Hey whart, did you see The Nice in their one N. American tour? Must have been in '68 I saw them, at The Fillmore in SF. I was into that kind of thing at the time, had their debut album. They were a quartet, right? Keith Emerson on organ, of course. Around the same time I saw The Vagrants, with Leslie West playing guitar and singing---his first "national" band.
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I posted these as part of a more extensive list in response to another thread: brian davison- every which way-mercury- (former drummer for The Nice, set up 1 off band after Emerson left; great vocals by Graham Bell, sounds like old Traffic, blues shouter hard rock, good sound, not big $); blast furnace- s/t- danish polydor- buy the RSD reissue from Denmark, original pressings are $$$- great mix of psych and melody; lucifer’s friend- s/t-german philips- zeppy sabbath, with hues of deep purple and heep vocals- classic proto-metal; don’t bother with the universal reissue |
@inna @chazark123 @toddverone Happy for the positive responses. Glad for the opportunity to give these artists a little bit more exposure. Chaz - Don't know about availability of all those in vinyl, but limited vinyl production is not unheard of from some of these small labels; e.g., Kranky, Ghostly, n5md. Suggest you check discogs to see how they were released. I've had decent success buying on the Discogs marketplace (a little vinyl; just look for M/NM and a seller w/100% rating). As far as more, like Todd said, I don't want to load up this thread. Many of these "discoveries" were a result of visiting a really wonderful record review site called, "A Closer Listen - A Home for Instrumental & Experimental Music". Richard Allen should get some kind of cultural achievement award for what he has put together there. Hope you and others will check it out. https://acloserlisten.com Todd - "A Strangely Isolated Place" is an interesting name for an electronic/ambient label being (as you probably know) the name of a well-regarded electronica recording by Ulrich Schnauss. I look forward to checking out Lav & Perl's, "A State of Becoming". I like ambient as well but for active listening prefer compositions that are "going somewhere", as in Helios' "Unleft". There used to be an "ambient favorites" thread here on A'gon. Would love to see that resurrected and expanded to include electronica and "modern composition". |
Wow, that's a lot. I'm going to limit this to recent albums I've acquired that were unknown to me or that I missed along the way. Enzo Enzo - Ariola BOPL 1004 - This sort of fits into French cafe music. My daughter told me she likes French Cafe music, but I'm keeping this copy. The Alternate Blues - Analogue Productions APR 3010 - Heavy hitters, improvisation, great sound and music. Heartworn Highways - Diverse Records 016DLP - Documentary recordings from 1975 by the Classics playing their Classics. Great sound, but you have to forgive the vinyl a little. Ben Alison - Newvelle Records NV005LP - One from a box set. Expensive recordings and unique approach to making/marketing music. Great new music and sound, regardless. Kenny |
Helios is amazing! There is an electronic ambient label called A Strangely Isolated Place. They release music through Bandcamp, where you can buy vinyl or various types of digital files (mp3, flac, aiff...). Once you buy the digital album, you can download any format as many times as you like. Anyway, on that label, there’s an amazing album called ’A State of Becoming’ by Lav & Perl. The vinyl is s beautiful pink and sounds incredible, very much in the Helios vein. I love abstract/ambient electronic music.. I’ll try not to fill this thread. 😁 |
Yeah, Al! The first version I heard of "Train Kept A Rollin’ " was in 1965, that by The Yardbirds with of course Jeff Beck on guitar. It’s a great version, and I was amazed in 1977 when I heard a version I liked even more, that of The Rock ’n’ Roll Trio. Absolute killer! Johnny Burnette’s scream in the song is on a Little Richard level---as good as it gets. The R & R Trio created an incredible feeling of tension, which requires the musicians to "hold back" in a way that’s hard to explain but easy to hear. The Who were good at that too, no more so than in "I Can See For Miles". Most bands are all about release, not first creating the tension which makes the release so, ahem, satisfying. Tension and release, what makes the best Rock ’n’ Roll so sexual. Elvis’ early stuff is full of it, as is the work of Rock ’n’ Roll master Dave Edmunds. Listen to Dave’s guitar solo in his 1970 recording of the Dave Bartholomew song "I Hear You Knocking", a hit for Smiley Lewis in the mid-50’s. The held-back tension in the song is palpable, and then Dave’s guitar solo kicks it up a notch, his note-timing creating the most intense tension-and-release I’ve heard in music. XXX-Rated, baby! Dave and Robert Plant are close friends, and both fans of the Blues and Hillbilly from which Rock ’n’ Roll evolved. Dave was one of the guitarists being considered as replacement for Brian Jones in The Stones. Luckily, he didn’t get the gig, and ended up creating the real "Best Rock ’n’ Roll Band In The World" (the claim to that title by The Rolling Stones notwithstanding) with Nick Lowe, Billy Bremmer, and Terry Williams---Rockpile. One of the maybe four best bands I’ve seen live, the other two being Little Village, NRBQ, and of course The Band. The Beatles weren’t very good when I saw them live in '65, by the way. |
bdp24 10-26-2017My wife and I recently enjoyed hearing "The Train Kept a-Rollin" on SiriusXM while we were out for a drive. Prior to some other mentions you’ve made of the R&R Trio in past threads here I had only been aware of JB’s later and of course very different solo hits. I think the car enjoyed hearing it too, because the incredible energy level of the music caused it to be going a good deal faster at the end of the song than when it started :-) Best regards, -- Al |
The original Rockabilly artists, like The Rock 'n' Roll Trio (Johnny Burnette and his brother Dorsey, along with Telecaster guitarist Paul Burlinson, a favorite of Jeff Beck). There are hundreds of others, released on small, independent, regional labels in the mid-to-late 1950's. The original version of white Rock 'n' Roll, it's the blend of Jump Blues and Hillbilly. |
