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Post by headonist on Aug 1, 2010 8:14:46 GMT -8
mine would probably be...
Ozric Tentacles - The Hidden Step Can - Ege Bamyasi Autechre - Amber Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Steve Roach - Immersion: One Monolake - Hongkong Yagya - Rhythm Of Snow Gong - You Magma - Trilogie The Orb - Orblivion
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Post by yiannis on Aug 1, 2010 8:26:40 GMT -8
Depends on the mood really. Ozrics-wise I'm torn between Erpland and Strangeitude.
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Post by OHR GANJALF on Aug 2, 2010 9:02:49 GMT -8
OZRICS- ERPLAND, Pungent,Jurassic, underslunky, this depends on mood they are all good Tool- Lateralus A perfect Circle- mer de noms shpongle-are you shpongled Hendrix- Electric ladyland, Band of gipsys, are you experienced yngwie malmsteem- rising force Dream theater-scenes from a memory Soda stereo- sueño Stereo bob marley-exodus
better come back later there is so much more. sorry i can never follow the rules as in limiting to just 10
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Post by yiannis on Aug 2, 2010 10:31:28 GMT -8
I'm with you on Ozrics, Tool, Shpongle, Hendrix debut and Marley Ganjalf.
What does OHR stand for BTW?
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Post by watermill on Aug 2, 2010 11:26:13 GMT -8
OK i know i'm probably gonna get caned for some of these choices, because they're probably a bit too middle of the road, but sod it, here they are anyway. I haven't got a top ten, because i like a lot of albums by a lot of different people all the same, just depends on the mood i'm in. The Ozrics i hold a special place for, because all their albums are special to me, so i'll do my list without including them, as they're a band apart for me, with the Ozrics i rediscovered music. I do have a favourite album of all time, and thats Dark Side Of The Moon, every album i buy, gets measured against that, for me, that album is absolutely fautless. Anyway here's a list of albums outside of the Ozrics that i regard as my favourites, a lot of them i was introduced to by listening to my dad's collection.
The Beatles:-
Beatles For Sale Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles Abbey Road.
Rolling Stones:-
Beggars Banquet Let it Bleed Sticky Fingers Exile On Main Street.
Santana:-
Abraxus Caravanaserai Lotus.
Genesis:-
Selling England By The Pound Seconds Out.
Eagles:-
One Of These Nights Hotel California.
Pink Floyd:-
Meddle Dark Side Of The Moon Wish You Were Here.
Tangerine Dream:-
Electronic Meditation Rubycon Cyclone.
Eric Clapton:-
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs 461 Ocean Boulevard.
Phil Collins:-
Face Value.
Mike Oldfield:-
Tubular Bells.
Jeff Waynes War Of The Worlds.
Supertramp:-
Crime Of The Century.
ELO:-
Out Of The Blue.
George Harrison:-
All Things Must Pass.
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Post by OHR GANJALF on Aug 2, 2010 18:16:19 GMT -8
Oh Watermill man. I'm with you on 98% percent of your choices Great music and I have more. and same as you the Ozrics are Special to me, and "Dark Side of the Moon" I still have that on vinyl
Jeff Beck-Blow by Blow, you had it coming,live at ronnie scott The Pink Floyd-The piper at the gates of Dawn Steve Vai- Passion and warfare Salvatore Accardo- Paganini Collection Alice in Chains- Dirt The Police Astor Piazzolla- la camorra, The Rough Dancer, Tango:zero hour Steve Stevens-Flamenco a Go Go Black Sabbath- Dehumanizer Curtis Mayfield- Superfly Deep Purple- Machine Head Depeche Mode-Violator Dio Eat static-Science of the Gods Iron Maiden- Seventh son, Brave new world kingston wall- 1 Led Zep- 1,2 and 4 Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds of Fire The Mars Volta- Deloused in the comatorium Megadeth-Rust in Peace Michael Jackson- Off the Wall Jean Michael Jarre- Niyaz Peach-Giving Birth to a stone Porcupine tree- Queen-A night at the Opera Radiohead-Ok Computer,Hail to the Thief Red Hot Chili Peppers-californication Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs Rush-Counterparts Sex Pistols-never mind the bollocks Solar Fields Stone temple pilots-Purple u2-the joshua Tree
Damn I got carried away. sorry , Yiannis "Ohr" means Ear
