OT - Revisiting Old Albums

[8893]

if you're an old CT. boy ya gotta have some of the Tucker boys- Searching for a Rainbow,

Whenever the music conversation veers to Best Song, "Can't You See" is always in the mix for top honors for me.

 

[WhiteDressWes]

I've built up quite a classic rock vinyl collection for $0.50 to $4.00 a record by going here in Wethersfield.

Integrity 'n Music
http://www.integritynmusic.com/

It is no frills but Ed picks up some great used collections with many treasures waiting to be found there.

The best selection is usually Tuesdays, whenever Ed makes a major purchase. Get on his mailing list to receive Monday PM email describing the next days sale. Arrive behind the building by 10:30AM . Bring your sharp elbows.

He's helped me build a collection of 3,000 LPs, including a lot of obscure Jazz artists.

 

[ElGuapo]

Thanks Wes.
I'm on the mailing list and will occasionally pop in on the way home from work a few days or so after these announcements.
I still walk out with a few treasures
Plus I'm usually at work on Tuesday mornings plus not in the mood to tussle with hardcore record collectors.

Ed is cool.
I go to N.O. Jazzfest every year too so we have that in common.
Although his agenda down there is much different then mine. I like the jambands and main artists.
But not going this year. Heading to Chicago in June to see Phish play two nights at Wrigley Field.
That's my band of choice.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

The best selection is usually Tuesdays, whenever Ed makes a major purchase. Get on his mailing list to receive Monday PM email describing the next days sale. Arrive behind the building by 10:30AM . Bring your sharp elbows.

He's helped me build a collection of 3,000 LPs, including a lot of obscure Jazz artists.

Very comforting to hear that Ed and Integrity are still doing it. Mid-70's, late 80's, and present day. I still have a fair, generous, hand-written appraisal for hundreds of jazz records I donated to my secondary school in 1989.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I like Ryan Adams a lot, and he was great when I saw him in concert. Seriously messed up in the head, but really good. I actually like his recent cover of Taylor Swift's 1984, and I don't like her at all
.

I like both versions of 1989. Moreover, it was the first Taylor Swift I'd ever listened to, and going backward into her catalog, I consider her a certified guilty pleasure.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Some slightly lesser known great albums -

"Hollywood Dreams" - Thunderclap Newman
"Sailin Shoes" & "Dixie Chicken" - Little Feet
"Howlin Wind" - Graham Parker
"Brave New World" - Steve Miller Band
"The Natch'l Blues" - Taj Mahal
"Better Days" - Paul Butterfield
"Lola" - The Kinks
"Then Play On" and "Kiln House" - Fleetwood Mac (the original band)
"Live with the Edmonton Orchestra" - Procol Harum
"Cloud Control" - Sister Monk (modern group)

Sticking to OP's request, this is a pretty good list of 'albums of a certain age, Including the appended "Elephant Mountain."

 

[Chin Diesel]

Going towards newer bands that play with an older style music, the Alabama Shakes play some great music and mix and match styles very well.

 

[Onions]

Sticking to OP's request, this is a pretty good list of 'albums of a certain age, Including the appended "Elephant Mountain."

Thanks for the appreciation. As for the rest of the posters - "Pearls Before Swine"

 

[8893]

I like Ryan Adams a lot, and he was great when I saw him in concert. Seriously messed up in the head, but really good. I actually like his recent cover of Taylor Swift's 1984, and I don't like her at all.

I like both versions of 1989. Moreover, it was the first Taylor Swift I'd ever listened to, and going backward into her catalog, I consider her a certified guilty pleasure.

Thanks for the correction. Just caught that. Must have had Orwell on the mind instead of Swift.

 

[QDOG5]

Speaking of concerts, if you're a Zappa fan, his son Dweezil is a hell of a guitarist and his band Zappa plays Zappa is a must see. I live in the Chicago area and I just saw Neko Case the other night and she has an awesome voice. Looking forward to Alabama Shakes and Pearl Jam this summer. And I said last summer after the supposed final shows that the Dead was dead to me but I'm going to see them too this summer. They added John Mayer and subtracted Phil Lesh ( the man truly can't sing) and that works for me.

 

[alexd]

Whenever the music conversation veers to Best Song, "Can't You See" is always in the mix for top honors for me.

Absolutely. I have always loved the live version at the end of MTB's "Searchin' for a Rainbow" LP.

My first concert ever back in the 70's was Orleans/Marshall Tucker at the Springfield CC.

I saw Toy Caldwell on his solo tours a bunch of times in the early 90's....Bourbon St. in Hartford, Andy's Rock Cafe in Terryville, some little place called the Rusty Nail in Southington.

