Last one tonight as we edge closer to the 400-point…
The Byrds debut album was very much like the pop group Boib Dylan never had, as most of his songs were covered on this record. Having said that, it’s a wondrous affair with that Searchers-type jangly guitar and those unmatchable harmonies.
Thanks for looking in as always. Tomorrow we will be beginning with…The Beatles!
Lots of stuff right up my street.
A Welsh one from The Byrds
The Bells of Rhymney
I visited Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris.Not that I’m into that sort of thing but I thought I might have the chance to console any distressed females that may be hanging about.No one there at all.Although it was raining.
Beatles
Rubber Soul,
Sgt Peppers,
The White Album.
Zepp.
Z1,
Z2
Z3.
Floyd.
Ummagumma,
Atom Heart Mother,
The Wall.
Another track from that remarkable debut album by The Byrds, PS. So many great songs to choose from on it
Interesting order there Nom. Beatles to be expected I guess and Led Zepp, you seem to be a purist with them and favour the blues standards more than their later rockier stuff?
Floyd - Couple of early ones then a big gap. Nice choices though bud. Do you rate the post-Waters albums at all, 80’s onwards?
Given the Waters opportunity hope you don’t mind me popping another superb fav from Radio K.A.O.S Floydy.
Good one, Solo. I’m a bit unsure about Radio KAOS these days. I used to rate it much higher and think it’s a little dated and mixed up with too many subjects tackled in one album.
No bud, keep the videos coming by all means. Always great to see them. No Donny Osmond though, thanks
Donny Osmond . Now yer avin a larf. I’m not yer usual tone deaf granny Floydy.
No getting away from the fact that Waters and Gilmour still sound like PF no matter what individual musical paths they take
I ran out of time last night before I could finish to the 400-mark, so here’s those final two bubbling under that magical 400:
No.402: “Let It Be” by The Beatles (1970)
The first time we see The Beatles, and it’s with their final album (although it was recorded in the most part beforeAbbey Road. There were of course two versions of this album, the official album breaking with tradition by using Phil Spector, though many fans had bootlegs of the George Martin version (later coming out as Let It Be…Naked) for years and thought they were more authentic than the string-laden album which was released.
Let It Be to me is a bit scappy as an album, it seems cobbled together. There are of course the classics: ‘Get Back’, ‘The Long And Winding Road’ and the overplayed title song, plus the alternative version of the excellent ‘Across The Universe’. Silly stuff, courtesy of Lennon usually makes an appearance on tracks such as ‘Maggie Mae’, but on the whole I’m happy that this album is placed in my list about where it should be.
I will have some trouble posting Beatles videos as many of them are blocked, which is probably because of Yoko…but I’ll do my best to find something relating to the album in question.
I’ll also mention now that if you are waiting for Yellow Submarine it isn’t in the list. I’m not featuring any nursery rhymes, however well orchestrated they are!
That’s why I’m pleased now that most of the OFF women don’t venture in here…
Waters and Gilmour will always sound like Floyd, it’s their sound at the end of the day, but they do diversify sometimes.
I do like that first Gilmour album and find it much better than the follow-up. Shame he doesn’t play more of this stuff live, not that I ever got chance to see him:-(
No.401: “Vienna” by Ultravox (1980)
Notable of course for the memorable video of the title track and the song’s famous battering by Joe Dolce keeping that great song from No.1, electronic pioneers Ultravox were one of the great electronic-new romantic bands of the early eighties. here’s that video again, plus one from the previous single ‘Passing Strangers’ which I love and still can’t believe it only reached No.57 in the top 40 - and that was when the charts meant something!
Your list 450-401 coming in a minute.
I may return tonight, though that will depend on how nice the ale is this afternoon out with my buddies.
