The best part of working for a record company was exposure to new music... (Reply #119)

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:29 PM

119. The best part of working for a record company was exposure to new music...

...and growing up in the 60's having a transitor radio, and then a turntable & speakers and a receiver/amp !!

My favorites, in no real order (you DID say we could list more then five if so inclined):

_Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (My first album bought with my paper route $)

_The Chambers Brothers "The Time Has Come"

_The Last Poets "First"

_Stevie Wonder "Talking Book"

_Dr John "The Night Tripper"

_The Neville Brothers ‎– "Fiyo On The Bayou"

_Bob Dylan "Freewheelin"

_Country Joe & The Fish "Feel Like I'm Fixin to Die"

_The Mothers of Invention "Freak Out"

_Fairport Convention "Unhalfbricking"

_Planxty "Planxty"

And of course The Who "Tommy", Beatles "Sgt Pepper" Jethro Tull "Aqualung" and on and on. It was/is a great time to be alive music -wise!

Oh, and thanks for asking red dog1

Cheers!

-FTC

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201 replies	Author	Time	Post
What are your favorite record albums? [View all]	red dog 1	Jan 2019	OP
60's and 70's were a magical era of life and music!	walkingman	Jan 2019	#1
Sopwith Camel is one of my all-time favorite bands	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#7
Yes, I have that album. Great Band. I would have loved to have been in SF during that time.	walkingman	Jan 2019	#90
I was in SF during that time, and I got to see Sopwith Camel many times	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#133
I envy you! nt	TwistOneUp	Jan 2019	#136
Right On, Right On, Right on!! Very Cool!	walkingman	Jan 2019	#140
My List	gelsdorf	Jan 2019	#2
Nice picks!	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#12
Some great cover art...	NurseJackie	Jan 2019	#102
The Golden Days of Vinyl nt	gelsdorf	Jan 2019	#104
That's some funny stuff - Thanks!	walkingman	Jan 2019	#108
LOL @ Svetlana	geardaddy	Jan 2019	#109
I'm lazy, so please forgive me, but I have to know....	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2019	#125
+1. You win, NJ.	yonder	Jan 2019	#129
See if you can detect a pattern...	OilemFirchen	Jan 2019	#3
Not fair	cachukis	Jan 2019	#4
Go ahead and list more if you want	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#14
Entered a photog contest and had to limit to five.	cachukis	Jan 2019	#71
Hmmm,	lark	Jan 2019	#5
American Beauty is a great album, and so is Hotel California	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#9
Oh I have tons but i'll list just 5	emulatorloo	Jan 2019	#6
I'd forgotten about "Pet Sounds"	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#10
I love everything The Beach Boys did! I discovered them late	emulatorloo	Jan 2019	#32
Damn, that's a tough one...	ADX	Jan 2019	#8
What's your favorite Queen song?	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#11
"The Prophet's Song", hands down...	ADX	Jan 2019	#16
Cool!	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#20
Me too red dog1.	Ohiogal	Jan 2019	#62
I have watched that live aid video many times since I saw the movie.m	lynintenn	Jan 2019	#72
Radio GaGa	Ohiogal	Jan 2019	#78
Keep Yourself Alive..	IADEMO2004	Jan 2019	#45
Freddie 's homage to Elvis!	Ohiogal	Jan 2019	#56
The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke ...	malchickiwick	Jan 2019	#151
The first two on YOUR list..totally my favorite....as well as	asiliveandbreathe	Jan 2019	#13
