The Stories Behind the First Time You Heard That Beloved Album- Day 17

[@LarryG-jo6bf]

Way back in 1967, I was walking down to my buddy's to hear his big brother's new album. The music began and then the words, 'The day destroys the night. Night divides the day.' I was blown away

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@LarryG-jo6bf hi Larry. Interesting story

[@b2tall239]

One of my older siblings got "Wings Over America" as a Christmas gift in '76. I was 12 and already a big Wings fan and we played the crap out of this album at home over the Christmas break before my brother (or sister....not sure which of them got the album) went back to college. I'm pretty sure I made a cassette recording of it before they left. Great memories. Thanks, Pete.

[@Brother_MarkG]

Day 17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends I first saw Govt Mule at the Piedmont Pot Festival in Atlanta back in 1998. They were a support act for the day. Anyway, I was intrigued by these dudes and so I bought this set hoping it was as good as what I heard back then. Not disappointed but thrilled as the music kept adding more "friends" and the jams became longer until there is a 30-minute version of Coltrane's Afro-Blue done southern rock style. Still my favorite of all the Mule sets I own. 1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 2. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 3. Steppenwolf - S/T 4. Mason Proffit - Wanted 5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson 6. Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head 7. The Doors - S/T 8. Bride - Scarecrow Messiah 9. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments 10. Delaney and Bonnie and Friends - On Tour 11. Tower of Power - East Bay Grease 12. Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East/West 13. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills 14. Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers 15. John Michael Talbot - The Lord's Supper 16. X - Lost Angeles 17. Govt. Mule - Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends

[@sabinoabdala5685]

Led Zep IV My older brother had a lot of vinyl and cassettes. He listened to vinyl at home and cassettes in his car. One day I saw a white cassette with an old man carrying branches inside a painting hanging on a wall. very strange. I asked him who they were and he told me a name that I didn't understand well...Pet ​​Drepelin?...he didn't want to porn it so one day I took it out and listened to it on the tape deck of the home stereo. My world was shaken. Never before heard guitar riffs came out of the speakers...a powerful voice and thunderous drums. It was the only album my older brother had that had been given to him. Incredibly he didn't like Led Zeppelin. Of course I kept the cassette and I made my younger brother listen to it, who also went crazy. This is how I discovered one of the most important albums in the history of Rock.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@sabinoabdala5685 hi sabino. Interesting story

[@garyjoyce2160]

In 75 bought kiss alive , I was 13, maybe two days after purchase, I walked around the block, literally 9 houses to my cousins, and we all took chalk and covered the streets with the kiss names. Logo. Etc. a. 1975. KAREN” opened up her front door, screamed at us, told us get a hose rinse the street etc. my younger cousins got scared, I ( the oldest) told her it’s chalk. Rain will wash it away. Ten mins later cops came. They were cool. Basically, told us ignore her, and don’t do it again , because she’ll just complain. So, Everytime of think of this album, it reminds me of that incident. Still my favorite live” albums almost 5️⃣0️⃣ yrs later and Got to CHOOSE/live off this, one of my favorite songs all time. Pete , thanks for your time. And to. Mr PARDO: great Dad helping out and getting the Wings album 👍💯

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

@@garyjoyce2160 Cool coppers, Wonder if they were Kiss fans?

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@garyjoyce2160 hi Gary. Amusing story.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Ziggy. Lol. If I remember correctly, I would say they were like 30 yrs old or so. So, who knows. lol. My cousins were 9 and 10, my two brothers 12 and 10 / guess cops figured, if this is the worst call ☎️, they get for the day, = grand slam HR in ninth. Enjoy your day 👍💯

[@garyjoyce2160]

Mel. lol but true. I know in 75, you were already an adult. lol. Enjoy day 👍💯

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@garyjoyce2160 thanks Gary. I was already in college at that time.

[@SWEETFA24]

Crimson Glory first album. In 1986 Kerrang magazine was my Bible. I discovered new bands there. This masked identity hidden band that was told to sound exactly like Queensryche caught my attention. Bought the album without hearing a note and it was love at first at first listen. Wish I saw the band live in the 80s.

