The Greatest Vinyl Album Ever..........

jtheune said:
I must admit I'm somewhat surprised by the lists of albums I've seen so far. I can't say any of the choices would be outside my top 30 or so. I wonder if our mutual addition to aviation has also homogenized our tastes in music from the album era?
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It's just that we're all old... :blush:

I "recycled" almost all of my vinyl about a year ago in a frenzy of getting rid of stuff. Strangely I still have a turntable...
 
I had fun last week showing my daughter a "record" and playing it on the turntable. Got out a magnifying glass to show the grooves, and the stylus (an elliptical one, of course).

Gawd, all the things people did back then. Remember the turntable (Sondek?) that would apply a vacuum to the underside of the album so it would be as flat as possible? I think it came on a base of depleted uranium or something and weighed 500 lbs.
 
RMCN172RG said:
Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Transit Authority

Blood Sweat & Tears

What can I say, I play trumpet.
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Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed.

BS&T, absolutely.

CTA, not bad, but not quite BS&T

Three Dog Night - don't remember the name of the album, but the one with "Joy to the World". My 28 year old daughter loves that song. :D

Good stuff. And I have all my vinyl. I need to get busy and start recording them on the computer again. Got my Moody Blues albums recorded. It's a start...
 
Without thinking!

Miles Davis, Kind of Blue

Kevin
 
TMetzinger said:
I had fun last week showing my daughter a "record" and playing it on the turntable. Got out a magnifying glass to show the grooves, and the stylus (an elliptical one, of course).

Gawd, all the things people did back then. Remember the turntable (Sondek?) that would apply a vacuum to the underside of the album so it would be as flat as possible? I think it came on a base of depleted uranium or something and weighed 500 lbs.
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More betta. Make a cone out of shirt cardboard and play a well worn record you don't care too much about that way. Then challenge her to do that with a CD. :rofl:
 
Babe Ruth Band??????


How about using the Discwasher brush to clean off the record? Carefully apply the fluid, then hold it carefullly on the album. I always got shaky hands when I went to clean the stylus.

Best vinyl? Quadrophenia and Tommy. I think I burned holes in those two (well, four really.)
 
I agree with number 2.

Add Dark Side of the Moon.

My very first "new" 33 was Cornerstone by Styx ;)

Growing up my Dad still had many of his old records from the late 50's /early 60's. Pretty cool.
 
The low spark of high heeled boys - Traffic
2112 - Rush
Let's get small - Steve Martin
Chet Atkins - any and all of them

I have about 5 milk crates full of .33 1/3 LP's and another 3-4 boxes full of .45's. Even have a few .78's laying around in case the house gets broken into and I need to hit someone over the head. :)

The hardest part is trying to find a stylus in stock anywhere. Radio Shack is the best bet but their only 25% successful in my neck of the woods. They can order them and it takes awhile but all is well once they arrive.
 
TMetzinger said:
I had fun last week showing my daughter a "record" and playing it on the turntable. Got out a magnifying glass to show the grooves, and the stylus (an elliptical one, of course).

Gawd, all the things people did back then. Remember the turntable (Sondek?) that would apply a vacuum to the underside of the album so it would be as flat as possible? I think it came on a base of depleted uranium or something and weighed 500 lbs.
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In radio, we used to put splicing tape around the capstain to speed the record up... ;)
 
Well I never really bught too many LPs, but I'd have to put "Switched on Bach" on this list.
 
jtheune said:
I was stationed at NAS Memphis in 77 and was living in the barracks going to school.
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I was there in '77 as well, altho technically it was NAS Millington ... maybe we've already traded this trivia?

Sorry, we now return you to your vinyl threads - my son just dusted off my old Technics turntable, Marantz amp and receiver, his mom's milk crate of albums and asked permission to adopt ... ;)
 
2112? What are there, maybe 2 songs on that album, each lasting an eternity????

:D
 
flyersfan31 said:
2112? What are there, maybe 2 songs on that album, each lasting an eternity????

:D
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LOL, but Yes beat them to the punch with Close to the Edge. Entire first side is one song.

