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Post by Adrian on Oct 19, 2013 12:04:14 GMT
Would Eric Clapton's album; Unplugged ... qualify for this discussion thread?
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Post by K Tresp on Oct 19, 2013 19:53:27 GMT
Would Eric Clapton's album; Unplugged ... qualify for this discussion thread? Of course - qualifies if a member rates it as worthy of selection
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Post by K Tresp on Oct 19, 2013 19:56:23 GMT
For me, it's a toss up between Neil Young's Live Rust and CSNY's Deja Vu. Or Harvest or Everybody knows this is nowhere or After the goldrush...... Neil Young is a genius
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Post by andrewjw on Oct 20, 2013 17:31:47 GMT
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Post by 007 on Oct 20, 2013 18:04:45 GMT
great choice Andrew
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Post by vicov on Oct 21, 2013 9:08:35 GMT
I'm not sure if this qualifies in the context of this thread but......MILES DAVIS 'Kind of Blue'.
Vic
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Post by Martin on Oct 25, 2013 14:43:35 GMT
Seth Lakeman's Freedom Fields is a modern classic
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Post by K Tresp on Nov 2, 2013 0:06:26 GMT
Another predictable but deserved choice John Martyn Solid Air. Really stands the test of time as an album (which is the point of this thread). London Conversation is a really fine collection and Grace and Danger is bleak but great. Others will pick out Live at Leeds etc. Solid Air probably remains his standout album.
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Post by gwmpy on Nov 2, 2013 8:28:33 GMT
It's funny how many of the albums already mentioned that are in my collection, and I bet in others also? I'll limit my choice to the albums that had great influence on me and my life, and have had a domino effect on the people around me. 1- Leo Kottke 6 and 12 string Guitar. I was around 14 at the time, and would watch the Old Grey Whistle Test with my older brothers. Leo appeared on the show in 1973, and changed my life. My oldest brother went out that weekend and somehow bought me the album. I have been through several. There was a time if Leo ate Baked Beans, I would fart. I was that engrossed. BTW, I still rate Leo's My Feet Are Smiling as one of the best Live albums around 2- Manzanita - Tony Rice. Having collected Doc Watson and Clarence White music, This was the natural progression. 3- Stefan Grossman Live (Transatlantic)- Again, picked this up in my teens as I bought all the Oak Publication books that Stefan had published. I think everyone at some point had one of Stefan's books, had a Kicking Mule album and also the How to Play The Blues Guitar Album? Main reason why I have included this and last but not least, 4 - Aerial Bounderies - Michael Hedges. There have been a lot of players since Hedges trying to capture his spirit (some blatantly copying), but no-one has comes near to catch the musical spirit that this guy produced. I could have mentioned so many more, like Doc's, Ralph Towner and many more, but in my very early years of playing/learning etc, these influenced me so much.
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Post by southman on Nov 2, 2013 10:19:51 GMT
HI,DECADES MY NEIL YOUNG ,CHEERS DAVE
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Post by andrewjw on Nov 2, 2013 15:44:48 GMT
One of my favourites...a bit of a cult figure in this country
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Post by windminstrel on Nov 4, 2013 15:26:01 GMT
One of my favourite albums in my teenage years was 'Eve of Destruction' by Barry McGuire. This dog-eared old album is still with my vinyl collection in my cellar. I did buy it on CD, but just wasn't the same really when I listened to it again, I suppose it had it's time and place - unfortunately it's no longer here and now. There are some good tracks on the album, and they do bring back memories of my youth. I feel the need to point out however, I bought the album in the early 1970's and not when it was released in the mid 60's Please be aware that there are images of war in the video..... edit: actually the images were a bit 'too' graphic so have changed the video to another one. (Bl**dy Interweb, started off okay and ended up like a butchers shop window). Aaaaah! ...love the smell of Lemon Oil in the morning.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 6:49:23 GMT
[Thread Necromancy ALERT!] Not much to add other than I'm also a huge ISB and Clive Palmer fan, and also called Gregg. The first C.O.B. album, 'Spirit of Love' is in my top three albums of all time. Album with the best ever recorded acoustic guitar tone for me is David Crosby's first solo, 'If I Could Only Remember My Name', particularly the track 'Laughing'.
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Post by scorpiodog on Apr 26, 2018 12:04:04 GMT
However did I miss this thread? Sadly a lot of the Youtube vids no longer show on the older posts. For me the most influential album of my teenage years (apart from Sweet Baby James that davewhite has already nabbed) is Bookends, by Simon and Garfunkel. And, for me, this is the standout track
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Post by lavaman on Apr 26, 2018 13:39:24 GMT
Interesting old thread. I've always liked Roy Harper and my favourite album of his is "Flat Baroque And Berserk". It includes one of the best love songs ever written.
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