Re: Rolling Stone's 40 essential albums of 1967
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Re: Rolling Stone's 40 essential albums of 1967         


Author: tom
Date: Jun 30, 2008 13:43

On Jun 30, 3:12 pm, poisoned rose differentopinions.com> wrote:
> 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.
> ...
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