[Music] Classic albums that totally passed you by

[Herr Tubthumper]

Great thread and some great tips for Friday listening !

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Lots of Dylan albums are quoted as Classics but I dislike his voice so much have never bothered with them. My loss I suppose...

I have most his classic back catalogue on CD! My father entered a name-that-tune-in-one contest on the local radio and won his back catalogue. My father didn’t have a CD player at the time so gave them to me. There’s certainly some classics in there.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

The Clash’s Sandinista passed me by at the time of release. I listened to it, didn’t like or get it, but decades later re-visited it and now love it.

It is brilliant, isn't it? The Tymon Dogg tracks I especially love Lose this skin

Just found this. Oh my.

 

[DJ NOBO]

My son bought me Disintegration by The Cure for my birthday last week. This totally passed me by. It came out when I was listening to no music, newish dad, new job looming, first house (the one I'm still in) just found but not bought, but plus the marriage, ahem, disintegrating. Crazy times.

Bloody hell. What did I miss? It is stunning. OMG.



Have you recently stumbled into something you really ought to have embraced years ago?

Same Deep Water As You

 

[armchairclubber]

Difficult to pin it down to one of his particular albums but another artist who passed me by until more recent years is John Martyn.

 

[raymondo]

A couple of times on tour. I played this to our singer/guitarist whilst driving between gigs somewhere oop north during the mid 90s (he was probably in his late 40s). He immediately bought about a dozen copies that he gave to all his friends and family.



And another tour, early 2000s and travelling with our guitarist playing this



A week after we got back, he turned up with a huge Gretsch semi acoustic in white and gold and has had a great selection of Gretsch semi acoustics amongst his collection ever since

I've had Kind of Blue for a long time, it.
I only saw Miles Davis once, at the Festival Hall I think, mid 80s, "You're Under Arrest" time - very exciting show

 

[Gwylan]

I'd never listened to Gram Parsons as I'd always thought he was one of those drippy country singers, a sort of solo version of The Eagles. Then one day, I heard Grievous Angel and was bowled over - this guy was a great songwriter with a fantastic voice. What a loss he was

 

[bobbab5]

Same here, I loathed them especially because my Dad liked them in a phase when we didn’t get on. The transatlantic rock thing and taking it all very seriously. Then I discovered that title track, very special, including live.

My first exposure to Dire Straits was the Alchemy live album, stunning renditions of Romeo and Juliet and Private Investigations amongst others

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I’m fussy, I skip album tracks I’ve never warmed to even by my favourite artists.

Other albums that imho are faultless ….
Flesh and Blood
All Things Must Pass
Tommy
Dare
Unknown Pleasures

The live versions of Tommy are some of the best rock music you can listen to.
I'm thinking of the Isle of Wight 1970 version specifically, but they're all at least very good from around that time.
I've never quite got on board with the studio version because it sounds like a not-quite-finished demo version to me.

 

[Pavilionaire]

It was only in the week David Bowie died that I moved beyond the hit singles and listened to his albums, and I couldn't believe what I had missed.

Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Hunky Dory - just timeless. Arguably, the UK's greatest solo artist.

 

[Weststander]

The live versions of Tommy are some of the best rock music you can listen to.
I'm thinking of the Isle of Wight 1970 version specifically, but they're all at least very good from around that time.
I've never quite got on board with the studio version because it sounds like a not-quite-finished demo version to me.

We were in NYC last month and we struggled to agree on a show we’d all like. Then I spotted Tommy, it had reviews, I would’ve gone on my own …. then I spotted the ticket was $275, miles up on the top deck. F@ck that for a game of soldiers.

My Dad introduced us to Tommy, he bought the album when it first same out, playing it high volume on his Pioneer hifi separates.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I'd never listened to Gram Parsons as I'd always thought he was one of those drippy country singers, a sort of solo version of The Eagles. Then one day, I heard Grievous Angel and was bowled over - this guy was a great songwriter with a fantastic voice. What a loss he was

He only has two solo albums, that one and GP. His harmonies with the Goddess(then muse) Emmylou Harris are flawless and effortless

 

[herecomesaregular]

The other one for me, also 1989, what was I thinking? I’d been nuts on Joy Division and New Order since 1980.

My, I loved this album at the time of release. Never listened to any New Order album before or after it though. oddly. I was mostly into Jane's Addiction, early Chili Peppers and a lot of funk metal from then. Which meant I only discovered this beauty from 1990 some decades later than it's release. This would now be on my desert island list, annoyed I missed it for so long:

 

[Weststander]

It was only in the week David Bowie died that I moved beyond the hit singles and listened to his albums, and I couldn't believe what I had missed.

Station to Station, Low, Heroes, Lodger, Hunky Dory - just timeless. Arguably, the UK's greatest solo artist.

Hunky Dory is special. Another one my Dad played. Because Bowie kept his C secret, it’s sometimes hard to believe he’s gone.

Roxy Music, identical era and similar genre, are another one. Roxy Music (1972) has some special tracks.

 

[Weststander]

My, I loved this album at the time of release. Never listened to any New Order album before or after it though. oddly. I was mostly into Jane's Addiction, early Chili Peppers and a lot of funk metal from then. Which meant I only discovered this beauty from 1990 some decades later than it's release. This would now be on my desert island list, annoyed I missed it for so long:

KLF are special.

 

[chip]

Difficult to pin it down to one of his particular albums but another artist who passed me by until more recent years is John Martyn.

I saw him a few times in North wales in the late 80s I think. A bit like Roy harper in some ways. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[clapham_gull]

I'm not a huge fan of music anymore, very rarely listen to it and was never particularly fan of The Beatles, in fact they annoy me

But I came very late to the B side of Abbey Road and blimey that's good.

 

[herecomesaregular]

I always like to promote a bit of Terry Reid, seeming as most people don't know him, so this thread is a good opportunity. He was at the first Glastonbury and I was lucky enough to see him at recent-ish ones (in front of a tiny crowd, sadly). The River is such a mellow, 70s mish mash of an album. Love him.

 

[Weststander]

I'm not a huge fan of music anymore, very rarely listen to it and was never particularly fan of The Beatles, in fact they annoy me

But I came very late to the B side of Abbey Road and blimey that's good.

Were you brought up around parents who adored pop music, who had R1 or R2 on? I know a few people who also aren’t, they say lamenting, that their Dads didn’t like music, another that their boarding school banned all music, radios, record decks.

 

[Gwylan]

He only has two solo albums, that one and GP. His harmonies with the Goddess(then muse) Emmylou Harris are flawless and effortless

Yeah, I have both of them. They're both superb but Grievous Angel is from another world