yeah other tracks have a bit of a salsa flavour good album

im on the hunt for soul and funk deep cuts rn

the goat bounces back from Flo and Eddie era and his accident by dropping 2 masterpieces, rounding out the pseudo-trilogy with Hot Rats the peak year for many Zappa heads who stan his instrumental and jazz stuff above all else.

plus a goldmine of other material. live stuff from a tour with a big band plus one of the best archival releases with more live stuff, demos, alternate versions, rarities

entering the absolute peak Zappa era

Zappa, prog and Krautrock are like the og ho scaring music

this abandoned demo from the early Raw Power sessions

that Yarbirds breakdown at 2:35 @RVI

yeah a classic

james williamson era the zenith

a classic?! youve always had this in rotation? what other Iggy deep cuts you got

Iggy went deeper with just the Ashtons imo (Rollins agrees) but Williamson a lunatic for sure

what you think of these? @leals_core_rise seen alot of people calling them the first hardcore punk songs

yeah had it for years, wouldve assumed you did too

same as I Got a Right

imo people are always too quick to claim a precursor as "actually the first __"

like it gives it extra coolness or something if we proclaim Helter Skelter as bonafide heavy metal, 40s gospel/r&b as the first rock, some Priest or Sabbath song as thrash metal, etc etc

im calling them all '72 since they didnt get released for ages

for sure but it had to happen sometime. im definitely not enough of a punk aficionado to proclaim this one at all but I can hear it I guess. definitely a totally different sound than the first two plodding/hypnotic stooges albums.

im not the biggest hardcore aficionado either but still feels a ways away from the stuff like Minor Threat, Black Flag, etc. to me

yeah idk either thats why I was asking Rise

can I get a playlist for Zappa

also The Dead

Rollins seems to think so

It’s rad yeah

here's Zappa. beware, not for the faint of heart :mystery: open.spotify.com/playlist/4bmVPM9MMSEXqnmJpFjbY9?si=f5e52635ae9e4ad0

had to make a 3hour one for one for the landmark years of Grateful history. there are a few transitions in there so i'd try to listen in order.

open.spotify.com/playlist/3fJFbj7lhG5d3F7ROmm5OV?si=14f6a555d8e84798

heralded by a lot of people as their absolute peak year. the addition of their best keyboardist Keith Godcheaux essentially made the last piece of the puzzle. the biggest amount of Dead classics debuted this year. probably the peak of the Garcia/Hunter songwriting as well as Bob Weir really coming into his own in terms of his rhythm guitar, songs and co-frontman presence. Europe 72 triple live release (with some overdub polishing) is one of their key releases, got a lot of people on the bus. the huge Europe tour is universally considered one of their high points and summer/fall also has a bunch of shows touted as all-time greats. especially the 8/27/72 show which became their 2nd most legendary show ever.

in 1972 you were guaranteed great versions of all the short+medium length songs plus a batshit insane long jam or two at every show. seems to be a high point in terms of the overall vibe/magic too, the d*** problems and fatigue weren't kicking in much for anyone and the scale of the phenomenon wasn't totally suffocating yet. brightest and happiest atmosphere while still being coated in the sunshiney brand of psychedelia and occasionally getting lost in a wormhole. I think 1972 is when they really solidified their status as Americana heroes instead of just being a great rock band dipping their toes as students. (they started that in 1970 but i feel like they had yet to seamlessly blend it all instead of bouncing back and forth). they finally reached their mature amalgamation of rock, psychedelia, jazz, folk, country, and blues that got the unstoppable ball rolling for decades and set themselves totally apart from the scene they came from

The Dark Star sums up their exploratory side pretty well, they get 30 minutes into a gnarly jam that sounds like jazzrock era Miles Davis into the most abstract late 60s Floyd space soundscape then U-turn into a Marty Robbins classic

also definitely recommend you check out the Jerry Garcia solo debut album from this year, definitely a contender for best Dead studio album. basically just all Garcia classics that go toe-to-toe with any live version and a few weird psych songs thrown in.

First clutch of songs sound ridiculous deep in pocket although I doubt they'll never too that version of Morning Dew I got obsessed with

A bunch of decent solo albums this year

Never one of my favorites but there are a lot of higher regarded versions of morning dew. The one from the most famous show Cornell 5/8/77 is considered the definitive one

Bob Weir also got an alright solo album from 72 with all Dead live staples but the live versions render it useless

Remind me what was their first most legendary show. It is it that Cornell show.

The most legendary is the 5/8/77 Cornell one. It's definitely top tier but also became legendary because it was a really high quality tape that among the best in everyone's collection. They put it in the library of congress

Playlist was great will keep in rotation obv

Gracias solo album went in blind it's way more out there than I was expecting. Sounds like space rock and points and art rock at others.

Man this Neil Diamond live album I hate this guy