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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:17:40 GMT -5
I'm also compelled to post a sample from Randy California from his Kaptain Kopter album which showcases the bass playing of Clit McToris. Anyone know who the guy really was?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:19:15 GMT -5
D Rest
Donovan From 1967-69 Donovan was the pop king of the flower power movement. Starting as England's answer to Bob Dylan ("Catch the Wind") and going electric as well ("Season of the Witch"), for a few years Donovan dominated the charts with his psychedelic-tinged hits ("Mellow Yellow,Sunshine Superman,Hurdy Gurdy Man,Atlantis") One of my favorites of this period was his collaboration with Jeff (There he is again)Beck for "Barabajagal". When the pyshedelic phase ended Donovan's popularity sunk swiftly. His material still evokes sweet nostalgia for me. I owned a few of his original albums but now I've settled with the 2disc CD collection Troubadour which gives you everything you would need. His son has appeared in several movies
Doors The only reason I'm including this superstar group here is to mention the 2 albums produced after the death of Jim Morrison. The first, Other Voices, I thought was excellent, the 2nd Full Circle uninspired. A damn shame that songs from Other Voices are never included in all the compilations ( I think just 1 on the box set). You can picture easily Morrison singing the Other Voices songs now handled by keyboardist Ray Manzarek. "Tightrope Ride" was a great uptempo single,"Down on the Farm/In the Eye Of the Sun/ I'm Horny,I'm Stoned" were fine cuts as well. The standout was the jazz-tinged "Ships Without Sails" ,see below for the YouTube clip. Highly recommend this album to Doors fans
Dream Academy 1985's self-titled album included their one hit "Life In A Northern Town". It was dreamy
Dream Theater Have the first release, Images and Words. The band melds heavy metal with art/rock
Dudek,Les In demand session guitarist who played with Boz Scaggs,Steve Miller,Stevie Nicks and more. Offered to be a part of the newly formed Journey but turned it down to record a solo album instead. I have that 1976 album. I think Les is still mumbling to himself almost 40 years later
Easton,Sheena I have her 1983 album because I liked the song "Telefone Long Distance Love Affair"
Easybeats 1966's "Friday On My Mind" one of the 60s greatest garage rock songs
Edmunds,Dave Plays 50s/60s style rock,teamed with Brinsley Schwarz's Nick Lowe to form Rockpile I have his Anthology CD
Eitzel,Mark Singer/songwriter frontman for The American Music Club. His solo 1997 CD West is very good
Elastica 1995 self-titled CD Excellant Punk rock. What say you Dan?
Electric Flag Headed by blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield this mid-60s band tried to combine big band,blues,psychdelia,rock.soul,jazz . Predictably it sounded like a hodge-podge, but credit for trying
Eno One of the important figures in experimental rock. His 1975 Another Green World was a big favorite of mine "I'll Come Running,St. Elmo's Fire" Great prog/rock album a few pop-type songs but mostly moody soundscapes. Worked with King Crimson,Roxy Music, The Police,David Bowie and more
Entwhistle,John Similar to George Harrison in that he was an accomplished musician in his own right but was in a band dominated by others ( in this case The Who's Pete Townshend/Roger Daltry) I thought he was one of Rock's greatest bass guitarists. His songs have a sense of humor and he never forgot his working-class roots. Go for 1972's Whistle Rhymes or settle for his best of Thunderfingers
Eve 6 Got the 1998 self-titled CD as well as 2000's Horrorscope
Everclear Picked up some of their CDs 10 years ago and unable to retain any memory of it
Everything But The Girl Pop/Electronica/Club I got caught up with their music. Own 1994's Amplified Heart, 1998's Tempermental and a Best Of
Will F up next
And now The Doors sans Jim. What could have been
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:22:31 GMT -5
My F list of forgotten,underrated,obscure albums I've owed
Fabulous Thunderbirds-Own the Tuff Enuff and Greatest Hits CDs. Texas Blues/Rock/R&B One of their founders was Jimmie Vaughn,brother of Stevie Ray.Solid rock/blues band and briefly reached mass poularity mid-80s with the hit "Tuff Enuff"
Fagen,Donald-After the Steely Dan beakup,Fagen recorded his 1982 solo The Nightfly. Fans of Steely Dan will not be disappointed
Faithful,Maryanne-Once Mick Jagger's late 60s girlfriend,a beautiful sweet looking blonde had some hits in England. Co-writer of the Stones song "Sister Morphine". Became a drug addicted recluse disappearing until 1979 and re-invented herself as a hardened punker with a deep gravelly voice.The Broken English album is recommended for its title song "Why'd Ya Do It" and Lennon's "Working Class Hero"
Fall-Possibly the longest-lived and prolific punk rock band. Own the 1990 best-of A Sides CD.