[@ykmgeedee]

Houses of the Holy -Led Zeppelin. Friends didn't have big bro with cool albums, but 1 had older sis with this. Knew D'yer Mak'er only. Liked every song but No Quarter was the one where we went Whoa dude!

[@melaniethurber5117]

Day 17 Awesome pick Pete This album COSMOS FACTORY. I bought from a catalog in July 1970. My cousin came over that weekend. She was jealous that I had bought this album before she bought it. We played it over and over again. We had to stop for a number of hours to go out horseback riding. We had a wonderful time doing this. I used to have a lot of the songs on 45s that were from this album. When we came back to my house we took care of the horses first and then went to my bedroom to play this album. It still plays wonderfully. The sleeve to the record has pictures of their different albums on one side and the other side has a picture of the band. The cover isn’t in the best shape but you can still see the front picture on the cover and the back cover you can still read all the songs on this Lp. My favorite songs are “Looking Out My Back Door”, “Run Through the Jungle”, “Who’ll Stop the Rain”, “I Heard it Through the Grapevine”, and “Ramble Tamble”.

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

@@melaniethurber5117 now that's one fantastic album there Melanie, Another great story

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ thanks Ziggy

[@yokerecords803]

Nice one Mel, great album for sure

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ thanks Yoke. Did you read that story I had written about Tull a while ago.

[@yokerecords803]

@@melaniethurber5117 I did, I responded to you, you did not get it?

[@metalcousins1209]

Day17-Kiss-Double Platinum. It was 1979 I was 12 years old, visiting my aunt,uncle and my cousins. My cousin Kenny who was 18 at the time,was a huge Kiss fan. I really never heard much from Kiss except Rock n Roll all Night and Beth. He plays me this album and it caught my attention real quick. Strutter was the first song to play,then a whole bunch more of songs that rocked. I saw the album was Double Platinum. He said it is there greatest hits from 74-77. I liked it so much I asked my grandfather to buy it for me for my birthday. I still own it today on CD. Kiss was another one of my favorite bands from 79-85. Basically all the 70’s stuff,and very little early 80’s.

[@independenceltd.]

I got "Double Platinum" for Christmas in '78, after I'd just turned 10. My second Kiss album after "Alive II".

[@Fastnbulbous1969]

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988) I had a taste of noise rock from a mix tape made by a high school friend's older brother who had a college radio show, with the likes of Big Black and Butthole Surfers. I'd caught up with the entire catalog of Sonic Youth via our radio station's library, and was greatly anticipating Daydream Nation, which I bought the day of it's release on October 18 at Cheapo's, a block from campus. I'd just started buying CDs that summer, my first being Joy Division's Substance and the Dukes of Stratosphear collection. The Feelies' Only Life, Dinosaur Jr.'s Bug and Pixies Surfer Rosa were other recent purchases, but Sonic Youth was and remains my favorite from that year, capped off by a mind blowing show at First Avenue in Mpls with my best bud Erich, which ended in a chaotic rendition of "I Wanna Be Your Dog" with members of Laughing Hyenas. 1. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (1969) 2. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970) 3. Cheap Trick - In Color (1977) 4. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (1979) 5. Talking Heads - Fear of Music (1979) 6. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue (1977) 7. Queen - News of the World (1977) 8. Rush - Permanent Waves (1980) 9. Men At Work - Business As Usual (1981) 10. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982) 11. U2 - War (1983) 12. Metallica - Ride the Lightning (1984) 13. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) 14. The Woodentops - Giant (1986) 15. Joy Division/Bauhause - Mix Tape (1979-83) 16. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987) 17. Wire - 154 (1979)

[@FrankLang-i3n]

