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Post by K Tresp on Oct 17, 2013 22:20:56 GMT
OK so probably doesn't need any explanation but the idea here is to identify, discuss (and even remember forgotten) great albums. For me the art of the great album is something different than an individual song. More of an experience and something you live with over time where different tracks grow on you. I fear the art of the great album this has been lost for the iTunes generation. This thread aims to track down those great albums. Posts on great individual songs should stay in acousticsoundboard.co.uk/thread/1538/forum-members-acoustic-songs-time Just like in the other thread, multiple posts permitted and no real rules other than perceived greatness in the eyes (or rather ears) of the member. I am going to dripfeed some of my thoughts in over time as I could probably put at least 25 down straight away. Really interested in everyone else's views. Greg
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Post by K Tresp on Oct 17, 2013 22:38:36 GMT
OK - so one to start off. Might polarise opinion as they are not everyone's cup of tea but going to kick things off with Wee Tam and the Big Huge from the Incredible String Band circa 1968. Eccentric and downright odd at times but brimming with creativity and energy. If you haven't been bitten by the Incredibles bug set aside an evening and give it a few listens. You will either love it or hate it. Standout tracks - Job's tears, You get Brighter and The Half Remarkable Question but really it works best as a whole.
PS - if you like the youtube sample please buy/download the original, then move on to 5000 Spirits or the Layers of an Onion and The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 17, 2013 22:55:31 GMT
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Post by K Tresp on Oct 17, 2013 23:31:29 GMT
Keith, great call on the LP tracks being stuck in your head and automatically expecting the next one to start. So true.
Think there is a link between the first two posts in that Pete Berryman played with Clive Palmer in the Famous Jug Band. Clive was on the first Incredible's album and indeed a founder member but left before the albums I have posted.
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Post by ocarolan on Oct 17, 2013 23:54:53 GMT
Spot on Greg...Famous Jug Band Sunshine Possibilites is another LP I have and really enjoy still, though not quite in my First Division!
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Post by leoroberts on Oct 18, 2013 7:26:43 GMT
Dave Evans ... Sad Pig Dance ... just a brilliant album...
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Whistling Milkman
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Post by colan on Oct 18, 2013 8:26:52 GMT
I'd offer ' The Freewheeling Bob Dylan ' - which impacted greatly upon my youthful life- but I'm going for ' Martin Carthy ' of the same period. This is the only track I can find online right now- I'm off to work- but it demonstrates much of what was so powerful about the ' Folk song revival '
Quite why he put his life and guitar in the hands of a crane driver is somewhat of a mystery.
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Post by davewhite on Oct 18, 2013 8:56:38 GMT
Interesting topic and this will be a "vote early vote often" one for me I suspect Keith beat me to it with "Sky In My Pie" but in terms of early influence James Taylor and "Sweet Baby James" has to be in there:
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Post by scripsit on Oct 18, 2013 9:11:03 GMT
Nope, this one trumps all of those.
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Post by maninashed on Oct 18, 2013 9:13:54 GMT
One of my favourite albums since delving more seriously into acoustic/folk is 'Plain Capers', very evocative music that I can easily lose myself in for the whole album. Highlighting John Kirkpatrick's melodeon, but superbly backed by Martin Carthy among others.
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Post by bellyshere on Oct 18, 2013 9:14:02 GMT
Nick Drake Pink Moon Jackson C Frank
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2013 11:11:15 GMT
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's triple LP Will The Circle Be Unbroken was the O Brother, Where Art Thou? of its time, bringing together luminaries from old time country and bluegrass to play alongside the already very capable group. It features Doc Watson Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Vassar Clements, Jimmy Martin, Merle Travis, Norman Blake, and Roy Acuff among others. It was one of my great woodshedding records, to the extent that I know most of its guitar and banjo parts by heart.
Oh, and its gated outer and informative inner sleeves were works of art. We lost a lot when music started coming in little plastic boxes, and a whole lot more with MP3s.
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Post by Wild Violet on Oct 18, 2013 18:53:35 GMT
For me, it's a toss up between Neil Young's Live Rust and CSNY's Deja Vu.
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Post by 007 on Oct 18, 2013 19:03:20 GMT
Pentangle Basket of Light?
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Post by K Tresp on Oct 18, 2013 23:04:09 GMT
Roy Harper - Stormcock. Definitely one to listen to as whole album. In fact the lack of any single plus lack of promotion from the label stopped this being the success it ought to have been. Jimmy Page guests
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