Album Homework Assignment: George Lamie Faces Off Against Pete Pardo

[@mikeryanmikeryan4740]

Hi Guys. Just listened to Mindwarp Chamber Supernova. Very Good Music. Love the Vocals, Very Geoff Tate Like. Musicianship is outstanding. I would recommend it. Thanks for the recommendation.

[@timothywills7709]

Chicago VII had two jazz sides. A great bold move for 1974. Love the jazz and pop sides!

[@thedarkwizardroom]

Chicago albums had all the way up to Chicago 11 or 12. Now just a few because of space restraints. But yea get back for cheap what I might again. Chicago always loved the musicianship. The sounds of good stuff. As to Mindwarp Chamber sounds like something I need to pick up the albums. Like parts what I have heard. Like wow amazing. Thanks George Pete and Jaime.

[@TranquilityFireReid]

Really enjoyed this one. More albums to check out for me!

[@kayfimt7769]

Good job hosting Jamie :)

[@melaniethurber5117]

Jamie you did an excellent job being the host. And I like that t-shirt.

[@ykmgeedee]

Thanks much George, Jaime and Pete! Supernova is badass! Sometimes I thought was listening to Bruce Dickinson. I pretty much depend on SantaOfTranquility to provide presents all the damn time and sure enough it delivers!

[@ericporter344]

Going to check this one out, fun episode! George, get those drums out!

[@erickent4248]

I agree with this, considering the music George likes, I imagine he is a beast behind the kit, maybe an album with his keyboard playing friend?

[@peterm.fitzpatrick7735]

Thanks!

[@aidanhatton7163]

As a big Moody Blues fan, I’m happy to see Jamie sporting A Question of Balance t-shirt. I have a similar shirt myself. It’s one of my favourite album artworks.

[@747jono]

Happy Boxing Day guys from the UK 🇬🇧

[@old4mat]

I really enjoy watching Album Homework Assignment episodes, and reviews. Hard to believe you guys almost couldn't get anyone to do it. (Although I suppose Christmas got in people's way this week) Merry Christmas, Boxing Day, and Happy New Year to all!!

[@wolf1977]

I like this series a lot too

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Not about people not wanting to do it, but scheduling these with all the end of year/holidays happening.

[@JoeChewBaca]

Hey George, there's a box set of the first 10 or so studio albums for under $40 at Amazon. They're all the remastered and expanded cd editions.

[@knightvisioniixv]

Nice episode. Pleasantly surprised to see a Chicago album grace one of these episodes; Wasn't expecting that at all. VII is a great album.

[@gwts1171]

Chicago VII was the first full album of theirs that I really got into (long after it was released) and it remains one of my favorites of theirs - very nostalgic. I do like "Happy Man". I feel it breaks up the album well. I am not familiar with the band Pete got, but I'll check it out. Thanks for the video, guys!

[@DocJJohnson]

Great video

[@randyhenderson6166]

Call on Me is one of my favorite Chicago tunes, but I think it works even better live. And...it is even BETTER when performed by the Russian Chicago cover band Leonid & Friends. All their Chicago covers are fantastic!

[@darlatidwell6255]

Listened to Chicago alot ❤️and the other one I'm real vague about that one. Good overviews guys, you know way more than I do.

[@kennbrown4638]

Always loved Chicago VII.

[@hammerheadly]

Happy Man got plenty of airplay and Call on Me was a big hit.

[@MartyMurray]

What instrument do you play, George? Not only are many of the Sea of Tranquility members music fanatics, but a lot of you guys are also players, and I appreciate that.

[@georgelamie7001]

Played drums for 20 some years. Inactive in recent years though

[@themediumcheese]

Loving the Attack of the Clones poster

[@greensombrero3641]

Happy Boxing Day - Canada!

[@georgelamie7001]

Send me some pizza, GS!

[@greensombrero3641]

@@georgelamie7001 You got it G!L! One of each New York and Chicago unless you have a preference. Happy New Year!

[@thomaswery3087]

I have a box set of Chicago called the quad box.All the early stuff great sound

[@kyleturner1359]

I just saw it for 15 bucks on Amazon. not sure if you're opposed to shopping on Amazon or not.

[@Leo-ci9kc]

The Terry Kath Chicago were great, especially the first 8 albums.

