I Need Older Music

[underdog]

I'm piggy backing on F_S's thread here. I lived a pretty sheltered life growing up. My mother didn't like much, so I wasn't really exposed to much more than the run of the mill crap all my life. Shitty dinners, shitty music, shitty clothes. For instance, any old movies, I've probably never seen or just recently seen. I've never seen any of the original Star Wars, I hadn't seen Scarface or the Godfather movies until the last two years. I've never had sushi. I had cheesecake for the first time a week ago. I listened to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for the first time a year ago. I recently started listening to Black Sabbath (I'm really pissed I missed that growing up - that would have been perfect music for my dumb, angsty youth).

I've slowly tried catching up on pre-1985 movies and music. Anytime Ronnie B mentions something, I go find it. But I need some recommendations for older music. I've heard all The Beatles stuff. I got Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, but I wasn't impressed at all. And I think Bruce Springsteen is incredibly overrated. I listened to the first 8 albums of Black Sabbath and didn't skip ahead once; thought they were fantastic. I've, obviously, heard Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and really enjoy their stuff. But other than that, I'm pretty much in the dark on "older" music. I care more about albums than just tracks, and I was really trying to find a Rolling Stone "album", but they just seem to be way more song driven than anything. Oh, and I forgot, I like Van Morrison.

So, what can people recommend for me? What is necessary for me to "catch up", so to speak?

[weekapaugjz]

the doors - self titled. probably one of my favorite albums of all time.

http://ldhp715.immt.pwr.wroc.pl/~bula/Rysunki/The_Doors.JPG

[Bossanova]

The Last Waltz
and The Rollin Stones.... Beggers Banquet

[Marc with a c]

i've been listening to alot of talking heads lately. i think it has to do with that xm commercial, but i really like them.

http://www.earthhouse.com/images/inst_karma/TalkingH.JPG

check this bad boy out

[jennysmurf]

this is one of my favorite "oldies." i don't really like anything recent of elton's but some of his older stuff rocks the fat ass.

http://www.eltonography.com/albums/pix/goodbye_yellow_brick_road.jpg

[IMSlacker]

Get the first two albums by X, Los Angeles and Wild Gift. You can get them both on one CD. Great Stuff.

http://www.billyzoom.com/images/LosAngelesWildGiftcd.jpg

[ppanda]

This was my first record I ever got. It was given to me by my dad. I later blamed the song Eight Miles High when I was a teenager and my folks found a huge bag of shrooms in my car.
I still love early psychadelic Byrds...later on they turned more country-esque
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[WhistlePig]

Featuring the godfather of punk rock:

http://www.chasermerch.com/images/iggy%20and%20the%20stooges.jpg

And you've gotta have classic Devo:

http://fusionanomaly.net/devoarewenotmenwearedevo.jpg

And anything by this guy is pretty good:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000AZAUM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[prothunderball]

I have three words for my friend: NEIL FUCKING DIAMOND!

[underdog]

The Last Waltz
and The Rollin Stones.... Beggers Banquet

I've actually watched The Last Waltz and thought it was great. Of all people, my tax attorney recommended it to me.

i've been listening to alot of talking heads lately. i think it has to do with that xm commercial, but i really like them.

My wife loves The Talking Heads. All I know are the hits. I'll have to check more of them out.

Featuring the godfather of punk rock:

And anything by this guy is pretty good:

I've always hated Punk Music, but I think its because the only stuff I've been exposed to is terrible pop-punk like Green Day and Blink-182. There's a Stooges song on Guitar Hero II and I like that one, so I'll have to check more out.

[Marc with a c]

sushi is so good. you should have some

[underdog]

sushi is so good. you should have some

There's a supposedly great sushi restaurant in Boston, and all of my friends are so shocked that I've never had it, that they're all anxious to bring me. So that will happen soon.

[ppanda]

"Just the words The WHO.....Backwards swastikers.....Just the words THE WHO"
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[burrben]

the flying burrito brothers - "the gilded palace of sin"

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[Gvac]

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

Powerage - AC/DC

Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones (Bossanova already mentioned Beggars Banquet)

Ramones - Ramones

[Mike Teacher]

Wow major skewage to rock and roll.