Fastball-60s Pop style,catchy,fun. Own 1998's AllThe Pain Money Can Buy and 2000s Harsh Light of Day
Firm-1985s teamup of Jimmy (Led Zep) Page and Paul(Bad Company) Rodgers. Radioactive was the big hit. The album was decent but I had higher expectations
Fisher.Matthew-I was a big fan of Procul Harem and Matthew,being their original keyboardist,released a solo1973 album Journeys End
Fixx-When they debuted in 1982 for some reason I associated them with U2. "Red Skies at Night/Stand or Fall" were the highlites of their 1st album. Followed up with "One Thing Leads to Another/Are We Ourselves/Saved by Zero-an excellent 80s rock band
Flamin Groovies-Phase 1 of this group was late 60s rock out of San Francisco. They were unlike their contemporaries and basically ignored Phase 2 came in 1976 with Beatles/Kinks style pop. Fans of power/pop should love them. "Shake Your Action" was their most-heard song
Flyin'Lizards-Bought the album strictly on the basis of "Money(That’s All I Want)" and the singer sounding like Zsa Zsa Gabor
Focus-The 1973 album Movin Waves contained the hit "Hocus Pocus". Fans of any form of rock need to hear this,quite memorable,piece
Foley,Ellen-Bought her 1979 Nightout album due to her work with Meatloaf and "Paradise By the Dashboard Light"
Fountains of Wayne-Very impressed with this late 90s group and purchased their first 3 CDs
Fourplay-Excellent contemporary smooth jazz. Original lineup was Bob(theme of TV show Taxi) James,Lee Ritenour,Nathan East and Harvey Mason. Own 4 of their CDs
Franks,Michael-Jazz singer/songwriter. Bought his long out-of-print 1st album from 1973 for the song "Can't Seem to Skake This Rock N Roll"
Frida-Got the 1982 album because "I Know Theres Something Going On"
Fuel-Enjoyed this rock bands first 3 albums from 1998-2003
Future Sound Of London-1992 Accelerator electronica
Fugs-Possibly the first underground rock group ever. Dan take note. Left wing radicals from the early 60s based out of NYC's East Village At first part of the beatnick scene, they evolved with the times. A loosely playing jug band, thet were filthy,satircal and anarchistic I came across their 3rd album,recorded live at the Fillmore East named Golden Filth. "Coca Cola Douche" is a classic
Here's another one,"Slum Goddess from the Lower East Side"
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:24:16 GMT -5
The G Spot
Gabrels,Reeeves-1995 Sacred Sqall of Now Great guitarist who pioneered computerized processes.Played
with David Bowie's Tin Machine. A dynamite album
Galaxy 500-Minimalist Trance/Rock For whatever reason,20 years ago I was enjoying this band since I have all 4 CDs.Droning,slow dirges with nasal.flat vocals by Dean Wareham. Today they bore me
Gallagher,Rory-Blues/Rock guitarist.In 1975 I tried his Against The Grain album. No denying his chops but the material didn't captivate me. Brian May.The Edge and Slash all hail him as one of their idols
Gatton,Danny-Lightning fast guitarist who could play just about any genre of music.Guitar World magazine named him Greatest Unknown Guitarist in the late 80s. Released 2 albums to critical but not financial success.Another suicide victim in 1994
Gentle Giant-Prog/Rock Saw them 3rd billed long ago and not particully impressed.Bought their double CD best-of Edge of Twilight and again unimpressed.
Gerry & The Pacemakers-British invasion band best known for "Ferry Across The Mersey. Signed by Brian Epstein right after The Beatles. First Rock band to have their first 3 singles reach #1
Gibson,Debbie-Man enough to admit buying 1987's Out Of the Blue. Anyone else ready to confess?
