That 12 record meme

[ericcoleman]

If anyone has any questions about any of these ... ya know I love to talk about music ... They are all records that had a profound effect on me at some point in my life



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[ericcoleman]

That is the truly brilliant one I think ... although Arizona Bay is great too. Is the Relentless/Revelations/It's Just A Ride/HBO Special DVD available in that area of the world ???

[ericcoleman]

I need to get Sane Man ... it was released here not too long ago ... as well as a couple of complete show CDs that I dont have yet. I saw him in 91 or so and have been a fan ever since ...

[ericcoleman]

Oh, my favorite photo of Bill is this icon

[herculesmusic.livejournal.com]

SAHB- genius. Genesis- fabtastic. Tull- awesome. The Buzzcocks- splenderific.

The Jam - total crap.

[ericcoleman]

The Jam - total crap.

Ok ... why ???

[herculesmusic.livejournal.com]

Who wants a third rate Steve Marriot impersonator when Marriot himself was only the second best singer/songwriter in his group, who inturn were just a second rate Who, who inturn were nothing compared to the almighty godlike Kinks?

Weller is just a lousy rip-off with a fancy hairdo.

"Village Green preservation society", "Ogden's nut gone flake", "the who sell out"- now those are UK mod albums worth shouting about!!!

[ericcoleman]

Classic Rock magazine did an article on the 100 best "British" albums. No Kinks ... fuck em ...

Arthur is my particular favorite, but I would have to agree with the brilliance of VGPS. I did see them do the Preservation Show in London in 75 ... and had a very funny encounter with a very drunk Dave on a bus in north London one night. I was the 15 year old fanboy trying to tell him that he was one of my heroes, he was trying to figger out which one of me to talk to.

I do have to disagree with one point in a major way. Steve was by far the best singer in his band. There are, however, very few who have written as well as the late and much lamented Ronnie Lane.

And I really don't see that much of a comparision between Weller and Marriot ...

Childhhood influences

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I was trying to think of "influential" albums and went back to my childhood. I think I still have the incredibly scratched 78 of A Child's Introduction To Jazz with Bob Keeshan (aka Captain Kangaroo). Astonishingly, I found the mp3 files online here (second one on the list). I wouldn't have even looked if it weren't for your posting. In retrospect, a bit anti-semitic (they don't even talk about Jewish/Eastern European influences on jazz; and I haven't heard it for 40 years...), but still a trip down memory lane. I hope it stands the test of time.

Now... if I can only dig up Tubby the Tuba (which I saw somewhere online a while back) and find the Mousketeer 78 that we played all the time ("Beauty is as beauty does, mark well what I do say").

When I was six, figuring out the gearing to get the 78 player to play 45s and 33 1/3rds was major geekery. It was just a little switch, but it seemed like high tech at the time.

[hardly-angelic.livejournal.com]

No "Life in the Foodchain"?

Damn - I forgot Quadrophenia on mine. Who's Next, too.

[ericcoleman]

I could put up a completely different 12 in a few minutes that Foodchain could be on ...

[hardly-angelic.livejournal.com]

I hear that. (No pun intended.) I lack your restraint, in terms of limiting it to twelve.

:::scrambles back to add "A Trick of the Tail" to his ever-growing list:::