I guess the groups mentioned in original post steer it that way but dont forget there is so much more then rock out there, and it doesn't all suck.

I couldnt claim to know music at all without an education featuring goodman, mozart, beethoven, bird, monk, davie, blake, tatum, peterson, copeland, stravinsky, ligeti...

[ppanda]

If you are going the Beatles route, might I suggest.....

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/619W6G53VPL._AA240_.jpg

No, but seriously- Revolver is good too

[FUNKMAN]

this is one of my favorite "oldies." i don't really like anything recent of elton's but some of his older stuff rocks the fat ass.

http://www.eltonography.com/albums/pix/goodbye_yellow_brick_road.jpg

all the young girls love alice, tender young alice they say

one of my favorite lines

loved this album growing up. about 10 years ago i bought the cd and have yet to open it. i just needed to have it ...

[CofyCrakCocaine]

I'm following up on Weeka's suggestion with my personal favorite two Doors albums.
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/CofyCrakCocaine/waiting_for_the_sun.jpg

"Five to One" and "Spanish Caravan" being my favorites from that album.

Aaaaaand...


http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/CofyCrakCocaine/morrisonhotel.jpg

In terms of perfection, neither of these albums are. But they have my favorite Doors songs on them. "Peace Frog" is my personal favorite from that album.

[underdog]

Wow major skewage to rock and roll.

I guess the groups mentioned in original post steer it that way but dont forget there is so much more then rock out there, and it doesn't all suck.

I couldnt claim to know music at all without an education featuring goodman, mozart, beethoven, bird, monk, davie, blake, tatum, peterson, copeland, stravinsky, ligeti...

Well, without going back that far, I have really looked in some Ella Fitzgerald and I love Robert Johnson. And I'm determined to check out some Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.

No, but seriously- Revolver is good too

The only Beatles I ever knew was really their shitty, poppy stuff, so I got all of their post-beginning to use psychedelic drug cds.

[Mike Teacher]

[QUOTE=underdog;1359844]Well, without going back that far, I have really looked in some Ella Fitzgerald and I love Robert Johnson. And I'm determined to check out some Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.
QUOTE]

Superb, superb, superb, and, Superb!

[Fat_Sunny]

Piggyback Threads Are The Best! Fat Piggybacks All The Time.

PPanda...You Picked Two Of Fat's Favorites, So He's Looking Forward To Getting Your Post- 1990 Pic From Amazon!

Underdog, F_S Could Name 50, But He'll Give You Just 5 For Now. Fat's Musical God Is Neil Young. These Four Demonstrate Why:

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F_S Also Has A Love Of Jimi Hendrix.

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The Hendrix Song "Sweet Angel" Is The Song That Always Takes F_S To A Different Zone. Even Just This Clip Still Gives Him Goosebumps!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002P7R001011/002-8952380-4426449

F_S Hopes You Enjoy Discovering The Old Stuff As Much As F_S Plans To Enjoy Discovering The New Stuff!

[C_T]

Just a few suggestions:

Elvis Costello
My Aim Is True (1977)
This Year's Model (1978)
Armed Forces (1979)

The Clash
Self Titled (1977)
Give 'Em Enough Rope (1978)
London Calling (1979)

The Replacements
Let It Be (1984)
Tim (1985)

[underdog]

Fat's Musical God Is Neil Young.

The Hendrix Song "Sweet Angel" Is The Song That Always Takes F_S To A Different Zone. Even Just This Clip Still Gives Him Goosebumps!

I actually saw Neil Young a couple of years ago at the Horde Festival. He was pretty great.

And Hendrix I used to listen to as a youth, but not so much now. Maybe I should, as I'd probably appreciate it more now.

