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Neil Young, Decade
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For me it's either The Beatles' White Album or maybe Led Zep's Physical Graffiti.
Decade was the first Neil Young album I actually owned, but as an early ('77) 'Greatest Hits" compilation it has almost "too many" great songs, without any relief or fillers to space out the great tunes. For me, what elevates the double album experience to timelessness or greatness is it's continuity, or maybe the story it tells.
Don't mind me: music is an intensely personal experience. I'm commonly known for talking out my derriere. One's magnum opus is merely another's elevator music.
Actually, come to think on it, I seem to recall - with what could very well be erroneous logic - that Decade was actually a TRIPLE album.
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Actually Decade is a triple album.
The White album is also amazing!
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Double became a triple in 2 post. You must fish. :thumb:
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The Last Waltz is the Gold Standard of course :cool:
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For me.....Songs In The Key of Life, by Stevie Wonder, number one!!! Others? Blonde on Blonde, Dylan. Electric Ladyland, Hendrix. Live at the Filmore East, The Allman Brothers.
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Double became a triple in 2 post. You must fish. :thumb:
Triple album, double CD.
I promise I will fish. Out of curiosity what happens if we don’t?
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The Last Waltz is the Gold Standard of course :cool:
Yes, very good. You must also watch the movie, very revealing about music of that time.
Tom
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Yes, very good. You must also watch the movie, very revealing about music of that time.
Tom
For all of the legend surrounding the break up of the Beatles , the really ugly break up happened with the Band .
Dusty
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Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs.
Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East.
Odd girl out: Joan Baez' Any day Now.
(Yeah, I'm born in 1950 :grin: )
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Bob Seger - Live Bullet
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The first rock double album was Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde released on June 20, 1966, with The Mothers of Invention's debut record, Freak Out!, as a close second, which was released on June 27, 1966.
Both excellent!
Don't forget 3 sided, Second Winter.
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Second Winter was a masterpiece
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Bob Seger - Live Bullet
I bought Live Bullet when it was new & I was 9, right after I heard at my cool uncle's house. It ruled until I discovered The Wall. Now either one of those or Live Rust will normally cover any situation.
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For all of the legend surrounding the break up of the Beatles , the really ugly break up happened with the Band .
Dusty
One can appreciate all the performers on the Last Waltz, but the performances and recording were not great...by that point in time the Band was past their best and continued to patch things together until Richard Manual killed himself..(and Robbie Robertson has always seemed to act as a first class jerkwad..."I wrote everything"). I think Robertson is on the "Big Interview with Dan Rather this week?....it will be interesting to listen in.
I think these guys did as much to shape our music now as anyone....they are my personal favorite band...Great post....
though I agree with "The White Album" for best double album
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I bought Live Bullet when it was new & I was 9, right after I heard at my cool uncle's house. It ruled until I discovered The Wall. Now either one of those or Live Rust will normally cover any situation.
I would give my left nut to jump in a time machine and be at that concert. "Detroit Michigan, the HOME of rock 'n roll"!
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Physical Graffiti for me!
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Edgar Winter and the White Trash, "Roadwork" Live double album with Rick Derringer and Johnny Winter.
This was my very first album ever purchased.
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I love "The Basement tapes" Just such cool music on it. I had been looking for the record for many years, and at long last tripped over a copy at a big record sale. Just cool stuff.
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Edgar Winter and the White Trash, "Roadwork" Live double album with Rick Derringer and Johnny Winter.
This was my very first album ever purchased.
I saw Edgar and Johnny in Minneapolis sometime in the early ‘70s. First time they had played together in a number of years. Good show!
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I love "The Basement tapes" Just such cool music on it. I had been looking for the record for many years, and at long last tripped over a copy at a big record sale. Just cool stuff.
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Neil Young. One of the few people from my youth who I can still tolerate. For the most part, "Oldies" just bore and annoy me now because they've been so overplayed. If I never hear Billy Joel or Bob Seeger again, I can die a happy man. :) (no offense meant).
Fortunately for me, I didn't hear some of the older music in it's prime and can now listen to it as if it's new. Give me The Ramones or Charles Mingus!!
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100% agree with White Album. Abby Road however not a double is album one of my go to records.
