27-03-2018, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Floydy
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No.408: "Saint Dominic's Preview" by Van Morrison (1972)
At regular intervals Van Morrison crops up in my list, one of the greatest songwriters ever of course. This early seventies album featured his homage to Jackie Wilson amongst other fine tracks.
That's it for now as my car is almost ready for collection. Later, if I get time, we will be kicking off the first appearance by Led Zeppelin in the list.
27-03-2018, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Floydy
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No.413: "Super Trouper" by Abba (1980) 
What can you say about the biggest pop band of the 70's? Nothing to add apart from saying that this record contains quite simply one of the best songs ever made in 'The Winner Takes It All', a better produced song you wouldn't find. Not only that nut the subject matter in the song's lyrics is a harrowing thing to tackle in song, even more so when you think the band members were all divorced by this stage and had to tolerate each other's company for the sake of making music.
Mine is The Piper which was the the only ABBA song where a part of the refrain is in Latin. The song has gained a small cult following among ABBA fans.
27-03-2018, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobby Àmericano
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Woo hoo! The mighty Zep!
Originally Posted by solo
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We all have a favourite Abba song for various reasons. Mine is The Piper which was the the only ABBA song where a part of the refrain is in Latin. The song has gained a small cult following among ABBA fans.
We have one more Abba album left to come
27-03-2018, 06:44 PM
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Okay, just for interest I'm going to list all of the studio albums by the three major bands we haven't seen at all yet in this list: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.They are listed in the order they were released, so I'm not giving anything away - I'm also not saying if they are included or not, neither have I included live albums.
If there's anyone around within the next couple of hours (while I go away and watch a movie), put them in the order you would rate them from best to worst, or if you wish just your top three. My list will be unchanged and will continue at 9pm UK time tonight.
There is no reason for this exercise, just a bit of interest for me that's all. Thanks.
THE BEATLES
-Please Please Me-1963
-With The Beatles-1963
-A Hard Day’s Night-1964
-Beatles For Sale-1964
-Help!-1965
-Rubber Soul-1965
-Revolver-1966
-Magical Mystery Tour-1967
-Sgt. Pepper’s ‘Lonely Hearts’ Club Band-1967
-The Beatles (‘White Album’)-1968
-Abbey Road-1969
-Let It Be-1970
-Love-2006
LED ZEPPELIN
-Led Zeppelin-1969
-Led Zeppelin II-1969
-Led Zeppelin III-1970
-Led Zeppelin IV-1971
-Houses Of The Holy-1973
-Physical Graffiti-1975
-Presence-1976
-In Through The Out Door-1979
PINK FLOYD
-The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn-1967
-A Saucerful Of Secrets-1968
-Ummagumma-1969
-Atom Heart Mother-1970
-Meddle-1971
-Obscured By Clouds-1972
-The Dark Side Of The Moon-1973
-Wish You Were Here-1975
-Animals-1977
-The Wall-1979
-The Final Cut-1983
-A Momentary Lapse Of Reason-1987
-The Division Bell-1994
-The Endless River-2014
27-03-2018, 07:39 PM
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THE BEATLESRubber Soul-1965
A Hard Day’s Night-1964
Beatles For Sale-1964
PINK FLOYD
The Wall-1979
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason-1987
The Final Cut-1983
Robert Plant and his jeans put me right orf Led Zep so no favs for that one Floydy .
27-03-2018, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by solo
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THE BEATLESRubber Soul-1965
A Hard Day’s Night-1964
Beatles For Sale-1964
PINK FLOYD
The Wall-1979
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason-1987
The Final Cut-1983
Robert Plant and his jeans put me right orf Led Zep so no favs for that one Floydy .
Beatles - fair thing. The usual suspects I think.
Very interested to see you rate A Momentary Lapse Of Reason highly. It's not generally regarded as a Floyd album people would select, but I like the album very much myself. Nice choice.
You don't like Led Zepp too much...not everyone does of course. Close your eyes when my next choice appears then
Cheers pal
27-03-2018, 09:24 PM
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The rock gods have landed...No.407: "Presence" by Led Zeppelin (1976)
Even though this is my least favourite Led Zeppelin album, it is by no means a bad record. One of them has to be last, so it's a toss up to be honest between two or three or the more "minor records". Two tracks stand out by a mile though and they are shown here, courtesy of the Knebworth Festival, 1979:
27-03-2018, 09:36 PM
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No.406: "Desperado" by The Eagles (1973)
The Eagles second release was this dark concept album, set in the wild west from 1973. A far cry from the free and easy vibes of Take It Easy, this was by comparison a much more reflective album with it's tales of "witchy women" and loners of the night, as per the title song.
It's very difficult to find Eagles material on YT from the era concerned as they have been blocked, but there are some later versions by the band. In this case, it's the title song from a concert recorded around seven years ago, followed by, yes!, an early Tequila Sunrise.
27-03-2018, 09:41 PM
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No.405: "Aja" by Steely Dan (1977)
The very cerebral jazz-rock duo Steely Dan carried on in their own special way throughout the 1970's with a string of highly classy records, Aja being no exception. Two for you here: 'Deacon Blues' and the wonderful 'Peg':
27-03-2018, 09:48 PM
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No.404: "Diamond Dogs" by David Bowie (1974)
The second time we've seen Bowie today, this one the predecessor to Young Americans featured earlier. Disbanded the great Mick Ronson and his Spiders From Mars, Bowie went all New York teaming up with Tony Visconti and recruiting such members as Mike Garson and Earl Slick as personnel on this crossover glam-funk album. Patchy in places, it does contain some of Bowie's flashes of genius.
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