In March 1973, I had the money and decided to look at the shop nearby after school once again. I was kind of hesitating to buy the album I found there, but somehow I felt it would be worth the try, so I bought YES’ “Close To The Edge”. The album had been released 6 months earlier. I remember that our music teacher had played the first 5 minutes of the title track at Oct/Nov 1972 to us, but I was not quite impressed, as the start of the album sounded kind of chaotic with all the instruments going kinda crazy there. Anyway, some of my school mates and friends told me that this album is one of the best around. When I finally decided to get it, it soon turned out that it had been one of my best investigations in life, which changed my taste in music. To me, the epic title track “Close To The Edge”, which took the complete first side of the LP, is the best prog song ever recorded, and still stands the test of time, after 50+ years later. Each band member shines on here: Steve Howe’s work on his various guitars, the mighty bass of Chris Squire who is also great on harmony vocals, the drum and percussion work of Bill Bruford, Rick Wakeman’s tour de force on organs, pianos and synths (especially on the last third of the song), and last but not least Jon Anderson’s angelic and impressive voice. It all fits perfectly together on this masterpiece, and no other band ever had created anything before which can be compared with this. “And You And I” following it on side 2, is different but comes quite close in pure musical brilliance. Steve Howe’s acoustic guitar and Rick Wakeman’s mellotron sounds set the perfect mood up from the beginning. Both also shine in the middle part on pedal steel and mellotron, and Jon Anderson’s vocals are just perfect for this beautiful piece of music. “Siberian Khatru”, which ends the album, might be my least favourite, but still is very strong and eclectic. This is one of the few albums, which you can watch from start to finish. Not Yes’ first one, but it all fits perfectly together on here. Drummer Bill Bruford would leave the band after the recording, but Alan White, who had played with John Lennon and George Harrison before, would soon prove to be a worthy successor for decades to come. The album had opened my love to Yes’ music. Later on the same year, I got their triple live album “Yessongs”. Apart from the three tracks on there again, I’ve got to hear epic pieces like “Heart Of The Sunrise”, “Perpetual Change”, “Roundabout”, “Yours Is No Disgrace”, “Starship Trooper”, as well as Rick Wakeman’s “Six Wives” solo medley for the first time. A timeless classic live album, and I played it to death back then. I got the “Tales” double album later, but apart from “The Revealing Science” I tried, but never have been able to dig much more into it. The albums “Relayer” and “Going For The One” have been for sure the best, following CTTE. To me, “Awaken” is the best song Yes ever had done after “Close To The Edge”, with “Gates Of Delirium” taking the # 3 spot. I don’t want to judge about the current “Yes” formation with Steve Howe at the helm, if this is still “Yes” or not. To me, Yes have been at their very best at the time until 1977. There were decades to follow with various line-ups of the band, but not much would come close to their classic band period back then. I take a bow to Jon Anderson at age 80 now, who still has managed to keep his angelic and charismatic voice. May he still be able to keep the heritage alive, no matter if with or without Yes. R.I.P. Chris Squire and Alan White. After having explored Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and Uriah Heep so far, Yes became the 6th band which is in my "eternal" Top 10 bands of all time. My school time albums discoveries, In chronogical order: day 01: 07/1971 (fav) Led Zeppelin IV, (first) Led Zeppelin III day 02: 08/1971 (fav) Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water day 03: 09/1971 (fav) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing Of day 04: 09/1971 (fav) Deep Purple In Rock, (first) Deep Purple, Fireball day 05: 11/1971 (fav) Jethro Tull, Aqualung day 06: 11/1971 (fav) Black Sabbath s/t, (first) Master Of Reality day 07: 12/1971 Jesus Christ Superstar day 08: 01/1972 (fav) Grand Funk, Phoenix, (first) Grand Funk, E Pluribus Funk day 09: 03/1972 The Doors, L.A.Woman day 10: 04/1972 Neil Young, Harvest day 11: 06/1972 (fav) Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, (first) Pink Floyd, Meddle day 12: 07/1972 (first/fav) Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards ("Magician's Birthday" coming very close) day 13: 07/1972 (first) Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Tarkus (fav, maybe) Trilogy day 14: 09/1972 (first) Alice Cooper, School's Out (fav) Alice Cooper, Killer day 15: 10/1972 (first) Moody Blues, A Question Of Balance (fav) Days Of Future Passed day 16: 02/1973 (first) Cat Stevens, Catch Bull At Four (fav) Cat Stevens, Foreigner (because of the suite) day 17: 03/1973 (first/fav) Yes, Close To The Edge

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Yes indeed those '70s albums are immaculate. There's never been a better triple album than Yessongs, and your top bands would fit in my list, too, FrankL

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@FrankLang-i3n hi FrankLang. Awesome pick and story

[@gaiaeternal5131]

Excellent pick & article, Frank. Yessongs, CTTE, Toppers; so many memories.