Gigolo Aunts-Power Pop group with a great 1994 album Flippin' Out
Go-Betweens Chiming guitars,beautiful harmonies a damn shame this 80s Australian group never caught on past a cult following Own the best-of Bellavista Terrace. Leader Grant McLennan passed away 6 years back
Gold,Andrew-Bought the self-titled 1975 album strictly by the glowing reviews from Rolling Stone magazine. No glow from me Later he had a top ten hit "Lonely Boy" and his "Thank You For Being A Friend" was featured on the Golden Girls. Died 2011
Goldberg,Barry-Blues/Rock keyboardist. That’s Barry on Mitch Ryder's "Devil With the Blue Dress On" That’s Barry again when Dylan went electric at the Newport Jazz Festival. Member of 1967's Electric Flag. Own his 1972 album Barry Goldberg and Friends
Golden Earring-I saw them get booed off stage as a 3rd bill act for their 1st album. Later they had 2 massive hits 1974's "Radar Love" and 1982's "Twilight Zone". Two chances to capitalize and couldn't do it
Goldie-1995 Timeless Classic 21 minute dance anthem
Gomm,Ian-1979 Gomm With the Wind Another Brinsley Schwarz alumni had the hit "Hold On". Co-wrote "Cruel to Be Kind"
Gore,Lesley-Queen of the early 60s girl group singers "It's My Party(I'll Cry If I Want To/Judy's Turn To Cry/Maybe I Know" and proto-feminist 'You Don't Own Me". Headlined the legendary T.A.M.I. show. Popularity plummetted after 1965
Gorky's Zygotic Myngi-Pog/Psychedelia/Alt Rock. Have the 1994 Introducing CD. Quite bizarre
Grand Funk-in 1969,Grand Funk and Creedence Clearwater were the biggest American rock groups Not accomplished live musicians,they did produce the excellent "I'm You're Captain and 'Heartbreaker". Later scored a string of early 70s AM radio hits like "We're an American Band/Footstompin' Music" and more. I cringe when I hear their cover of "The Locomotion"
Grass Roots-Late 60s hitmakers with "Lets Live For Today/Midnight Confessions/I'd Wait A Million Years/Temptation Eyes" and more
Grin-I was a huge Nils Lofgren fan in the 70s.More about him and his solo career and Neil Young/E Street Band membership later He founded Grin in 1969,produced 3 albums all ending up in the bargain bins. Great basic rock for its time and highly recommended
Gross,Henry-Hit song "Shannon" from 1976 written about Beach Boy's Carl Wilson's pet dog
Groundhogs-The only album I ever bought strictly for the cover art. A gatefold cover by Neal Adams done like a 4 page comic with the Groundhogs portrayed as super-heroes. The music sucks
Here's Lesley Gore at the T.A.M.I. show
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:26:30 GMT -5
B][/B]H has waited patiently
Hammer,Jan-Jazz/rock fusion keyboardist Listening to jazz/rock fusion in the early 70s,you couldn't avoid coming across Jan Hammer. An original member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra,he also played on Billy Cobham's Spectrum album,the 1st Stanley Clarke album,Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin's Love,Devotion Surrender,John Abercrombie's Timeless,and 3 Jeff Beck albums.I picked up his solo albums Oh Yeah (1976) and Black Sheep (1978). He is most known as the man responsible for the music of the hit TV show Miami Vice
Hancock,Herbie-Another great jazz keyboardist on the funky side,Herbie played with Miles Davis for many years,composed "Watermelon Man " in the 60s and Rockit" in the 80s I own the classic album Headhunters from 1973 as well as a early best-of from Bluenote Records. Still going strong,he's won multiple Grammys and an
Oscar for his soundtrack work.
Happy Mondays-Got the 1988 Bummed CD as well as 1990's Pills N Thrills N Bellyaches. British club/dance rave music
Harvey,PJ-Adult Alt/Pop Got 6 of her 1990s CDs and don't think I re-listened in the new millenium
Hayes,Isaac-Between the years 169-1971,Isaac was the most important figure in soul music. His songs were monumental aural productions.His theme from Shaft is one of the greatest songs of the early 70s. No matter what type of music you're into, your library needs to own his work from these years."Walk on By/By The Time I Get To Phoenix/Do Your Thing" and more are masterpieces
Haywood,Justin-Huge fan of the Moddy Blues in the late60s/early 70s. Their best came from singer/songwriter/guitarist Haywood. His 2 solo albums, 1975's Bluejays and 1977's Songwriter have some great cuts
Herman's Hermits-Fronted by teen-idol Peter Noone,the Hermits had 11 top ten American hits during the British invasion "Something Tells Me I'm Into Something Good/Henry VIII/Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter/There's A Kind of Hush All Over The World".Great singles band but you couldn't mistake them for serious musicians
Hollies-Another British Invasion band,The Hollies went thru many changes in their long carreer.Graham(CSN & Y) Nash was among their original roster. Early hits include "Bus Stop/Stop Stop Stop/I Can't Let Go/King Midus In Reverse". Nash leaves and Alan Clarke leads them with "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother"
and the classic "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress". This group had great harmonies
Hoodoo Gurus-Got the best of Electric Soup CD Australian Power/Pop cult favorites including me
Hooters-"And We Danced/All You Zombies/Day By Day" and work done on Cyndi Lauper's first album made them briefly mid-80s stars
Hopkins,Nicky-The most sought-after studio keyboardist in rock,Nicky worked with The Rolling Stones,The Who,The Kinks,Led Zep,John Lennon and on and on He released a 1973 solo album Tin Man Was A Drummer containing the classic piano song "Edward"
Hornsby,Bruce-Had the hit song in 1986 "The Way It Is". Afterwards ,he seemed to appear on everyone's album and dropped in on everyone's concerts
Hot Tuna-Loved the original Jefferson Airplane. Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were a perfect guitar/bass duo. Hot Tuna was they're own blus/rock project sometimes employing violinist Papa John Creech. Own 7 of their 1970s albums of which 1972's Burgers was the best. Seen them live as well
Howe,Steve Lead guitarist of Yes. Have his solo 1975 album Beginnings
Human League-"Don't You Want Me/Fascination" That’s about it
Humble Pie-Steve (Small Faces)Marriott and Peter Frampton formed this late60s/early 70s rock group."I Don't Need No Doctor"is a classic live performance. Marriott was the hard rocker,Frampton the melodic balladeer. After Frampton departed,they still came out with the great album Smokin in 1973
Hummingbird-As a fan of Jeff Beck's Rough and Ready album, I picked up Hunningbird(1975) and We Can't Go On Meeting Like This (1976) since it was Beck's back-up band on their own. Excellent funk/rock I've been looking for the CD versions for decades
Here's Nicky Hopkin's "Edward" performed by The Quicksilver Messanger Service
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Post by Nowhere Man on May 2, 2014 14:27:50 GMT -5
I've become obsessed with Brian Eno. I must admit that I much prefer his non-ambient albums, particularly his classic 70's albums: Here Comes the Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, Another Green World and Before and After Science.
