OT: first album, first track

[Bama fan]

That deserved an extra like...
Start with one that can't be left out ....


Janis was and will always be a favorite of mine but that is Big Brother And The Holding Company featuring her, first song on the album.
I was younger and just starting my record collection and sad to say I was late to the party with Janis.
The Pearl album came out posthumously, as the first song on an album that any one of them could have been the first or last. The rare occasion when you never skip a song.
Janis Joplin - Move Over lyrics

At the Filmore, they were introduced as "Four gentleman, and one great, great broad. Big brother and the Holding Company. " Bill Graham on Cheap Thrills.

 

[Hope]

Steve Earle's debut album, "Guitar Town,' was released in 1986, and rose to the top of the country music charts.

 

[Bigboote]

At the Filmore, they were introduced as "Four gentleman, and one great, great broad. Big brother and the Holding Company. " Bill Graham on Cheap Thrills.

I'm notoriously bad at hearing stuff on records. I've been trying to figure out what he's saying there for 50 years. Thanks!

 

[JustbrewitMan]

Unfortunately that was 1st song on their 2nd album. They had released "Bleach" 2 years earlier.

Yes, I do realize that. Somewhat of a technicality point as Bleach was made for like $600. and really was only locally distributed in the NW. More like a demo tape

Without the internet like we have today, 99.999% of America had never heard of them prior to Nevermind (their "big label" 1st album debut.).

And FWIW, "Blew" also was a banger of a 1st song on a first album

 

[meyers7]

Yes, I do realize that. Somewhat of a technicality point as Bleach was made for like $600. and really was only locally distributed in the NW. More like a demo tape

Without the internet like we have today, 99.999% of America had never heard of them prior to Nevermind (their "big label" 1st album debut.).

And FWIW, "Blew" also was a banger of a 1st song on a first album

Well it was an LP as opposed to an EP.

 

[Hope]

Unfortunately that was 1st song on their 2nd album. They had released "Bleach" 2 years earlier.

 

[SockCymbal]

The punk attitude, the world-music influences, and the jazz smarts and chops.

 

[Hope]

'Enola Gay', by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).
One of my favourite bands. It was a couple of years later, after hearing the song for the 1st time, that a friend educated me about the meaning of the song's title.

 

[Jackcatscal]

'Enola Gay', by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).
One of my favourite bands. It was a couple of years later, after hearing the song for the 1st time, that a friend educated me about the meaning of the song's title.

You can see the real Enola Gay, fully restored, at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum annex at Dulles Airport. It’s a beautiful aircraft.

 

[Waquoit]

It’s a beautiful aircraft.

How many people did it kill?

 

[Ozimoto]

Who remember "The Knack" and this song? Really set the tone for a group that disappeared all too quickly.

 

[Steelerone]

A little more prog rock:

Jorma Kuakomen, one of the great dobro players, was a member for awhile. If you get a chance go to youtube and download his version of "Just Because" and "Red River Blues". Let me know what you think of them.

 

[Steelerone]

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell

Was there ever a song to describe a seventeen year old like "Paradise By The Dashboard Light?"

 

[Steelerone]

'ayo, my pen and paper cause a chain reaction,
to get your brain relaxin',
cuz they be acting maniac in action.' ('Infinite,' first track) yup.

then, when this dropped, everyone knew the real Slim Shady.
'y'all actin like you never seen a white person before...'

"Are we gonna have a problem here?" Great nasal passage.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

"Are we gonna have a problem here?" Great nasal passage.

another great first line from marshall:
'two trailer park girls go 'round the outside, 'round the outside...'
guess who's back, back again. shady's back, tell a friend... luv this beat.

 

[Bigboote]

Jorma Kuakomen, one of the great dobro players, was a member for awhile. If you get a chance go to youtube and download his version of "Just Because" and "Red River Blues". Let me know what you think of them.

?? Jorma was never a member of King Crimson. I suspect you were intending to reply to someone else.

I've seen him three times -- twice solo, once with Hot Tuna. I greatly enjoyed the solo shows, Hot Tuna not so much; he's quite a musician.

 

[Steelerone]

?? Jorma was never a member of King Crimson. I suspect you were intending to reply to someone else.

I've seen him three times -- twice solo, once with Hot Tuna. I greatly enjoyed the solo shows, Hot Tuna not so much; he's quite a musician.

Bigboote, as usual you are correct. Had a senior moment. You have great taste in music.

 

[Bigboote]

Bigboote, as usual you are correct. Had a senior moment. You have great taste in music.

Why, thank you, and right back at you. I'd like to give a big shout out to all the contributors to these threads. You ALL have great taste in music. I may not like everything that's posted (and I assume nobody likes everything I post, because it would be scary knowing someone just like me is out there), but I listen to a great majority of what's posted, even when it's genres that I'm not crazy about. I learn about new stuff, some of which I really like.

I especially like Scud's thread of old and obscure music. I've learned a lot in that thread.

Cheers!

 

[Bigboote]

This wasn't released in the US till the 90's, but was well worth the wait. What a group of musicians, and they weren't afraid of noise.

 

[Ozimoto]

I remember the first time I heard this one. The combination of pop music and traditional Irish folk music is very appealing to me.

 

[Steelerone]

 

[Bigboote]

Cool, I had no idea there were actually surviving recordings of Tom&Jerry!

 

[garddog]

Not his first album, but my first album.