What's the most famous album

[Jazzmoose]

  tonym said:

Trout Mask Replica.

That's the first one that came to mind.

[Chuck Nessa]

  Jazzmoose said:

  tonym said:

Trout Mask Replica.

That's the first one that came to mind.

Geez guys, I first heard that in 1969 (on Straight).

[BFrank]

  clifford_thornton said:

What is that, Insect Trust?

Seriously???

[JSngry]

Might as well face it, you're addicted to music journalism.

[John L]

I'm probably the only one here who listened to the first two Spice Girls records in their entirety.

[brownie]

The 1945 Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker concert that is claimed to be issued on Uptown....

[Fran]

The OOP Mosaic of

"The complete Buddy Bolden" with alternate takes

Edited April 19, 2005 by Fran

[Jazz Kat]

Most famous album? Famous? Who cares. Maybe, most revolutionary.. But not famous. No offense to who composed this topic.

[Jazzmoose]

  John L said:

I'm probably the only one here who listened to the first two Spice Girls records in their entirety.

Sure hope so!

[chris olivarez]

Probably "Dark Side Of The Moon".

[Nate Dorward]

In terms of "famous albums I wish I'd heard" (as opposed to ones I'm not terribly curious about, e.g. the aforementioned Pink Floyd) I think most of them would be classic country albums. E.g. I only have a few Carter Family tracks on a compilation (the 1927 Bristol Sessions). I don't own any Merle Haggard or George Jones at the moment.

In terms of jazz, hm. For ones I have never knowingly heard: The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra (all 3 vols). For ones I have heard often on the radio but don't actually own: Birth of the Cool & Africa/Brass.

This all reminds me of the game Humiliation in David Lodge's Changing Places--you score points by naming things you haven't read--you get a point for every person in the room who HAS read it. (The clincher is when one English prof wins a round of Humiliation by confessing he's never read Hamlet--word of this gets to his department head & he loses his job.)

[Jim R]

Being semi-moldy, I too lost interest in "rock" music over 30 years ago, so I'm sure there are a LOT of things that might be considered "classics" by many on the board that I've never heard.

I also gave up on primetime, major network tv (especially sitcoms) many MANY years ago (I'm talking decades). For example, I've seen bits of Seinfeld here and there, but I don't think I ever watched a complete episode (I used to watch him as a stand-up, though, when stand-up comedy shows were so popular on cable). I've never seen The Simpsons... and have no real desire to.

[LAL]

Any album by the Rolling Stones.

[gslade]

  brownie said:

The 1945 Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker concert that is claimed to be issued on Uptown....

no respect for chuck untill the bird is heard

[BERIGAN]

  Son-of-a-Weizen said:

I've never watched an episode of "Friends".

you are a good man!

[BERIGAN]

  Noj said:

Miles Smiles

Hot 5s & 7s

Black Saint & The Sinner Lady

Many more...

Gotta listen to the Hot 5's and 7's man! Fuck the others! :rsmile:

[rostasi]

  Johnny E said:

So what you're saying is you are completely devoid of anything that connects you to mainstream American life.  In a way I envy you, but in another, unless we're talking about very specific topics, I can't take anything you say seriously.

Johnny, I've been thinking a bit about this statement of yours

(in jest, I understand). Could you elaborate some on the latter part

("specific topic...can't take...")? I'm not sure if I understand this connection

between popular activities and the possiblities of unreasonable thought.

Sounds curious...

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