[ppanda]

Just a few suggestions:

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The Replacements
Let It Be (1984)
Tim (1985)

C-T Im surprised you picked Let It Be over Pleased to meet me- How can you Deny Alex Chilton?...I guess its just personal preference

[epo]

You can't go wrong trying out the Kinks or Ray Charles either. For my one selection though I will suggest:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000000XHA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Fat_Sunny]

You can't go wrong trying out the Kinks or Ray Charles either. For my one selection though I will suggest:

Underdog Did NOT Put A Limit On His!

And Always Remember, No Matter How Old You Get:

Well the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end
Until the end
Until the end!

[drusilla]

There's a supposedly great sushi restaurant in Boston, and all of my friends are so shocked that I've never had it, that they're all anxious to bring me. So that will happen soon.

http://www.minado.com/

& here's an easy great compilation of old stuff:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/517jV3itNRL._SS500_.jpg

Track listing

1. Introduction Dialogue — "King Of The Jungle"
2. David Bowie — "Life on Mars?"
3. Roxy Music — "Street Life"
4. Paul McCartney and Wings — "Live and Let Die"
5. Electric Light Orchestra — "10538 Overture"
6. John Kongos — "Tokoloshe Man"
7. Atomic Rooster — "Devil's Answer"
8. T.Rex — "Rock On"
9. Free — "Little Bit of Love"
10. Lee "Scratch" Perry and The Upsetters — "Jungle Lion"
11. Brief Interlude Dialogue — "Armed Bastards!"
12. Sweet — "Blockbuster!"
13. Faces — "Cindy Incidentally"
14. Ananda Shankar — "Snow Flower"
15. Slade — "Coz I Luv You"
16. Mott the Hoople — "One of the Boys"
17. Lindisfarne — "Meet Me on the Corner"
18. Frankie Miller — "I Can't Change It"
19. Thin Lizzy — "Whiskey in the Jar"
20. Audience — "I Had A Dream"
21. Uriah Heep — "Traveller in Time"
22. Nina Simone — "I Wish I Knew"
23. Epilogue Dialogue — "I Want To Go Home"
* Hidden track — "Life On Mars Theme Song"

[C_T]

C-T Im surprised you picked Let It Be over Pleased to meet me- How can you Deny Alex Chilton?...I guess its just personal preference


Well, i think he was going pre-1985 right?

Alex Chilton makes me imagine an 80s life I didn't even actually have. I feel like John Cusack or something when listening to that song. Definitely good stuff.

[ppanda]

Well, i think he was going pre-1985 right?

.

Good point- I forgot that point of the original post.

[underdog]

[SIZE="2"]Underdog Did NOT Put A Limit On His!

Yeah, my music is "cheap". I'm just running out of HD space until I buy my 500gig this coming weekend.

http://www.minado.com/

http://www.fugakyu.net/

And I'll have to check out the Life on Mars disk. I've actually been trying to find Life on Mars on my cable, but its not playing anytime soon.

[hedges]

Fat_Sunny Was Right,you can't go wrong with Hendrix, try Band Of Gypsys at Fillmore East
or "Jimi Hendrix Blues" or his second album, masterpiece, "Axis: Bold as Love" they all are incredible. Or in the other direction a hardcore great like Black Flag " My War" or Modern Lovers with "Roadrunner" and "Pablo Picasso" playing....

[ANC]

Fat_Sunny Was Right,you can't go wrong with Hendrix, try Band Of Gypsys at Fillmore East
or "Jimi Hendrix Blues" or his second album, masterpiece, "Axis: Bold as Love" they all are incredible.

:thumbup: Ya beat me too it hedges... Band of Gypsies and Axis: Bold As Love are my to favorite Hendrix Albums..

Also if you root through the Jimi Hendrix Experience Box Set... You can find great studio outtakes, live performances including Beatles Covers, Muddy Waters Covers.. I could go on and on...

And If you liked the Psychdelic Beatles Stuff, pick up the Beatles: Love album, which is a remastered mix of their songs in... Real trippy.. There is also a Beatles: Hate album, but I haven't listened to it yet.

[torker]

Powerage - AC/DC

I have a new found respect for you.

[drusilla]

http://www.fugakyu.net/


kai ten sushi is really good for beginners because they are really small portions & you can pick & choose what you eat instead of getting stuck with like one big roll or something.

