After reading the post of "happiness is" i started to think about all the albums i have never played, just waiting. tonight i played Jeff Beck "wired" and Robin trower "for earth below" albums i have had for 20+ yrs.
I wish i had played them sooner, we get so caught up in what the radio is playing and forget to dig deeper, i hate led zeppelin because in my opinion they are over played, however if you dig deeper into the albums you can find some better music. (i have all of led zeppelin just because) my point being you do not have to hope for that one album that just blows you away, chances are you already have it so just play it. (i can hear the influence that jeff beck had on joe satriani and jimi hendrix had on robin trower and it is just to cool).
True... how many records have we all got that we haven't been able to give air time to... or only listened to once and dismissed to gather dust...
I've had this with many records, on initial listen, didn't know what all the hype was about... a few years later, with my head and experience being in a different place... I get blown away with it.
When I used to be a collector, life was much easier... much more fun... now I deal and I have way too many records to actually get a chance to listen to them all... I buy a collection of 500 albums, many will sell before I get to hear them.
How many records have passed through my hands, that I have completely missed.
Or how about the more obscurer titles that you actually did like, and played many times before, but yet, from time to time, forget their existence. And yes, when I say obscure, I am not talking about Iron Butterfly either.
I collect classic obscure psych, hard rock, & metal titles from the 60's, 70's & 80's that you seem to forget that they are there, or you even had them. sometimes it is great to revisit those, otherwise you might not remember what they sound like. Besides, modern radio is littered with so much crap that you tend forget, at times, that as a record collector, why should we complain so much about the corporate politics of the radio broadcast system, when we have a treasure trove or plentiful wealth of our highly regarded records to choose from in our collections?
Yes, be proud of what you do own and go listen to some vinyl please! Good thread........
Perhaps this thread could also be entitled the vinyl/music you own appreciation thread? I dunno, but this most certainly is an overlooked subject that a lot of collectors, normally for whatever reason, won't engage in? Perhaps sometimes we forget what we have because we are so obsessed about trying to track down that next find? Now I know we are guilty as collectors of this sometimes. Oh, and btw, let's spin some vinyl, shall we? :-)
Some albums that are bought but then never listened to, maybe shouldn't ever be... Here's my story:
A couple of years ago, I purchased a VG copy of GUN's first album, (Gurvitz Bros., "Race with the Devil")just for the crazy cover art, which blew me away when I later learned it was early work of Roger Dean!
(Always loved those YES covers growing up) The GUN'S music was pretty awesome, so years later I saw an album with pretty cool cover art, which was Baker Gurvitz Army's debut disc. I bought it, took it home and promptly forgot about it for about three years! Not too long ago while taking inventory, I came across this record and decided to finally give it a listen. I'm sad to say I was very disapointed.
Maybe it's just my personal tastes, but this album was just too weird. Yes, there are a couple of tasty guitar licks here & there, and it IS Mr. BAKER on drums after all, but there were no standout songs on here for me. The whole album feels like a weird mixture of "mid-70's hard rock/prog/bordering on Disco"
I may give it another chance someday, maybe in another three years! I don't want to gripe too loudly, I only paid $3.50 or something for it after all...
Despite this, there have been many good experiences and I agree with the post topic: "Play them all"
cuz you never know what's gonna turn your crank!
Originally Posted By Baconbreath69: Some albums that are bought but then never listened to, maybe shouldn't ever be... Here's my story:
A couple of years ago, I purchased a VG copy of GUN's first album, (Gurvitz Bros., "Race with the Devil")just for the crazy cover art, which blew me away when I later learned it was early work of Roger Dean!
(Always loved those YES covers growing up) The GUN'S music was pretty awesome, so years later I saw an album with pretty cool cover art, which was Baker Gurvitz Army's debut disc. I bought it, took it home and promptly forgot about it for about three years! Not too long ago while taking inventory, I came across this record and decided to finally give it a listen. I'm sad to say I was very disapointed.
