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Must-have albums - help me out!

#22
I'm new to bass, too. These are the albums that first drew me to loving bass, if not playing right away:
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Brand New Heavies - Brand New Heavies
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - BloodSugarSexMagik
Portishead - Portishead
The relative dates of the albums might give away my age. While they're not indicative of THE great bass sounds, they've continued to prove the most inspirational for me.
 
#26
dalkowski said:
LOL — Nothing wrong with that!

(There's plenty wrong, however, if a Kenny G CD is your jazz collection. Just sayin'. :smug:)

PS: Go on, Fulham! :)
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Once upon a time, I had a Kenny G CD. I was given it as a present. I'm not sure what I did wrong to be punished in such a way. I don't have it any more.

PS Fulham? Weekend off. Something to do with getting knocked out in the last round... :)
 
#27
TundraMan said:
"So" by Peter Gabriel - Tony Levin on bass. Great album, and IMO the strongest cuts were the ones that didn't get popular.
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Interesting. Showing my age - I was 10 or 11 when that came out. Along with Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits, that was the album that was always on at my best friend's house and in his dad's car. I was of course oblivious to the bass at the time.
 
#29
SoVeryTired said:
Once upon a time, I had a Kenny G CD. I was given it as a present. I'm not sure what I did wrong to be punished in such a way. I don't have it any more.
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Pity you no longer have it, they do make excellent drink coasters.

SoVeryTired said:
PS Fulham? Weekend off. Something to do with getting knocked out in the last round... :)
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Brilliant. :)
 
#30
AuntieBeeb said:
By the way: if I may veer wildly off topic, I've just noticed your location.

Just wondering whether you know any good venues in Milton Keynes that might book unsigned/independent bands. I'm desperately trying to get my band gigging outside of London, and MK is only up the M1 - thought it might be a good place to start!
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It's a bit of a desert - if I didn't play in church I don't think I'd get much gigging done! There are a few pubs that do live music but more often on an open mic basis (I'll look out for any that put on more 'proper' gigs). There's The Pitz, a 400-capacity venue that definitely leans towards the rock side - don't know about their booking policies but support slots might be an option. A friend has had a support slot at The Stables - that tends to pretty much anything other than rock (apart from the occasional 'classic' or tribute band). It's a seated venue of two or three hundred, with a second hall for smaller gigs.

Veering wildly back on track...:D
 
#31
Grand Funk Live the one that came out in the early 70's (Mel Schacher is kicking major booty)

Jimi Hendrix--Band Of Gypsies

Buddly Miles Live (excellent bass playing. consider this a clinic)

Slave (Stone Jam) Raw funk bass lines by Mark Adams

James Brown (Live at the Apollo) I think. Bootsy as a young funky bass player before he became Rubber Band Bootsy.
 
#37
Of course, any album by Chic. The late Bernard Edwards was a master. Probably my favorite bass player of all time.

A couple years ago I picked up the live album "Rock Spectacle" by the Barenaked Ladies. I was amazed by the excellent bass playing, although a lot of it is string bass so it's probably not what you're looking for.
 
#40
"obvious" stuff? a few suggestions:
Reach out - Four tops (another James Jamerson gem)
Disraeli gears - Cream (Jack Bruce)
Live at Leeds - The Who (Gotta be the loudest Entwistle bass on record)
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus (another essential and fun jazz record)
The Police - Regatta de Blanc
 

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