohC" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcbDDOYqBVTGg13XntyeiDtA0yTWEmohC 1958: Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Dance Mania - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4N0kYbTSIbjnUD1Ee-N4kBOrC3L1XGDA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4N0kYbTSIbjnUD1Ee-N4kBOrC3L1XGDA 1958: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncbydxqE4Y" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncbydxqE4Y 1958: Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89h-qn07Jmhh0aZjbumd8-rw" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89h-qn07Jmhh0aZjbumd8-rw 1958: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan at Mister Kelly's - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89iHhFMpKo5wYG1rrufGl85G" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89iHhFMpKo5wYG1rrufGl85G 1959: Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lht-kr-We2I" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lht-kr-We2I 1959: Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89iND4aDT08rm4CAoOZOYlNv" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLowQCq3Ss89iND4aDT08rm4CAoOZOYlNv 1959: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgRcCyey1hM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgRcCyey1hM 1959: Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPKiuFLGsAxpDipLa0XJp5qVaeHxzpH3s" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPKiuFLGsAxpDipLa0XJp5qVaeHxzpH3s 1959: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1d-Axi4mhY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1d-Axi4mhY |
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 04:42
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Monk ahead of the 2 Miles and Brubeck ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:18
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sorry, none from the list, but Sonny Rollins - Vol. 2 (1957) ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:26
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Kind Of Blue, Time Out, Mingus Ah Hum, Jacques Brel n°4 (all of them from 59), bubbling under: New Bottle Old Wine - Gil Evans Ellington at Newport- Duke Brilliant Corners - Monk ... and some compilation of Chuck Berry (I guess) . ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:43
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In the poll: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out! over Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours & Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Here's five album favorites from each year. I think my selections are much more awesome: Eartha Kitt - Down to Eartha (1955) Julie London - Julie Is Her Name (1955) Helen Merrill - Helen Merrill (1955) Ben Webster - Sophisticated Lady (1955) Hal McKusick Octet - In a Twentieth-Century Drawing Room (1956) The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa (1956) John Jacob Niles - Sings American Folk Songs (1956)Bob Romeo, His Flute and the Jungle Sextet - Music to Play in the Dark (1956) Ronnie Deauville - Smoke Dreams (1956) Kenny Graham - Moondog and Suncat Suites (1957) Yma Sumac - Legend of the Jivaro (1957) Fairuz - راجعون (Rajioun) (1957) Jimmy Giuffre - The Jimmy Giuffre 3 (1957) Nat "King" Cole - Love Is the Thing (1957) Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958) Sabu and His Percussion Ensemble - Sorcery! (1958) Much, much better than Palo Congo Kenneth Patchen - Kenneth Patchen Reads His Poetry with the Chamber Jazz Sextet (1958) Martin Denny - Forbidden Island (1958)Laurindo Almeida / Martin Ruderman / Salli Terri - Duets With the Spanish Guitar (1958) The Cecil Taylor Quartet - Looking Ahead! (1959) Ahmed Abdul-Malik - Jazz Sahara (1959)Ken Nordine - Next! (1959) The Horace Silver Quintet - Finger Poppin' With the Horace Silver Quintet (1959) Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um (1959)
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 05:52
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not a specialist of that era however I have a lot of Fats Domino' songs and Dave Brubeck' voted for the later |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 06:25
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Favourites from the poll:- 1956: Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bLEmZwTzpMGGJAtDZOk-bud" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmzP977za2bLEmZwTzpMGGJAtDZOk-bud 1958: Tito Puente & His Orchestra - Dance Mania - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4N0kYbTSIbjnUD1Ee-N4kBOrC3L1XGDA" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4N0kYbTSIbjnUD1Ee-N4kBOrC3L1XGDA 1959: Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Gershwin Songbook - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lht-kr-We2I" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lht-kr-We2I My pick of Space Age Pop favourites from 1955-1959:- 1955: Les Baxter - Kaleidoscope - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV7MsOKlOJF42aNlhRV8_jfU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV7MsOKlOJF42aNlhRV8_jfU 1955: Les Baxter - Tamboo! - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl1y1w4PGIqFI7Onv6YPzWjlpKqSCqzQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl1y1w4PGIqFI7Onv6YPzWjlpKqSCqzQ 1956: Les Baxter - La Femme - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV7_z_tJxvYklNxzZlpDZZdn" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV7_z_tJxvYklNxzZlpDZZdn 