But MY #1 double album would be Vassar Clements Hillbilly Jazz.
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Crosby Stills Nash and Young live double album 4 Way Street and
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Chicago Transit Authority
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I can not be the only one (or can I?) to think one of the greatest of all time double albums is The Who - Quadrophenia. For live albums it is hard to beat Live at Leeds. First time I heard Live at Leeds was at about 3AM after closing down the bar after getting there after working nights. My friend cranked up the volume and I thought he was quite inconsiderate for about 30 seconds......his apartment building was directly under the flight path for LAX. The walls shook every couple minutes. :O
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I would give my left nut to jump in a time machine and be at that concert. "Detroit Michigan, the HOME of rock 'n roll"!
Before Live Bullet, my aunt (lived next door to my cool uncle) had introduced us to the American Graffiti soundtrack. Great real rock and roll music, but nothing like Live Bullet. Live Bullet is so true. Hard to see my 16 yr old daughter doing KPop now and imagine her being like me at 9-10 years old & knowing nearly all the words to Live Bullet. Probably a good thing..
My old Galaxie had an original 8track stereo (still have it for this Galaxie, just in case). During the 80's and early 90's when you could still find used 8 track tapes regularly for sale, there always seemed to be more Bob Seger tapes (real or counterfeit) than any others. Didn't matter the genre, there was more likely to be at least one Bob Seger tape in the box than any other artist.
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Ted Nugent, "Double Live Gonzo".
Great White Buffalo!
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Ted Nugent, "Double Live Gonzo".
Great White Buffalo!
I was a huge TN fan in the '80's. But it's not the '80's anymore. I prefer a little more "finesse" in guitar players nowadays. But Stranglehold?? can't get a better stripper song!
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I've got to agree with a number of the one listed already. But I'll throw in a few others for consideration.
1. White Album
2. CSNY 4 Way Street
3. Allman Bros. Live at Fillmore East
4. Loggins & Messina Live, On Stage
5. This is the Moody Blues
6. Marshall Tucker Where we all Belong
7. Beatles Sergeant Peppers
8. Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street
9. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Stars & Stripes Forever
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Lots of good ones mentioned. The double albums that came to mind immediately for me were:
Grand Funk, Caught in the Act. The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame can't be considered legitimate as long as Grand Funk isn't included :rolleyes:
Lynyrd Skynyrd's double live album. Their version of JJ Cale's "Call Me the Breeze" is guaranteed to get things revved up. :copcar:
J. Geils, Blow Your Face Out. "Made loud to be played loud" :grin:
Allman Brothers, Fillmore East. I saw the Allmans back in the '70's outside Detroit. They were superb.
It surprised me that they are all live albums.
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Neil Young. One of the few people from my youth who I can still tolerate. For the most part, "Oldies" just bore and annoy me now because they've been so overplayed. If I never hear Billy Joel or Bob Seeger again, I can die a happy man. :) (no offense meant).
Fortunately for me, I didn't hear some of the older music in it's prime and can now listen to it as if it's new. Give me The Ramones or Charles Mingus!!
Saw the Ramones 7 times. I wished I could have saw them 700 times.
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Deep Purple - Made in Japan
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For me it was 'Exile on Main Street' that album always was my go to on Friday before hitting the night
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Saw the Ramones 7 times. I wished I could have saw them 700 times.
Wonder if we were in the same room....I saw them 4 times.....2 at Max's KC and 2 at CBGB....1977-8
Got to see the Clash at the Circus Krone in Munich the same year.
London Calling...there's a great double album
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We are certainly showing our age!
The Allman Brothers- Live at the Filmore
The Beatle-untitled but known as The White Album
Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland .......listened to that last Friday
Black Sabbath-We Sold Our Soul for Rock and Roll
Neil Young-Decade
and of course
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Physical Graffiti also happens to be a GREAT title!
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Last Waltz very closely followed by Physical Graffiti would be my picks!!!
Cheers, Tim
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Exile on Main St. Layla
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Pink Floyd The Wall
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Neil Young, Decade
Well I certainly wouldn't call a three record set of greatest hits a greatest double album, but when I think of those words Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour 74 springs to mind.