King's Lead Hat (anagram for Talking Heads and an homage to said band), from Before and After Science, is one of my favorite Eno song's and encapsulates everything I like about his music.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:28:10 GMT -5
Hot Tuna's beautiful Water Song
Humble Pie and The Hot N Nasty
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:31:42 GMT -5
There's no I in team and not many in Rock N Roll. Billy Idol and INXS are too well known to notate,I never owned anything from Iron Maiden,Luther Ingram,Janis Ian,Incredible String Band,Icehouse,Indigo Girls,Insane Clown Posse,Chris Isaak,Ian and Sylvia,ice Cube,Ice-T,Donnie Iris or The Inkspots. And The Ivies changed their name to Badfinger early on. But we have:
Impressions-The 60s had great R&B male vocal groups. The Four Tops, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. The Impressions might have placed out-of-the-money in a horse race, but they had a long ,distinguished career. Founded by Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield, they're 1st hit,1958s "For Your Precious Love". Butler left and Mayfield guided them the rest of the decade. The group was a bit more
gospel then their Motown counterparts but still commercial enough to score with "Gypsy Woman/It's Alright/Amen/Keep on Pushing/People Get Ready/We're a Winner and Check Out you're Mind". Mayfield departed for "Superfly" fame and the Impressions slowly drifted out of popularity in the 70s
Incubus-Have the 1999 CD Make Yourself with "Pardon Me/Drive/and Stellar". The CD was fine but, to me, nothing distinguishing to many other bands of it's time. I need to listen to their later recordings
Iron Butterfly-1968's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vita" was the ground-breaking 17 minute psychedelic epic that the band is noted for. Popular enough to break the time constraints previously enforced for radio airplay. Supposedly the title was originally "In A Garden Of Evil" but the band was so stoned during the recording that the words were slurred and the group didn't know how to end the track. It’s the only song you need to know of theirs. The album sold 4 MILLION copies and was on the Top 10 list all year
Isley Brothers-The 60s had great R&B male vocal duos. Sam and Dave,Rightous Bros and placing 3rd would be the Isleys. They were responsible for some of the all-time classics of Rock N Roll notably "Shout", "This Old Heart of Mine" and the original version of ""Twist and Shout". They ended the decade with their biggest 60s hit "It's Your Thing". For a brief time in the mid-60s,Jimi Hendrix was a member of their band. Guitarist Ernie Isley more than held his own, listen to his searing guitar rifts on 1973s "Who's That Lady"
It's A Beautiful Day-With a name like that you know we're talking hippie music late 60s from San Francisco. Featuring a female vocalist and violinist Softer music, good for the mornings, I own the self-titled 1968 album which contains their best known song "White Bird". Legend has it that when promoter Michael Lang was negotiating with Bill Graham over which San Francisco groups would play at Woodstock. They flipped a coin for the last group to be included. Santana won, It's A Beautiful Day lost.