See, that's why this is so difficult...	ADX	Jan 2019	#19
Exactly - now..another to add..tks...as a side note -	asiliveandbreathe	Jan 2019	#25
Elton is truly one-of-a-kind...	ADX	Jan 2019	#29
Rocketman was on Eltons list of songs played Sat. Night..he opened with Benny and the Jets...	asiliveandbreathe	Jan 2019	#36
That's an incredible set-list...	ADX	Jan 2019	#41
Well...	peacefreak2.0	Jan 2019	#15
At last! Someone lists "Tapestry." I loved that album. Wore it out...	CTyankee	Jan 2019	#40
Blue!!! Listened over and over to that	MaryMagdaline	Jan 2019	#49
You Must Have A Few Years On You	Cheviteau	Jan 2019	#150
I'm a classic!	peacefreak2.0	Jan 2019	#161
Indeed	Cheviteau	Jan 2019	#162
Meatloaf Bat out of Hell	wcast	Jan 2019	#17
Meatloaf also is an actor	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#23
Don't forget Rocky Horror...;-)	Docreed2003	Jan 2019	#33
Or "Fight Club." n/t	Harker	Jan 2019	#111
Oh man. He was great in that too	Docreed2003	Jan 2019	#112
Yep!	Harker	Jan 2019	#113
I saw Leap of Faith years ago but didn't realize he was in it.	wcast	Jan 2019	#58
Todd Rundgren produced it too.	BigmanPigman	Jan 2019	#82
Mostly Old Stuff	Hoyt	Jan 2019	#18
Heh, heh. Notorious Byrd Bros. My mental list of top Byrds albums shook that out too.	yonder	Jan 2019	#134
...	shanny	Jan 2019	#21
Alchemy!! Whoo!	Alpeduez21	Jan 2019	#27
I once drove the Al-Can to Alaska (whole 'nother story)	shanny	Jan 2019	#34
I wonder if "Joshua Tree" was named in honor of Gram Parsons, who loved	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#28
I did not know that. How very cool.	shanny	Jan 2019	#31
How cool!	Glamrock	Jan 2019	#70
I'm putting "Grand Theft Parsons" on my wish list	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#137
The actual road manager is in this the movie.	Glamrock	Jan 2019	#143
Oh, maybe these:	El Supremo	Jan 2019	#22
Dark Side of the Moon is a great album	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#24
Wonderful thread! Thanks.	Alpeduez21	Jan 2019	#26
Good picks!	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#30
Hummm...	The Figment	Jan 2019	#35
Dang...hard list	Docreed2003	Jan 2019	#37
Nice!	Glamrock	Jan 2019	#39
In no particular order....	Glamrock	Jan 2019	#38
Hard to leave off Exile...can't believe I forgot that one!!	Docreed2003	Jan 2019	#43
I did the same with Folsom when I looked at yours.	Glamrock	Jan 2019	#44
Mine are	redstateblues	Jan 2019	#42
"Funeral/Love Lies" IS a masterpiece!	ZZenith	Jan 2019	#93
1.Tapestry	MaryMagdaline	Jan 2019	#46
Many faves already listed, except	madamesilverspurs	Jan 2019	#47
Yes! One of my favorites of all time.	Glorfindel	Jan 2019	#145
This message was self-deleted by its author	MaryMagdaline	Jan 2019	#48
Here you go:	MissMillie	Jan 2019	#50
Yay! Another Moodies fan!	Ohiogal	Jan 2019	#66
finally, a moody blues album	rampartc	Jan 2019	#130
She comes back to tell me she's gone..	NeoGreen	Jan 2019	#99
Graceland is a great album!	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#132
Radiohead, Game Theory, Cracker, Paul Simon, REM.	underpants	Jan 2019	#51
Fables of the Reconstruction	JCMach1	Feb 2019	#184
When you meet a stranger	underpants	Feb 2019	#185
Here are mine.	brush	Jan 2019	#52
OK...I'd start with "Miles Smiles", by Miles Davis...	First Speaker	Jan 2019	#53
Fantastic choices!	klook	Feb 2019	#173
Thank you so much!	First Speaker	Feb 2019	#175
Just updated my post	klook	Feb 2019	#177
Take Five!	elleng	Jan 2019	#54
In no order...	Moostache	Jan 2019	#55