450-401:
450-ELBOW-The Seldom Seen Kid-2008
449-BOZ SCAGGS-Silk Degrees-1976
448-BILLY JOEL-The Bridge-1986
447-ELTON JOHN-Tumbleweed Connection-1970
446-JONI MITCHELL-Blue-1971
445-CLASH-The Clash-1977
444-NEIL YOUNG-Journey Through The Past (Soundtrack)-1972
443-KING CRIMSON-The Court Of The Crimson King-1969
442-IAN DURY-New Boots & Panties-1977
441-GENE CLARK-White Light-1971
440-FLEETWOOD MAC-Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac-1968
439-ARCADE FIRE-Funeral-2005
438-FEVER TREE-Fever Tree-1968
437-DOORS-Waiting For The Sun-1968
436-NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS-Tender Prey-1988
435-PETER GABRIEL-So-1986
434-KILLERS-Hot Fuss-2004
433-JIM CROCE-You Don’t Mess Around With Jim-1972
432-ENIGMA-Enigma 2 – The Cross Of Changes-1993
431-FLEETWOOD MAC-Tango In The Night-1987
430-ELTON JOHN-21 At 33-1980
429-MARILLION-Clutching At Straws-1987
428-DONNA SUMMER-Live And More-1978
427-STATUS QUO-Piledriver-1973
426-LEONARD COHEN-Songs Of Leonard Cohen-1967
425-KINKS-The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society-1968
424-BLANCMANGE-Happy Families-1982
423-HUMAN LEAGUE-Travelogue-1980
422-GRATEFUL DEAD-Workingman’s Dead-1970
421-GARY NUMAN-Jagged-2006
420-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-Magic-2007
419-DAVID BOWIE-Young Americans-1975
418-ALAN PARSONS-On Air-1996
417-DOORS-The Soft Parade-1969
416-JAMES TAYLOR-Sweet Baby James-1970
415-PRETTY THINGS-S.F. Sorrow-1968
414-GOMEZ-Bring It On-1998
413-ABBA-Super Trouper-1980
412-LEONARD COHEN-Songs From A Room-1969
411-DIRE STRAITS-Communique-1979
410-ROXY MUSIC-Avalon-1982
409-PAUL WELLER-Stanley Road-1995
408-VAN MORRISON-Saint Dominic’s Preview-1972
407-LED ZEPPELIN-Presence-1976
406-EAGLES-Desperado-1973
405-STEELY DAN-Aja-1977
404-DAVID BOWIE-Diamond Dogs-1974
403-BYRDS-Mr. Tambourine Man-1965
402-BEATLES-Let It Be-1970
401-ULTRAVOX-Vienna-1980
Here’s a very moving version of ‘So long Marianne’, Songs of Leonard Cohen
^ Beautiful version that one, Warleyron. Does that appear on a compilation somewhere? 
Back from the pub and into the 400 we go…
No.400: “Desire” by Bob Dylan (1976)
Bob Dylan lost it a little in the early seventies but definitely regained his status as the greatest living songwriter come the middle of that decade with Blood On The Tracks (still to come) and then Desire a year later. Couple of the best songs from this album:
No.399: “Southern Accents” by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1985)
Mid-80’s commerciality didn’t bother Tom Petty, he just carried on with his good old rock and roll like Neil Young would in his own fad-free manner.
Southern Accents is one of very best releases and features this great MTV-friendly video ofhis Alice In Wonderland patiche:
No.398: “Hypnotised” by The Undertones (1980)
Feargal Sharkey says he wasn’t photogenic enough to appear on the sleeve of this album, so they had a pic of the O’Neill brother having breakfast instead (!). Besides that unfortunate sleeve, there were some classic pop moments to be had inside with those Beatles album.
No.397: “Second Helping” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)
Taking their name from their old geography teacher at school (Leonard Skinner), the band came onto the southern rock scene in 1973 with their debut and that amazing instant classic ‘Freebird’. Following it up with this album came an equally great song in ‘Sweet Home Alabama’. That track is featured in amazing quality now with the full band just weeks before half of them perished in a plane crash in 1977, plus an earlier version of ‘Don’t Ask Me No Questions’ from the tour which followed this album.
No.396: “Hopes And Fears” by Keane (2004)
The guitar-free band from the early noughties led by the sometimes troubled Tom Chaplin soon took the world by storm on a par with Coldplay with their superior melodic indie-rock. Four excellent singles came off this album including these, the first track, plus the amazing ‘Bedshaped’:
No.395: “Remain In Light” by Talking Heads (1980)
Embracing the MTV era four years before it even existed with the sublime video to ‘Once In A Lifetime’, David Byrne and his madcap band Talking Heads were never too shy to experiment with new sounds. For these ears, Remain In Light was their best album, full of strange weird noises and quirky, haunting songs.