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Post by yogbarogger on Aug 3, 2010 4:15:04 GMT -8
Almost impossible to compile a list as I often hear a new album evey day that could fit into a top 100. Currently own 3500 albums in tangible format and about 80% could be in top 100, 20% of which in top 10 at any given moment, but here is off the top of my head a list
1. Ullulators - Monads of Mangonia 2. Pink Fairies - Never Never Land 3. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink 4. The Timewriter - Diary of a Lonely Sailor 5. Hawkwind - Levitation 6. Dexter Wansel - Life On Mars 7. Optic Eye - Light Side of the Sun 8. Mrs. Jynx - Shark Carousel (just released last week) 9. Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair 10. Herbie Hancock - Thrust
(I am of course excluding any Ozrics)
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Post by yogbarogger on Aug 3, 2010 4:20:00 GMT -8
Krautrock top 11
1. Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass 2. Neu! - '74 3. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear 4. Amon Duul II - Wolf City 5. Embryo - Embryo's Rache 6. Passport - Second Passport (ok, its fusion) 7. Harmonia - Musik von... 8. Emergency - Entrance 9. Epidaurus - Earthly Paradise 10. Gäa - Auf der Bahn Zum Uranus 11. Grobschnitt - Solar Musik Live
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Post by kirk on Aug 3, 2010 6:12:43 GMT -8
I've been looking for that Yatha Sidra release for 10 years Matt. I think it's that one anyway. Very good electric guitar and Steel flute ? Is that the only one by Yatha Sidra ? I know nothing about the band.
I'm Surprised that no CAN release made it into your top 11 there though. Bit surprised that there was a band called Epidauros too. They must have been greek (maybe).
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Post by yogbarogger on Aug 3, 2010 6:58:26 GMT -8
Yes, thats the Yatha Sidhra...all 4 parts are on youtube if you can find them. Mind blowing...oh I forgot
12. Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill (of course) 13. Can - Future Days (there you go)
I'd like to add 11. Pressurehed - Explaining the Unexplained to the other list too
Epidaurus, yes, great stuff - a bit nu-Kraut (especially their second album), more melodic prog I suppose. I think they are Swiss.
ah, on the subject of Greece
12. Aphrodite's Child - 666
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Post by kirk on Aug 3, 2010 7:03:44 GMT -8
Future Days more than Saw Delight ? Will defo check Yatha on youtube, I remember thinking it was superb at the time.
Can Were THE band of the 70's I think. Just completed buying all their stuff re mastered, superb.
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Post by quinoa on Aug 3, 2010 11:13:00 GMT -8
Ozrics are off the charts so... Can-Can or is it called Inner Peace I like best. Aphrodites Child-666 is a top choice along with The Friends Of Mr. Cairo. Glad to see Levitation Yog but I'd go with Warriors. Black Sabbath has got to make an appearance in my list. WSOSOUL4RnR Roy Harpers Folk Joke Opus Electric Ladyland Rush 2112 Yesongs John Denvers Greatest Hits Rust Never Sleeps Gong You Van Halen 1 The Paul Winter Consorts Common Ground Jean Luc Ponty Cosmic Messenger
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Post by yogbarogger on Aug 3, 2010 12:39:43 GMT -8
Saw Delight was the first I bought, but their earlier stuff is far superior.
Warriors is phenomenal, probably the album with no song that doesn't stand up to repeated listening - whereas Motorway City I have never understood the attraction - pedestrian compared to some of the others on Levitation
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Post by quinoa on Aug 3, 2010 17:20:12 GMT -8
Whos Gonna Win the Space Chase War.
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Post by watermill on Aug 3, 2010 21:22:24 GMT -8
How did i forget 666 by Aphrodites Child, All The Seats Were Occupied at the is an amazing track. Another couple i grew up with which should have been on my list is Pentangle and Cruel Sister by Pentangle, plus Tales Of Topographic Oceans by Yes. Iwould Include my Led Zeppelin Rematered 4 disc box set and the 2 disc Remastered Box Set 2, but strictly speakin, they're not propper studio albums, but they treasured in my household too.