Beatles, Beatles, Beatles, Beatles, Beatles	ailsagirl	Jan 2019	#57
Top 5, plus several others I couldn't leave off:	SeattleVet	Jan 2019	#59
+1. Jaime Brockett. Still have that somewhere.	Hoyt	Jan 2019	#63
Here are just a few of my favorites	FuzzyRabbit	Jan 2019	#60
here are mine	DBoon	Jan 2019	#61
I've seen so many good ones mentioned here	Ohiogal	Jan 2019	#64
Yay! Another Yes fan! (n/t)	MissMillie	Jan 2019	#67
Love that list!	FiveGoodMen	Feb 2019	#176
Mine are...	Heartstrings	Jan 2019	#65
These:	Tikki	Jan 2019	#68
I wore these out, back in the day:	lkinwi	Jan 2019	#69
I'm still wearing out The Cars' debut. As a YouTube	spooky3	Jan 2019	#83
In no particular order...	Gumboot	Jan 2019	#73
In no particular order ...	eppur_se_muova	Jan 2019	#74
Cool! Another Akiyoshi/Tabackin fan!	klook	Feb 2019	#174
I've never seen that album in CD -- I have two LPs released to DJ's, not for resale --	eppur_se_muova	Feb 2019	#179
That's tough, but...	CaptainTruth	Jan 2019	#75
This is tough...	BHDem53	Jan 2019	#76
Mine	hurple	Jan 2019	#77
Off the top of my head:	thucythucy	Jan 2019	#79
I like your list and would add The Cars' debut album. Nt	spooky3	Jan 2019	#80
My twelve favorites (one per band)	exboyfil	Jan 2019	#81
Well, this is a hard one!	akraven	Jan 2019	#84
Tumbleweed Connection -- Elton John nt	spooky3	Jan 2019	#85
Can I list 100 of mine?	BigmanPigman	Jan 2019	#86
Dark side of the Moon.	joanbarnes	Jan 2019	#87
5? really? 5?	The Polack MSgt	Jan 2019	#88
Constant fluctuation	Lithos	Jan 2019	#89
Oh, yes	happybird	Jan 2019	#96
I can name five...	rationalcalgarian	Jan 2019	#91
Bayard's Best	Bayard	Jan 2019	#92
The past few weeks it's been ...	happybird	Jan 2019	#94
My current 5 faves	rupi capra	Jan 2019	#95
Only five?	needledriver	Jan 2019	#97
No particular order. Please note: choosing only five is really difficult.	Capt. America	Jan 2019	#98
can't do it - voracious music appetite - favorites always changing	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2019	#100
"No classic rock"?	WestMichRad	Jan 2019	#152
I think more of Deep Purple, Grand Funk, Eagles for ClR	NRaleighLiberal	Jan 2019	#154
Well, I do still listen on occasion to radio or internet "classic rock" sources	WestMichRad	Jan 2019	#157
I'll never get tired of these:	Warren_Pointe	Jan 2019	#101
So many great albums listed here.	world wide wally	Jan 2019	#103
I looove Astral Weeks	happybird	Jan 2019	#123
Mine:	LibDemAlways	Jan 2019	#105
What's a record album? ha n/t	OhZone	Jan 2019	#106
A big, wobbly, disc of vinyl.	Harker	Jan 2019	#114
My Uncle actually has tons of them! Some from his father - 78 RPM.	OhZone	Jan 2019	#117
So I hear...	Harker	Jan 2019	#122
".....decorative slab of cardboard..." With which could be used	yonder	Jan 2019	#138
Oh, yeah...	Harker	Jan 2019	#141
Oh-K - at the moment - here are my favs! ha	OhZone	Jan 2019	#107
I embrace the idea.	Harker	Jan 2019	#115
Ah, I've heard of mix tapes! ha	OhZone	Jan 2019	#116
Here's my desert isle five.	Harker	Jan 2019	#110
Why not anime soundtracks?	OhZone	Jan 2019	#118
The best part of working for a record company was exposure to new music...	FailureToCommunicate	Jan 2019	#119
God that would be impossible to choose but here it goes:	Initech	Jan 2019	#120
This is always fluid	lilymidnite	Jan 2019	#121
I'm going to keep it to five.	llmart	Jan 2019	#124
My top five has thirty albums in it, but here goes:	Bryan	Jan 2019	#126
5 more	rupi capra	Jan 2019	#127
Parcel of Rogues! A Steeleye fan, eh?	yonder	Jan 2019	#142
Alright!	aka-chmeee	Feb 2019	#183