The Isley's Who's That Lady
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:32:44 GMT -5
Continuing the forgotten,unknown,under-rated,washed up,misplaced music of the past
Jackson, Joe-One of my favorite performers from the late 70s new wave explosion, Joe Jackson constantly re-invented his musical styling's and for the most part of his first decade,succeeded.His first 2 albums were straight up angry man pop rock, with some humor and vulnerability. Catchy tunes, clear lyrics, not a bad song to be found. 1980's Beat Crazy started to introduce other styles, in this case reggae.1981's Jumpin Jive was a complete departure, harkening back to 1940-50 style jump blues and big-band swing influenced by his musician father. When this was first released, it was a WTF experience for me, buy as the years went by. I found myself really admiring this effort.1982's Night and Day album contained his biggest hit "Steppin'Out" and exhibited sophisticated jazz/pop, salsa and Cole Porter romanticism. 1984's Body and Soul drifted further away from pop/rock and was more 50s jazz. The other albums of the 80s Big World/Willpower/Blaze of Glory are all fine, delving into autobiography. The Live 1988 album is a great encapsulation of his first 10 years Starting with his 1991 album and beyond is where he lost me, totally abandoning pop for orchestral works. Well it was fun while it lasted and I admire musicians who constantly push themselves instead of safely regurgitating what had sold for them earlier
Jam-After the SexPistols/Clash and Buzzcocks,The Jam was an extremely influential British punk rock group. Never able to catch hold in the States, they did score a string of Top Ten hits in Britain. Paul Weller led the band. I'm sure Underground Dan will be much more eloquent than I in espousing The Jams importance to modern civilization. I own the 1991's Greatest Hits/1992's Extras Rarities and 1996's Jam Collection. Best known for the song "Town Called Malice"
James -1980s Brit Alt/Pop similar to The Smiths. Best known for "Sit Down". I have the 1998 Greatest Hits CD
James Gang-A favorite of mine, Joe Walsh is that likeable old pothead uncle that always entertains you. The late 60s James Gang is where he debuted, recording 3 studio and 1 live album. "Walk Away/Tend My Garden/Funk #49" and more, Walsh is a dynamite guitarist who also varies his albums with moody keyboards. The album Thirds is a bit weak but has a few great cuts. The others are pure classic rock
James,Tommy-Starting as garage rock masters in 1966 and then embracing psychedelia,Tommy James and his Shondells are criminally neglected when classic rock is discussed. The number of hits are impressive-"Hanky Panky/I Think we're Alone Now/Mirage/Mony Mony/Crimson and Clover/Crystal Blue Persuasion/Sweet Cherry Wine/Draggin The Line. Why he fell out of favor so abruptly after 1970 is a mystery
Jamirouai-Trippy 90s Brit music heavily influenced by 70s soul. The music gives off a happy vibe. Have their 1886 CD Traveling Without Moving
Janes Addiction-Alt Metal. The 1990 Ritual De Lo Habitual is a classic of the 90s."Been Caught Stealing/Stop/Three Days/Then She Did"
Jay and the Americans-Fronted by lead singer Jay Black, they had a bunch of hits in the 60s but sounded like a retro 50s doo- wop group. To be a fan of their back then would be like saying I'm proud to be square. "Cara Mia' and 'Only In America' sounds like it came straight out of West Side Story. I did like "Let's lock the door" and "Come a Little Bit Closer" is a kitsch classic
Jeffries, Garland-Had a mid-70s FM hit "Wild in the Streets". Bought his 1980 Escape Artist album based on the songs "R.O.C.K." and a great version of "96 Tears" Lou Reed had some back-up vocals on that album.
Jellyfish-Have the 1990 Bellybutton CD.Catchy and melodic songs influenced by The Beatles,Badfinger,Cheap Trick and Queen
Jesus and Mary Chain-1985's Psychocandy pioneered the shoe gazer sound
Jewel-Have the 1994 Pieces of You and 1998's Spirit CD.Contemporary folkie best known for "Who Will Save Your Soul". Your sister likes her
Jimmy Eat World-Have the 2001 Bleed American CD .Didn't like it
Jones,Freddy Band-A roots rock band with no member named Freddy Jones.Have the 1992 self-titled CD."In A Daydream" is a stand-out
Jones,Howard-1980s synth/pop. Great pop hits including two of my favorites from the mid 80s "No One Is To Blame/Things Can Only Get Better" Have his 1985 Dream into Action album and the 1993 Best Of
Jonhson,Eric-If you’re a guitar afficionado,you must hear this man.I'll say no more. Have his 1st album Tones from 1986 and 1990s Ah Via Musicom
Come A Little Bit Closer with the cast of Gilligan's Island
