Brent’s 1973

Albums

1)  Larks’ Tongues In Aspic – King Crimson – (LTIA Pt. 1 – LTIA Pt. 2)

Nothing like LTIA!

2)  Raw Power – The Stooges (Search And Destroy – Penetration)

Ageless…right?

3)  Betty Davis – Betty Davis (Come Take Me – Your Man My Man)

Understood “Come and Take Me” isn’t on the original Lp…but god…how funky it it?

4)  Black Beings – Frank Lowe – (In Trane’s Name – Bother Joseph)

Frank at his most fierce lays down a free jazz classic.

5)  Lou Reed – Berlin (Caroline Says II – The Bed)

Gorgeous and harrowing.

6)  Quadrophenia – The Who (The Punk And The Godfather – Sea And Sand)

7)  Faust IV – Faust (Krautrock – It’s A Bit Of A Pain)

8)  Indent – Cecil Taylor (Part 1 – Part 2)

Well…A Master.

9)  Conference Of The Birds – Dave Holland Quartet (See-Saw – Interception)

10)  Selling England By The Pound – Genesis (Dancing With The Moonlit Knight – Firth Of Fifth)

Genesis at they’re most commercial? Seriously!

 

Songs

1)  Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) – David Bowie – Aladdin Sane

Mike Garson’s contributions here can’t be overstated.

2)  Khalid of Space, Pt. 2 Welcome – Larry Young – Lawrence Of Newark

James Blood Ulmer is so right on here and an uncredited Pharaoh Sanders blows!

3)  Jesus Is Waiting – Al Green (Call Me)

His delivery is so moving…make me a believer?

4)  Rain Dance – Herbie Hancock (Sextant)

Herbie steps into the future, or another dimension?

5)  Dolphins – Tim Buckley (Seforina)

Long in his live set…not sure how I missed this on the covers theme…

6)  La Grange – ZZ Top (Tres Hombres)

7)  The Night Comes Down – Queen (Queen)

Honestly not sure if Freddie ever laid down a better vocal track.

8)  They’re Making A Monster – Copperhead (Copperhead Feat. John Cippolina)

9)  Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory – Traffic (Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory)

What a groove!

10)  Fur Immer – NEU! (NEU 2)

Brent’s 1970 Picks

For the last list (1972) I really didn’t listen to everything and feel my list suffered as a result (heavy on the Krautrock). That being said I made an effort to listen to everything in my collection from 1970 and ended up with another list that was tilted to one genre (prog) with two offerings from Crimson and Van Der Graff making the list. Oh well.

Near misses were The Kink’s Lola vs …(If I were a relief pitcher Apeman would play as I walked to the mound), Joy Of Cooking’s S/T Lp (Hush), and Aguaturbia’s Vol.2 (Well Allright), and Les Ralliezes Denudes (Dansyo 1).

1970 Songs

 

1) Loose – The Stooges – Fun House

This is one of those points when rock could have stopped and no one could argue…”yeah…that’s it…enough…let’s move on to something else”.

2) Lizard (Prince Rupert Awakes, Bolero-The Peacock’s Tale, The Battle of Glass Tears) – King Crimson – Lizard

Never a big fan of the Crimson vocalists (Lake, Haskell, Burell, Wetton) so I love Jon Anderson’s fragile and restrained vocal on “Prince Rupert Awakes”. The entire suite (Side A) is such a fragile piece of music…teetering on collapse yet never going over the cliff. Appreciative of Keith Tippet’s guest spot on piano as well.

3) Sloth – Fairport Convention – Full House

This song always mesmerizes me. My favorite Richard Thompson effort here.

4) Killer – Van Der Graff Generator – H To He Who Am The Only One

The line “on a black day, in a black month, at the bottom of a black sea” would sound trite in anybodies hand but Hammill’s.

5) To Whom It May Concern Them/Us –  Tony Williams Lifetime – (turn it over)

No Rest…No Respite

6) Archangels Thunderbird – Amon Duul II – Yeti

7) Jack The Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots – Black Sabbath – Paraniod

See #1 (Loose)

8) Them Changes – Buddy Miles – Them Changes 

Too bad the Band Of Gypsys didn’t get to record this properly in the studio. Billy Cox’s fuzz bass puts this over the top….with Jimi’s guitar this would have been devastating. Feel a tinge of guilt placing this hear rather than “Macine Gun” from BOG.

9) Rain –The Pretty Things – Parachute

I swapped out 4/5 songs from this LP in here…kinda like too many great choices on the menu.

10) With You There To Help Me – Jethro Tull – Benefit

 

1970 Albums

1) The Man Who Sold The World – David Bowie (Width Of A Circle)

So much of what I listen to is a result of my early infatuation with Mr. Bowie.

2) The End Of An Ear – Robert Wyatt (Las Vegas Tango Part 1)

I’ll take Robert Wyatt improvising vocals and playing around in the studio over most things on most days.

3) Shooting The Moon – Kevin Ayers (Rheinhardt & Geraldine/Colores Para Delores)

My favorite Ayers LP.

4) King Crimson – In The Wake Of Poseidon (The Devil’s Triangle)

Have to be true to my roots and place the second Crimson 70 release here. Recommended for fans of the mellotron.

5) The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other – Van Der Graff Generator (After The Flood)

Agian…a second LP by Van Der Graff….sorry…PROG.

6) Weasels Ripped My Flesh – Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention (Dwarf Nebula Processional March)

The last of the great Mother’s discs…Once Flo & Eddie joined the mix things were not quite the same.

7) Electronic Meditation – Tangerine Dream (Journey Through A Burning Brain)

Sooo good. Nothing they did lived up to the promise of this first LP. And I like the other Tangerine Dream catalog…it’s just not at this level for me.

8) Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic (I Wanna Know If It’s Good to You)

Three offering from the Parliament/Funkadelic crew in ’70. Very drenched in psychedelia as is the S/T lp.

9) Tim Buckley – Lorca (Lorca)

10) A Tribute To Jack Johnson – Miles Davis (Yesternow)

I guess this was a 1971 release…So Bitches Brew gets the nod in this spot.