January 2021 Challenge Thread - It's All One Song! And One Raffle!
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Poly-Rythmo
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Day 8 - unknown legend
African Brothers Band - The Best Of Kwame Ampadu
African Brothers Band have more than 50 albums and every single one (this is my 30th) is amazing Ghanaian highlife. (Video below is of a different album). As far as I know though, they have never been reissued (at least in modern times) as they're maybe a bit slower and soulful rather than downright funky, which seems to be what is in demand. It's a real shame. They are *so* good.
African Brothers Band - The Best Of Kwame Ampadu
African Brothers Band have more than 50 albums and every single one (this is my 30th) is amazing Ghanaian highlife. (Video below is of a different album). As far as I know though, they have never been reissued (at least in modern times) as they're maybe a bit slower and soulful rather than downright funky, which seems to be what is in demand. It's a real shame. They are *so* good.
Poly-Rythmo
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Day 9 - classic rock
The Who - Live At Leeds
I probably should play Electric Ladyland - I'm still in shock from finding it's now my most valuable single record. But I cued this up - one of the great live albums, even though my cover has definitely seen better days.
The Who - Live At Leeds
I probably should play Electric Ladyland - I'm still in shock from finding it's now my most valuable single record. But I cued this up - one of the great live albums, even though my cover has definitely seen better days.
gafacaode
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Day 9: “Jimi’s playin’ in the back room, Led Zeppelin on stage” – Play some classic rock, or a classic album
This Jimmy's still in town.
@Yer Ol' Uncle D 's pick for September 2020 N&G AotM
This Jimmy's still in town.
@Yer Ol' Uncle D 's pick for September 2020 N&G AotM
Wes C. Attle
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Day 9: “Jimi’s playin’ in the back room, Led Zeppelin on stage” – Play some classic rock, or a classic album
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
I used to think that “Effigy” was an original Uncle Tupelo song for the longest time
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
I used to think that “Effigy” was an original Uncle Tupelo song for the longest time
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 2: “Well I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships flying in the yellow haze of the sun”
Black Walls - Communion
This local outfit only put out two albums under this moniker. The first is more of a psych-folk affair, and this last one leans way into the droney aspects of the first and leaves the acoustic guitar behind entirely. The reverb-drenched vocals and walls of slow sound could be something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey (not to mention the monolith figure on the cover). Space is a cold, indifferent place.
Black Walls - Communion
This local outfit only put out two albums under this moniker. The first is more of a psych-folk affair, and this last one leans way into the droney aspects of the first and leaves the acoustic guitar behind entirely. The reverb-drenched vocals and walls of slow sound could be something out of 2001: A Space Odyssey (not to mention the monolith figure on the cover). Space is a cold, indifferent place.
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 3: “Oh Hello Mr. Soul”
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 4: “He Sleeps with Angels (too soon)”
John Denver - Back Home Again
John Denver - Back Home Again
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 5: “Old enough now to change your name”
Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
From 1990 to 2005, Bill Callahan recorded under the name Smog. With 2007's Woke on a Whaleheart, when he was still "young enough to sell", he started going by his real name. This was his last album as Smog and, I think, his best from that era.
Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
From 1990 to 2005, Bill Callahan recorded under the name Smog. With 2007's Woke on a Whaleheart, when he was still "young enough to sell", he started going by his real name. This was his last album as Smog and, I think, his best from that era.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Day 09: “Jimi’s playin’ in the back room, Led Zeppelin on stage”
Play some classic rock, or a classic album
Led Zeppelin - II
I enjoy Classic Rock, initially it was one of the draw to records as I could cheaply acquire many albums I loved relatively for cheap. A $3 album vs. a $23 CD? That was a no brainer. My how things have changed. TBH, my collection is probably a bit light on Classic Rock but that is mainly because I don’t spin it often. I have listened to most of the staples throughout my life and my over familiarity with the music leads to me rarely reach for them. This for example I have owned for at least a couple years and just took the cellophane off it to spin it just now. Listening to this album for the first time in a long time and yeah, it’s fucking dope!
I should listen to more Classic Rock.