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:33:56 GMT -5
Garland Jeffries's classic Wild in the Streets
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:35:45 GMT -5
Oh K is up
Kansas-One of many 70s prog/rock groups popular at its time, Kansas was not as daring or instrumentally proficient as their contemporaries. Bought the 1977 Point Of No Return album and later the 1984 Best Of. That best of is all you'd need as they only have 4 essential songs "Carry On My Wayward Son/Dust in the wind/Point of No Return and Fight Fire with Fire"
KGB-A "Superstar" group formed in 1976 that consisted of Mike(Butterfield Blues Band/Bob Dylan/Electric Flag)Bloomfield on guitar, Carmine(Cactus/Jeff Beck/Vanilla Fudge/Black Sabbath)Appice on drums and Rick(Blind Faith)Gretch on bass. Barry Goldberg on keyboards and Ray Kennedy was the vocalist.Decent but not memorable blues/rock
Kihn,Greg-80s power popster scored with "The Breakup Song(They Don't Write 'Em Anymore) and Jeopardy". I remember him more for giving Weird Al Yankovich a great song parody and Greg's album titles playing word games (Next of Kihn/Kihntinued/Kihnspiracy/Kihntagious/Citizen Kihn/Kihnsolidation/UnKihntrollable). In fact,kihntinuing those puns for so long leaves me kihnflicted and suffering brain kihntusions
King Crimson-I'll never forget being in the Alexander's Department Store's record section in 1969 when a father showed his young son the album cover of King Crimson's Court of the Crimson King. The kid screamed hysterically and ran out of the store. Right then and there, I had to buy the album.Whatever fledgling attempts at progressive rock was occurring at that time (Moody Blues, the Nice etc.),Court of the Crimson King took it to a whole new level. Original members Robert Fripp,Greg Lake ,Michael Giles,Peter Sinfield and Ian McDonald delivered an album so daring and powerful, even though not commercial, got plenty of airplay in the early days
of FM radio. "20th Century Schizoid Man" and the title song are two of the masterpieces of rock. Membership constantly changed with Robert Fripp as the constant I followed their releases thru the mid-80s and have seen them live but its that first album I always go back to
King, Freddie-You got your BB,you got your Albert, but Freddie is another bluesman worth listening to. I recommend his 1974 Burglar album
Klaatu-In 1976 ,rumors were floating around that this new album by an unknown band without pictures or info of it's members was in actuality the re-formed Beatles.The album sold well based on the rumors, sounding like out-takes circa Magical Mystery Tour. Earthlings are so gullible and a danger to the galactic society. The albums on YouTube
Klugh,Earl-Excellent American smooth jazz acoustic guitarist. Have his 1977 Fingerpainting album as well as 1980's Late Night Guitar and a 1998 Best Of
Knack-"My Sharona"/Good Girls Don't/Baby Talks Dirty". My Sharona was #1 for five weeks and best selling single of 1979.The band was criticized for trying to come off as the Beatles with their retro 60s clothes and album cover that resembled Meet The Beatles. Other critics pointed out that their songs were about underage girls. They refused interviews and were thought arrogant. The 2nd album underperformed and by 1981 they were gone
Knickerbockers-One of the early 45rpm singles I ever bought was the 1966 Knickerbockers hit "Lies" The song was the most uncanny imitation of the early Beatles to hit the charts. They came from New Jersey. Got the 1993 Golden Classics CD and there was nothing else memorable
Kooper,Al-Saw him last year at a Barnes and Noble's interview supporting his autobiography. The man is a central figure for 1960s rock. At age 14,he played guitar on the 1958 Royal Teens hit "Who Wears Short Shorts "Became a songwriter and wrote the 1964 hit This Diamond Ring' for Gary Lewis and the Playboys
Mid 60s he was playing with Bob Dylan's electric band-He's the organist on "Like A Rolling Stone". He plays that French Horn on the Rolling Stones' "You Can't Always Get What You Want". An original member of the Blues Project, he left to form Blood, Sweat and Tears who's 1st album Child Is Father To The Man instituted big band rock later made popular by Chicago. Played on the 1968 Super Session album with Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield which stayed on the charts for 2 years Also played on albums by Hendrix,Cream,The Who and more. Discovered Lynryrd Skynryd and produced/performed on their first 3 albums. Produced the 1975 debut album of The Tubes. Wrote the score to the TV series Crime Stories as well the Banana Splits. Had some fine songs on his solo albums as well
I have his double CD from 2001 Rare and Well Done.