1956: Les Baxter - Caribbean Moonlight - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuhAEE12s8eOdePWpulZwNpiciFZTLnGx" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuhAEE12s8eOdePWpulZwNpiciFZTLnGx 1957: Les Baxter - Round the World with Les Baxter - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV4HPY-2AOJ9Iwuh2Ve4kPlp" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV4HPY-2AOJ9Iwuh2Ve4kPlp 1957: Les Baxter - Midnight on the Cliffs - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV5saUy-JIpEgINqeANO_tIe" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV5saUy-JIpEgINqeANO_tIe 1957: Les Baxter - Ports of Pleasure - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqE27rsdZLUi_EnbRGctuUbTTYHCOBOjC" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqE27rsdZLUi_EnbRGctuUbTTYHCOBOjC 1958: Les Baxter - Space Escapade - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqE27rsdZLUijRxvyT70hdoLWQOHijeI5" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqE27rsdZLUijRxvyT70hdoLWQOHijeI5 1958: Les Baxter - South Pacific - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdr52KPfHs" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgdr52KPfHs 1958: Les Baxter - Confetti - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV698OHSdp7FBKclPROzFyqu" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFvJsfO5PeV698OHSdp7FBKclPROzFyqu 1958: Les Baxter - Love is a Fabulous Thing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2XvmR-b5gY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2XvmR-b5gY 1959: Les Baxter - African Jazz - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl1y1w4PGIqRmZCQzNKQDzyqesfsVSrR" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl1y1w4PGIqRmZCQzNKQDzyqesfsVSrR 1959: Les Baxter - Jungle Jazz - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuhAEE12s8eP9D1sI-mpa5haxzCHQYNPG" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuhAEE12s8eP9D1sI-mpa5haxzCHQYNPG 1959: Les Baxter - Goliath and the Barbarians - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbQEUqr1B3XWrZlHEkAjUe4GpziXcuALk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kbQEUqr1B3XWrZlHEkAjUe4GpziXcuALk |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 06:49
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Fats Domino Elvis Presley Frank Sinatra - Songs for swinging lovers.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 07:14
Psychedelic Paul must be the most obsessive music fan on the planet. 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 07:51
I think you're right. Prog Rock only makes up about 6% of my CD collection.
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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:01
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^ Out of curiosity, what percentage of the albums in this list (which albums) would you say are in your collection? I only have Time Out and Kind of Blue, but I have heard other music in the list. It;s not a period from which I have listened to very many albums. Like many here I expect, it's around 1967 where I start seriously collecting (quite a lot from 1966 too). I voted for Time Out. I was expecting to see Mingus Ah Um (1959) in the list, and it would have got my vote. That said, my favouriter Mingus is, rather predictably I would think, 1963's The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:31
Sadly, I don't have any CD albums in the poll, but I have all 14 of Les Baxter's CD albums listed above. I have 32 albums by Les Baxter in total - more than any other artist.
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:51
| Seven in my collection. All jazz. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: June 22 2023 at 10:52
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Heard many (if not all) of these artists, but as an album I think I only heard Kind of Blue in full, but none of the other albums, so it would not be constructive (at least not to me) to vote in this poll. But I like the fact that you post links to these albums in your post, it allows to get acquainted with the music more easily, if one wished... Here, I'm not that curious to explore those other artists, though. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: June 23 2023 at 07:41
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Paul, you truly are King of the Polls🤣🤣🤣 Way before my time and there’s no hope of me voting…. But if I did it certainly wouldn’t be Frank Sinatra, a truly awful singer🙀 ------------- Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: June 23 2023 at 07:45
I'm not quite old enough to remember the fifties, seeing as I wasn't born until 1959, so Frank Sinatra's a bit before my time too, although I'm not too young to appreciate the Space Age Pop of Les Baxter & His Orchestra.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: June 23 2023 at 08:11
One of the all time best prog albums according to PA, Kind of Blue, gets my vote. 
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: June 24 2023 at 01:39
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: June 24 2023 at 08:04
That's about it for me, too.
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 24 2023 at 09:04
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Kind of Blue, Brubeck and Ellington. Stop rating albums. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: June 25 2023 at 07:51
| Miles Davis - Kind of Blue |