I think it’s good that you post the lineup, recording details and a few videos from each album. Probably more important as we reach the final 50.
This thread has made me listen to more albums in their entirety; Im guilty of listening to 2000 song playlists on shuffle.
But I do have playlists I wouldn’t be without of around 30 or so tracks - Ryan Adams, the Bee Gees, Josh Ritter, Van, the Who, Led Zep etc.
No room for Teenage Fanclub in your list? Not even Songs from Northern Britain?
Thanks very much for these words, Ffosse. It gives me some idea what people are liking (or not liking).
One of my biggest oversights however is not having any Ryan Adams in here and I can’t understand why not. Same with the Samll Faces. Very strange how they were omitted!
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Took me ages to find that, lol! :shock:
Same here mate. This is my sanctuary, my place of rest from all that squabbling.
At least we can be courteous to one another in this thread and not what to ask “Why…?” this or “How is it that…?”
There’s more to life than arguing about absolutely nothing isn’t there bud?
I’m gonna post another three in a mo:
No.73: “A Hard Day’s Night” by The Beatles (1964)
With this album, the Liverpool combo took America and the world by storm. A highly popular film and a big tour talking in all the right venues ensured Brian Epstein’s group remained at the very top of the tree of pop acts. The album itself is a classic. Aside from the title song and the other single on the record, we get such famous tracks as the sweetheart-lovely ‘If I Fell’ and ‘And I Love Her’, the classic Beatles pop of ‘I Should Have Known Better’ and ‘You Can’t Do That’ and ‘I’ll Cry Instead’, which was the reason Billy Joel hung up his boxing gloves and got into music. ‘I Feel Fine’ was released as a single at the same time as the album but wasn’t included on the record(!).
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Track listing:
Side one
Side two
No.72: “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” by Bruce Springsteen (1978)
Three years separated the release of Born To Run and this follow-up album due to contractual reasons and a big fall-out with Jon Landau, Springsteen’s manager. When it did appear it was greeted with great critical acclaim. As well as more of The Boss’ trademark bombast from a now fully-equipped E Street Band, the record was notable for telling some wonderful stories via Bruce’s lyrics which was what the man was all about: true to life experiences. A superb record and one which held Springsteen in very good stead for the upcoming decade which really did change his fortunes – the 1980’s.
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Interview:
Personnel:
• Bruce Springsteen – lead vocals, lead guitar, harmonica, producer
• Roy Bittan – piano, backing vocals
• Clarence Clemons – saxophone, backing vocals
• Danny Federici – organ, glockenspiel
• Garry Tallent – bass guitar
• Steve Van Zandt – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, production assistance
• Max Weinberg – drums
No.71: “Déjà vu” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970)
Second album from the trio but now featuring Neil Young as a temporary/permanent/occasional member to the line-up, Déjà vu was even better than the lauded debut from the year previously. The album was further subtitled “Dallas Taylor & Greg Reeves” to include the full ensemble.
Any record that features classics such as ‘Woodstock’, ‘Teach Your Children’ and ‘Helpless’ deserves its rightful place in history as one of THE great pop-folk albums ever.
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Personnel:
David Crosby – vocals all tracks except “4+20”; rhythm guitar on “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Woodstock,” “Déjà vu,” “Country Girl,” and “Everybody I Love You”
• Stephen Stills – vocals all tracks except “Almost Cut My Hair”; guitars all tracks except “Our House”; keyboards on “Carry On,” “Helpless,” “Woodstock,” and “Déjà Vu”; bass on “Carry On,” “Teach Your Children,” and “Déjà vu”; percussion on “Carry On”
• Graham Nash – vocals all tracks except “Almost Cut My Hair” and “4+20”; keyboards on “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Woodstock,” “Our House,” and “Everybody I Love You”; rhythm guitar on “Teach Your Children” and “Country Girl”; percussion on “Carry On” and “Teach Your Children”
• Neil Young – vocals on “Helpless” and “Country Girl”; guitars on “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Helpless,” “Woodstock,” “Country Girl,” and “Everybody I Love You”; keyboards, harmonica on “Country Girl”
• Dallas Taylor – drums all tracks except “4+20”; tambourine on “Teach Your Children”
• Greg Reeves – bass on “Almost Cut My Hair,” “Helpless,” “Woodstock,” “Our House,” “Country Girl,” and “Everybody I Love You”
• Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar on “Teach Your Children”
• John Sebastian – harmonica on “Déjà vu”
Good night all 
Don’t want to overload this detailed thread so keeping it short.All last batch excellent.
A Hard Days Night, a breath of fresh after all those turgid Elvis flicks.Catchy tunes and humour.
CSNY are legends but I think Mathew’s Southern Comfort did Woodstock better.
Overandout.