Kottke,Leo-Acclaimed acoustic fingerpicking guitarist .Mostly Jazz, Blues and Folk oriented. Have his 1991 Essential CD
Kraftwerk-Its 1974 and hearing the 25 minute song "Autobahn" late at night on the radio. What the hell did I just hear. Welcome to sparse robot pop which later spawned techno and influence hip hop.3 years later another hit with "Trans-Europe Express". Have the 1974 Autobahn album and 1991's The Mix
Kula Shaker-Blending heavy guitar and Indian mysticism. The singer is the son of actress Hayley Mills. Have the 1996 debut K and 1998's Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts
Here's The Beatles-wait no
Al Kooper's 1970 Brand New Day from his solo album.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:38:30 GMT -5
And now the L's part 1. Hoping not to embarrass myself
La's,The-Only 1 studio album released, 1990's The La's , contained infectous,guitar/pop and the hit song "There She Goes".Lee Mavers was the singer/songwriter/guitarist and notorious perfectionist.Never released another recording up to present day
Las Ketchup-I'm man enough to admit obtaining the 2002 CD Hijas Del Tomate which included "The Ketchup Song" but I'll be damned if I write anymore about it
Lee,Alvin-My first encounter with Alvin Lee,as with many other folks,was when watching the Wooodstock movie and being mesmerized by his performance with Ten Years After on the song "Going Home". After the band broke up,he did a one-album teamup with folkie Mylon LeFevre in 1973,On The Road To Freedom which included George Harrison,Stevie Winwood and Mick Fleetwood. By this time he no longer wanted to be known as the fastest guitar player in rock and from here on all his albums would be pure blues.Alvin passed away in March 2013
Lee,Peggy-There are times I'm in the mood to listen to Peggy Lee. Best known for "Fever" and "Is That All There Is" as well as the work she did on the Disney Film Lady and the Tramp. Winner of 3 Grammies including Lifetime Achievement. She belongs amongst the greatest female performers of all time
Lemonheads-Starting out as late 80s hardcore punk rockers,Evan Dando led the group into the 90s morphing into a more commercial jangle pop band. "It's a Shame About Ray" or their cover-version of "Mrs Robinson" probably got them the most airtime.Decent band but no real stand out songs
Lennon,Julian-When I first heard 1984's "Too Late For Goodbyes" on the radio,I got chills by the resemblence of his singing to his father The son of John Lennon and first wife Cynthia,he drew the picture that inspired his dad to write "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". Paul McCartney wrote "Hey Jude" about Julian's despondency over his parents divorce. His first album Valotte was pretty good,getting a Grammy nomination for best new artist
He was never able to duplicate his first album's success
Lennox,Annie-Her 1992 solo Diva was somewhat muted and understated."Why" was the big hit. It doesn’t come close to the Eurythmics but without Dave Stewart, it wasn't what she was intending
Level 42-Mid 80s pop/R&B . Slick and commercial. "Lessons In Love/Something About You" were some of their hits. Not one of my favs
Levy,O'Donel-Great 70s jazz guitarist.His 1973 Simba album became a favorite of mine. Also picked up 1974's Hands of Fire and 1977's Time Has Changed Do check out the YouTube clip.Curious if anyone else out there had heard him before
Little Anthony and the Imperials-From 1958 to 1965 they had a string of great R&B hits. Right out of the gate they scored with "Tears on my Pillow". "Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop/Going Out of My Head/I'm on The Outside Looking In/Hurts So Bad" all major hits.
Peggy Lee and one of the songs she wrote
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Post by Jesse on May 2, 2014 14:42:16 GMT -5
People might recognize the song Come on down (get your head out of the clouds) by Greg Perry being sampled by quite a few hip hop artists.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:44:25 GMT -5
And the rest of the Ls
Little Feat-I discovered Little Feat with their 2nd album back in 1972. I have gotten 12 of their albums since then. First off, each of them are excellent musicians The songs range from boogie to blues, southern rock to hard rock, country to New Orleans R&B to Zappa-weirdness. Never big sellers but with a dedicated cult fan base
Their leader, Lowell George, was unique and eclectic. He passed away in 1979 and in 1981 the group temporarily disbanded. They resumed in 1988 sounding as good as ever but without Lowell's surrealness.If I had to recommend 1 album it would be Sailin Shoes which contains "Willin/Cold Cold Cold/Tripe Face Boogie/Apolitical Blues"
and more. A solid album
Living Color-During the 80s Rock was whitebread.MTV was forced, kicking and screaming, to play Michael Jackson videos or else Sony records would ban their artists from playing on that station. Quite a difference from the late 60s when Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix, Santana and others rocked out Living Color opened the door for Lenny Kravitz,Rage against The Machine and more. The 1988 Vivid album was a great debut and "The Cult of Personality" was a smash. However I was never impressed with their subsequent work
Lofgrin,Nils-I wrote about Lofgrin's initial band,Grin,earlier.He then performed with Neil Young on his After The Gold Rush and Tonight's The Night albums It was rumored that he was being considered to join the Rolling Stones after Mick Taylor's departure. Instead he signed on to A&M records as a soloist and released 2 great