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Post by kirk on Aug 4, 2010 1:37:12 GMT -8
Motorway City was the best thing I'd ever heard before discovering Ozric Tentacles in 1985. Velmwind replaced it immediately, but I still like Motorway city, the version on Live 79. Hawkwinds stuff is always better live I think. Warriors is great, but the best versions of those tracks (well some of em) is Palace Springs live. Simon, Alan, Richard, Dave, Harvey. The HW line up for me.
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Post by alberik on Aug 4, 2010 1:54:26 GMT -8
Rush - Hold Your Fire Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite Ivo Papasov - Balkanology Ozric Tentacles - Erpland Eat Static - Implant Farmers Market - s/t Meshuggah - Nothing Solar Fields - Movements
More than five but these represent chronologically almost three decades of my passion for music as they have individually shaped and re-shaped my perception of music in the most profound way.
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Post by quinoa on Aug 4, 2010 3:25:32 GMT -8
Yes Kirk, I was at The Palace, phenomenal! I can even pick out myself shouting. WOO! HOO! My first HW gig! What a story... Sorry if I told this one before. 6 of us left ColoRADo in a Toyota sr5 with a topper the night before to arrive in LA just in time for the morning rush hour traffic. We went straight to Santa Monica beach. Grabbed a bottled beer, some ganja, stripped to our shorts and dove in all while under the watchfull eye of the beach patrol. Hung out for 2 hours with the Pacific and when we walked back to the truck picking up some garbage along the way to deposite in the trash can that was locked to a sign that said "no disrobing on the beach, no open containers (alcohol) allowed on the beach, No glass on the beach..." All buzzed now we waved to the beach patrol who were looking at us through binocuars. They were nice and waved back. A college buddy who had all of our tickets recently moved there. We got a hold of him and he took us up to the observatory where we dropped tabs, watched the pendulum swing and chased dragons. Then we went out for Thai food. We got to the venue early and I noticed a bouquet of white carnations laying on the sidewalk. I went to check it out and it was John Lennons star and his birthday. Well I thought that John would really want me to have one of his carnations for my lapel at my first HW gig which was on his birthday. We tried to get several people to take our picture but they all thought we were crazy or on drugs or some shit. When here comes some guy out of the alley with his head down moving fast. We asked "Hey man will you take our picture please. No one else will." He stops and says "You want ME to take a picture of YOU. You aren't from around here are you?" "No", we reply. "Were from Durango, ColoRADo where rad is our middle name." Hahaha He asks "What are you doing here?" We tell him "Were here to see Hawkwind!" He replies "Oh, I've heard of them. They're still around?" "Oh yea, you aughta come to the show tonight." "Ummm I'm a little busy but thanks for the offer." All this time I'm thinking hey I know this guy. He finally says "Well does anyone have a camera?" "Sure, here ya go dude" Tim hands him his camera. It wasn't turned on. We all line up arms around each other. He has a little trouble so I go up to him and say "Here, it's like this" take the lens cover off and turn it on. He snaps a picture and asks "Is that all?" "Yep, thanks man." As turns and walks away moving quickly I say "Hey aren't you David Byrne?" And he was gone. We walked out onto Hollywood Blvd and there was his name in lights. Apparently he had just finnished with sound check. In between bands were having drinks in the bar area and a waitress comes up and says "Did you hear about the UFO that landed 30 miles outside of Moscow and vaporized a little boy?" I tell her "BS and that she shouldn't be telling people in our condition stories like that." Hahaha We head to the balcony and there is Lemmy and Stacia like they got a cloak of invisibility around them 'cause my 2 friends didn't notice. They left. I tried to talk to Lemmey but he was as hammered as me by this time. Several drinks of water later I find myself front row ready for HW to perform. As you can hear they did not disappoint. I remember Alan playing bass with his foot while he messed with the synth as we were right in front of him. After the show we said goodbyes, loaded up in the truck and drove 12 hours back to school. Just an awesome time etched into my memory. Well, most of it anyway. Cheers
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Post by ozricnutter on Aug 4, 2010 3:44:21 GMT -8
Cool story Quinoa, have karma.
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Post by ozricnutter on Aug 4, 2010 3:45:51 GMT -8
Man its got to be early in the morning where you is.