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I can not be the only one (or can I?) to think one of the greatest of all time double albums is The Who - Quadrophenia. For live albums it is hard to beat Live at Leeds. First time I heard Live at Leeds was at about 3AM after closing down the bar after getting there after working nights. My friend cranked up the volume and I thought he was quite inconsiderate for about 30 seconds......his apartment building was directly under the flight path for LAX. The walls shook every couple minutes. :O
Agree on both. Quad is epic, imho best record they did.
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Ted Nugent, "Double Live Gonzo".
Great White Buffalo!
Yeah - great record, and as visceral as they come.
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For me:
1: Exile On Main St (nothing else comes close)
2: Physical Graffiti
3: Layla
4: Quadrophenia
5:Frampton Comes Alive
6: The Wall
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Agree with all and would add the WHO.
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Let’s not forget “Thick as a Brick” :popcorn:
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Aqualung or Passion Play :boozing:
Tom
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Thank You drburt! Deep Purple Made in Japan. Brothers Live at the Filmore.
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One can appreciate all the performers on the Last Waltz, but the performances and recording were not great...by that point in time the Band was past their best and continued to patch things together until Richard Manual killed himself..(and Robbie Robertson has always seemed to act as a first class jerkwad..."I wrote everything"). I think Robertson is on the "Big Interview with Dan Rather this week?....it will be interesting to listen in.
I think these guys did as much to shape our music now as anyone....they are my personal favorite band...Great post....
though I agree with "The White Album" for best double album
Before Levon moved to New York full time he still kept a place in Northwest Arkansas . A friend from here had helped manage Levon back to solvency after what Robertson did to the other members of the band , so I had the pleasure of meeting with him once . He still hated Robertson even in the late 90's , can't really blame him . Levon's nephew Terry Cagle played drums for the Cate Brothers and the variants of that group for years , they probably played 4 or 5 Band songs live way more times than the Band ever did .
Dusty
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Great thread
Been revisiting a lot of music from my youth whilst working from home
I'm struggling to remember a Double Album of note … it will come and I certainly enjoyed all of the above.
Would throw in these artists that were very influential and who I got to see live ..
Joe Walsh … "You can't argue with a Sick Mind" .. or anything by the James Gang
Jeff Beck … "wired"
Leo Kottke … "12 & 6 Strings"
George Thorougood …. never owned an album but he used to tour Australia constantly in the '70s and '80s and was a sensational show in some of the dingier venues in Adelaide
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Wow, no one's yet mentioned Cream's "Wheels of Fire" 1968. I played the hell out of that one.
Be well,
Larry
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I distinctly remember unwrapping "KISS Alive" when I was about 10. They were huge back then, and I still love their rock music.
I loved reading all the lyrics and studying the photos on some old fashion vinyl album covers. One of the reasons I still know all the words to every Springsteen song between 1975-1985. Back when the lyrics actually meant something and told a story.
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Before Levon moved to New York full time he still kept a place in Northwest Arkansas . A friend from here had helped manage Levon back to solvency after what Robertson did to the other members of the band , so I had the pleasure of meeting with him once . He still hated Robertson even in the late 90's , can't really blame him . Levon's nephew Terry Cagle played drums for the Cate Brothers and the variants of that group for years , they probably played 4 or 5 Band songs live way more times than the Band ever did .
Dusty
It’s my humble opinion that Levon was twice the talent Robertson was ,even discounting Robertson’s personality flaws. A drummer who can sing while drumming is a rare thing. Then there are the songs Levon wrote that bring tears to the eyes
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But Stranglehold?? can't get a better stripper song!
On that topic..
The best one I ever saw was accompanied by Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel...”
I never looked at a Toys ‘R Us store, the same again.. :popcorn:
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It’s my humble opinion that Levon was twice the talent Robertson was ,even discounting Robertson’s personality flaws. A drummer who can sing while drumming is a rare thing. Then there are the songs Levon wrote that bring tears to the eyes
Whether Robbie wrote the songs or not (I believe he "generally" did), it was Levon, Richard and Rick that did the signing, never Robbie. Robbie is a decent producer and had done a lot of movie soundtracks but his solo albums weren't very good. OTOH, Levon kept making good music and is beloved in Woodstock.
