Citrus Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Was searching for a misplaced CD - wasn't in the correct case - and pulled out 2 CDs by Robin TrowerBridge of Sighs, and Live.1. Both stood the test of time really well.2. Not the big Hendrix rip off One of my friends claimed he was. He was certainly influenced, but who wasnt at the time. Think of how many guitarists SRV has influenced, and how many just clone his sound.3. The tunes had some real good grooves, and a nice full sound for a 3 piece band4. Forgot what a great vocalist he had ( think Paul Rodgers without the bombast) - whatver happened to Jim Dewar? Also Put on The Eagles one of these nights - last disc before Jow Walsh joined.- Big fan of JW, but a great disc nonetheless. Great playing from Don Felder
Guest pirateflynn Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I just bought Kansas - Two For The ShowI actually saw them at one of the venues where the album was recorded, El Paso 1978. It still stands out as the best concert I ever saw. Journey From Mariabronn caused me to slip into a trance!The album is a testament to their incredible talent and holds up very well.
LostArt Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 mike oldfield tubular bellsi dug this oiut when I put a new digital to analog convertor on my system wow
Feynman Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Every now and then I'll spin up Appetite for Destruction. For me, it stands the test of time.Brothers in Arms never disappoints me either.
ArnieZ Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Jeff Beck TruthListened to it today on the treadmill, unbelievably goodArnieZ
Camstone Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Went skiing last weekend and listened to Dixie Dregs United We Stand about four times. WOW!
Guest pirateflynn Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I've got to 2nd: Jeff Beck - TruthPat Benatar - Crimes of Passion. Just try to play those songs .... No, really play them. Neil Geraldo is really FU%KING good!
Caddie Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Spirit - Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicusdude, where's the bong
Willie G. Moseley Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 IMO, the keystone is whether or not albums not heard in years still hold up today. I've recently gotten back into the following:Blue Oyster Cult: SECRET TREATIES---unique segues, killer and/or lightning fast guitar riffs, and the Nazi references made it controversial enough to attract even more potential listenersMike Oldfield: INCANTATIONS---treads close to Phillip Glass-like redundancy at times, but ultimately more interesting now that it was when new.The Ventures: ON STAGE---includes the best live version of "Wipeout" ever recorded.RORY GALLAGHER LIVE---expanded CD has more tracks and is called LIVE IN EUROPE.Be Bop Deluxe: MODERN MUSICKing Crimson: RED---"Starless" is worth the price of admission; this is the way a progressive rock song should, er, progress regarding how it builds to a crescendo.Vanilla Fudge: THE BEAT GOES ONWill probably think of others later.
zorrow Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Funny, I was just listening to early Queen albums -- which I hadn't in years. Both "Queen II" and "Sheer Heart Attack" brought back great memories, and you bet their music still sounds amazing to my ears.
Disturber Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I have the Stiff Records 4 CD box in the car right now, got it for christmas. Many of these 80's tracks are familiar, and still sounds good. Elvis Costello for instance had a timeless sound from day one. His stuff still sounds fresh and inspiring. A true legend.
Brooks Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 i recently got a metal comp cd w/ pat travers' "snortin' whiskey",twisted sisters "you can't stop rock n roll",and vandenburgs "burning heart".haven't heard those tunes maybe since high school.also got manowars 3rd, "hail to england", which has perhaps their best song "blood of my enemies"; we used to lift weights (& the bong) to manowar & maiden in high school, 1983-5.
serial Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Blue Oyster Cult: SECRET TREATIES---unique segues, killer and/or lightning fast guitar riffs, and the Nazi references made it controversial enough to attract even more potential listenersWow-coincidences! As soon as I saw this thread title, I was going to post this. On the way to practice last night, our bass player was playing this in his truck. I haven't heard this stuff in 25 years or more. Love Roeser's playing on this and I'm just hoping it's on iTunes so I can snag it tonight.
silentman Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I love listening to Journey - Captured. Most excellent live album.
MCChris Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Trower's "About to Begin" came up on shuffle during my commute this morning. Wow, what a vocal performance. Gave me chills. That and the 7-below weather LOL!Lots of AC/DC "Highway to Hell" has been coming up on shuffle as well. Ass-kickin' stuff and still fresh as hell nearly 30 years later.
serial Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Lots of AC/DC "Highway to Hell" has been coming up on shuffle as well. Ass-kickin' stuff and still fresh as hell nearly 30 years later.I haven't gone more than two or three weeks since 1979 without listening to that album or at least a track or two from it-one of my favorite albums of all time and it never gets old.There's a reason my dog's named Angus Marshall.
santellavision Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 Billy Cobham 'Spectrum'. Tommy Bolin's guitar playing from over 30 years ago is still thrilling!Another I've pulled out in the last week is Humble Pie 'Rockin' the Fillmore' Totally rocks.
MTM105 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I am unable to find Bob Dylan at Budokan on CD anywhere. IMO, that album is of biblical importance. But the rest of his material is slacking...Nor Eric Clapton Live Just One Night. Even today, hearing the song Cocaine on the radio is unbelievable. Back then, the song was so overplayed it's done damage to my brain.Also Jan Hamer with Jeff Beck Live. It was one of those albums that was mass produced, then ended up on the discount rack.I do not know if these albums are available on CD. I'm sure they are, but I'm too lazy to research.
Nuclear Wessel Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 When I moved into my house last summer and set up my smaller stereo (with turntable) in the basement, I dug out my LP's. I hadn't listened to many of them in years and years. A couple that I really dug:Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - Brian EnoTravels - Pat Metheny GroupLast week I bought Judas Priest's 1986 album Turbo on CD cuz a friend was selling it for $3. That album is hilarious. There are synths all over it. And those mechanical, racing, very straight 1-2-3-4 80's drumbeats. And the cliched 80's drum reverbs. It was like the unholy offspring of a metal band that mated with a new wave/synth pop band like Blondie. So totally 1986.
Rhys Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 4. Forgot what a great vocalist he had ( think Paul Rodgers without the bombast) - whatever happened to Jim Dewar? Jimmy Dewar suffered a severe stroke in 1987. He was then tragically confined to a wheelchair after undergoing a surgical procedure that went wrong & was unable to perform again. He died in 2002.He was indeed a great singer.
bbobb24 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 I was at the mall last week looking around in the cd store and picked up Bat outof Hell by Meatloaf....I haven't heard it since I can't remember when. But just listening to that opening title track!! What a Great Great song, and album.I also picked up Yellow Submarine, for whatever reason I never got that one on cd, and Hey Bulldog just rips!! It sounds like they were having such a good time recording it, expecially towards the end of the song where their all barking and screaming....good stuff!!
darc Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 A friend shipped me the Scorps' Virgin Killer a couple of weeks ago, after I'd mentioned I no longer had a copy. I've been listening to that over and over, and I don't know, it could be some kind of nostalgia/familiarity or something, but I hear some crazy kind of mojo in these old 70's Scorps albums that is unlike anything else out there. It's the weirdest thing because they interview like a bunch of drunk teenagers at a frat party, but somewhere back there they accidentally tapped into something scary and unique. Maybe it was Uli Roth. I get the same thing listening to In Trance. Weird Eurotrash-Gypsy-Funk-Metal. Or something.
bubs_42 Posted January 25, 2008 Posted January 25, 2008 PearlJam, Alive, I could not think of the last time I heard Pearljam so I went to the other room and through in a couple of thier CD's. Awsome....
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