Best first track on debut album:
Led Zeppelin I - Good Times Bad Times
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Some more,
You're gonna miss me-The 13th floor elevators
Welcome to my nightmare- Alice Cooper
Godzilla-BOC
Help-The Beatles
Paint it Black-The Rolling Stones
Village GreenPreservation Society-The Kinks
White Room-Cream
A Whiter shade of pale-Procol Harum
Fire and water-Free
Deadlock-Can
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Silly me. How could I have forgotten:
The Cure - 100 Years
Because in the grand scheme of things, "It doesn't matter if we all die".
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More, and less conventional listings:
Tonio K- Life in the Food Chain-Life in the Food Chain
PJ Harvey- Rid of Me- Rid of Me
Patti Smith - Horses -Gloria
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I'm a life long fan of geetar "Classic Rock"
There are some great mentions here.
He's been mentioned before in other threads, I'll do it one more time just because this cut was one of many this 13 year old learned how to play "that sound" on his 1975 Japanese Les Paul copy thru a cheap transistor amp.
Side1/Track 1-Stranglehold. Say what you will about ol Ted, he HAD a place in 70's American R&R history. The album keeps the energy from the lead in to lead out groove.
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Jeff Beck - live at Ronnie Scott’s - Bolero. Actually entire show is awesome. Jeff played with Tal Wilkenfeld, Jason Rebello, and Vinnie C. Great show and you know you are on top when Jimmy Page and Robert Plant are in the audience. And Clapton sits in on a few songs.
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Couple more:
John-Madman Across the Water: Tiny Dancer
Johnny Nash-I Can See Clearly Now: I Can See Clearly Now
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Jazz has plenty of examples:
Rollins-Saxophone Colossus: "St. Thomas"
Coleman-Shape of Jazz to Come: "Lonely Woman"
Coltrane-Love Supreme: "Part 1"
Brahem, Anour-Thimar: "Badra"
For classical, it is hard to pick favorite opening movements or single movement works, but the following come to mind:
Shostakovich-Piano Trio No. 2
Beethoven-Violin and Piano Sonata No. 5 ("Spring")
Mozart-Vesperae Solennes Confessore
Adams-Violin Concerto
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Hells Bells prob the all time classic same as Queen live magic etc.
Mozart Symphony 40 always does it for me as well- soon as that needle drops
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1st Queen album - 'Keep Yourself Alive'
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A lot of good suggestions, but I swear I don't know how anything could top "Gimme Shelter."
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A few more:
Dylan "Free Wheelin'" -- "Blowing in the Wind"
Dylan "Blonde on Blonde" -- "Rainy Day Woman"
AC/DC "Back in Black" -- "Hell's Bells"
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The Cure - Plainsong
The Cure - The Kiss
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dazzle
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Selling England by the Pound Oh Yes!- putting it on now had totally forgotten what a cool album
I'm just a lawnmower, you can tell me by the way I walk
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Genesis-Selling England by the pound
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Deep Purple-Highway star
Roxy Music-Do the strand
Led Zeppelin-Whole lotta love
Queen-Innuendo
Steely Dan-Do it again
David Bowie-Station to Station
Pink Floyd-Astronomy Domine
Lou Reed-Vicious
King Crimson-Circus.......
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But there are many greats, the list is endless.
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King Crimson "21st Century Schizoid Man"
Beatles "Come Together"
Supremes "Where Did Our Love Go?"
Rolling Stones "Rocks Off"
Bob Dylan "Tangled Up In Blue"
There's a variation on this question involving vinyl releases. What's the best B-side opening tracks?
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+1 Baba O'Riley from Who's Next.
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Best Clapton, to me, is Detroit Ballroom, Fall '67- Cream were at their peak live. Sadly, this is not an authorized release. I wish Clapton would legitimate it-- it is purportedly a board recording, but there are at least two different versions. I hate getting behind a bootleg, but it is there as a piece of history.
As to best "first tracks," I dunno. I listen to a range of stuff, from early heavy rock (now often called "proto-metal") to jazz. I have a visitor tomorrow and was thinking about what to play. I have a lot of records, but got out of the habit of a "short list" of regular players for demonstration purposes.
And, I'm more into jazz these days than hard rock, but I can dig a psych or heavy rock album for sure: Lucifer's Friend (German Philips the album with Uncle Fester); Crimson- Toronto 2016 Live- Starless; Art Lande And Rubisa Patrol– Desert Marauders (killer jazz record that has an edge; well known cheap heat); Chris Whitley- promo version of Living with the Law-- a/k/a National Steel- fewer cuts, sonically nicer. Standard issue Columbia.
I'm sure I'll play more tomorrow- but part of it is what the guest likes, no?
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Chris Rea - Auberge. Actually the entire album
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Agree with the Tommy Overture.
Then there's Watch That Man on David Bowie's Aladdin Sane.
I Want to Hold Your Hand on Meet the Beatles.
Yeah, my tastes are antediluvian. But let's get more antediluvian --- First Movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
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Bright Eyes: "At the Bottom of Everything" from "I'm Awake, It's Morning."
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Marvin Gaye: "What's Going On." from album of the same name.
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Rolling Stones "Miss You" on "Some Girls."
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minkwelder I get where you're coming from with Baba O'Riley- it's like comfort food
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DSOTM, Pink Floyd - Speak To Me
Nirvana, Nevermind - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Who, Tommy - Overture
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
I could go on and on, but I will let others chime in
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The Clash - London Calling....
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Who's Next - Baba O'Riley
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