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You're sittin' around with nothin' better to do. You reach for the musical archives and in so doing, run across this gem of a musical find. It takes you back to another time, those halcyon days of your youth. You listen to it, conjuring up what you looked like back then, what you wore, who you were dating, where your political consciousness lay. "Daaang, I still trip out on this music," you say to yourself with a wry smile. Yeeaaahhh, man. Don't forget to search your archives.

Name one album that took you to this place recently.

Here's mine: "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" | Country Joe & The Fish | 1967 | Vanguard Records

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doFD0poaYwA ("Flying High")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDhLYJMPlYg ("Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgkKOAWw9Ys ("Super Bird")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYwH3XBtfo8 ("Section 43")

Funny you should post this topic. There have been several lately, but the one that stands out is "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" by Traffic. It brought back memories of substance abuse back when it was all about sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll. I'm surprised I survived.

That was one of my favorite Country Joe & The Fish LPs. "Sad and Lonesome Times" was one of my favorite cuts off of it. That song deserves to be re-arranged and covered.

JimK

dog wrote:Funny you should post this topic. There have been several lately, but the one that stands out is "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" by Traffic. It brought back memories of substance abuse back when it was all about sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll. I'm surprised I survived.

dog.......Traffic --- one of my all-time fave groups along with The Band. I totally dug Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, and Mason when they started and Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, Grech, Gordon, and Kwaku Baah when they came out with "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys." Fortunately, I caught Traffic's concert @ San Francisco's Winterland Arena on 01.26.73 after the release of "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory." Sublime lineup --- Winwood, Capaldi, Wood, Kwaku Baah, Hood, and Hawkins, the last two being part of the famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.

jimk wrote:That was one of my favorite Country Joe & The Fish LPs. "Sad and Lonesome Times" was one of my favorite cuts off of it. That song deserves to be re-arranged and covered.

JimK

Quite rightly so, JimK. "Sad and Lonely Times" is a classic country barroom type of song, almost New Riders of the Purple Sagesque, eh? Excuse you for paying attention. Good one, JimK.

Peace, out.......Goofyfoot.

Aphrodite's Child, "666", 1972, Mercury Records. I can't describe it if you haven't heard it. Those who have will be smiling knowingly.

kiramdear wrote:Aphrodite's Child, "666", 1972, Mercury Records. I can't describe it if you haven't heard it. Those who have will be smiling knowingly.

(Smiles knowingly, name familiar, can't remember the sound, though...)

"Albedo 0.89", (Vangelis) and "Sorcerer" soundtrack (Tangerine Dream)

"The Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association"...

jingle_jangle wrote:(Smiles knowingly, name familiar, can't remember the sound, though...)

http://www.amazon.com/666-Aphrodites-Ch ... B000007TVK

Here's some sample clips to jog your memory.

Interesting band. "Four Horesmen" made me think of King Crimson, and the clip "Tribulation" had me thinking Gentle Giant. One thing is for sure, as far as I know, this type of music is not being written any more. Pity.

Vangelis and Demis Roussos were both in this band from Greece, and Irene Pappas gave an unforgettable cameo on one track.

Indeed, they don't make 'em like this anymore.

Couldn't remember why I bought that album (666), but now I'm sure it was the Vangelis connection.

Then there was an AWFUL Jon Anderson and Vangelis "Short Stories" that was nothing if not shrilly irritating. Ugh.

Yeah, 'egad''...Vangelis was rumored, for a time, to be the heir apparent to Rick Wakeman's 'throne'', but he evidently couldn't cut the mustard, like fer instance: makin' those Hammond rips on 'Heart of The Sunrise'...some Swiss cat with big hair got that gig...well, everybody had big hair in those days.

So...daaaaaang...here are a few of mine: The Beatles, 'White Album'; The Band, "Rock Of Ages'; Frank Zappa, 'Apostrophe'; Captain Beefheart, 'Clear Spot'; King Crimson, 'Lark's Tongues In Aspic'; Yes, 'Close To The Edge'; Genesis, 'Selling England By The Pound'; Jethro Tull, 'A Passion Play'; Gentle Giant, 'In A Glass House'; Mahavishnu Orchestra, 'Inner Mounting Flame'; Miles Davis, 'Bitches' Brew'; Premiata Forneria Marconi, 'The World Became The World', Gryphon, 'Midnight Mushrumps'; The Dixie Dregs, 'Dregs Of The Earth'; Tom Waits, 'Nighthawks At The Diner'; Little Feat, 'Sailin' Shoes'; Bill Bruford, 'One Of A Kind'; Stan Getz and J.J. Johnson, 'Live At The Chicago Opera House'; The Rolling Stones, 'Hot Rocks'; The Who, 'Who's Next'; Sly and the Family Stone Stone, 'Greatest Hits', Jimi Hendrix, 'Are You Experienced?'...

...there are many, many more, but I guess that's the 'desert island list'...

Hey! I thought we could only list ONE? Great list though.

dog wrote:Hey! I thought we could only list ONE? Great list though.

We'll give him that. Dane's special.

the first king crimson album still trips me out. 21st century schizoid man,followed by i talk to the wind followed by eptitaph...etc,just an out of body experience through music.......

"I talk to the wind" is one of my all time favorites.