Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums

No.259: "Electric Ladyland" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)
It wasn't my intention to have two consecutive posts featuring album sleeves with scantily-clad naked ladies on the covers...honest!
Ignoring that if we can, the music contained therein of this third and final officially-released album by Jimi Hendrix was another one of those 'White Album' scenarios: half of it brilliant, the other half rather so-so. The Merman stuff dragged on a bit to be honest. But we do get some wonderful stuff in the shape of one of the best cover versions of any song of any time in the shape of 'All Along The Watchtower', plus 'Crosstown Traffic' and others. Posted here are that Dylan cover, plus a live version of Voodoo Child from 1970.

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Hi Solo.
Sorry about that. Sometimes members' posts get trapped in the midst of my mad and frantic additions to the thread.
I like that very much. I haven't got that album or heard much of it but I do have odd tracks scattered about on compilations and I'm sure I've heard that one before. Good song

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This will have to be it for now. We end with a true songwriting legend:

No.258: "Tapestry" by Carole King (1971)
This is another album which I should have placed higher in retrospect, one of the greatest albums by a female singer ever. Tapestry is also one of the best-selling too and when it came out in the early 70's it was King's culmination of trying ever so hard as a struggling artist to get her songs known for so many years. True, she wrote classic hits for The Shirelles, Sam Cooke, The Drifters and many others beforehand but to have an album which captured the fruits of her marvellous writing contained on her very own record was a dream come true for her.
Three songs from the album performed live. Two from the actual year the record was released, plus a 2010 live performance featuring the great James Taylor in a duet which both artists had a big success with 'You've Got A Friend'.

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Floydy,

I found Boston's third stage album on Youtube. Great stuff. I'm now looking to download.

thanks for the heads up.

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Carole King sang for most of us teens that were separated from our latest crush....

Talent like hers just had to go on as Tapestry proved .

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No worries mate. I'm itching to talk about that album now, but I'll save it for later when there will be a big appreciation of it (that may give you a clue as to how far up it is in the list).

Each song on it blends with the last and has recurring melodies which are used in different ways on each of the songs. Some wonderful stuff on there mate and great to play in the car especially. Play it LOUD

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Love all her songs and compositions solo.
I saw the musical 'Beautiful' last year (well the first half anyway as my wife was ill), but it was very well done and I bought a new retrospective Carole King CD the next day.

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Oooooh. I was thinking of posting a link as well but I'm glad I didn't. We will just have to wait.....

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To be honest, Carole King never had another album that came close to Tapestry.

I think it should be higher up in the list, too, perhaps top 100 as there won't be many solo women artists there.

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Tapestry would be in my top twenty

I find it interesting that one of very personal sounding tracks had lyrics by Coffin ( a bloke )

Will you still love me tomorrow?
https://youtu.be/GLA7sanwnN8