Today's Mind Teaser

[MylesBAstor]

Rules of the Game: List 12 albums that made a lasting impression on you, but only 1 per band/artist. Don't take long and don't think hard. No compilations allowed.

Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush
Beatles: White Album
Allman Brothers: Eat a Peach
David Bowie: Alladin Sane
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Animal
Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Bill Evans: Waltz for Debby

[cpp]

Beatles - Sgt Peppers
Allman Brothers - Idlewild South
Bryds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of The Moon
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Hendrix- Are You Experienced
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
John Coltrane - A love Supreme
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Springsteen - Born In The USA
Elvis -Elvis

[MylesBAstor]

Interesting choices!

[cpp]

Reflects my years growing up playing in rock bands in the Gainesville Fl. area back in the 60's and 70's with some 80's added. Not to mention I saw all of these artist with the exception of Coltrane. Elvis was making a movie " Follow That Dream " in my home town of Ocala of course I was 9 but I got to see him.

[Johnny Vinyl]

The Beatles - Beatles '65
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
Harmonium - l'heptade
Neil Young - Harvest
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer

Ok....2 more (thought it was 10)

Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail

[MylesBAstor]

You get two more choices!

[Johnny Vinyl]

Oops....ok, edited my post.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Here's why I chose what I did:

Beatles '65 - First album I ever bought and got me started. It's special for that reason.
Meddle - It has "Echoes"....'nuff said!
What's Going On - I knew the first time I heard this in full it was special. This may be my all-time fave progressive album.
Time Out - This may have been the first record I ever heard. It was my father's favourite and got me to appreciate and love music.
l'heptade - The brilliant "magnum opus" from the equally brilliant Harmonium frontman Serge Fiori. It flows with such ease and beauty one dreams along with it.
Harvest - Wasn't a true NY fan yet, but this album corrected that.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination - A poet's stories set to music with layered soundscapes and climaxes. I knew I wanted more!
Dire Straits - Oh my God....who are these guys? I found another guitar player and band to sink my teeth into.
Crime of the Century - Out of the gate and for the first few minutes I thought this was a new Pink Floyd album. I really did. Heard School, bought the LP and the rest is history.
Folk Singer - My fave album from my fave Blues performer. That's all really.
Rickie Lee Jones - Her voice, her quirky jazz delivery and great writing. In my Top 5.
A Trick of the Tail - Could have picked TLLDOB, but Tails has "Ripples" and "Squonk".

[Rust]

Neil Young - After the Goldrush -
Beatles - Sgt. Peppers -
The Who - Tommy -
Black Sabbath - Paranoid -
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon -
Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Leo Kottke - 6 and 12 String Music - Although not exactly, it was more watching him play at the Neuman Center at St. Cloud State College in an audience primarily composed of guitar players.
J.D. Blackfoot - The Song of Crazy Horse - for the title song only as social commentary
Crack the Sky - Safety in Numbers - because it's brilliant

Plenty of albums that I like, but not a full dozen I find as significant.

[mkuller]

The Leo Kottke album is a classic.

[mkuller]

Let's see, lasting impression - obviously if I can think of them off the top of my head, they qualify - these are ones that impressed me early on in the 1960s and '70s:

Meet the Beatles
Rolling Stones - 12 X 5
All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
Getz/Gilberto
Led Zeppelin's first album
Disreali Gears - Cream
Are you Experienced - Jimi
Super Session - Bloomfield, Kooper and Stills
Alone Together - Dave Mason
DSOTM - Pink Floyd
James Gang Rides Again (Joe Walsh)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman

[Asamel]

James Gang! Alone Together!

[mkuller]

I think these lists say a lot about our age. I was in high school during the British invasion and surf music craze and in college when classic rock happened.

[MylesBAstor]

Let's see, lasting impression - obviously if I can think of them off the top of my head, they qualify - these are ones that impressed me early on in the 1960s and '70s:

Meet the Beatles
Rolling Stones - 12 X 5
All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
Getz/Gilberto
Led Zeppelin's first album
Disreali Gears - Cream
Are you Experienced - Jimi
Super Session - Bloomfield, Kooper and Stills
Alone Together - Dave Mason
DSOTM - Pink Floyd
James Gang Rides Again (Joe Walsh)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman

I really dug the James Gang too when I was in college!

[mkuller]

Joe Walsh is still one of my favorite guitarists. He came out with a new solo album in 2012 called "Analog Man" that is pretty good, similar to his other solo efforts.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Let's see, lasting impression - obviously if I can think of them off the top of my head, they qualify - these are ones that impressed me early on in the 1960s and '70s:

Meet the Beatles
Rolling Stones - 12 X 5
All Summer Long - The Beach Boys
Getz/Gilberto
Led Zeppelin's first album
Disreali Gears - Cream
Are you Experienced - Jimi
Super Session - Bloomfield, Kooper and Stills
Alone Together - Dave Mason
DSOTM - Pink Floyd
James Gang Rides Again (Joe Walsh)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman

That would qualify for sure!

[mkuller]

That CD was remastered a few years ago and is terrific, uh, for those not into vinyl.

[Goheelz]

Elvis Costello -- My Aim Is True
Neil Young -- Ragged Glory
Miles Davis -- Some Day My Prince Will Come
Joni Mitchell -- Blue
The Clash -- London Calling
Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Cosmo's Factory
Clifton Chenier -- Bogalusa Boogie
Bud Powell -- The Amazing Bud Powell
Townes Van Zandt -- The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Ryan Adams -- Cold Roses
Tracy Chapman -- S/T
Tony Rice -- Manzanita

[GaryB]

OK - I'll play

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room
Amarcord Nino Rota: Interpretations of Nina Rota's Music from the Films of Federico Fellini
Talking Heads '77
Paul Simon - Graceland
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
The Band - The Last Waltz
Philip Glass - Songs from Liquid Days
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

and a lucky 13th for extra credit

Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate - Kulanjan

---Gary

[mkuller]

Graceland would be in my next 12 for sure. Arguably one of the best albums of the 1980s.

[MylesBAstor]

OK - I'll play

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room
Amarcord Nino Rota: Interpretations of Nina Rota's Music from the Films of Federico Fellini
Talking Heads '77
Paul Simon - Graceland
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
The Band - The Last Waltz
Philip Glass - Songs from Liquid Days
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

and a lucky 13th for extra credit

Taj Mahal and Toumani Diabate - Kulanjan

---Gary

Lot's of great albums. The Leonard Cohen is fantastic and flied below many people's radar.

I have a few Philip Glass albums and you make me want to drag them out and give them a listen again. 15 or 20 years ago, this Glass album used to get a lot of playtime.