Maybe it's just my personal tastes, but this album was just too weird. Yes, there are a couple of tasty guitar licks here & there, and it IS Mr. BAKER on drums after all, but there were no standout songs on here for me. The whole album feels like a weird mixture of "mid-70's hard rock/prog/bordering on Disco"
I may give it another chance someday, maybe in another three years! I don't want to gripe too loudly, I only paid $3.50 or something for it after all...
Despite this, there have been many good experiences and I agree with the post topic: "Play them all"
cuz you never know what's gonna turn your crank!
You see, GUN never really did much for me, however, I did like at least one Baker Gurvitz Army record out of the three that came out. You just have to know which one to get, and I am not too sure which one you heard, Baconbreath. Baker Gurvitz Army had a total of 3 albums from 1974-1976. The first, self titled(1974) isn't really all that good. The third album, Hearts On Fire(1976), is probably the album where I think you may have had the disco inspired complaint, as it is not that great either. However, Elysian Encounter(1975), was probably Baker Gurvitz Army crowning achievement, and is a classic example of a great band that could have been way loads better, had they been more consistent. Unfortunately, Baker Gurvitz Army would never top Elysian Encounter, and even if they tried, they perhaps were just better off not making another record. Anyway, Baconbreath, if you want to hear what a decent Baker Gurvitz Army record sounds like, then you can still check out Elysian Encounter for a decent price (under $8.00).
Most record collectors who collect hard rock music from the 70's, will tell you to be careful when venturing out in the world of hard rock after between 1974-1975, as much of it became either AOR, MOR, or sadly very disco influenced. I have learned in collecting 70's hard rock obscurities, that as long as you don't look for obscurities past 1975, you should be alright, which unfortunately a lot of the major record companies just seemed to have stopped signing decent hard rock bands. I will tell you that most of what passed for hard rock in the late 70's had became very commercialized, much like, for example, what had happened with the heavy metal of the late 80's, with the more MTV friendly glam/hair/pop metal oriented bands. In the 80's glam scene what had started out as pretty cool, later on became this total utter crap by about 1992 or so.
Anyway,the point is, usually the farther away from the original source you get from certain types of music, the more watered down it becomes, and quite admittedly loses much of it's significance. This is unfortunately what happened with hard rock music in the 70's, with AOR, & Disco literally killing off some of the best original bands playing this style of music of that time, as much as what MTV & commercial radio did to true authentic heavy metal bands in the 80's. The only difference is, at least metal is not totally dead like some of the best hard rock bands that died out in the 70's are nowadays. If you want to know a secret, I suggest you investigate gems that came out on private, or independent record labels. There are some cool gems on major labels, but most of the best hard rock gems came out in the early 70's, pre disco era. Most of the best hard rock obscurities came out on majors, because there simply wasn't a lot of indies in existence during the 70's promoting this kind of music, but there were quite a few privately pressed records. And, as you may know, there were quite a few indie record labels in metal during the 80's, like Shrapnel, Metal Blade, or Combat.
Originally Posted By Jonn: After reading the post of "happiness is" i started to think about all the albums i have never played, just waiting. tonight i played Jeff Beck "wired" and Robin trower "for earth below" albums i have had for 20+ yrs.
I wish i had played them sooner, we get so caught up in what the radio is playing and forget to dig deeper, i hate led zeppelin because in my opinion they are over played, however if you dig deeper into the albums you can find some better music. (i have all of led zeppelin just because) my point being you do not have to hope for that one album that just blows you away, chances are you already have it so just play it. (i can hear the influence that jeff beck had on joe satriani and jimi hendrix had on robin trower and it is just to cool).
So true brother ! I just got my vinyl out of storage (too long a story) purchased a customised turntable off Ebay and started playing some classics. Made me think about my life and how lucky i have been bro. Cannot beat the old vinyl !!
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