[@davidclark2208]

This was a good show ,it goes to show that even Pete and George don't have every thing in there collection ,But it must be hard to find anything that they don't have

[@wolf1977]

On that note I was surprised a while back that Pete not only didn't have anything by Elephant's Memory but wasn't even really familiar with who they were. I would've thought they were somewhat well known for their connection with John Lennon. Can't remember the exact episode though, I think it may have been on one of those Forgotten Favorites episodes from either earlier this year or last

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

It was from nearly 2 years ago. Was never much into Lennon's solo career, so don't know any other way I would have heard of them as they are pretty obscure.

[@wolf1977]

@@seaoftranquilityprog I don't have that much solo Lennon either, I think his solo albums were very spotty. I believe I found out about EM by reading books about rock music history as a teenager & also since I'm a big Beatles fan they were mentioned somewhere along the way in a magazine article I think...Also a huge 70's Elton John fan & somehow the band got mentioned in some piece about Elton

[@samreilly3683]

Great choices gentlemen! Merry Christmas to all and put that damn Gojira album in your Amazon cart Pete! That will get your free shipping 😂!

[@NewMiliJayBlog]

Chicago is a band, in the 70s, I heard mainly on the radio, through their hits. I did hear the first 4 albums when my guitar teacher briefly lent them to me. Loved the band, yet they weren’t a band I bought the albums of because I didn’t have much money. So I knew them mostly through what was on the radio, and as the 70s went on I passionately hated the hits I heard. The first Chicago album I bought was Greatest Hits in the late 70s. I would only listen to the early songs, skip the hated later stuff. To this day I’m happy with that. I only need the first 4 releases. That’s what I want to hear. I don’t need to hear any of the stuff. On that note, On Christmas Eve I listened to disc 3 in Chicago At Carnegie Hall, which I got only a few months ago. I figured Ballet For A Girl in Buchannon has a Christmas feel to it. As I listened to the music on that disc I loved the playing I heard. Wonderful.

[@ukrocksounds3419]

This will be very interesting, Jamie will be challenged, so will George big time.

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

I'm just hosting the show. It's George and Pete who are going head to head.

[@ukrocksounds3419]

@@Jamie.Laszlo My mistake.

[@gwts1171]

@@Jamie.Laszlo That could be challenging for you. :)

[@jimneary2802]

Man, the Chicago box set I have doesn't have anything from VII on it. More stuff to buy

[@wolf1977]

Their 10-cd box THE STUDIO ALBUMS 1969-1978 has all of their first 10 albums in their entirety including VII, that one is actually Expanded & Remastered too. But it's pricey & may be tough to find

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

@@wolf1977 no it's actually Dirt cheap on Amazon the only thing you don't get is the inside album art sleeve or if a gate fold none of that either. you get the original album cover and back. It's a fantastic buy I'm glad to own it and it was not expensive at all

[@wolf1977]

@@truckerkevthepaidtourist Sounds like a deal ($37 on Amazon) & I'd jump on if I didn't already have most/all of that music (at least the tracks I like)

[@66TGE]

Shit i realy liked MC Super Nova when i took a listen. I need to buy that one. Not a single CD for sale at Discogs😢😢

[@georgelamie7001]

I'll ask the guys if they know of anyone vending hard copies.

[@66TGE]

@@georgelamie7001 Ohh thank you! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@wolf1977]

Once again one of my favorite lineups, two thumbs up...Chicago 7, 6 really solid tunes. I also like "Aire" a lot too, very jazzy with some nice changes & very solid guitar work. "Byblos" is very mellow but really nice & calming. Same with "Happy Man". "Mongonucleosis" is solid too, showing off those great horn arrangements. I actually don't like the more fusiony tracks as much as George does. This is their 6th studio record & more jazzy in vibe. Everything here is written by the band, and everyone contributes something. To me this is as good as 2, 3, 5 & 6, I think the band was on a very consistent run of really good albums during this stretch. Surprising given the amount of jazz here this one hit #1 in the US! To me the band in this period pretty much defines the term "jazz-rock", not really "true" fusion as I know it but with plenty of jazz infused with their pop/rock material to qualify it as such. I'd give this one (as well as the other 4 albums I listed) as 4 out of 5... As to Mindwarp Chamber, no comments on that one as it sounds like it's metal/prog metal, just not my thing...

[@wolf1977]

Also wanted to mention a great alternative to Chicago, the somewhat unknown band Chase. It's honestly tough to listen to them & not think of Chicago, they also have some great horn arrangements. Maybe a bit funkier. I have their self-titled, Ennea & Pure Music. They also evoke some early BS&T too. Good stuff...Might be another SoT episode idea to mine: 70's (at least relatively) unknown alternative/similar bands to those on Pete's list