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Your Top 5 Albums

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Finnegan

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2 minutes ago, SpacedX said:

I requested an audition with an at the time, reasonably well known band in London in 1989 and tracked them down to a nightclub called Gossips. They entertained my interest - patronised me, but unbeknown to me already had a guitar player lined up. I sat at the bar with Lemmy, who was propping it up and he told me not to waste my time on a bunch of egotistical prima donnas. He bought me a few drinks - top shelf - and was happy to dredge up stories about Hawkwind and his past at my behest - no pretence, self-deprecating as ever, whilst showing a genuine interest in my ambitions. I shit you not - 15 years later I walked into the Rainbow on Sunset LA and he was in his customary position at the bar. I headed over grinning and iwithout really looking up he said, "What the **** kept you? You owe me a single malt pal. Double neat. Your round". Absolute salt of the Earth that bloke. RIP.  

 

This is probably one of the best claim to fame stories I've ever head. Absolutely spectacular. 

 

I'm genuinely envious. What a story. 

 

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Daggers

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20 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

If this were truly Lemmy, the entire mountain in the background would need to be covered in Marshall stacks 

It's sad that I have the time to do this on a bank holiday weekend.

 

 

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22 minutes ago, Daggers said:

It's sad that I have the time to do this on a bank holiday weekend.

 

 

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Another anecdote. We played the London Astoria several times and in those days on a stage that size you absolutely had to have a wall of speakers as opposed to amps the size of peanuts. Marshall are based in Bletchley - very close to where the enigma code was cracked by Turing et al. It was common knowledge that they are perfectly happy to loan out speakers for this purpose if the venue is suitably large because it gets their name out there (not that it wasn't synonymous enough with that sort of audience). For our final show there we sent up a couple of Sherpa and Bedford vans and had a backline like the picture above - utterly absurd. Of course, all the 4x4 cabs are dummies and empty with no speakers in them. I used to use a Marshall half stack and a full stack for bigger venues which gave a fuller sound behind me. Otherwise, it's daft, since the bass player DId into the desk anyway and the PA does all the work. We had to return them the next day (Saturday) because Bon Jovi were playing Milton Keynes Bowl and  had also requested them. lol

 

Actually, I remember the sound check very well. Incrementally and one by one the number fell apart, literally -  I looked round and the rest of the band had all stopped playing - agog - whilst the sound man and all the roadies were gawping into the balcony where Kathy Lloyd was performing a ****ing topless photo shoot. 

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Stone roses - stone roses

fleetwood mac - rumours 

black grape - it’s great when you’re straight… yeah

engineers - engineers

ian brown - the greatest

 

could put another dozen in and might change sometimes, Beatles, oasis, Gomez, the verve, John Martyn, kings of convenience, the smiths, the supremes etc all got albums I love

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On 24/08/2024 at 18:40, Dr Marco said:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

The Libertines - Up The Bracket

Oasis - Definetely Maybe

Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish

Mark Knopfler - Golden Heart

 

I'd not heard of this until your post.

 

Just listened courtesy of Amazon Music.

 

His unique guitar style and song writing is just so... unique.

 

Lovely to listen to and a revelation to me. 

 

 

 

The Beach Boys... enough said!

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boots60

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1960's

 

My Generation - Who

Revolver -Beatles

Otis Blue - Otis Redding

Out of our heads - Rolling Stones

Small Faces (2nd album) - Small Faces

 

1970's

 

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

Never mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols

All mod Cons - The Jam

London Calling - Clash

A nods as good as a wink - Faces

 

1980's

 

Rum Sodomy & the Lash - Pogues

Signing Off - UB40

London 0 Hull 4 - Housemartins

Hup - Wonder Stuff

The Stone Roses (1st album)

 

1990's

 

Definitely Maybe - Oasis

Parklife - Blur

Dookie - Green Day

Mosely Shoals - Ocean Colour Scene

Its a shame about Ray - Lemonheads

 

This century

 

The state of things - Reverend & the Makers

American Idiot - Green Day

Dig out your soul - Oasis

Whatever you say I am - Arctic Monkeys

Kasabian (1st album)

 

 

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On 23/08/2024 at 22:38, onekeithweller said:

Groundhogs - Split 1971

Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen 1971

Family - Bandstand 1972

Matt Johnson - Burning Blue Soul 1981

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 1988

 

On the bench:

 

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks 1977

Nirvana - Unplugged 1994

 

Anyone got any recommendations from the last 30 years? 

If you like Spirit of Eden you might enjoy an album by Westerman called An Inbuilt Fault. One of my favourites from last year.

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On 23/08/2024 at 21:01, Foxdiamond said:

Neil Diamond -Hot August Night

Cat Stevens-Teaser And The Firecat

Gerry Rafferty-City To City

The Doobie Brothers-Toulouse Street 

The Beatles-No1s

 

I've been going through your list and this album is a revelation.

 

I always denied that I liked Cat Stevens as I thought he was a bit "hippy" but this album is a treat of musical genius.

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Genuinely impossible but - 

 

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Tame Impala - Lonerism

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Paul Simon - One Trick Pony

Paul McCartney - RAM

 

Honourable Mentions - 

The Beatles - The White Album

Mastodon - Leviathan

Melvins - Houdini

The Cribs - Men's Needs, Womens' Needs, Whatever

Elliot Smith - Figure 8

Radiohead - OK Computer

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2 hours ago, Parafox said:

 

I've been going through your list and this album is a revelation.

 

I always denied that I liked Cat Stevens as I thought he was a bit "hippy" but this album is a treat of musical genius.

Appreciate your reply. Often when talking about Cat Stevens in his pomp people refer to Tea For The Tillerman which I also like but I opted for Teaser in my list

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28 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Jimmy Eat World - Futures

Real Lies - Real Life

 

I think Top 5 Songs would probably yield some more diverse results from me but I'm very caucasian with albums it seems

I don't think any of my top 5, or 10 songs come from my top 5 albums.

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Doors - Doors

Sex Machine - James Brown

Strangers In The Night - UFO

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young

Plastic Letters - Blondie

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

It’s Alive - The Ramones

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

2112 - Rush

King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson

The Cars - The Cars

The Eminem Show - Eminem

Beatles For Sale - The Beatles

Revolver - The Beatles

White album - The Beatles

Taking Tiger Mountain - Brian Eno

For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music

Pink Flag - Wire

III - Peter Gabriel

Live - Peter Gabriel (if only for the version of I Go Swimming)

Weeper -Weezer

Unplugged - Nirvana (their best album)

Transformer - Lou Reed

Magic and Loss - Lou Reed

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

The Very Best of Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading

Love Bites - Buzzcocks

Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins

The Black Album - Metallica

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1. Nirvana - Nevermind

2. Oasis - What’s the story

3. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

4. Adele - 21

5. Fugees - The Score

 

Not in any particular order and it would change day on day.

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