Despite being a "Canadian" band, they certainly captured the heart of working America and performed some of the greatest songs of all time.
My thoughts of Robbie aren't positive. I went to see The Band on a reunion tour in Norfolk back in the '80s and Robbie was a no-show, leaving the group perfroming with no guitar player.
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Saw the Ramones 7 times. I wished I could have saw them 700 times.
I saw them around 7 times too. I even ran the Security and Stage crew for them once in college. It's a lot less fun on that side of the barricade - more of a siege than a concert. Great band, nice guys.
-Steve
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I'd have to throw in Blue Oyster Cult's On Your Feet or On Your Knees to this list. Tops on my live album list; the playing and songs were just off the charts for that timeframe.
I'd also like to take a second and thank everyone for leaving out the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack from this fine set of suggestions.
-Steve
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...or anything by the James Gang
Wow, no one's yet mentioned Cream's "Wheels of Fire" 1968. I played the hell out of that one.
Be well,
Larry
Yes!
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Ryan Adams and the Cardinals "Cold Roses"
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Great thread
Been revisiting a lot of music from my youth whilst working from home
I'm struggling to remember a Double Album of note … it will come and I certainly enjoyed all of the above.
Would throw in these artists that were very influential and who I got to see live ..
Joe Walsh … "You can't argue with a Sick Mind" .. or anything by the James Gang
Jeff Beck … "wired"
Leo Kottke … "12 & 6 Strings"
George Thorougood …. never owned an album but he used to tour Australia constantly in the '70s and '80s and was a sensational show in some of the dingier venues in Adelaide
My favorite Joe Walsh album is still "The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get".
There used to be a "roadhouse" in Smithsburg, MD that George at played regularly. Waitresses up dancing on tables. The cops would have to come shut it down.
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I'd have to throw in Blue Oyster Cult's On Your Feet or On Your Knees to this list. Tops on my live album list; the playing and songs were just off the charts for that timeframe.
I'd also like to take a second and thank everyone for leaving out the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack from this fine set of suggestions.
-Steve
Yes
and Double YES
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Ok … this one may get controversial … but is a double album … :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Loved this album in the '70s … and got to see him live numerous times in his prime … before his voice went and he became, IMHO, a lounge singer.
Album is full of the usual AM Radio ear candy that he is notorious for … but …
tracks like
All the Young Girls Love Alice
Ballad of Danny Bailey
Harmony … were great live
I think I can still sing all of the songs without looking at the lyrics
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This is an obscure double album that was one of our favorites from my misspent youth
https://youtu.be/ubuJq2DfWLQ
It is quite good despite being live. I’m not a fan of Joan Biaz who unfortunately ( for me) opens. It’s called ” one hand clapping “ and is one of the Big Sur festivals in the ‘70s featuring various musicians
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Best double, Mahler 8.
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CTA .
Dusty
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There are a lot of great double albums listed here. But if us old farts allow ourselves to realize that good music didn't end in 1974, there is some wonderful stuff to be discovered. My current favorite double album (well CD) is the 2014 Passenger (aka Mike Rosenberg) release, Whispers. It is a beautifully packaged CD in the tradition of great album packaging from years gone by. It is packaged to look like a small book, and has many pages of lyrics, story's about the songs, and watercolor drawings. The first CD are songs with his band, and the second CD contains solo acoustic versions. The first time I listened to the acoustic CD, I was stunned and almost exhausted by the emotional experience. Absolutely breathtaking lyrics and story's set to beautiful music. And there is even a motorcycle song in the mix. I suppose it won't be everybody's thing, but I strongly recommended a listen.
"Well I don't have many and I don't have much, in fact I don't have any but I've got enough..."
"All I need's a whisper, in a world that only shouts..."
"I want to see my granddaughter one last time, want to hold her close and feel her heart next to mine;
wanna see my son and the man he's become, tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done;
I'd do it if I had to walk, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York"
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For all of the legend surrounding the break up of the Beatles , the really ugly break up happened with the Band .
Dusty
https://youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ
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I really Liked Chicago Transit Authority. (Chicago 1). Some of the material was filler, though.
I was totally disappointed in Crosby Stills Nash and Young 4 way street.