[@FrankLang-i3n]

@@ziggyzagzi8017 Thank you, Ziggy! I agree with you on the triple albums. I had ELP's "Welcome Back", George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" and "Wings Over America" (Pete's pick of today) later, but Yessongs remains unbeaten. Nice to know that we share the love to all the mentioned bands!

[@FrankLang-i3n]

@@melaniethurber5117 Thank you kindly, Mel!

[@ramonace4770]

At that time, in the late 70s, I bought any magazine that had some Kiss poster. Back then, they were banned from the "serious" European music press. However, there was a German teen magazine called Bravo, which often had articles and posters of the band. Kiss was huge back then. Every year-end the readers voted for the best songs, singers, etc...I sent a letter, needless to say who I voted for! The magazine then held a raffle among the voters and I was lucky, I got an album with a blue cover with a fabulous logo made up of two letters joined together, a V and an H. It was Van Halen II, and of course it blew my mind. One of my favorite albums.

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Stupendous score Ramon

[@gaiaeternal5131]

Hi Pete & everyone. Dave here. Wonderful story of yours. Brings back memories for me, as I also have one relating to The Beatles, me as a kid, and my Dad. The album is PLEASE PLEASE ME by THE BEATLES (released as Introducing... The Beatles in the US). In 1963, I was only eight, but like about half of the UK at the time, was obsessed with The Fab Four, and with my pocket money allowance, wanted to buy the title track as a 45. So Dad agreed to take me to the local record store and noticed that there was an Extended Play (EP) called The Beatles' Hits which contained their first three hits (plus a b side) and only cost a little more, which I could afford. I thought this was wonderful value and over the next few months bought the band's first four EPs, which contained 12 of the 14 tracks on the album. So, even though the first album I bought was Sgt Pepper, it sort of isn't, as I bought Please Please Me in instalments!

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

@@gaiaeternal5131 Never heard about that method, You were a trailblazer Dave!

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@gaiaeternal5131 hi Dave. Awesome pick and story

[@gaiaeternal5131]

@@ziggyzagzi8017 I'm not often called that! Thanks, Ziggy.

[@gaiaeternal5131]

@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks, Melanie.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ you’re welcome Dave

[@peterm.fitzpatrick7735]

When I was about four years old, my mother had bought a series of 45's for my brothers, who were a few years older. I wandered into their bedroom and saw the record player and stack of records and asked my mom what they were. She showed me how to play them and so I got to listen to a wide variety of styles and artists. One that stood out was "I Get Around" by the Beach Boys. Even then, it sounded better and more exciting than the other 45's. Of course, times were simpler then, and "Pet Sounds" would replace "I Get Around" as my favorite Beach Boys LP record.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@peterm.fitzpatrick7735 hi Peter. Interesting story and excellent pick

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@peterm.fitzpatrick7735 hi Peter. Awesome story. I had a lot of 45s and still have some left.

