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Concert video, 2001:


Documentary:


Full album (audio):


Track Listing:
1. "Born in a Storm"
2. "Raintown"
3. "Ragman"
4. "He Looks Like Spencer Tracy Now"
5. "Loaded" (Prime, Ross, Kelling)
6. "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)"
7. "Chocolate Girl"
8. "Dignity"
9. "The Very Thing"
10. "Love's Great Fears"
11. "Town to Be Blamed"

Personnel:
• Ricky Ross – lead vocals (additional guitar, piano & keyboard on bonus tracks on reissue version)
• Lorraine McIntosh – backing & harmony vocals
• Graeme Kelling – guitar, low voice
• James Prime – keyboards, backing vocals
• Ewen Vernal – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Dougie Vipond – drums, percussion
• Chris Rea (slide guitar on "Love's Great Fears")
• B.J. Cole (pedal steel guitar on "Chocolate Girl")
• Jimmy Helms, George Chandler, Jimmy Chambers (Londonbeat) (backing vocals on "When Will You (Make My Telephone Ring)")

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No.46: “Are You Experienced?” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
The first and for me best album by Hendrix, this is a slice of psychedelic guitar overload from the legendary master of the axe. Strong songs, fantastic musicianship, great themes, classic status. This album is immense. Nothing more need be said, let’s let the music do the talking…

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Track Listing:
1. "Foxy Lady"
2. "Manic Depression"
3. "Red House"
4. "Can You See Me"
5. "Love or Confusion"
6. "I Don't Live Today"
7. "May This Be Love"
8. "Fire"
9. "Third Stone from the Sun"
10. "Remember"
11. "Are You Experienced?"

Personnel:
• Jimi Hendrix – guitars, lead vocals
• Noel Redding – bass; backing vocals on "Foxy Lady," "Fire," and "Purple Haze"
• Mitch Mitchell – drums; backing vocals on "I Don't Live Today" and "Stone Free"
• The Breakaways – backing vocals on "Hey Joe"
• Chas Chandler – producer
• Dave Siddle – engineering on "Manic Depression," "Can You See Me," "Love or Confusion," "I Don't Live Today," "Fire," "Remember," "Hey Joe," "Stone Free," "Purple Haze," "51st Anniversary," and "The Wind Cries Mary"
• Eddie Kramer – engineering on "The Wind Cries Mary," "Are You Experienced?," and "Red House"; additional engineering on "Love or Confusion," "Fire," "Third Stone from the Sun," and "Highway Chile"
• Mike Ross – engineering on "Foxy Lady," "Red House," and "Third Stone from the Sun"

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No.45: “Tommy” by The Who (1969)
The Who’s highest-placed album in my list is this rock opera from 1969, later made into a Ken Russell-directed 1975 feature film starring Roger Daltrey and Elton John. It’s a full concept piece about a boy called Tommy, the deaf, dumb and blind child who discovers that he has a gift for being a “pinball wizard” and this album (and movie) follows the boy in Pete Townshend’s lyrics/screenplay of his growing up and of all the characters in his life.
The music? Well it’s superb. As usual it’s filled with full-on total bombast of The Who’s trademark style with all four musicians performing at their best. The songs are amazing: ‘Pinball Wizard’, ‘I’m Free’, the many extended pieces of instrumental (‘Underture’ is a 10-minute masterpiece). Great stuff.
For your entertainment I’ve supplied various clips and images from both The Who’s album and of the film.

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Concert video: The Who performing Tommy live, 1989:


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Studio session 1968-69:


Track Listing:
Side one
1. "Overture"
2. "It's a Boy"
3. "1921"
4. "Amazing Journey"
5. "Sparks"
6. "The Hawker" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
Side two
1. "Christmas"
2. "Cousin Kevin"
3. "The Acid Queen"
4. "Underture"
Side three
1. "Do You Think It's Alright?"
2. "Fiddle About" (Entwistle)
3. "Pinball Wizard"
4. "There's a Doctor"
5. "Go to the Mirror!"
6. "Tommy Can You Hear Me?"
7. "Smash the Mirror"
8. "Sensation"
Side four
1. "Miracle Cure"
2. "Sally Simpson"
3. "I'm Free"
4. "Welcome"
5. "Tommy's Holiday Camp" (Keith Moon)
6. "We're Not Gonna Take It"

Film cast:
• Ann-Margret as Nora Walker
• Oliver Reed as "Uncle" Frank Hobbs
• Roger Daltrey as Tommy Walker
• Barry Winch as young Tommy
• Alison Dowling as young Tommy's singing voice
• Elton John as The Pinball Wizard
• Tina Turner as The Acid Queen
• Eric Clapton as The Preacher
• John Entwistle as Himself
• Keith Moon as Uncle Ernie/Himself
• Paul Nicholas as Cousin Kevin
• Jack Nicholson as The Specialist
• Robert Powell as Group Captain Walker
• Arthur Brown as The Priest
• Pete Townshend as The Narrator/Himself
• Victoria Russell as Sally Simpson
• Ben Aris as Rev. A. Simpson V. C.
• Mary Holland as Mrs. Simpson
• Ken Russell as Cripple

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I think I can fit this into one post, give it a try...

No.44: “The Endless River” by Pink Floyd (2014)
When the final chimes of The Division Bell tour ended in 1996 following its album two years beforehand, the world thought that was the end for Pink Floyd. For twenty years this was the case with the line-up reappearing against all odds for a 20-minute slot at Live8, then prolific appearances live from Roger Waters and David Gilmour in between, plus albums and DVDs and compilations. Richard Wright passed away too and Nick Mason seemed content with racing his Ferraris.
But an announcement was made in the summer of 2014 that there would be a “new” Pink Floyd album and it would be the final one. This record consisted of outtakes from the Division Bell sessions which were not used, re-recorded and Richard Wright’s parts included also making it a legitimate new release with all new songs. Roger Waters was not included of course as he had left the band many years before and had not been part of the Pin k Floyd post-1987 line-up.
The album itself, save for the final track ‘Louder Than Words’ (presumably because they needed a single) was entirely instrumental and it a work of art; A work of absolute beauty. The sound is perfection unmatched by anything else. Gilmour’s guitar work is unbelievable, Nick Mason ‘rocks out’ for once on the drums and the way they have intertwined Rick Wright’s keyboards and synths is unsurpassable. It’s a solid, stunning but extremely relaxing record which deserves to be heard through headphones at full blast to appreciate its magnificence fully. If you’ve had a bad day or you simply need to unwind, you need this album.

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Personnel:
David Gilmour
Nick Mason
Richard Wright

May post some more later if I've got nothing better to do. I'm really sick of doing this now.

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OMG!!

Never expected Raintown.........Great choice Floydy!

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Oh I love it mate.
It has that same locally urban sound to it as Chris Rea's Shamrock Diaries. The Lloyd Cole album has that personal touch thing with it too.
Love that style of songwriting.

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Great stuff Floydy - keep it coming.
I don't comment much, but always have a good look through....