The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Nee Lewman said:
1/24/25
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Neil Young - Harvest



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Harvest by Neil Young released in 1972. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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The classic Neil Young songs were always around so I was fairly familiar with a good portion of Harvest before I ever listened to the album in its entirety. It wasn’t my first NY album, strangely he initially piqued my interest when I was in college. One of my roommates was learning to play guitar was obsessed the harmonics on Neil’s acoustic performance of “Harvest Moon” which was just maybe a year after he released Silver & Gold which I had read many positive reviews about where it was compared to a continuation of Harvest to Harvest Moon to Silver & Gold so Silver & Gold was my first NY album but that then lead my back to Harvest and from there I got really into acoustic Neil. Which eventually led me to Electric Neil.

Where I sit now Harvest is a great album but amongst Neil Young albums it probably sits somewhere in the bottom half of my top ten NY albums which isn’t a slight so much as it speaks to quality of his output. I understand it’s likely his most popular album. It fits in nicely with James Taylor (who, along with Linda Ronstadt appear on Harvest) and other 70s singer songwriters of the time. It’s great at what it is and mainly what it is a crowd pleasing album.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Where I sit now Harvest is a great album but amongst Neil Young albums it probably sits somewhere in the bottom half of my top ten NY albums which isn’t a slight so much as it speaks to quality of his output.
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The bottom half of the Top 10 when NY has released over 90 records is indeed no slight. Now go re-rank everything.
 
I’ve discussed in this thread that I am relatively unschooled in the Velvets and even less so on Mr. Reed’s career. Cale might as well not exist in comparison.

That being said, when the reissues (including the linked deluxe above) came out last year, I WAS MESMERIZED with this album. It’s gorgeous. Excited to dig into it again.

Also, generator has been killing it so we have to be due Beret guy or something soon.
 
Nee Lewman said:
2/25/25
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John Cale - Paris 1919


*Track nine, Antarctica Starts Here, is the end of the original album.

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Paris 1919 by John Cale released in 1973. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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I was still part of the crew recording all the Hopscotch shows in 2013. I was assigned to a show about a block away. I set up my gear. got my levels conservatively ok, hit record, locked it and ran the block to the John Cale set. If my gear was still there when I got back, I considered that a bonus.

The best thing I saw that year. One of those sets you just know you're incredibly privileged to see as it's happening. I'm one of the backs of a head down front...

 
Reading the Qobuz review of the deluxe. What in the fuck is Canterbury scene Prog-Pop? @Hemotep feel free to school me (or any of youse)

Although symphonic pop was a few years past its Pet Sounds heyday of the late '60s by this point, Cale still finds plenty of room for innovation, making Paris 1919 sound a bit like a cross between Colin Blunstone's gorgeously orchestrated and emotionally intense One Year (1971) and late-period Canterbury Scene prog-pop.
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Nee Lewman said:
Reading the Qobuz review of the deluxe. What in the fuck is Canterbury scene Prog-Pop? @Hemotep feel free to school me (or any of youse)
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The Canterbury scene is largely defined by a set of musicians and bands with intertwined members. These are not tied by very strong musical similarities, but a certain whimsicality, touches of psychedelia, rather abstruse lyrics, and a use of improvisation derived from jazz are common elements in their work.

"The real essence of 'Canterbury Sound' is the tension between complicated harmonies, extended improvisations, and the sincere desire to write catchy pop songs." "In the very best Canterbury music...the musically silly and the musically serious are juxtaposed in an amusing and endearing way."

Canterbury scene - Wikipedia

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avecigrec said:
The Canterbury scene is largely defined by a set of musicians and bands with intertwined members. These are not tied by very strong musical similarities, but a certain whimsicality, touches of psychedelia, rather abstruse lyrics, and a use of improvisation derived from jazz are common elements in their work.<a href="Canterbury scene - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a> "The real essence of 'Canterbury Sound' is the tension between complicated harmonies, extended improvisations, and the sincere desire to write catchy pop songs." "In the very best Canterbury music...the musically silly and the musically serious are juxtaposed in an amusing and endearing way."<a href="Canterbury scene - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a>
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Way to not answer my question. 🤣
 
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