Sixties Album Poll - Corrected

[algroth]

Here's my list:


1. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - 10
2. Andrew Hill - Black Fire - 10
3. Technical Space Composer's Crew - Canaxis 5 - 10
4. Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon - 10
5. The Doors - Strange Days - 6
6. Scott Walker - Scott 4 - 6
7. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - 6
8. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - 6
9. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog - 6
10. Art Blakey - Paris Jam Session - 4
11. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica - 4
12. High Tide - Sea Shanties - 4
13. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - 4
14. Almendra - Almendra - 4
15. Andrew Hill - Compulsion!!!!! - 3
16. Morton Subotnick - The Wild Bull - 2
17. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear - 2
18. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - 1
19. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser - 1
20. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity - 1

[Jumper k]

Electric Ladyland '67 ... 2
Are You Experienced '68 --- 20
Axis:Bold As Love '68 .... 2
Howlin Wolf '62 ---- 15
The Stooges '69 --- 10
Link Wray and the Wraymen '60 ... 15
Link Wray Sings and Plays Guitar '64 .... 2
From Elvis In Memphis '69 ..... 2
Point Of No Return - Sinatra '62 ....2
September Of My Years - Sinatra '65 ... 2
Gene Vincent S/T '67 .... 2
Nashville Rebel - Waylon '66 ... 2
I Wish Tonight Would Never End - George Jones '63 ....2
Otis Blue '65 .... 2
This Is Ann Peebles '69 ... 2
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins '62 .... 2
The Seance - Hampton Hawes '66 ... 2
The Best Of The Sir Douglas Quintet '66 ... 2
Here Are The Sonics '65 ---10
The Sensational Maytals '65 ....2

[Jock]

Here's mine:The Beatles - Abbey Road
Bob Dylan - Highway 61
Led Zeppelin 2
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Bob Dylan - Freewheelin'
The Kinks - Something Else
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
The Beatles - Help!
The Flying Buritto Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
Smokey And The Miracles - Going To A Go Go
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man
The Who - Tommy
Buffalo Springfield - Again
Creedence - Willie and the Poorboys
The Temptations - Sing Smokey
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[Loki]

Great job, comrade!

Here's my groovy list.

Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (10 points)
CQ - The Outsiders (10)
The Psychedelic Sounds of... - The 13th Floor Elevators (7)
The Stooges - The Stooges (6)
Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart (6)
Forever Changes - Love (6)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (5)
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (5)
The Shangri-Las '65 - The Shangri-Las (5)
The Young Mod's Forgotten Story - The Impressions (5)
Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones (5)
Scott Walker 4 - Scott Walker (4)
The Bee Gees 1st - The Bee Gees (4)
The Who Sell Out - The Who (3)
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (3)
Nancy and Lee - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (3)
Contact - Silver Apples (3)
Monster Movie - Can (3)
Here Comes the Sonics - The Sonics (2)
Take A Picture - Margo Guryan (2)

I'm pretty certain I voted for Bee Gees 1st, and Jeff and Beno say they did, but it only gets one vote on the list...? I must be reading something wrong.

[BlueMeanie]

The Beatles : VOTES: 1 POINTS: 7 P*V: 7
Liege & Lief : VOTES: 1 POINTS: 6 P*V: 6

Didn't The Beatles come 2nd with 16 votes? And Liege & Lief 20th with 8. You also seem to have multiple listings for 'On The Threshold Of Dream'.

[Moleskin]

Great job, comrade!

Here's my groovy list.

Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (10 points)
CQ - The Outsiders (10)
The Psychedelic Sounds of... - The 13th Floor Elevators (7)
The Stooges - The Stooges (6)
Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart (6)
Forever Changes - Love (6)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (5)
Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (5)
The Shangri-Las '65 - The Shangri-Las (5)
The Young Mod's Forgotten Story - The Impressions (5)
Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones (5)
Scott Walker 4 - Scott Walker (4)
The Bee Gees 1st - The Bee Gees (4)
The Who Sell Out - The Who (3)
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks (3)
Nancy and Lee - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood (3)
Contact - Silver Apples (3)
Monster Movie - Can (3)
Here Comes the Sonics - The Sonics (2)
Take A Picture - Margo Guryan (2)

I'm pretty certain I voted for Bee Gees 1st, and Jeff and Beno say they did, but it only gets one vote on the list...? I must be reading something wrong.

Check the corrected list on page 1. Bee Fees First is in at 64 or so.

[Moleskin]

The Beatles : VOTES: 1 POINTS: 7 P*V: 7
Liege & Lief : VOTES: 1 POINTS: 6 P*V: 6

Didn't The Beatles come 2nd with 16 votes? And Liege & Lief 20th with 8. You also seem to have multiple listings for 'On The Threshold Of Dream'.

I'll double check tomorrow. The files are at work at the mo.