Play some classic rock, or a classic album
Led Zeppelin - II
I enjoy Classic Rock, initially it was one of the draw to records as I could cheaply acquire many albums I loved relatively for cheap. A $3 album vs. a $23 CD? That was a no brainer. My how things have changed. TBH, my collection is probably a bit light on Classic Rock but that is mainly because I don’t spin it often. I have listened to most of the staples throughout my life and my over familiarity with the music leads to me rarely reach for them. This for example I have owned for at least a couple years and just took the cellophane off it to spin it just now. Listening to this album for the first time in a long time and yeah, it’s fucking dope!
I should listen to more Classic Rock.
LeSamourai
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One day I was out for a run here on the Monterey peninsula and noticed a little memorial on a rock. I'd passed it a billion times, and there are little memorials and historical markers everywhere here so it was easy to miss, but I was surprised to learn I had been running past this marker for where the accident that claimed his life happened. I had no idea it had happened here.
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LeSamourai
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Day 9: “Jimi’s playin’ in the back room, Led Zeppelin on stage” – Play some classic rock, or a classic album.
Radiohead - Kid A
The title "classic rock" was already being used in the 80s for music that was just a decade old, so I figure this 20-year-old album that changed my musical life completely can count as classic too.
Radiohead - Kid A
The title "classic rock" was already being used in the 80s for music that was just a decade old, so I figure this 20-year-old album that changed my musical life completely can count as classic too.
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BjorgenFjorgen
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I never knew where it happened either!One day I was out for a run here on the Monterey peninsula and noticed a little memorial on a rock. I'd passed it a billion times, and there are little memorials and historical markers everywhere here so it was easy to miss, but I was surprised to learn I had been running past this marker for where the accident that claimed his life happened. I had no idea it had happened here.
TenderLovingKiller®
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I understand the term “Classic Rock” is highly subjective. The way I view it is either as an era (from the mid-60s to the end of the 1970s) or a musical style that emulates the music of that era. Like Springsteen’s or Queens 1980s albums. Kid A doesn’t meet either of those criteria. Again this is a highly subjective, as the term “Classic Rock” is more of terrestrial radio format than anything. I just can’t group Radiohead (and especially Kid A) under “Classic Rock” umbrella. But that is my hang up not yours. Enjoy your record.
BjorgenFjorgen
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Day 6: “L.A., Uptight, City in the Smog”
Bob Dylan and the Band - Before the Flood
I figured I'd have at least one album recorded at Shangri-La, the studio outfitted by the Band in the '70s that now belongs to Rick Rubin. But apparently they didn't record there till '75's Northern Lights - Southern Cross, which unfortunately I don't have on vinyl yet.
Thankfully, all but one song on this incredible live album was recorded in LA.
I've never been to the city, though I've always wanted to. I picture it being very much "my vibe" but that's probably based on a romanticized notion from the '70s and movies and stuff. My girlfriend assures me the traffic would make me absolutely hate it.
Bob Dylan and the Band - Before the Flood
I figured I'd have at least one album recorded at Shangri-La, the studio outfitted by the Band in the '70s that now belongs to Rick Rubin. But apparently they didn't record there till '75's Northern Lights - Southern Cross, which unfortunately I don't have on vinyl yet.
Thankfully, all but one song on this incredible live album was recorded in LA.
I've never been to the city, though I've always wanted to. I picture it being very much "my vibe" but that's probably based on a romanticized notion from the '70s and movies and stuff. My girlfriend assures me the traffic would make me absolutely hate it.
LeSamourai
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I'm going to be pedantic here, but as a blue godlike being that long ago lost almost all his humanity, such behavior is within in my purview:
1. The prompt clearly states "or a classic album"
2. I said "can count as classic too," and not "can count as classic rock, too"
Therefore, I never claimed Kid A is classic rock.
TenderLovingKiller®
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Wicked Dreamer
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Day 8: “She was an unknown legend in her time”
Emotional Oranges - The Juice, Vol. 1
These guys have been my go-to answer for “most underrated artist” for the past year-and-a-half or so. A great R&B duo responsible for two of my favourite albums of 2019, with “Vol. 1” being my #3 of that year!
Emotional Oranges - The Juice, Vol. 1
These guys have been my go-to answer for “most underrated artist” for the past year-and-a-half or so. A great R&B duo responsible for two of my favourite albums of 2019, with “Vol. 1” being my #3 of that year!