> http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/15327933
>
> Stumbled upon this yesterday, while looking for something else.
>
> Nothing too controversial about this list (especially since it's unranked), but I do gotta wonder
> about including the Serpent Power (who??) at the expense of other pop/rock staples including three
> Monkees records, Their Satanic Majesties Request, the Mothers' Absolutely Free and Captain
> Beefheart's Safe as Milk. And if blues albums are fair game (see Mississippi John Hurt), where is
> Magic Sam's legendary West Side Soul?
>
> (My own personal bent would dictate substituting some quirkier items such as Nico/Chelsea Girl,
> Love/Da Capo, the Merry-Go-Round's debut, Morton Subotnick/Silver Apples of the Moon, the Lovin'
> Spoonful/Everything Playing, the Incredible String Band's second album and a couple of jazz records.
> But that's just me.)
>
> Anyone heard the Serpent Power? The AllMusic soundclips sound dated, but not too bad. Kinda like
> Jefferson Airplane in their early folk-rock phase, plus tinny Ray Manzarek organ? Though I bet the
> 13-minute track is a chore to sit through.
>
> http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hjfuxqugldfe
>
> The peculiar Serpent Power pick makes me wonder if this list was composed back in the '60s, rather
> than assembled with hindsight in recent times. (Though the accompanying blurbs are obviously more
> contemporary.)
>
> Further notes on the text:
>
> 1. I like the description of "Something Happened to Me Yesterday" as "the Stones' drollest
> odd-track-out ever."
>
> 2. I might not have heard before that Jerry Garcia was responsible for the title "Surrealistic
> Pillow." Maybe I've just forgotten.
>
> 3. The Grateful Dead's debut has a user rating of one star! Heh.
>
> 4. I didn't know "the Fish" in Country Joe & the Fish was a Mao Tse-Tung allusion. Says Wikipedia:
> "...'the fish' refers to Mao Tse-Tung's statement that the true revolutionary must 'swim among the
> people as a fish.'"
>
> 5. I also didn't know Arlo Guthrie re-recorded the entire Alice's Restaurant album in 1997. That's a
> little...pathetic.
>
> 6. Also didn't know Days of Future Passed came in the aftermath of the Moodies being asked to record
> an adaptation of Dvorak's Ninth Symphony. Strange.
>
> 7. Twenty-three (complete?) takes for Tim Buckley's "I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain," including
> band!
>
> 8. A bit irked by the "sappy" description of "Fool on the Hill," but the "Flying"/Beck comparison is
> interesting.
>
> 9. A bit irked by the passive-aggressive jabs aimed at Love's Forever Changes. I'd agree that it's
> slightly overrated by the "lost masterpiece!" sect, but "lionized beyond all reason" and "occult
> folderol" seem a bit strong. "Somewhat fussy" and lyrically "obscure"...OK, maybe.
>
> 10. Wow...was Wild Honey really only 24 minutes? Having it on CD as a two-fer plus bonus tracks, I
> never noticed this before.
>
> 11. By general standards, I'd say Band of Gypsies easily tops Axis: Bold as Love as Hendrix's "most
> overlooked album." Didn't know Hendrix lost the original side-one mixes in a taxi, though. Nice one!