Hi bud.
On the contrary mate. I depend on people posting, the more the better. It’s great to converse about these albums and it means my work here isn’t a waste of time. I do feel I’m blindly posting these records sometimes but it’s great when people do join in.
So please make your posts as lengthy and often as you like, it’s a thread for everyone to contribute.
I agree about the track ‘Woodstock’. Matthews Southern Comfort came out with the most lush, beautifully-produced version. Totally different to CSN&Y which is great but a little hippiefied! And I hate to say it, and I love Joni Mitchell, but her’s is horribly shrill. Can’t bear it.
Must have been fantastic to have been around at the time of The Beatles too mate. I was born the year when A Hard Day’s Night came out. Sorry if that makes you feel old 
Always great to see you in here, PS.
Funnily enough, I was listening to ‘Hard day’s night’ yesterday, just happened to dig it out at random. I would not call myself a Beatles fan as such but it’s impossible not to sing along.
Great album and the film is excellent.
As PSmith said, knocks spots off those terrible Elvis movies.
I think the turning point for The Beatles came with their next release Rubber Soul. When boys became men.
Three great albums in a row.
Darkness At The Edge Of Town is one of my favourite Springsteen records - it doesn’t get much better than that.
And DéJá Vu - such a classic. CSN were always better with Neil Young.
Regarding the Beatles I can’t deny they made some of the greatest albums ever, but I just got over-exposed to them in the 70s and 80s growing up. U2 are another band I don’t listen to anymore for this reason.
To a lesser extent it’s the same with Pink Floyd; except for a couple of albums I just got tired of them. The same can be said for a few bands. So they wouldn’t feature in the top spots of any list I might make up. Then again, I would struggle with a 1000 albums list - there are bound to be whole groups I would miss and some idiosyncratic entries, but that’s the point, I suppose, it’s a personal list.
Worked with Allan and Graham in the early days and saw them grow and at that time we knew the way the order would be. Good looks then brains even though they were both so talented. (and yes it did get to Graham)
However even after all these years we still knew Allan had the better voice as Grahams weaker voice was an harmonising one that needed support.
(Most odd to hear Graham with that American twang) 
Nice post Ffosse, thanks mate
I’ve always loved Springsteen ever since I heard The River on a single in late '79. Seen the man live three times and it’s always a top quality show he and the E Street Band put on.
Over-exposure to bands can get tiresome after a while, and even I need a break from Pink Floyd occasionally. (I tend to listen to them in the winter more for some reason:confused2:).
But it’s having to listen to commercial radio at work that drives me nuts. It puts me off bands I used to really enjoy. For instance Bryan Adams, The Eurythmics and Queen are played to death and I can’r bear hearing most of their songs anymore. Big shame.
Yes mate, all lists are personal. It’s just nice to see others sharing an interest in my own tastes and staying with me through this ridiculous tome I’m ploughing through.
Not too long left though now.
Since you’ve all been really good, I’ll pop on a couple of albums before I go into the town and sample a few real ales this afternoon…
Very interesting to hear this, Solo. It must have been great to associate oneself with legends that these two are.
That’s all, sadly, for the band in here, but we may see Neil again soon
No.70: “The War Of The Worlds” by Jeff Wayne/Various Artists (1978)
The adaptation of H.G. Wells classic novel as recorded in a musical format featuring guest vocalists and musicians. Phil Lynott, Justin Hayward, David Essex, Julie Covington and many more performed songs (in studio form only at this point) to the orchestral arrangement of Jeff Wayne’s orchestra. What really made the album though was the inclusion of actor Richard Burton as the narrator of the whole story. This record has seen numerous re-vamps over the years with various updated albums and live shows and musical which are always extremely popular. A stunning double album which frightened this reviewer to death on hearing it through headphones for the first time in the 1980’s.
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Personnel:
Jeff Wayne – composer, arranger, keyboards, synthesisers
• Richard Burton – spoken words (The Journalist: the narrator-protagonist)
• Justin Hayward – vocals (The Sung Thoughts of the Journalist)
• David Essex – spoken words and vocals (The Artilleryman)
• Chris Thompson – vocals (The Voice of Humanity)
• Phil Lynott – spoken words and vocals (Parson Nathaniel)
• Julie Covington – spoken words and vocals (Beth)
• Jerry Wayne – spoken words (The Voice of NASA)
• Chris Spedding – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
• Ken Freeman – keyboards, synthesisers
• George Fenton – santoor, zither, tar
• Jo Partridge – guitars (The Heat Ray), mandolin, vocals ('Ulla’s)
• Barry Morgan – drums
• Barry da Souza, Roy Jones, Ray Cooper – percussion
• Paul Vigrass, Gary Osborne, Billy Lawrie – backing vocals