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Post by quinoa on Aug 4, 2010 3:54:44 GMT -8
'bout 6am. Couldn't sleep. I've been up all night getting ready for camping/bat capturing this weekend.
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Post by yogbarogger on Aug 4, 2010 4:19:15 GMT -8
Palace Springs is phenomenal...isn't Bridget on that one? Back in the Box?
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Post by quinoa on Aug 4, 2010 4:30:30 GMT -8
The first 2 tracks, BitB and Treadmill, are not from the gig. They were recorded after HW got back to England and added to the begining of the show.
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Post by kirk on Aug 4, 2010 5:32:59 GMT -8
Thats a great vers of Treadmill too, one of the best Brock tracks lyricwise.
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Post by kirk on Aug 4, 2010 5:37:41 GMT -8
here Q
"No disrobing on the beach" indeed, That tickled me. Same as the show on telly with law enforcement officer John Pardo (something like that anway). It was on the other day and a police dog got shot. John Pardo said "He's shot the canine officer, Canine officer down requesting backup". I laughed for ages, still tickles me. I mean poor dog, but canine officer ?
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Post by quinoa on Aug 4, 2010 13:34:40 GMT -8
We were pulling our shirts and pants off, opening bottles of beer as we were reading the huge sign and the cops said nothing, watching us the whole time. Of course we were discreet with the beer and ganja. Picking up trash on are way back just proved we were environmentally conscious hippies from out of town.
Projecting human qualities to other species of mammals if not rocks I find to be a common theme throughout history. Especially by new age hippie chicks.
Where is there another official studio version of Treadmill? I love this track too, best one on the album IMHOtep. I don't know of any other versions at all.
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Post by kirk on Aug 5, 2010 4:01:30 GMT -8
There's two more live versions, one on each disc of Nottingham rock city 90.
here's the lyrics
I'm so distant and so cold I've lived too long and I'm so old I've tried so many different ways I've watched each one of them decay
I can't expound before the ages While we are leafing through the pages The office blocks from which we march The mirrored shades of the patriarch
Caught by streams of constant motion Most of the workers have no notion Sitting glued to computer screens Fingers raised - " must finish the scene" Lounge lizards in penthouse flats May soon find out where it's at They gnaw away our hard earned pay We walk the treadmill every day
I'm so distant and so cold I've lived too long and I'm so old I've tried so many different ways I've watched each one of them decay
I can't expound before the ages While we are leafing through the pages The office block from which we march The mirrored shades of the Patriarch
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spiralmind
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Post by spiralmind on Dec 26, 2010 20:09:41 GMT -8
Thought I would pipe in.
Pink Floyd Meddle, because Echos is on it. Greatest song ever (that wasn't OT)! Basically sums up the beginnings of life. They talk about life crawling out of the sea. Funny I just saw a show that they discovered a fish with legs/fins that crawled out of the ocean over 300 million years ago. This fish had the same bone structure of all animal with hands. Basically the first link in our evolution. Cool!
Such a variety of music from the late sixties. One of the bands would be the early Steve Miller Band. Sailor 1968 and Brave New World 1969 are just excellent. Also Pink Flyod Ummagumma. The live album was off the charts on early acid trips. Gun - Gunsight The Litter - Emerge
Newer Dead Flowers - Altered State Circus Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstairs Carbon Based Lifeforms Last but not least is Shpongle. AWESOME!
There's 10ish, but it's so hard to choose.
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Post by krisi on Dec 29, 2010 20:48:23 GMT -8
I've managed to condense it down to 11 albums, but I think I'd be struggling to choose 10!
Ozrics - Sliding Gliding Worlds Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? Steve Hillage - L Steely Dan - Aja Kraan - Wintrup Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame Camel - The Snow Goose Weather Report - Heavy Weather Gong - You Caravan - Cunning Stunts Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - Closer to it!
I feel like Hatfield and the North should be up there too, along with Utopia's first album.
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Post by orpheus on Dec 30, 2010 3:10:44 GMT -8
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Ozrics - Sliding Gliding Worlds Ozrics - Erpland Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All Donald Fagen - The Nightfly Steve Hillage - Fish Rising Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Jade Warrior - Way of the Sun
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