| Re: Rolling Stone's 40 essential albums of 1967 |
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Author: MackenzieMackenzie Date: Jun 30, 2008 19:26
On Jun 30, 9:36Â pm, The Arranger gmail.com> wrote:> On Jun 30, 3:12Â pm, poisoned rose differentopinions.com> wrote:
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>> Stumbled upon this yesterday, while looking for something else.
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>> 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?
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>> (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.)
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> My nominations for the "couple of jazz albums":
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> 1. Chick Corea: Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
> 2. McCoy Tyner: The Real McCoy
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I would also add MIles Davis' albums 'Sorcerer' and 'Nefertiti', also
'Ludo' by Ivor Cutler (remember him on Magical Mystery Tour?) is quite
good. But my favorite album of that year would be 'Younger than
Yesterday' by The Byrds or 'Between the Buttons' by Rolling Stones.
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