My five. I'll remove duplicates and just leave the top output from each band/artist	Tommy_Carcetti	Jan 2019	#128
Yes, 'Greatest Hits" albums count	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#193
just a few (no part. order)	rampartc	Jan 2019	#131
Great question, really made me think!	TwistOneUp	Jan 2019	#135
I saw both the Jefferson Airplane & The Grateful Dead many times	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#201
If we all wound up on Gilligan's Island	Harker	Jan 2019	#139
I'd just take my phone, my memory card, bluetooth speaker and a solar charger!	Initech	Jan 2019	#148
You're on! n/t	Harker	Jan 2019	#149
So many great albums listed here already...	They_Live	Jan 2019	#144
my top 10	green917	Jan 2019	#146
Here are some of mine (only some)	choie	Jan 2019	#147
Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky	malchickiwick	Jan 2019	#153
Lots of great ones, will list some more personal ones	bigbrother05	Jan 2019	#155
Don't know about favorites, but these always bring joy to me	WestMichRad	Jan 2019	#156
1) Blind Faith	Mendocino	Jan 2019	#158
I love three of your picks	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#169
So many good ones	Runningdawg	Jan 2019	#159
I love that "Sticky Fingers" album too	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#168
More of these:	Tikki	Jan 2019	#160
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. nt	zanana1	Jan 2019	#163
I still have two Bob Seeger albums	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#166
The albums I've played the most over the years are the two I have from	red dog 1	Jan 2019	#164
not an easy task	OriginalGeek	Jan 2019	#165
"Night Moves" by Bob Seeger & The Silver Bullet Band	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#167
I still think Sgt. Pepper is my favorite album of all time, but	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#170
Five of my favorites, not yet mentioned:	Trailrider1951	Feb 2019	#171
Workingman's Dead is a great album	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#172
Waiting for the Electrician	WheelWalker	Feb 2019	#178
Highway 61 Revisited is a great Dylan album	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#180
Can't even name them all but here's a few.	aka-chmeee	Feb 2019	#181
Peter, Paul and Mary..any of the early ones.	Stuart G	Feb 2019	#182
I prefer 45s and 78s to 33s so I will list my favorite groups or artists instead of albums:	MiltonBrown	Feb 2019	#186
Pink Floyd -The Wall, Pink Floyd-Animals, Genesis-Foxtrot	ArnoldLayne	Feb 2019	#187
Also The Moody Blues-Seventh Sojourn	ArnoldLayne	Feb 2019	#197
This message was self-deleted by its author	ArnoldLayne	Feb 2019	#188
Okay here goes.	Hotler	Feb 2019	#189
Since you like Etta James, I have a movie recommendation for you	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#190
Thanks for the tip.	Hotler	Feb 2019	#191
I've seen it many times, but I don't recall her singing "Id Rather Go Blind"	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#195
The first scene of the movie I watched.	Hotler	Feb 2019	#199
Wow!	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#200
Tough question--I love almost everything from the late-60s to mid-late 70s!	lastlib	Feb 2019	#192
List as many as you want to	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#194
I didn't list it, but one of my all-time favorite albums is a Bryan Adams greatest hits album	red dog 1	Feb 2019	#196
Kick	ArnoldLayne	Feb 2019	#198

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