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its difficult to say - nearly impossible, the selection is so vast BUT on this day in this week i would have to agree with lowryter's pick of little feat's waiting for columbus. cuz there's a fat man in the bathtub with the blues.
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Another of my favorites is The Doors - Absolutely live. Includes The Celebration of the lizard that I do not believe was ever put on a studio album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ashTaoGrR2o
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KISS - Alive
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous
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Gotta couple:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle be Unbroken"
ok, three records there but includes Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Vassar Clements to name a few.
Dwayne Allmän : "An Anthology" Arethra Franklin belting out "The Weight" is worth the price.
Gotta an early Grateful Dead double with no title other than "Grateful Dead". Just about wore out.
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And I figured folks would like Robbie, Ringo and a cast of social distancing types playing "The Weight".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ&feature=youtu.be
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I dunno. I read Levon's book, then I recently saw Robbie's documentary featuring himself and the Band.
I can see it both ways, and don't feel a need to take a side. Rather enjoy what they did and leave it at that.
Moto
Oh, and the best double album is Blonde On Blonde, obviously.
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Johnny Cash Live from Folsom Prison...The man in black!
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Big Bamboo............. .er, ah, I listened to it twice. :food:
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Deep Purple Made in Japan. Couldn't get enough of it.
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Deep Purple Made in Japan. Couldn't get enough of it.
Top of my list along with Yes - Yessongs.
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Before Levon moved to New York full time he still kept a place in Northwest Arkansas . A friend from here had helped manage Levon back to solvency after what Robertson did to the other members of the band , so I had the pleasure of meeting with him once . He still hated Robertson even in the late 90's , can't really blame him . Levon's nephew Terry Cagle played drums for the Cate Brothers and the variants of that group for years , they probably played 4 or 5 Band songs live way more times than the Band ever did .
Dusty
I read a follow up to that from Robbie today.
https://www.salon.com/2020/05/23/robbie-robertson-the-band-once-were-brothers/
INTERVIEWER: You visit Levon Helm on his deathbed. I understand from the film that there was conflict over songwriting credits and money. Do you care to comment further about waiting until it was too late to reconnect with Helm?
ROBBIE: Here's something that I've not said before. To this day, on The Band's songs, I share the publishing and songwriting credit with Levon. The other guys said they wanted to sell their part of the publishing. When we started out, everyone was supposed to write songs. [When they didn't] I thought they were being lazy. But some people can write songs, and some can't. Levon didn't write songs. I gave him credit on some songs because he was around. Garth was a great musician, but he couldn't write. Ringo Starr doesn't write songs. Charlie Watts doesn't write songs, and they don't share publishing credit with the other guys in their groups. After 16 years together, Levon never once mentioned songwriting. When it came up, I was generous about it. I did stuff I didn't have to do, and I did it to be a good friend. It was 10 or 15 years after that when Levon was struggling financially, and he's blamed someone else for what happened with him. This was another case of that.
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Good choices all, but for me it's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Saw that tour having never heard of much less heard Genesis. Blew. Me. Away.
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Johnny Cash Live from Folsom Prison...The man in black!
I like country music. Grew up with it. I think this is the best country album ever recorded. Its not a double album though, so nope doesn't qualify. You do have good taste though :thumb:
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Gotta couple:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle be Unbroken"
ok, three records there but includes Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Vassar Clements to name a few.
Dwayne Allmän : "An Anthology" Arethra Franklin belting out "The Weight" is worth the price.
Gotta an early Grateful Dead double with no title other than "Grateful Dead". Just about wore out.
Yes to the NGDB's Circle!
I never had the album, but I've had the CD for maybe 25 years. You win :bow:
Wonderful album. It was a triple album, but its only a double CD :evil:
Its Duane Allman btw. I have that cd also. "Loan Me a Dime" gave me a whole new respect for Box Scaggs.
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Gotta couple:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle be Unbroken"
ok, three records there but includes Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson and Vassar Clements to name a few.
Dwayne Allmän : "An Anthology" Arethra Franklin belting out "The Weight" is worth the price.
Gotta an early Grateful Dead double with no title other than "Grateful Dead". Just about wore out.
