Choose Another Member's Desert Island Mix

OccultHawk · 10-23-2018, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Miles' fusion peak was Everest. His other focuses hit more K2 high statuses than most but still never reached the level that Everest did on the whole.

Sketches of Spain is a very respectable choice. Top tenner for me at least. Kind of Blue is too, I'm just more or less dissenting against its status as the Miles album when there are so many more deserving ones with a more listenable influence on the jazz world.

Not that it’s not worth reopening the discussion but we hashed that out pretty well. You gave me **** for quoting critics. It might not make much sense but the way the record is received is so monumental it’s like the mystique enters the sound. I like that something that good made its way into the collective we consciousness.

grindy · 10-23-2018, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

1)

Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia
Various Artists

2)

Peace On Earth (music of John Coltrane)
Album by Prima Materia

3)

Machine Gun
Album by Peter Brötzmann

4)

The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
Album by Van der Graaf Generator

5)

Terrifyer
Studio album by Pig Destroyer

6)

California Ax
Album by Sissy Spacek

7)

Snake Is Long. Don't Fall The Audio Hole (My Father Said) - A Tribute To The Hanatarash

8)

Barbed Wire Maggots
Studio album by Borbetomagus

9)

Unsane (album)

10)

Keith Rowe/Toshimaru Nakamura

Keith Rowe, guitar, electronics; Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board.

All are great and in my collection, but none are desert island material for me. Still well done.

OccultHawk · 10-23-2018, 09:10 PM

You’re not real free with superlatives but I know you like harsh music so...

**Frownland** · 10-23-2018, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Not that it’s not worth reopening the discussion but we hashed that out pretty well. You gave me **** for quoting critics. It might not make much sense but the way the record is received is so monumental it’s like the mystique enters the sound. I like that something that good made its way into the collective we consciousness.

In terms of canon it's miles ahead. Otherwise I don't think it's deserving of its status even though I do respect it more than a great deal of records that meet acclaim. Pretty sure that I'd have a more positive opinion on it if it wasn't so ingrained by my culture that it felt standard on my first listen too.

rostasi · 10-23-2018, 09:20 PM

One day, when I was 11, I walked into S.S. Kresge's (later to become K-Mart,
{the "K" in K-Mart}) with my mother and left with two albums:
Bitches Brew and this Cannonball one:

I liked and played the Cannonball one a lot, but Miles' album was a totally
overwhelming experience. I thought, "OK, nothing can beat this."
Then a few months later, I bought his "At Fillmore" album and I remember that
after turning over each of the 4 sides/songs of the LPs, I would just be reduced
to absolute sobbing - more and more as each side played. The sides kept
getting longer, and longer, and more bizarre and complex until the last side,
being the shortest ("Saturday Miles"), started out as if the performance had been
completely thrown out the window and I was witnessing a total anarchic
situation of tonal beauty. So, that experience kinda overshadowed my initial
Bitches Brew birth. These days, I can still find extra delights in both.

Neapolitan · 10-23-2018, 09:27 PM

I thought I do a DID for Lisnholic. These are more like recs than me knowing exactly what albums he to drop off on his desert island – or more maybe both. I know it's top heavy with British artist, and the list should contain more artists from different countries. Probably the second worse thing to happen to a person besides being stuck on a deserted island is having someone pick albums for them. Bending the rules a wee bit with ten bands and eleven albums.

Lisnholic

Pentangle ‎– The Pentangle (1968)
Leo Kottke ‎– 6- and 12- String (1969)
Steeleye Span ‎– Hark! The Village Wait (1970)
Trees ‎– The Garden Of Jane Delawney (1970) & On The Shore (1970)
Tea and symphony - Jo Sago (1970)
Traffic ‎– The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys (1971)
Skara Brae ‎– Skara Brae (1971) (Gaelic)
Convivium ‎– Convivium (1971) (Norsk)
Mellow Candle ‎– Swaddling Songs (1972)
Michał Urbaniak ‎– Urbaniak (1979) (Polish Jazz)

**Frownland** · 10-23-2018, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rostasi

One day, when I was 11, I walked into S.S. Kresge's (later to become K-Mart,
{the "K" in K-Mart}) with my mother and left with two albums:
Bitches Brew and this Cannonball one:

I liked and played the Cannonball one a lot, but Miles' album was a totally
overwhelming experience. I thought, "OK, nothing can beat this."
Then a few months later, I bought his "At Fillmore" album and I remember that
after turning over each of the 4 sides/songs of the LPs, I would just be reduced
to absolute sobbing - more and more as each side played. The sides kept
getting longer, and longer, and more bizarre and complex until the last side,
being the shortest ("Saturday Miles"), started out as if the performance had been
completely thrown out the window and I was witnessing a total anarchic
situation of tonal beauty. So, that experience kinda overshadowed my initial
Bitches Brew birth. These days, I can still find extra delights in both.

My first albums were by Incubus and POD. That's why you're the O-est of MB'S OGs.

**Exo** · 10-23-2018, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

My first albums were by Incubus and POD. That's why you're the O-est of MB'S OGs.

First Cassette - Bringing Down the Horse by The Wallflowers
First CD - Yourself or Someone Like You by Matchbox Twenty
First Record - F♯ A♯ ∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

First two were rough.

WWWP · 10-23-2018, 09:43 PM

My turn:

First Cassette - Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey / OST
First CD - Backstreet Boys / Millennium
First Vinyl - Bowie / Tonight

**Frownland** · 10-23-2018, 10:02 PM

Oh no...

First tape I remember listening to: Tim McGraw - Everywhere
First CD that I remember borrowing from my parents: Extreme - Extreme
First CD that I bought: Incubus - Morning View and POD - Satellite
First Hand Me Down Vinyl: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
First Vinyl that I bought: Rush - Moving Pictures

2/5 ain't bad for a kid with no choice but still

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rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	One day, when I was 11, I walked into S.S. Kresge's (later to become K-Mart, {the "K" in K-Mart}) with my mother and left with two albums: Bitches Brew and this Cannonball one: I liked and played the Cannonball one a lot, but Miles' album was a totally overwhelming experience. I thought, "OK, nothing can beat this." Then a few months later, I bought his "At Fillmore" album and I remember that after turning over each of the 4 sides/songs of the LPs, I would just be reduced to absolute sobbing - more and more as each side played. The sides kept getting longer, and longer, and more bizarre and complex until the last side, being the shortest ("Saturday Miles"), started out as if the performance had been completely thrown out the window and I was witnessing a total anarchic situation of tonal beauty. So, that experience kinda overshadowed my initial Bitches Brew birth. These days, I can still find extra delights in both. Last edited by rostasi; 10-24-2018 at 11:09 AM.

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