albums, 1975's Nils Lofgren and 1976's Cry Tough. His vocals are smooth, his guitar playing accomplished. Maybe best known out of his solo work was the song "Keith Don't Go" dedicated to Keith Richards when busted for drugs in Toronto. His subsequent albums got more mellow as time went on In 1984 he joined Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. I've seen him in solo concerts a few times and he used to end his shows with a standing back-flip. Wow
Loggins and Messina-Would you believe that L & M were the biggest selling duo in Rock from 1970-1975? Messina played for the Buffalo Springfield and agreed to produce Loggins 1st album. It wound up being a duo arrangement, a folk/rock affair.5 studio albums later and plenty of hits "You're Mama Don't Dance/Vahevala/Danny's Song/Angry Eyes/House at Pooh Corner". I'd recommend the live On Stage album as a compendium of their work together. Loggins continued on as a superstar solo act ("Footloose/I'm Alright/Danger Zone"). Messina's solo work was Latin-inflected and never caught on
Los Lobos-Their 1987 cover of La Bamba is what the casual listener will know them for. Rock/Tex Mex with some blues/R&B and traditional Mexican and Spanish Their authentic music scored 3 Grammies
Lothar and the Hand People-Sorry but I don't own anything from this late 60s NY psychedelic band. I just like the name
Lotion-I have the 1996 Nobody's Cool CD. Precious little on YouTube, they are a very under-rated band. A little shoe gaze, then guitar strum, then crunch and slam Diverse is the word. Liner notes by Thomas Pynchon. That fat fuck Michael Moore is a fan. They hail from Manhattan my homeboys
Love-Talk about talent and potential unfulfilled. Fronted by Arthur Lee, this L.A. band was the first rock group signed to Elektra records in 1966 Their first album had the great punky cover of "My Little Red Book" .Their 2nd album Da Capo had 6 great songs including the early punk classic "7 and 7 Is" "She Comes In Colors" seems to have inspired the Rolling Stones "She's A Rainbow". Unfortunately the album had the 19 minute tedious epic "Revelation"
The third album 1967's Forever Changes many critics call the greatest under-rated album of the 60s. Supposedly Arthur Lee suffered from agoraphobia and heavy drug use only escalated his isolation from public appearences,interviews and tours. Electra Records decided to heavily promote The Doors instead of Love for those reasons. He preceded Jimi Hendrix as a black man leading a rock group. Unfortunately the members split up after Forever Changes and Arthur Lee's opportunity of fame vanished. Do give a listen on YouTube if you haven't tried them before
Lovecraft,H.P.-Not the actual author, just the late 60s psychedelic band who released 2 albums. I think I got one of them from the $1.99 bargain bins Took it home, invited some friends, passed around the bong and off we went
Loverboy-By the numbers,anonymous,slick and typical for an 80s arena rock group. "The Kid Is Hot Tonight/Turn Me Loose/Working for The Weekend/Hot Girls In Love" They rocked, they sold albums, but was anyone really a fan?
Lovich,Lena-A true original new wave punker. "Lucky Number" is a gem. "New Toy/Say When/ Bird Song are also outstanding
Lovin Spoonful-Possibly the first new American group to successfully challenge the British invasion of the 1960s,John B Sebastian's' Lovin Spoonful had folk/rock and jug band roots but crafted many great, immortal pop hits. "do You Believe in Magic/Daydream/You Didn't Have To Be So Nice/Summer In The City/Darling Be Home Soon" and more all within a 2 and 1/2 year period. I've heard the group dissolved when one of the members ratted out his bandmates to the police for smoking pot.
Lowe, Nick-Leader of the early 70s Brinsley Schwartz, Nick Lowe worked the back-to-basics bar band sound which helped lead to punk rock In fact, he was the house producer for Stiff Records and worked on the early material of Elvis Costello The Damned and The Pretenders. I bought his 1979 Labour Of Lust album due to "Cruel To Be Kind' and later picked up his 1989 Best Of. In the 90s he transformed into a country-rocker
Luna-I got 5 CDs of Luna from the 1990s and I don't know why.Lush,droning,dreamy guitars. There's not a lot to distinguish one album from another
Luscious Jackson-Another group from my backyard, I picked up all 4 of their CDs.This girl group mixed hip-hop/alt rock/funky beats/jazzy keyboards and breathy vocals "Naked Eye" and "Ladyfingers" are amongst their best
Lush-One of the early 90s pre-eminent shoe gaze bands they morphed into new wave pop by their 4th album. Their drummer committed suicide at that point and the band dissolved. I very much liked them
Here's the group Love on Dick Clark's American Bandstand Show in 1966 performing their first single.After that,check out their song "7 and 7 Is" from their 2nd album. And finally for a complete change of pace try "Alone Again Or" from their 3rd album,one of the most beautiful songs of the late 60s.Better yet listen to the full album Forever Changes
Here's H.P.Lovecraft's "Spin Spin Spin" with some gorgeous visuals that could give you a contact high
Nils Lofgrin's Keith Don't Go Live
Lene Lovich Lucky Number
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 2, 2014 14:46:43 GMT -5
Little Feat and Its So Easy To Slip
Lovin Spoonful's Darling Be Home Soon. Joe Cocker did a great cover as well
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