Gotta agree with you here. Regarding Neil Young; "a Southern man don't need him around anyhow"
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I read a follow up to that from Robbie today.
https://www.salon.com/2020/05/23/robbie-robertson-the-band-once-were-brothers/
INTERVIEWER: You visit Levon Helm on his deathbed. I understand from the film that there was conflict over songwriting credits and money. Do you care to comment further about waiting until it was too late to reconnect with Helm?
ROBBIE: Here's something that I've not said before. To this day, on The Band's songs, I share the publishing and songwriting credit with Levon. The other guys said they wanted to sell their part of the publishing. When we started out, everyone was supposed to write songs. [When they didn't] I thought they were being lazy. But some people can write songs, and some can't. Levon didn't write songs. I gave him credit on some songs because he was around. Garth was a great musician, but he couldn't write. Ringo Starr doesn't write songs. Charlie Watts doesn't write songs, and they don't share publishing credit with the other guys in their groups. After 16 years together, Levon never once mentioned songwriting. When it came up, I was generous about it. I did stuff I didn't have to do, and I did it to be a good friend. It was 10 or 15 years after that when Levon was struggling financially, and he's blamed someone else for what happened with him. This was another case of that.
"Robertson's dispute with Helm is one of music's longest-running feuds, dating back more than 35 years. They last played together at the Band's final concert, The Last Waltz, in 1976. Helm was furious at Robertson's decision to "destroy" the Band, he wrote in his autobiography, and participated in the concert on the basis of his attorney's advice: "Do it, puke, and get out of the way." They also clashed over royalties. "[Robbie] and [manager] Albert [Grossman] get all the money, and the rest of us get all the leftovers, and he was supposed to be one of us," Helm said in 1998."
It is one thing to claim the writing royalties, but not performing as a group is another thing. Yeah, Charlie Watts doesn't write but he is in the ROLLING STONES where one tour could keep Charlie going for quite a few years of not playing. The comparisons between the two are not quite the same and it always seemed to me that Robbie had an "I got mine" attitude to the rest of his former bandmates.
Robertson is suspect, and I cannot side with his story.
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"Robertson's dispute with Helm is one of music's longest-running feuds, dating back more than 35 years. They last played together at the Band's final concert, The Last Waltz, in 1976. Helm was furious at Robertson's decision to "destroy" the Band, he wrote in his autobiography, and participated in the concert on the basis of his attorney's advice: "Do it, puke, and get out of the way." They also clashed over royalties. "[Robbie] and [manager] Albert [Grossman] get all the money, and the rest of us get all the leftovers, and he was supposed to be one of us," Helm said in 1998."
It is one thing to claim the writing royalties, but not performing as a group is another thing. Yeah, Charlie Watts doesn't write but he is in the ROLLING STONES where one tour could keep Charlie going for quite a few years of not playing. The comparisons between the two are not quite the same and it always seemed to me that Robbie had an "I got mine" attitude to the rest of his former bandmates.
Robertson is suspect, and I cannot side with his story.
I'm really not taking sides. The Band was epic. It's a shame that they ended on such bad terms. In the article, Robbie said that band was falling apart due to drugs and he felt helpless to keep it altogether. He was fearful that someone was going to OD and die. True or not? I don't know. I know that several of them died in bad ways. Also, I'm not sure why Robbie had an obligation to keep the band together, nor why if they wanted to play that the remaining members just didn't get another guitarist? My guess is Robbie was burned out and had no more songs left. He pretty much said so in the movie.
I have a bone to pick with Robbie. I went to see The Band in Norfolk in the '80s and Robbie quit before the show, so they performed with no guitarist. I'm guessing that must've been the last straw for all. It was for me.
Robbie still seems to get folks together just like the video I posted with Robbie and so many playing on the pandemic. He's worked with Scorsese for 40 years now.
https://youtu.be/ph1GU1qQ1zQ
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Nils Lofgren's Acoustic Live. If you haven't heard it, you should.
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Jimmy Hendrix experience .
Lynyrd Skynyrd : gold and platinum.
Blue oyster cult : on your feet and on your knees.
Ten years after : recorded live.
Stanley Clarke : I wanna play for you.
Eric Clapton : just one night