Like the 60s the 70s were also a pivotal decade for great music. Halfway punk
made a monumental impact amidst a series of classic rock albums. In this new Ultimate Record Collectione EditioUNCUT ranks and reviews no less than 500 LPs.
I’m sure these 10 masterpieces will be in there.
1972
1972
. 1975
. 1975
. 1976
. 1976
. 1977
. 1977
. 1979
. 1979
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PATTI SMITH (78 now) released her debut magnum opus, HORSES today 50 years ago, on 10 November 1975.
It peaked at #47 in the US, but went on selling for decades afterword.
Recognized as a seminal recording in the history of punk and later rock
movements, Horses has appeared in numerous lists of the greatest albums
of all time.
Rolling Stone said: “Wonderful in large measure because it recognizes the overwhelming importance of words” in Smith’s work, covering a range of themes “far beyond what most
rock records even dream of.”
The music was informed by the minimalist aesthetic of the punk rock genre, then in its formative years. Smith and her band composed the album’s songs using simple chord progressions, while also breaking from punk tradition in their propensity for improvisation and embrace of ideas from avant-garde and other musical styles.
The title Horses reflected Smith‘s desire for a rejuvenation of rock music, which
she found had grown “calm” in reaction to the social turmoil of the 1960s and
the deaths of numerous prominent rock musicians of that era.
Recognized as a seminal recording in the history of punk and later
rock movements, Horses has appeared in numerous lists of the greatest
albums of all time.
In order to not miss a beat TURN UP THE VOLUME scans the musical
horizon daily, for 10 years now, to pick ace tracks and add 5 new ones
twice per week, to the one and only JUKEBOX playlist that matters.
ALL TOGETHER
The 5 fresh ones TRACK BY TRACK
Band: OMNI Who: Post-punk indies from Atlanta, producing
exciting havoc since 2011. They have, fabricated
4 albums, so far.
Band: SKLOSS Who: Psychedelic husband-and-wife duo started during the awful lockdown.
Surrounded by drums and amps and the need to play loud, their sound became
a response to the crazy world.
“Veto Powder is a bonus track from the Pattern Speaks album and is one of the first songs we wrote as a band. It’s also an anti-war song. May we someday have the vision and courage to celebrate the infinite beauty in each other.”
On November 10, PATTI SMITH‘s debut LP,
her magnum opus, HORSES, turns 50.
Of course, it’ll be celebrated with an anniversary edition, featuring several previously unreleased tracks. Along with the proper album, we get her 1975 audition tape for RCA,
an alternate take on Birdland and Snowball, a non-album track.
In many cases, previously unreleased tracks are just
average songs. Not here. This is vintage young Patti.
On November 10, PATTI SMITH‘s debut LP,
her magnum opus HORSES turns 50.
Of course, it’ll be celebrated with an anniversary edition, featuring several previously unreleased tracks. Along with the proper album, we get her 1975 audition tape for RCA,
an alternate take on Birdland and Snowball, a non-album track.
PATTI:“Hello everyone, my record company announced the forthcoming release of the
fiftieth anniversary of Horses, my first album. In a way I feel these pre-announcements
for books, records and films are quite early. But that is how things operate and since they support and believe in my work I am showing support and gratitude by sharing their information.
I am not soliciting you ever, though of course I always hope you will read what I have written. But I am posting here, information shared and perhaps appreciated then off we go somewhere else. There are 6,500 vinyls. It’s a double album and the second was compiled after much labor.
Unearthed recordings, a couple live pieces from CBGB, youthful efforts gathering dust, little bits scavenged from half a century ago. I am grateful to all who helped form it and the people who have supported it for five decades.”
In November 1975, Chicago-born maverick PATTI SMITH (now aged 78) released her groundbreaking debut LP Horses. Rock critics around the world went wild. Everybody wanted to hear/see the newborn star.
On 16/17 May 1976, she played her first and 2nd gig in the UK, at the legendary venue
named the Roundhouse in London.
Living legend PATTI SMITH (now 77) released her debut LP HORSES 49 years ago today, on 10 November 1975. An indestructible masterpiece.
Rolling Stone wrote: “From its first defiant line, “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,” the opening shot in a bold reinvention of Van Morrison’s Sixties garage-rock classic “Gloria,” Patti Smith’s debut album was a declaration of committed mutiny, a statement of faith in the transfigurative powers of rock & roll. Horses made her the queen of punk before it even really existed, but Smith cared more for the poetry in rock. She sought the visions and passions that connected Keith Richards and Rimbaud – and found them, with the intuitive assistance of a killing band (pianist Richard Sohl, guitarist Lenny Kaye, bassist Ivan Kral and drummer Jay Dee Daugherty) and her friend Robert Mapplethorpe, who shot the stark, beautiful cover portrait.”
Patti Smith: “I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old,
I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me.”
The first edition of iconic music weekly Rolling Stone, founded in San Franciso, was issued in November 1967. It became one of the most respected music magazines ever and still is.
Over the years RS published several ‘best of lists’, best song ever, best album ever,
best guitarist ever etc. Now they published their 100 best album covers ever. Below
the TOP-10. You can check the full TOP-100 right HERE.
To be honest I’m not impressed by their Top-10 choices.