I'm a little younger, so my best-remembered first LP purchases were:

Rush - Moving Pictures
Genesis - Abacab
Billy Joel - Glass Houses
 
Okay, are there any closest Monkey fans out there? Dave Clark 5? I was listen to Sirius 60's channel and it really turned the clock back to the good ol days.

Motown sound? I really like the Jackson 5 before Michael got white. Temptations? Man they made some good music back then.

I'm not sure why I'm so retro today, but it sure is fun listening to the oldies.
 
Oh, I went to a dance just the other night, everyone there was sad! I said over and over and a over again this dance is gonna be a drag!

I distinctly recall that was playing as I waited in line to get in at Maduras Dance Land in Hammond Indiana? area. While in line a pigeon flew over and deposited something special on my shoulder. Although I cleaned it with several napkins, was quite self conscious about it later when slow dancing with a young lady who seemed to like to lean her head to that side.

Best,

Dave
 
Welllllll--

For me it was "The Missing Linc", Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues, from Sheffield Labs, 1972. Direct from the studio to the master disc.

Also, Van Cliburn and the New York Philharmonic, with guest conductor Kiril Kondrashin, 1958. The Texan that conquered the Soviet Union.

I do remember the Moody Blues' "Days of the Future Passed", and playing it on my 8-track in the car...

Sigh...
 
kevin47881 said:
I have about 5 milk crates full of .33 1/3 LP's and another 3-4 boxes full of .45's. Even have a few .78's laying around in case the house gets broken into and I need to hit someone over the head. :)
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I was an early adopter of CDs. I got my first player in 1984. At that time CDs themselves we all made in Germany, I was living in the UK and CDs were quit cheap, about $12 US. When I moved to the states I was surprised at how expensive they were. But with a 3 year headstart on most US people I had amassed a good collection of CDs. I still have two milk crates of albums. Many are UK groups no one ever heard of over here. But I do have the classics including a lot of Rush.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a new bass guitar for myself. I wanted to get something with jazz neck on it as I like the narrowing feel of that better than the precision bass necks. I ended up with this Sadowski Bass

sadowsky.jpg


That is the same color scheme and set up that Geddy Lee plays. He endorses Fender Basses so they have the naming rights to the Geddy Lee Bass and this one is actually better than what Fender offers as it is hand mand with upgraded electronics and pickups. Way more expensive too.

But I have to say that my favorite three albums were

1. Beatles: Sgt. Pepper
2. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
3. Led Zepplin IV
 
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Geico266 said:
Motown sound? I really like the Jackson 5 before Michael got white. Temptations? Man they made some good music back then.
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I am more of a Stax fan than Motown. Booker T and the MGs was and still is a kickin' sound. Who can forget Green Onions, Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes!!

Motown was way too 'constructed' for me.
 
Many good tunes mentioned here.

+1 on 2112, crime of the century, and anything by the allman bros, stones, beatles and hendrix.

Add to the list, anything by stevie ray vaughan and The Cars first album.

and two more a tad more obscure...

Doucette; moma let him play

Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah; Lakeshore Drive.

Jeremiah, by the way, was the subject of the Three Dog Night song Joy to the World. A.K.A. Jeremiah was a Bullfrog.
 
Geico266 said:
Back in the day vinyl records were the state of the art recording media. Google that you young whipper snappers.:rofl:

Anyway, for you guys & gals old enough to have spent your lunch money on the latest album which ones were your favorites?

(Not in any order)

1. Beetles "White Album"
2. Fleetwood Mac "Rumors"
3. Led Zepplin II
4. Babe Ruth Band "First Base"

Any more? Do you still have them and play them?

Come on gang, get out the vinyl and Gerital and lets kill the rest of our hearing.

Turn it up!
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Larry ... that's BEATLES. And I have a lot of their vinyl .. my favorite probably being Rubber Soul. Black Sabbath Paranoid was another favorite.
Also about anything by Jethro Tull .. but Thick as a Brick was always
a favorite. In fact I have it on CD here in the office and play it all the
time. Also would have to put Cream close to the top of the list.

I've got boxes of old albums at home. Guess it's time to bring the
Thorens turntable down to the airport and hook it up to the stereo in
the hangar and blast out Bandit Row.

