September 2020 Challenge Thread- The Gav-La’s

Day 2- Debut

I distinctly remember hearing Re-Run Home for the first time, a friend sent me a link to it and I listened a few times through, getting lost in it each time. I had fallen out of listening to Jazz for awhile, but there was an immediacy and energy to it that brought me right back in. An amazing and aptly titled debut, showcasing not only Kamasi but other musicians he'd grown up with. Was lucky enough to see him at a small venue (~200 people capacity) right before he got big, remains one of the best gigs I've been to.

Kamasi Washington ~ The Epic

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Day 2: “Debut” ..those that got it right straight out of the bo x

There have been some sick picks today. The theme also gave me an opportunity to throw on one of the more original (IMO) debuts in recent times that somehow hit it big, and it was Florence + The Machine - Lungs.

The literal first song on their first full album is Dog Days Are Over which is still an absolute ball of energy and one of the more successful alternative songs to hit mainstream. The rest of the album really holds up as well: it sets F+TM's tone perfectly well, I think avoids some of the wandering found in later albums and still represents a true beast of an experience.

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Day 1: Drummer.

Robert Wyatt needs more attention. In 1973 he fell out of a 3 (or 4) story window and broke his back. Because of this he moved away from the drum kit and to other instruments.

Soft Machine ‎– Milestones
Probe ‎– 5C 184-50 185/86, 1973/?

Netherlands two-fer of Volume 1 and 2

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www.softmachine.org

Soft Machine : Official Website - History

Soft Machine (billed as The Soft Machine up to 1969 or 1970) were formed in mid-1966 by Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge.
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LeeVing said:
Day 1: Drummer.

Robert Wyatt needs more attention. In 1973 he fell out of a 3 (or 4) story window and broke his back. Because of this he moved away from the drum kit and to other instruments.

Soft Machine ‎– Milestones
Probe ‎– 5C 184-50 185/86, 1973/?

Netherlands two-fer of Volume 1 and 2

sfoMuC.jpg

AsxEwo.jpg





www.softmachine.org

Soft Machine : Official Website - History

Soft Machine (billed as The Soft Machine up to 1969 or 1970) were formed in mid-1966 by Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge.
www.softmachine.org www.softmachine.org
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Robert Wyatt is awesome, nice pick! I really like his solo stuff. Strange but overall pretty accessible.
 
Day 2

Debut

When this album came out, I had shaggy hair and listened to a lot of metal. There was a lot
of trying to be cool. This was the album that taught me that Pop could be fantastic and it would take me a few more years (possibly decades) to wipe my brain of the thought of a “guilty pleasure.” It was also something that helped me realize the concept of “other” was at the time acceptable. (I think this doesn’t quite state what I mean and could possibly seem demeaning but I’m struggling with how to describe it.) In a way, it rewired my brain and I’m probably a better person for having been smitten with this record.
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Pet Shop Boys - Please
 
Day Two - Debut

Talk about coming out of the gate strong, what a stellar debut this was.

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Drum note
Bill Ward has a very unique style. Not usually a basher, he had a groove about him, even funky sometimes. And yet sometimes he'd fly around the kit with seemingly reckless abandon, but similar to players like Keith Moon, he knew exactly where he was landing. He always served the songs well, a quality I appreciate to no end.

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