[mildly amusing]

Eric Clapton - E.C. Was Here or 461 Ocean Boulevard

Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home or Desire

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet or Sticky Fingers

[tupper65]

Jethro Tull - Aqualung
http://perso.orange.fr/religionnaire/artistes/jethro_tull/art/aqualung.jpg

[A.J.]

I got Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, but I wasn't impressed at all.

You won't like it at first. Or even second. It's an album that grows on you after several listens.

I care more about albums than just tracks, and I was really trying to find a Rolling Stone "album", but they just seem to be way more song driven than anything.

Get any Stones album from 1968-1972 and then skip the tracks they play to death on the radio. The first one I'd get is "Exile on Main Street". I'd also recommend "Aftermath" from 1966.

[MobCounty]

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[MobCounty]

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[MobCounty]

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http://www.musikmarkt-wiesbaden.de/images/BOB%20MARLEY%20exodus.JPG

[MobCounty]

Get the whole wonder years soundtrack, its like 5 disks and full of gems.

http://esschools.k12.wi.us/catalog/images/17363f.jpg

[drjoek]

Little Feat Waiting for Columbus


Workingmans Dead


Eat a Peach Allman Brothers

[El Mudo]

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If youre gonna go with Little Richard and stuff by The Killer, don't forget these guys either


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[El Mudo]

And hell....a little Western Swing is always good for the soul


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[Hottub]

A fun thing to do with Led Zeppelin is to start working backwards, then branch out again. I did this when I was younger.
i played Zep to death. Then I picked up the Yardbirds Albums. The Yardbirds spawned Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy page. Then you follow those avenues for a while.

Once again, go back to the Yardbirds, and dig up all the old American Blues that they covered, and begin another journey.
Lot's of fun, and a real education.
good luck.

[zerothehero]

In all seriousness, if you liked the old Black Sabbath stuff, seek out some of the old Richie Blackmore's Rainbow. Some good old-fashioned hard rock.

Rainbow Rising
http://www.journeyquest.us/images/rising.jpg

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
http://www.journeyquest.us/images/rainbow.jpg

Long Live Rock and Roll

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And for sure:

Rainbow On Stage
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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

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EDIT: Added:

http://www.musicforfundraising.com/catalog/images/neilyoung_harvest240.jpg

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[razorboy]

If you love Robert Johson, I must recommend the greatness that is Charley Patton. Also,


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Listen to it twice in a row. With headphones.

[Bob Impact]

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Rush 2112

http://www.onetimesone.com/top-lists/closing-time.jpg
Tom Waits - Closing Time

[Bulldogcakes]

Wow major skewage to rock and roll.

I guess the groups mentioned in original post steer it that way but dont forget there is so much more then rock out there, and it doesn't all suck.

I couldnt claim to know music at all without an education featuring goodman, mozart, beethoven, bird, monk, davie, blake, tatum, peterson, copeland, stravinsky, ligeti...

I'm with you Mike. If you really want to look at 20th century music, you should probably start with Louie Armstrong, work your way through the Jazz/Big Band/Bebop ages. Then check out the "Jump Blues" black artists of the 40's who were the precursors to Rock and Roll (great, fun stuff) THEN get to the Rock and Roll of the 50's and 60's. After that you can throw in what is now considered "Classic Rock" of the 70's and 80's.

Then you can put it all in some kind of context.



BTW-Was "Blake" Art Blakey? Love the Freddie Hubbard and Lee Morgan years.

[Enabler]

The Kinks...Arthur...Amazing Album.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/b/bc/The_kinks_arthur_album.jpg

[Fat_Sunny]

This One Is Often Overlooked, But F_S Thinks It Is One Of The Most Enjoyable Albums Ever. Has A CW-Rock Feel.


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[jafter]

I know everyone is giving you studio albums but here are a couple of "Best Of" albums you should check out:

Rolling Stones: Hot Rocks 64-71 - I got this in the 9th grade and instantly turned me into a stones fan. Once you get into this then buy all of the stones albums mentioned earlier.

