Has anyone ever heard an old album, only to have it become revealed to you as absolute magic.
It just all clicked together with two albums for me just recently. They are albums I listened to for the first time fully. (Finally)
The two albums are:
Lou reed transformer.
David Bowie earthling.
A lot of Bowie recently. Black star. Lazarus.
Music is one of the greatest things we have in this world! This is an absolute truth in my life.
Quoted from Azmodeus:Has anyone ever heard an old album, only to have it become revealed to you as absolute magic.
I am often mine my collection for overlooked records that will blow my mind on revisit. This has happened with several of the Kinks records from the 1970’s that I had not listened to closely enough before.
I have also rediscovered The Fire of Love by The Gun Club. I hadn’t listened to it in decades. After playing it again recently, I cannot keep it off of the turntable
Bowie is a constant in my life. I will never get enough of his music. I own everything he ever released and saw him live many times. His death is the musical loss that has stung the most. I honestly thought he would be here forever.
Quoted from Azmodeus:"Has anyone ever heard an old album, only to have it become revealed to you as absolute magic."
This is why I will not listen to an album before buying it.
Many of my favorite albums were albums I did not like upon the first listening.
This is also why I don't get rid of albums......you just never know!
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Quoted from Azmodeus:"...…. A lot of Bowie recently. Black star. Lazarus."
Bowie's death hit me hard. I bought Blackstar and listened to it once.
I'm not sure if I'm ready to hear it again. Maybe.....I just don't know.
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Quoted from electricsquirrel:Bowie's death hit me hard. I bought Blackstar and listened to it once.
I'm not sure if I'm ready to hear it again. Maybe.....I just don't know.
It will be waiting for me when I'm ready.
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Many of my friends haver heard Lazarus. It’s fun to watch them like it.
Sax is beautiful. The whole thing is a beauty.
Thank you. That's the first time I've listened to it since his passing.
Profoundly sad and beautiful.
Bowie turned his own death into art.
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Quoted from electricsquirrel:Bowie's death hit me hard. I bought Blackstar and listened to it once.
I'm not sure if I'm ready to hear it again. Maybe.....I just don't know.
It will be waiting for me when I'm ready.
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I agree with you totally. I saw him in a small venue here in the early 70’s. Ziggy Stardust show. I still remember his outfit and make up. When he started with Starman, with Mick Ronson, pure magic. We lost Mick early to liver cancer, too.
Agree with all the Bowie love. Have everything he put out and still have not been able to listen to my copy of Black Star. Also agree about not judging an album upon first , second or third listening, some of my fav stuff was only discovered many plays later. I do like putting all my cds and lps on to my Ipod and hitting shuffle and finding out the song I just heard and loved is on that album that I hated.
Quoted from Azmodeus:Has anyone ever heard an old album, only to have it become revealed to you as absolute magic.
It just all clicked together with two albums for me just recently. They are albums I listened to for the first time fully. (Finally)
The two albums are:
Lou reed transformer.
I've never been able to limit it to a list. When I try, there is always another.
Transformer is definitely on the list.
And Mr. Magic. Turn it up on a pair of Klipshorns. Oh my.
Quoted from HIPPY:I thought you might want to see the original lip, 1968, bought by myself then. Heavy psychedelic. The God of Hellfire, this had Fire on it. I have a large vinyl collection, love it.
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Gonna have to find it for my collection!
Quoted from HIPPY:I agree with you totally. I saw him in a small venue here in the early 70’s. Ziggy Stardust show. I still remember his outfit and make up. When he started with Starman, with Mick Ronson, pure magic. We lost Mick early to liver cancer, too.
One of my friends who is a touch older than me saw this ziggy show in Long Beach in the 70s.
I was six years old I think, but damn. He was on the right track.
Quoted from Fulltilt:Too many losses.... another great one.
This ranks with some of my most treasured albums. Wayback memories.
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My first concert, 1968, I was 14, was Iron Butterfly, this album was current. I will always remember it, of course. The backup band was called Blues Image (Ride, Captain Ride on your mystery ship) . If anyone wants to see their next band, it was Captain Beyond. 1972-1974, this was half Iron Butterfly, half early Deep Purple, and one more from Johnny Winters. Quite a group.
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A flash from the past. Looks like you are 2 years my senior.
Quoted from Fulltilt:Friday night Reed.
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Love the version of Sweet Jane on that LP. I’ve listed to that record hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of times.
Quoted from Pickle:Finally a chance to give this a spin.
Just a great Rainbow album.
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Everyone praises Rainbow Rising, but I think Long Live Rock n Roll is its Equal.
Gates of Babylon is Dio, Powell and Richie at their finest.
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Aftermath is my favorite pre-Jimmy Miller era Stones album, although I do the Us version just slightly better than this UK pressing. Either way, it is essential to hear these in mono.
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Nice to see all the recommendations on this thread. I love that Joe Strummer album!
Great Live album. Strangers in the Night was voted to be amongst the top Live albums recorded. "one of the six concerts recorded to make up the seminal double live UFO album Strangers In The Night. The Youngstown ’78 show."
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Always thought this was such a bad album cover. Most people don't even look to see what it is due to the title and the cover. Columbia had produced some Half-Speed Mastered vinyl records for Floyd (The Wall, Animals, Meddle, DSOTM and Wish You Were Here). This album has songs from each of the albums, all Half-Speed Mastered.
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I bought this a long time ago.3 sided,clear, 1967 show,excellent recording. I am old and fortunate enough to have seen him in 1970, Band of Gypsys show. I was 16. In those days everyone sat down and enjoyed a show. He was the master of a guitar.
1C636D58-65DB-4340-95F9-C360B709913A (resized).jpeg850F1D03-7090-49EF-A209-5F8AC1A64F8D (resized).jpegQuoted from TitusPullo:I need to find a Man or Astro-man album on vinyl. I have been jamming out to their stuff all week.
Their classic albums get pretty expensive, I was able to get a bunch of their 7"s for fairly cheap though.
Quoted from Scrimmbo:Their classic albums get pretty expensive, I was able to get a bunch of their 7"s for fairly cheap though.
Yeah they are! I might splash some $$ on their first album.
A friend from the UK just told me they had a record store day exclusive Xenon 7” on pop bumper blue translucent vinyl. apparently this was released June 2021. He is sending me a copy but it looks like it is still available on the Finders Keepers Bandcamp page.
https://finderskeepersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/xenon
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Love me some Beck.
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