RT
 
Scott, I recently discovered on Youtube there are maniacs who've worked out bass parts to perfection of many of our favorite classics. It's quite entertaining especially some of the Beatles parts as they were often difficult to pick out in those mixes. McCartney was remarkably creative with the bass. One of his later tunes, Another Day, has an amazingly intricate bass part. There is a guy on youtube who has got it down along with a bunch of other great songs. Worth a look.


smigaldi said:
I was an early adopter of CDs. I got my first player in 1984. At that time CDs themselves we all made in Germany, I was living in the UK and CDs were quit cheap, about $12 US. When I moved to the states I was surprised at how expensive they were. But with a 3 year headstart on most US people I had amassed a good collection of CDs. I still have two milk crates of albums. Many are UK groups no one ever heard of over here. But I do have the classics including a lot of Rush.

A couple of weeks ago I bought a new bass guitar for myself. I wanted to get something with jazz neck on it as I like the narrowing feel of that better than the precision bass necks. I ended up with this Sadowski Bass

sadowsky.jpg


That is the same color scheme and set up that Geddy Lee plays. He endorses Fender Basses so they have the naming rights to the Geddy Lee Bass and this one is actually better than what Fender offers as it is hand mand with upgraded electronics and pickups. Way more expensive too.

But I have to say that my favorite three albums were

1. Beatles: Sgt. Pepper
2. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
3. Led Zepplin IV
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smigaldi said:
No Maynard Ferguson?
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Yes, but I don't pull him, Buddy Rich or Doc Seversin out that much.

When I had a cassette player in the car I had his Side with MacArthur Park and El's coming from the "M.F. Horn" album, a live concert (winter 71-72) I taped with 'Hey Jude' (M.F. Horn 2) as the big number and the full album of Muted Jazz by Jonah Jones on regularly.
 
Maynard Ferguson: 'Round Midnight.
Beatles: Abby Road
Gerd Seifert: The 4 Mozart Horn Concerti/Berlin Phil.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Ozawa: Beethoven Symphony #3, 3rd movement.

....live in the automobile MP3 player
 
RogerT said:
I've got boxes of old albums at home. Guess it's time to bring the Thorens turntable down to the airport and hook it up to the stereo in the hangar and blast out Bandit Row.

RT
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Now that would be cool!

You named off another round of my favorites also! Cream, Tull, Black Sabath. Wow!
 
I got a ticked in DT Dallas years ago for speeding. Had a great new sound system in the car and had it cranked up. Didn't realize it, but as Tchaikowshy's 1812 overature played, I envisioned the French troops under Napoleon advancing into Russia and the music hit a crescendo, I had unintentionally been stepping on the gas. That rendition had live cannons volleying and I was pretty caught up in it.

When the officer asked my why I was speeding; I tried to explain: well Napoleon's troops were attacking the Russians, the cannons were firing and I just didn't realize how fast he was going. He just kinna looked at me quizically. I reworded it to say; new stereo system: music was cranked up and it had actual cannons firing.

Then, he just laughed. Asked me to slow down and suggested I keep the music lower.

Best,

Dave
 
bbchien said:
Maynard Ferguson: 'Round Midnight.
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I've never heard it on vinyl, but that is one of my favorites to play on sax!

smigaldi said:
But I have to say that my favorite three albums were

1. Beatles: Sgt. Pepper
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:yes: That was one of the first albums of my dad's that I found. I have it in four formats now: vinyl, cassette, CD, and MP3. I love that one!
 
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Abbey Road
The Doors - The Doors
London Calling - The Clash
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Face to Face - The Kinks
Something Else - The Kinks
Never Mind the Bollocks - The Sex Pistols
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Sgt Pepper
 
The Sea by Anita Kerr and with spoken poetry by Rod McKuen....

















hahahahahaha. no, really, I'm just joking.






Although I did like it 40 years ago when I heard it. :D :D
 
My wife's favorites are,

Captain Beefheart- Trout mask Replica
Neil Young - Harvest
Procol Harem - Procol Harem

I just can't get into Capt Beefheart like my wife

Kevin
 
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