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GREAT UNDER-KNOWN ROCK ALBUMS

#21
Lowbrow said:
For rock bass work, see also Slade's Old New Borrowed and Blue and Slayed?

UK TBers will scratch their heads at the suggestion that these Slade albums are at all "underknown." But, while huge in the UK and elsewhere, most state-side listeners know Slade through Quiet Riot's cover of their "Cum on Feel the Noize," maybe "Run Run Away," and little else.

Hear 'em at their peak for IMO the essence of simple, effective hard-rock: great tunes, great vocals, and great bass work by the mighty Jim Lea.
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Damn straight.
My vote goes for Slade Alive!, easily one of the top 5 live albums ever. Jim Lea is just incredible on this! 'Hear Me Calling' pretty much invents sludge as far as I'm concerned - the ending is like being hit with a sledgehammer again and again...:bassist:

Actually, although everybody over here and his Nan knows who Slade are, 99% have them pegged as a glam 'novelty' act, with Merry Xmas Everybody the be all and end all. Slade Alive! puts a stop to that way of thinking.:D
 
#23
Lowbrow said:
Detroit, eponymous debut by Mitch Ryder's post-Detroit Wheels band, featuring the roots-ripsaw guitar work of Steve Hunter (later of Alice Cooper and a zillion others), and some amazing sounding meat-bucket bass lines and tones.

Produced by "Wonderboy" Bob Ezrin in 1970.

Two seconds into the band's big-riff version of Lou Reed's "Rock and Roll," and 85 percent of you will go "A-HA!"

Only recently re-released on import CD!
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I had that on LP. Loved that version of "Rock and Roll." That used to get a lot of airplay.
 
#24
cusar5 said:
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This album is an absolute classic, and I would recommend it to any fan of rock music. I won't say much else than that, because if you HAVEN'T heard it, I think going in cold would be the best way to experience Captain Beyond for the first time.
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Yes! Absolutely...

MM
 
#31
MysticMichael said:
War Babies - the second album by Hall & Oates - featuring brilliant guitar playing and production by none other than Todd Rundgren. A rare and oft-overlooked gem... :cool:

MM
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Good call. It's not just Rundgren, but all of Utopia doing the backing tracks.


Here's a few others I thought of:

Kiko - Los Lobos

Sacred Songs - Daryl Hall - a collaboration of Hall and Robert Fripp comes out sounding very solid, and not a lot like either one of them, as you might expect.
 
#35
cusar5 said:
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This album is an absolute classic, and I would recommend it to any fan of rock music. I won't say much else than that, because if you HAVEN'T heard it, I think going in cold would be the best way to experience Captain Beyond for the first time.
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I got this for Xmas back in '72. The cover at the time had that '70s 3-D thing goin' on. Circus magazine described the cover as "...an intergalactic Captain perched atop a chunk of cocaine". For some reason, that stuck in my head.
Eventually, a friend borrowed it & relocated to Italy. I never saw that LP again. Thankfully, it was re-issued domestically about 10 years ago(?).
Bobby Caldwell's opening beat in 5 in cool.
The whole album should be listened to in one sitting...with the blacklights on! ;)
 
#36
Phil Manznera's Quiet Sun

Good God - Great version of Zappa's King Kong

Luciefer's Friend - Lucifiers friend

King Crimson - Red

Anything by Matching Mole

Henry Cow- White sock LP

NEU! - blue cover
 

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