BERIGAN Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 (edited) I want to know why I am just now seeing this thread! THE BEATLES!!!! everyone else! Seriously, the Beatles when I discovered them (After John Lennon died) spoiled most rock bands, I expected all the songs on other albums to be well crafted "pop" tunes like the Beatles, they were not. I discovered the Doors, later in the 80's and they would be #2. Jim Morrison has just about the best pure voice in Rock, IMO. I like a fair bit of the Stones, but don't own any cds! Someday! If this was about the 70's, Led Zep would be 1, but they only had 2 lps in the 60s, great as they were. Any Beau Brummels fans? I only have the 3 cd set from Sundazed,(got it for just a few bucks) unreleased takes, rarites, etc...Allmusic acts like it is only for serious fans of the band, but I liked it plenty, and will dig further...someday! Edited March 13, 2004 by BERIGAN Quote
JSngry Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 Any Beau Brummels fans? YES! Produced by Sylvester Stewart AKA SLy Stone! Quote
LAL Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 Any fans of The Animals, Procol Harum and (early) Deep Purple?? How about The Troggs? Quote
ralphie_boy Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 Any fans of The Animals, Procol Harum and (early) Deep Purple?? How about The Troggs? Early Purple with Rod Evans on vocals were a cool band! Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 Definitely the Animals. Even the later stab at psychedelic, although I prefer the earlier stuff. Quote
BERIGAN Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 Any Beau Brummels fans? YES! Produced by Sylvester Stewart AKA SLy Stone! Any Beau Brummels fans? YES! Produced by Sylvester Stewart AKA SLy Stone! I.....I.....Did not know that! Quote
JSngry Posted March 13, 2004 Report Posted March 13, 2004 Yo, B - check it out: Before forming the Family Stone, Sly Stone gained a lot of experience in the studio as the virtual in-house producer for the San Francisco-based Autumn label. The sessions he worked on during this era (performed by both himself and other artists) have appeared on numerous scattershot compilations. This 28-song anthology is the most comprehensive and intelligently assembled of these, including Sly solo performances, Sly collaborations with Billy Preston, and obscure soul-pop sides by Bobby Freeman, Gloria Scott, George & Teddy, and others. Over half of the cuts were previously unissued, and the lengthy liner notes provide an in-depth overview of his early accomplishments. Only serious collectors should seek this out, though. While Autumn afforded Stone the opportunity to experiment in the studio and devise various primitive collisions of soul and pop, his compositional, instrumental, and vocal skills were still in a very formative (if very promising) stage. Much of this is routinely pleasant, if lightly eccentric, period pop-soul, with occasional bursts of inspiration like Sly's wild scat vocals on "Scat Swim," and the folk-rockish "As I Get Older," and a few songs that would be reworked for inclusion on the first couple of Family Stone albums. — Richie Unterberger AMG Autumn was, of course, the Brummells' first label, and, yes, Sly produced them. Not sure if he was their ONLY producer there, but fersure he produced "Laugh, Laugh". Quote
randyhersom Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 I'm more likely to put on Allman Brothers and Hendrix. Yeah on Spirit, I had a crazy live album, Spirit of 76, that I'd love to see on CD. Quote
LAL Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 Great band - The song "Fresh Garbage" on a Castle 60s compilation alerted me to this band. Quote
LAL Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 Blood, Sweat & Tears' debut, an album I couldn't stop listening to for one period. Quote
Guy Berger Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 The Beatles are an easy first choice for me. I would also have to second Bev's comments about the Byrds -- their early albums are a major piece of work. (Though they're all a little short!) Other bands I really like from that period are Traffic, the Who, the Band, and Pink Floyd. I like Cream, but feel like they never reached their full potential as a band. Guy Quote
BruceH Posted March 14, 2004 Report Posted March 14, 2004 Any fans of The Animals, Procol Harum and (early) Deep Purple?? How about The Troggs? I LOVE The Troggs! They were like the Ramones of the '60s. Quote
Brandon Burke Posted March 15, 2004 Author Report Posted March 15, 2004 How about The Troggs? "With a Girl Like You" is one of my favorite songs in any genre. Everything about it is absolutely prefect.... Quote
BFrank Posted March 15, 2004 Report Posted March 15, 2004 Yeah on Spirit, I had a crazy live album, Spirit of 76, that I'd love to see on CD. How about that album "Spirit of '84"? They re-grouped and re-recorded all their hits and it kinda worked, actually. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 16, 2004 Report Posted March 16, 2004 The toss-up for me was between the Byrds and the VU. Chose the former because I don't like "none of the above." Of course, the Thirteenth Floor Elevators blow my mind every time, as do the Monks, early Dead, some of the Who and the Stones. It's basically a tough choice... like, who is your favorite BN recording artist 1958-1967? Well... I would argue the Softs were of far more importance in the '70s than they were in the '60s. They really became unique with "Third," "Fourth," and "Five." I rarely put on the Probe records, even though they are pretty good. And what do you do with folk-rock like Pearls Before Swine? Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 16, 2004 Report Posted March 16, 2004 Early on it was the Stones,Yardbirds and Animals.Later it was the Mothers,Cream,Hendrix and Ten Years After. Quote
BruceH Posted March 17, 2004 Report Posted March 17, 2004 Does anybody have that newish Zombies collection? I hear that's really good. Are you talking about Zombie Heaven, the box set? Other than a simple greatest hits CD I'm not sure of anything else out there of that sort. That Zombie Heaven box rules, by the way. I think it might be OOP by this point. Zombie Heaven is absolutely essential for any real Zombies fan. However, I think it IS OOP, sadly. In fact, it wasn't easy to get when it first came out! How sick is that? Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 The MGs/Mar-Keys/Stax house band. OK, I know that this stretches some peoples idea of 'rock', not to mention 'band', but stretching is good for you! I know the Funk Brothers/Motown house band had far more hits (backing voclists), more than all of the bands on this poll combined probably; but for my money the MGs had the perfect combination of studio band competence/versatility and garage band enthusiasm. If I were to set limits on who qualifies as a '60s rock band' it would be that they had to at least start in the AM radio/3 minute single era. If the MGs are ghettoized to a different catagory, then my choice would be the Band, if I can include their work with Dylan in the computation. Quote
BruceH Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 Indeed---one of the many wonderful things about the MGs was that bit of garage grit in their sound. Hey, doesn't anyone else out there dig The Remains? They were great! Quote
BFrank Posted March 23, 2004 Report Posted March 23, 2004 I only know the couple of Remains tunes from the "Nuggets" box, but those certainly are GREAT! Quote
Brandon Burke Posted March 23, 2004 Author Report Posted March 23, 2004 The MGs/Mar-Keys/Stax house band. OK, I know that this stretches some peoples idea of 'rock', not to mention 'band', but stretching is good for you! I know the Funk Brothers/Motown house band had far more hits (backing voclists), more than all of the bands on this poll combined probably; but for my money the MGs had the perfect combination of studio band competence/versatility and garage band enthusiasm. If I were to set limits on who qualifies as a '60s rock band' it would be that they had to at least start in the AM radio/3 minute single era. If the MGs are ghettoized to a different catagory, then my choice would be the Band, if I can include their work with Dylan in the computation. I much prefer the Memphis sound over Motown. So I'm behind this all the way.... Quote
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