The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy.- Then buy Who's Next (extended version), Tommy (studio version), Quadraphenia.

Ramones - Mania - Then get Ramones, Rockets to Russia, and all of the rest.

U2 - Best of 1980 -1990 (get extended version with B-sides) - then get Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, Live under a blood red sky, and then buy the rest of the early stuff.

Beatles, Get the Red and Blue best of albums and then buy Sgt Peppers, The White Album, and then see what period you like the best or like me buy them all.

That should be a good start.
I know you are getting the hits and like many of us we get tired of the hits they play on the radio all of the time. Buying these "best of" albums are a good way to hear a broad range of these bands without buying the whole catalog first.

[underdog]

I got The Doors' The Doors.

It's quickly becoming apparent that I know just about every song off this album. I listened to a classic rock station a lot in my late teen years (along with the "oldies" station my father always listened to) and I never realized just how many Doors songs they played.

Or how much I love The Doors. I don't think I've ever heard a Doors song that I disliked. And I got extremely happy when I say The End was on this album. I love that song. I remember it being on a mix tape I had and I'd be all teen-aged depressed and/or angsty listening to it. Hopefully it fits right into my late-twenties real life depression.

Thumbs up to The Doors' The Doors. We're batting 1.000 so far. 1/1.

I need to edit this post for this reason : I'm really upset that I never had this album. This is fantastic. Just a GREAT album.

[weekapaugjz]

I got The Doors' The Doors.

It's quickly becoming apparent that I know just about every song off this album. I listened to a classic rock station a lot in my late teen years (along with the "oldies" station my father always listened to) and I never realized just how many Doors songs they played.

Or how much I love The Doors. I don't think I've ever heard a Doors song that I disliked. And I got extremely happy when I say The End was on this album. I love that song. I remember it being on a mix tape I had and I'd be all teen-aged depressed and/or angsty listening to it. Hopefully it fits right into my late-twenties real life depression.

Thumbs up to The Doors' The Doors. We're batting 1.000 so far. 1/1.

I need to edit this post for this reason : I'm really upset that I never had this album. This is fantastic. Just a GREAT album.

im glad you took my suggestion. ride the snake, ride the snake, past the lake...

[underdog]

im glad you took my suggestion. ride the snake, ride the snake, past the lake...

That was the exact part I was at when I read your comment.

TRIPPY.

[NickyL0885]

Genesis, Huey Lewis and the News. I dunno, but ever since i watched American Psycho, i've been hooked on these bands. Not bad. I love "Land of Confusion" by Genesis.

[Mike Teacher]

You folks really like every music style from A to B.

It's 'I need older music' not 'This isnt old, but at least it sold a billion copies...'

Wow that was harsh.

:scrolling up and down, seeing albums that are so obvious... yep...:

Cmon peeps; theres more then rock and roll and it's extended family of genres.

[reformed]

Ike Turner - Risin' with the Blues

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring

Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

[deepinthewoods]

http://www.kkbox.com.tw/funky/album/77932.jpg

First album. Pre horror show psychedelia.

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Little known California psych band with great buzzing guitars.

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Album is called Yeti. Thick, heavy krautrock. Jawohl!

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Sludgy and hard, rock trio massacre.

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Weird, spacey psychedelic duo who put electronics to good use early on. Their second album, Contact, is also quite good.

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Sci Fi infused heavy proto metal/pseudo prog weirdness featuring a pre-Motorhead Lemmy.

and finally...

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Jagged edged acid punk psychedelia from Mars via SF.

[underdog]

After a couple of listens : eh. I actually turned it off the first way through. Sympathy for the Devil is a song I knew and I like, but the next few songs just sort of dragged. Once the album hits Jig-Saw Puzzle (which I think is my new favorite Stones song), it picks up a bit.

But like any other Rolling Stones album I've listened to, there's no real flow to the album. It just sounds like a bunch of songs put together on a cd. I'll give it a few more listens, but right now, its just another Stones album to me.