His show in Terryville was kind of sad really, the '90 World series was on (Reds/A's) and there were more people at the bar watching the game than watching Toy. We stood a few feet in front of him. I still remember his ornery comments..."I may not have sung all these songs, but I wrote every damn one of 'em and tonight, I'm going to do them any way I please..."

 

[joober jones]

1983's Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion is still my favorite album of all time.

 

[mauconnfan]

Don't know how I forgot this one:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhjiJHC-9Y5YNKOQeu2DeXrEIt2d6PSxy

All good late 70's/early 80's tunes - the memories of the boys driving down to Miegs Point, Misquamicutt and Rocky Neck, t-tops off and playing The Cars were some great one's for sure!

Moving in Stereo and Dangerous Type - excellent in their day.

 

[8893]

Not at all in line with the OP, but since it has evolved (or devolved, depending...) into a discussion of favorite old albums, I heard the Guess Who's "Laughing" during lunch today and it inspired me to spin another one that I wore thin on my turntable in college:

1. "These Eyes" (Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman) - 3:43
2. "Laughing" (Cummings, Bachman) - 2:44
3. "Undun" (Bachman) - 3:25
4. "No Time" (Cummings, Bachman) - 3:45
5. "American Woman" (Cummings, Bachman, Garry Peterson, Jim Kale) - 3:50
6. "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" (Cummings, Bachman) - 4:52
7. "Hand Me Down World" (Kurt Winter) - 3:26
8. "Bus Rider" (Winter) - 2:56
9. "Share the Land" (Cummings) - 3:53
10. "Do You Miss Me Darlin'" (Cummings, Winter) - 3:55
11. "Hang on to Your Life" (Cummings, Winter) - 4:08

 

[sledog]

MC5 -' Kick out the Jams (muthaf*rs)', well second song actually. Guitarists Wayne Kramer, and Freddie Smith (Patti's hubby). Loved the period when they had the Sunn amps covered with the US flag.

 

[8893]

Absolutely. I have always loved the live version at the end of MTB's "Searchin' for a Rainbow" LP.

My first concert ever back in the 70's was Orleans/Marshall Tucker at the Springfield CC.

I saw Toy Caldwell on his solo tours a bunch of times in the early 90's....Bourbon St. in Hartford, Andy's Rock Cafe in Terryville, some little place called the Rusty Nail in Southington.

His show in Terryville was kind of sad really, the '90 World series was on (Reds/A's) and there were more people at the bar watching the game than watching Toy. We stood a few feet in front of him. I still remember his ornery comments..."I may not have sung all these songs, but I wrote every damn one of 'em and tonight, I'm going to do them any way I please..."

Very funny. Although I was too young for my parents to let me attend, my first concert memory is being in the car to pick up some of my brothers from Marshall Tucker and the Outlaws at Pinecrest in Shelton. Late 70's I think. That's a double bill I would have loved to see.

My first actual concert was only a couple years later, J. Geils Band's Freeze Frame tour at the New Haven Coliseum. Been a concert junkie ever since.

I saw what was being billed as the Marshall Tucker Band in Fort Collins, CO in 1990 0r '91. I don't think Toy was in the band, and iirc the singer said he was a cousin of one of the original members. I remember he had terrible dentures, because my friend and I talked with him during the break and she couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of it all. I don't know who the original members were, if any. I do remember a lot of laughs with my friend.

 

[David 76]

First concert at 14:

Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company @ Yale Bowl

Warm-up act was Gordon Lightfoot

 

[imno1]

First concert at 14:

Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company @ Yale Bowl

Warm-up act was Gordon Lightfoot

Remember sneaking into a lot of the bowl concerts including Led Zeppelin and getting tear gassed at the GD show there

 

[mauconnfan]

First concert at 14:

Janis Joplin with Big Brother and the Holding Company @ Yale Bowl

Warm-up act was Gordon Lightfoot

First concert '76 @ 16 years old with Gary Wright warming up for Peter Frampton at Colt Park.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Crosby, Stills and Nash @ HCC. Somewhere between 1986-1988.

 

[Waquoit]

First concert '76 @ 16 years old with Gary Wright warming up for Peter Frampton at Colt Park.

Is that the one where he fell off the stage?

 

[Deepster]

First concert: Huey Lewis and the News at HCC. Approximately 1982?
Second concert: Van Halen on their 1984 tour. Much cooler.

 

[mauconnfan]

Is that the one where he fell off the stage?

Exactly Waq that's the one.

 

[8893]

Moving in Stereo

Anyone of an age to remember that song has only one scene instantly come to mind when they hear it. And you all know what I'm talking about.

 

[QDOG5]

first show-Foghat w/ Richie Blackmore's Rainbow May 29,1978 Springfield civic center. First Tucker show July15,1979 w/Atlanta Rhythm Section also at SCC. "gonna work a week, make a hundred dollars, and hit the road again".