A Record Collection Thread

[pstall]

We have a very similar music aesthetic.

 

One of the very first  concept-album bands I ever listened to was Wishbone Ash. Who's Next gets better the older you get, Jethro Tull pre-Brick is pretty fugging good also. 

 

Did you know Rare Earth was the first rock/R&B band signed by Motown? They had a definite R&B funk/groove to them and I still listen to their early stuff (69-74). I saw them as the opening act at the first California Jam in April 1974...

 

 

 

 

Cassette tape became the rage when I was 15, CDs years later, so all of my music until I was into my 20's was vinyl. Hell, on Friday nights, we'd go to the Tower Records store and just go through the row upon row of albums they had, looking for the next buried treasure. Unfortunately I lost my entire record collection, probably close to 400 albums, in 1988 in a fire.

 

 

Rare Earth is easily one of the most underrated groups ever.

 

They do a scorching and i mean scorching remake of Tobacco Road.

 

[Anybodyhome]

Rare Earth is easily one of the most underrated groups ever.

 

They do a scorching and i mean scorching remake of Tobacco Road.

 

 

Boy, that brought back memories. I had forgotten they covered that tune.

 

Ever listen to the version War did when Eric Burdon (The Animals) fronted them?

 

[pstall]

Boy, that brought back memories. I had forgotten they covered that tune.

 

Ever listen to the version War did when Eric Burdon (The Animals) fronted them?

 

 

yeah. it's funny how certain songs will latch on to bands to redo.

 

i think this song has been done by a good dozen artists and many of them rock.

 

[davos]

Rare Earth is easily one of the most underrated groups ever.

 

They do a scorching and i mean scorching remake of Tobacco Road.

 

 

criminally underrated 

[davos]

Got some decent finds the other day:

 

ELO-Time, Chicago self-titled (II), and Rare Earth's Ecology

 

Bought the new Broken Bells After the Disco and Radiohead's In Rainbows...sounds incredible

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

Beatles: White Album

Clash: London Calling

Stones: Exile on Main Street

Frank Zappa: Freak Out! (1st album with The Mothers of Invention and also one of the first concept albums ever done)

[davos]

New finds:

 

"Rumors" and "More Songs About Buildings & Food"

 

[Anybodyhome]

New finds:

 

"Rumors" and "More Songs About Buildings & Food"

 

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What turntable are you using? I'm seriously considering finding a new one...been so long since I was into all the tech specs. remember when we all had to research signal-noise ratio, stylus and cartridge specs, etc before we bought any equipment? With digital music, there's no improving or upgrading to improve the sound quality.

 

I digress... turntable recommendations?

 

My latest:

[davos]

Nothing too fancy but it's an ion...been working really well:

 

[woodboxer]

Iron maiden, genesis, yes, todd rundgren...

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Street Survivors w/the original album cover is probably my most prized album.

[8 0 5]

I have tons of vinyl.

A lot are handed down from my dad. All the classic rock bands you can think of plus some really great hidden gems.

The ones I've purchased though off the top of my head are,

Radiohead - in rainbows

Radiohead - king of limbs

Radiohead - ok computer

Radiohead - kid A

Radiohead - hail to the thief

Radiohead - amnesiac

Radiohead - Pablo Honey

Alt J - An awesome wave

Royal Canoe - Today we're believers

Local Natives - Hummingbird

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Pinback - summer in Abaddon

Death Grips - the money shop

Foals - holy fire

Phoenix - every album

Kings of Leon - come around sundown

Mgmt - oracular spectacular

Passion pit - manners

Band of Horses - all albums

There's so many more I can't even think of.

[davos]

I have tons of vinyl.

A lot are handed down from my dad. All the classic rock bands you can think of plus some really great hidden gems.

The ones I've purchased though off the top of my head are,

Radiohead - in rainbows

Radiohead - king of limbs

Radiohead - ok computer

Radiohead - kid A

Radiohead - hail to the thief

Radiohead - amnesiac

Radiohead - Pablo Honey

Alt J - An awesome wave

Royal Canoe - Today we're believers

Local Natives - Hummingbird

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Pinback - summer in Abaddon

Death Grips - the money shop

Foals - holy fire

Phoenix - every album

Kings of Leon - come around sundown

Mgmt - oracular spectacular

Passion pit - manners

Band of Horses - all albums

There's so many more I can't even think of.

 

Holy Fire is a great album.  Cool list.  

[t96]

I have thousands of jazz, blues, soul and rhythm & blues albums. You name it and it's very likely I have it. Also have hundreds of unreleased songs on acetate.

[davos]

Got some new additions recently:  

 

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye

Dire Straits - Brother in Arms

The Who - Quadrophenia

 

Starting to make this collection a bit thicker.