[VicAjax]

 

[Quint]

Second Velvet Underground and Nico. That album still sounds so far ahead of its time, it scary.

 

[VicAjax]

 

[GlendaleViper]

Vic, you know I gots to ask: Where did you find that Beach Boys cover? The one I'm familiar with is this one (under the more common "Smiley Smile"):

[EDIT] NM - just read a little on the history of that cover. Tell me you have one of those (reportedly only a handful) copies???

 

[VicAjax]

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Originally Posted by GlendaleViper /img/forum/go_quote.gif [EDIT] NM - just read a little on the history of that cover. Tell me you have one of those (reportedly only a handful) copies???

i have the Vigotone bootleg of the original SMiLE. it's supposedly somewhat valuable at this point, although mine is in kinda rough shape (i didn't know what i had).

 

[PhaedrusX]

i'm going to go with two masterpiece debuts: The Velvet Underground & Nico, and The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
Lennon and McCartney visited the studio while Pink Floyd were recording their album. Eight-track was new technology, and the two Beatles credit witnessing that session as a big influence for their next album Sgt. Peppers.

 

[VicAjax]

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Originally Posted by PhaedrusX /img/forum/go_quote.gif i'm going to go with two masterpiece debuts: The Velvet Underground & Nico, and The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Lennon and McCartney visited the studio while Pink Floyd were recording their album. Eight-track was new technology, and the two Beatles credit witnessing that session as a big influence for their next album Sgt. Peppers.

are you sure you're not thinking of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds? Lennon/McCartney talk about visiting those sessions as a big influence on Sgt. Pepper.

Sgt. Peppers and Piper were recorded at the same time in the same place, but i've not seen that one influenced the other.

 

[GlendaleViper]

Forgot to mention this one - an incredible album and a must-hear:

 

[PhaedrusX]

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Originally Posted by VicAjax /img/forum/go_quote.gif are you sure you're not thinking of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds? Lennon/McCartney talk about visiting those sessions as a big influence on Sgt. Pepper. Sgt. Peppers and Piper were recorded at the same time in the same place, but i've not seen that one influenced the other.

i can't remember exactly where the article came from, but i'm positive it referred to Floyd's influence and not the Beach Boys.
the gist of it was that Lennon & McCartney were pretty floored by what they saw/ heard in the studio, and it gave them some new ideas for Sgt. Peppers. 8-track technology was the context, so whether the influence was more technical than musical, i can't say for sure.

 

[mark!]

I'm setting myself up for a lot of eye-rolling with this, but while many say that this is a pretentious failure, to me this is an underrated album and one that is still very listen-able. Forty years on and I've never grown tired of it, it's two of my favorite Sunday-night-with-the-lights-off-staring-at-the-lava-lamp sides. I play it just as much if not more than Forever Changes (indispensable) and Velvet Underground and Nico (also great).

 

[sebascrub]

Probably Hendrix's Are You Experienced?, with Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn coming in close second.

 

[Arainach]

The Velvet Undergound and Nico was huge, but in terms of the one I like (and listen to) the most..... I'd have to go with The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's... myself.

 

[GlendaleViper]

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Originally Posted by mark! /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm setting myself up for a lot of eye-rolling with this, but while many say that this is a pretentious failure, to me this is an underrated album and one that is still very listen-able.

Want company? I'm not a big Stones fan (very hit and miss for me), but I love this album. I can agree that it's pretentious, but then, I guess, so am I!

 

[Comfy]

Let's see... The Stones and Dylan did not publish any truly classic albums that year... And the Stooges had just formed by then... So these:

1. The Doors - The Doors
2. The Doors - Strange Days
3. Velvet Underground and Nico

All of these are way ahead of their time musically, not just in a corny "concept album / fancy cover art" -way, like their liverpudlian counterpart.

 

[tjohnusa]

Toss up between the doors and sgt pepper.....depends on the day!