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#21
Soft Machine 3

A Masterpiece of Jazz/Rock - but also with some very weird stuff - listen to the last 5-10 minutes of "Moon in June" to have your mind bent!! :p

Hugh Hopper's bass style is unique and he contributes some great compositions.

It also has the most off-putting intro ever - if you get past that then you are in for a great trip!
 
#24
Somewhere In the Between, by Streetlight Manifesto.

Kalnoky is a lyrical genius, the horn players are some of the best I've ever heard, Pete McCullaugh walks all over the bass like his boots were made to do, and everything is so inhumanly precise it still blows my mind after having listened to it more times than should be healthy to do so.

Ska is not dead yet!
 
#31
WarriorJoe7 said:
Put the band, album title, genre and what you hear in it that makes it a masterpiece. I am not just talking about bass though you can bass (lol) it on that.

Their are known masterpieces like Jaco's solo album, Led Zeppelin IV, Who's Next, Moving Pictures, Synchronicity, Thriller, some of Joni Mitchells's stuff, some of Tool's stuff etc.... I am talking about bands or albums that few have heard of. And I don't want to hear "every album by so and so." If they have 10 greta albums what's the defining one?
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Blue Cheer- Vincebus Eruptum- One of the first heavey metal, stoner rock bands & albums- You have to hear Summertime Blues! This album was so loud it made the Who seem like chamber music.

Blues Magoos-Psychedelic Lollipop-Genre? Well, psychedelic. One of the first albums with the word psychedelic on the cover (along with my number three pick below). The Farfisa organ work was out there.

The 13th Floor Elevator- Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevator & Easter Everywhere- Again, an early Psych band, Rocky Erikson was/is a good guitarist. The had a minor hit on the first album "Your going to miss me". "Slip Inside this House" was a transendental tune with Rokys vocal scream and fuzz guitar and the electric jug.

The Electric Prunes-"I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" Another Pop/Psych classic band that at one time included Kenny Loggins. Heavey on fuzz guitars they almost could define what the "Psychedelic Sound" was.

Love-Forever Changes- Tho' probably recognized as a master piece of 60's rock albums- Their sound was R&B Folk Psych, one of the very first integrated rock bands.

HP Lovecraft- I & II a kind of acid-folk rock group with jazz sensibilities and a pop delivery. The White Ship and At The Mountains of Madness had intricate organ and harpsicord and early sound effects. One my of favorite songs from those two albums was almost straight ahead jazz vocals-Thats How Much I Love You Baby (more or less).
 
#33
Odean Pope Trio - Almost Like Me
Fusion
Virtuoso rhythm section performance, foreshadowing the next 10 years of the genre.
Breath taking efforts from young Gerald Veasley.
Tragically limited distribution in USA.
 
#38
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Andy Pratt - His debut LP on Columbia is a tour-de-force. He plays a lot of the bass on the record, and does an incredible job considering he's really a pianist.

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A Wizard / A True Star Todd Rundgren - AWATS is a landmark record that features the unsung John Siegler playing some fabulous bass - very Jamersonesque on Just one Victory. Many gendres, all done well.

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This is a perfect storm of a band discovering it's compentency, a writer hitting his stride and fantastic production. Bassist Victor Kummenacher may have been along for the ride, but he not only kept up, but cut some terrific tracks with superlative drummer Chris Pedersen.

these are all cult records, and there's a good reason for it - they all were cutting edge and when released and still deserve a listen after all these years.
 

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