[who6489]

A fun thing to do with Led Zeppelin is to start working backwards, then branch out again. I did this when I was younger.
i played Zep to death. Then I picked up the Yardbirds Albums. The Yardbirds spawned Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy page. Then you follow those avenues for a while.

Once again, go back to the Yardbirds, and dig up all the old American Blues that they covered, and begin another journey.
Lot's of fun, and a real education.
good luck.


I did the same thing when the first ASIA album came out in '82 (great one BTW!)
I got into the bands the members came from (YES, Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, and to a lesser extent, King Crimson) From there I started listening to "prog-rock" bands alot (still do to this day)
Here are my suggestions.......

YES - The Yes Album, Close To The Edge, Drama (VERY underrated!)
E.L.P. - Tarkus, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
GENESIS - Selling England By The Pound, Wind & Wuthering, Duke
RUSH - Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Power Windows
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe', Overnite Sensation
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century, Even In The Quietest Moments


I'm into WAY more than just this, but I figured I'd stick to the "prog" stuff for now.
:thumbup:

[underdog]

I've listened to Stop Making Sense several times now. I guess I never realized how much I like the Talking Heads. I know quite a few songs off this album, and I don't think I've ever heard a Talking Heads song that I disliked. And I guess this album is from a movie, and seems like a best-of of the Talking Heads, so it was the perfect album. So this is another album going into my normal shuffle mode.

But I have to thank weekapaugjz again. I cannot stop listening to The Doors. I feel like a kid from the south that just saw snow for the first time and just keeps skiing.

[epo]

You folks really like every music style from A to B.

It's 'I need older music' not 'This isnt old, but at least it sold a billion copies...'

Wow that was harsh.

:scrolling up and down, seeing albums that are so obvious... yep...:

Cmon peeps; theres more then rock and roll and it's extended family of genres.

Preach on Mike. Preach on as these "greatest hits" recommendations are killing my soul...

I've got a couple for ya:

Sly & the Family Stone: Stand!

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/o7793.jpg

Sam Cooke: Night Beat

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/o30111.jpg

And for all of you rock people why haven't I seen this on the list? Zombies: Odyssey & the Oracle.

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/o9363.jpg

[SHANEFROMGA]

try some rock/funk/disco mothers finest
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[Fat_Sunny]

Preach on Mike. Preach on as these "greatest hits" recommendations are killing my soul...

I've got a couple for ya:

Sly & the Family Stone: Stand!

Epo Epo Epo....Back In The Day (69-70), STAND Was Every Bit As Pop As Anything Else. It Spawned FOUR Top 40 Singles, And 3 Million Selling Singles. It Is Certainly Not A Secret Gem...You Could Not Escape From Stand In '69 If You Tried!!

Now The Youngbloods, They Never Got The Full Respect They Deserved!

PS: F_S Loves PULP. Thanks!

[Bulldogcakes]

Looks like I'll be the first to go international here. (England doesn't count)

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Great summer album. The album that started the Bossa Nova craze of the early 60's and still sounds every bit as good today. Most of its songs are considered to be standards in both the US and Brazil. If you want to open yourself up to a whole world of Brazilian music, here's where to start.

[Bulldogcakes]

A fun thing to do with Led Zeppelin is to start working backwards, then branch out again. I did this when I was younger.
i played Zep to death. Then I picked up the Yardbirds Albums. The Yardbirds spawned Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy page. Then you follow those avenues for a while.

Once again, go back to the Yardbirds, and dig up all the old American Blues that they covered, and begin another journey.
Lot's of fun, and a real education.
good luck.

Bingo. Look at who influenced the bands you listen to now and you'll find yourself going all the way back to some of the early Blues artists. 50's Rock and roll came out the "Jump Blues" of the 40's, most people will know Big Joe Turners "Shake Rattle and Roll" and maybe Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog". Two others greats from that era are Wynonie Harris and Louis Jordan. Then you start to realize that Jazz and Blues were very similar in their early stages and you start listening to Louie Armstrong and Count Basie's first band with Jimmy Rushing. Now you start going down the Jazz road. . . . on and on and on.