[Moleskin]

The Beatles : VOTES: 1 POINTS: 7 P*V: 7
Liege & Lief : VOTES: 1 POINTS: 6 P*V: 6

Didn't The Beatles come 2nd with 16 votes? And Liege & Lief 20th with 8. You also seem to have multiple listings for 'On The Threshold Of Dream'.

I'll double check tomorrow. The files are at work at the mo.

The Liege and Lief is in the correct place - cut and past issue with the full list, the count in the list was correct.

The Moody Blues leap up to =52 or something.

[never/ever]

The Moody Blues leap up to =52 or something.

Ha!

[Moleskin]

Here is the list I submitted:

1,Blonde On Blonde,Bob Dylan,5
2,Revolver,The Beatles,5
3,The Band,The Band,5
4,Forever Changes,Love,5
5,Crosby Stills & Nash,Crosby Stills & Nash,5
6,Pisces Aquarius Capricorn & Jones Ltd,The Monkees,5
7,Highway 61 Revisited,Bob Dylan,5
8,Pet Sounds,The Beach Boys,5
9,Astral Weeks,Van Morrison,5
10,Love,Love,5
11,Head,The Monkees,5
12,More,Pink Floyd,5
13,Songs of Leonard Cohen,Leonard Cohen,5
14,Unhalfbricking,Fairport Convention,5
15,S.F. Sorrow,The Pretty Things,5
16,Beggars Banquet,The Rolling Stones,5
17,The Beatles,The Beatles,5
18,Five Leaves Left,Nick Drake,5
19,The Velvet Underground,The Velvet Underground,5
20,Bookends,Simon & Garfunkel,5

[WG Kaspar]

for what it's worth here's mine.

1. Manos Hadjidakis - Giokonda's Smile 12 points
2. Mikis Theodorakis - To Axion Esti 10 points
3. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 8points
4. Manos Hadjidakis - Omorfi Poli 8 points
5. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 8 points
6. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 6 points
7. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 5 points
8. Mikis Theodorakis - Politia 5 points
9. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico 4 points
10 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You 4 points
11. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 3 points
12. The Who - Tommy 3 points
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy & The Poor Boys 3 points
14. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz 3 points
15. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet 3 points
16. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! 3 points
17. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady 3 points
18. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3 points
19. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 3 points
20. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 3 points


In retrospect I regret voting for the Greek albums. However the ones that were next in line all charted.

[Quaco]

In retrospect I regret voting for the Greek albums. However the ones that were next in line all charted.

I'm very interested in those albums! Would you like to describe them?

[algroth]

Manos Hadjidakis' Gioconda's Smile is excellent! It's traditional Greek music, I think (I'm honestly not an expert on traditional Greek music so I wouldn't know, but it has that kind of feel to it), made as a soundtrack I believe. "Portrait Of My Mother" and "The Concerto" particularly stand out. Not a top 20 for me, but probably a top 50.

[WG Kaspar]

I wouldn't call it traditional music by any stretch, it's more a crossover or chamber pop and folk and is completely instrumental. It was recorded in New York around the time he made the soundtrack for America, America which is a bit similar but not quite as good. The mood is extremely melancholic and though Neige complained that it's too sugary (which I cannot deny) this is his style. It's really evocative stuff in my opinion. Here's the standout track:


To Axion Esti is probably the most complete artistic statement in the history of Greek music. Recorded in 1963 or 1964 this is the musical interpretation of a complete poetic cycle by Odysseas Elytis (it was his idea for the project) which later won Nobel Prize for literature for it. It is divided in three parts and is a blend of orchestral/byzantine music, spoken poetry and rembetiko/folk. It shouldn't be very popular but it became one of the best selling Greek albums. Hard to pick a standout track which will be truly representative of the album. Here is one that combines most elements of the album:



Omorfi Poli by Hadzidakis is the wrong title as I realized. The correct title of the album is Odos Oniron (which means Street Of Dreams.) It was the music of a theatric play of 1962/3 (Theodorakis had a similar album released at the time called Omorfi Poli and that play was famously played at the theatre the other side of the street and had the basis of the music of Zorba The Greek). This album has the staple of Hadzidakis work which the lush, melancholic mood albeit adjusted with theatrical tunes. Perhaps his most celebrated work in Greece as much for sentimental reasons as for the actual value of the music. that era is considered the highpoint of modern Greek culture. Here is the standout track


Politia by Theodorakis is a collection of folk/rembetiko songs or rather the rembetiko rendition of contemporary and older poems which was how his first albums worked. It does not have any grand concept like the previous two albums but contains the most enduring songs of the era. Here is one of the standout tracks:

[Quaco]

Thanks Kaspar. I enjoyed all of those. I would say the first piece was the one I liked best. I really would like to hear more of that, and will check it out.

[never/ever]

Thought I'd use this poll for some sales purposes...curious to find out how many customers are gonna ask what the hell BCB is....

[ChrisB]

Thought I'd use this poll for some sales purposes...curious to find out how many customers are gonna ask what the hell BCB is....

Does it stand for Bad Choice, Boys?

[Moleskin]

Could we move this to Classic Threads please?