Again I'm going to blow through these albums, which is a shame because they kind of deserve more words. Either way here goes.
The Yardbirds (Roger The Engineer)
This is the album that deserves the most words. It's for one of the most overlooked bands of its age. The Yardbirds featured some of the best guitarists of all time (just not at the same time). Eric Clapton was the man for their first album but left after he felt they were going too commercial and weren't true to their blues roots (too bad he couldn't see himself doing "Change the World" with babyface, yuck). Then he was followed up by Jeff Beck (featured on this album) and later Jimmy Page was at the helm (forming The New Yardbirds to finish off the tour commitments and then renaming them Led Zeppelin). This album has some absolute winners on it. "Over Under Sideways Down" is a classic (and the name of the American version of this album). "Jeff's Boogie" is a rocker and "I Can't Make Your Way" is catchy and my favorite. I really loved listening to this album on vinyl as my copy is incredibly clean and i'd never seen a British Columbia label. It's alot like the Parlophone lable of The Beatles British albums but the Columbia is in blue. EMI must have been a monster. Either way check this out.
Vinyl EX+/Cover VG+
Tommy
Another good album and another British find for me. I own the US version on Decca and now this one. Ugly labels on this one, not near as cool as The Yardbirds album. Another cool thing about British Albums is the glossy covers. They just look nicer than American issues (althougn more flimsy cardboard is used). I'm not the best person to talk about this album. It's good but it isn't my favorite Who album. The rock opera is a cool idea but it's basically waiding through kinda annoying songs for the great ones. Either way you've heard it so you don't need my opinion. It's good and I like the idea, I just don't love it like some people do.
Another good album and another British find for me. I own the US version on Decca and now this one. Ugly labels on this one, not near as cool as The Yardbirds album. Another cool thing about British Albums is the glossy covers. They just look nicer than American issues (althougn more flimsy cardboard is used). I'm not the best person to talk about this album. It's good but it isn't my favorite Who album. The rock opera is a cool idea but it's basically waiding through kinda annoying songs for the great ones. Either way you've heard it so you don't need my opinion. It's good and I like the idea, I just don't love it like some people do.
Vinyl VG+/Cover VG
Wipe Out!
This is another cool instrumental album. Not as good as The Impact's album of the same name but still nice. It feels a bit cleaner than most and I don't really know the history of this band to check out if it's a group of studio musiscians or not. Either way it's a nice surf record released towards the end of the surf era and it's a white label promo that isn't in my book. So that's cool.
This is another cool instrumental album. Not as good as The Impact's album of the same name but still nice. It feels a bit cleaner than most and I don't really know the history of this band to check out if it's a group of studio musiscians or not. Either way it's a nice surf record released towards the end of the surf era and it's a white label promo that isn't in my book. So that's cool.
Vinyl EX+/Cover EX+
12 x 5
This is just the replacement cover for the album listed below. It's pictured so I have to mention it. Now my record has increased in value! Hooray!
This is just the replacement cover for the album listed below. It's pictured so I have to mention it. Now my record has increased in value! Hooray!
Tommy is greater than the sum of its parts: play it piecemeal and it's good, play it all the way through and it's great (and I'll admit nobody really needs to listen to Fiddle About)
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