spent a long ass time whittling this down today

gonna peep these

theres a couple im not 100% on but its close

rym and a few sites have his late period as his highest rated

Amazing performance thank you !

thoughts on this mix?

guitar is pretty buried but the vocals arent in the red anymore

more comfortable space between the drums

couple more amazing jams from Ben E King. His run was ridiculous at this point.

King Bo's only single of '63 is a bop shouts out Canada

dang didnt know Bacharach gave this to Chuck Jackson before Dusty Springfield

competition gonna heat up for sure @Ithaka

brian would appreciate the spirit of this thread

true

unmatched decade in terms of healthy competition every year sounded like a new century and ground breaking sounds and productions and possibilities and hooks 10y ahead that inspired your greatest nemesis to do better or be even more 20y ahead

Don't think the 60s spirit of competitiveness was matched again until the synthpop wars New Order vs Depeche vs OMD vs Pet Shop Boys etc all pushing the limits of the new technologies

But yeah I'm so so excited to see what the results for the next handful of years are music's the golden era

Also just for this post

tru the whole synth revolution really pushed people creativity sound wise to find something new again where the 70s was more bluesy laid back days

The krautrock guys were the ones pushing the envelope in the 70s.... Eno and Bowie and few others were paying attention

Ever hear Faust debut album? You gotta

yeah true, my bad

Philles vs Motown vs Stax vs Atlantic etc gonna be some hot competition for the next couple years too

"Ray Charles did more for country music than any one artist has done"

     -Willie Nelson

@Lawdie

the flipside of Little Richard saying the same thing about Elvis and black music

@Lawdie Country Music episode 4 my era

Burns coming in hot with the;

Elvis
Cash
Everlys
Jerry Lee
Buddy
Carl
Ray
Wanda Jackson
Brenda Lee
Patsy Cline
Loretta Lynn
Merle Haggard
Marty Robbins
@RVI you gotta check it out

yeah the 80s and synth stuff is cool but im taking 70s over it in terms of creativity and quality any day, as well as sheer amount of music

feel like 1975-1976 was the weakest point tho

but dont really like trying to compare years/eras like this anyway so idk

Ken Burns documentary

so am i but the competitive spirit in the 70s doesnt feel as strong to me. maybe for the end of the decade with the punk/post-punk bands but the classic rock bands were just competing for who could be the most epic windbags (or go deeper into blues/folk/country roots) compared to the 60s and 80s guys really pushing things forward. not the guys tuned into germany like i said.

goddamn anita carter sings like an angel

Elvis and Ray were both so honest and spiritual, it only makes sense