[@harizonflamingice3167]

Pick #17: Opeth's Blackwater Park. The story itself might not be very in depth, but I had tried listening to Damnation and Orchid and had generally liked those but not on the level where it really hit me. Then somewhere about 3 years I had watched the Album Homework Assignment where Jamie had given Rick Opeth's Blackwater Park, which had motivated me to give it a listen as well and I was pretty blown away, with the incredible riffs and Mikael's vocals, both clean and the death metal style. Bleak is probably my favorite track at this point, though the entirety of Blackwater Park is a masterpiece. #1: The Who's Tommy (1969) #2: RX Bandits' ...And the Battle Begun (2006) #3: Metallica's ...And Justice For All (1988) #4: Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979) #5: Daft Punk's Alive 2007 #6: Yes's Close to the Edge (1972) #7: Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974) #8: Arcade Fire's Funeral (2004) #9: Silverchair's Diorama (2002) #10: Green Day's American Idiot (2004) #11: The Killers' Hot Fuss (2004) #12: Death's Symbolic (1995) #13: Radiohead's Kid A (2000) #14: Linkin Park's A Thousand Suns (2010) #15: Muse's Origin of Symmetry (2001) #16: Tool's Lateralus (2001) #17: Opeth's Blackwater Park (2001)

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Great shout out , Hair

[@inmyhouse11]

One Vice At A Time- Krokus 1982 Sophomore year in High School and I was always on the lookout for new heavy bands. A classmate in my typing class was also into heavy metal told me about this band along with Saxon. Friday afternoon came and I went to Disc O Mat to purchase this album along with Difficult To Cure by Rainbow and I was blown away with this great album which sounded exactly like AC / DC. I was looking forward to Monday and telling my Classmate Kevin who recommended this album to me that it was awesome. When he came to school that day, he told me he found God and became a born again Christian and the music I was listening to was evil. Kevin eventually transferred out of school and I never heard from him again but at least he got me into Krokus.

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

@@inmyhouse11 Wow, coolest story of the day!

[@stevenbruno2752]

I mentioned in one of my previous day posts that I used to discover a lot of music, during my late teens/early 20s at my local public library. Another one was Tommy Bolin, specifically via the Tommy Bolin: The Ultimate box set released in the late 80s. If you are unaware of the set, the picture of the box is the wicked cool picture of Tommy Bolin from his Deep Purple days, striking a pose with arm up and bunch of smoke around him. I saw it was like, this is awesome! So cool, who is this guy? I had no idea. I took it home and listened to it, and just heard this amazing guitar playing, unlike anything I had heard before - Zephyr - Sail On was the first track. Track after track, first with Zephyr, then James Gang and then Quadrant 4 from the Billy Cobham album comes out. And I'm thinking geez man! lol I'm thinking, this guy is f**ng awesome! So many diverse tunes as well, as I just went through theh first several tunes. Then Moxy and the Alphonse Mouzon stuff comes. It just started a deep connection with me and Tommy Bolin's story (which was provided through the box set) and music that has continued to this day. He is still one of my very favorite guitar players and musicians.

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Nice discovery and history lessons, StB

[@stevenbruno2752]

@@ziggyzagzi8017 Yes! Thanks, ZIggy!

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@stevenbruno2752 hi Steven. Interesting story

[@kamranmalik8546]

The Who - Greatest Hits January, 2010 I probably heard Baba O’Reilly and Won’t Get Fooled Again years prior on TV. Around late 2009, I would constantly watch VH1 Classic and would feature documentaries and concert films. I remember watching a documentary on The Who forgot the name of it. It was MLK Day, me and my sister had a doctor’s appointment. Right after our appointments, our parents took us to Costco. I remember they used to seek DVDs/Blu-Rays and CDs. I saw The Who Greatest Hits on the rack and I remember thinking they have some great music. I got home listened to the entire album and was amazed by their talent. The next to 2 albums I bought from them were Tommy and Who’s Next.

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

@@kamranmalik8546 That's a nice one two three!

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

1977, Older Cuz again, there was a ugly looking 8 track tape he played. As soon as I heard it I had to "borrow" it. It was one of the top classic rock albums of all time! The original tape was Leo Kottke and was recorded over. The Masterpiece song I had heard , but other than that my mind was blown by Misty mountain Hop, Black dog, Four sticks, and the drum song of all time: When the Levee breaks.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@ziggyzagzi8017 hi Ziggy. Interesting story

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Melanie You too

[@melaniethurber5117]

@ you’re welcome Ziggy

[@FrankLang-i3n]

Hi Ziggy, great pick and interesting story. I got the album earlier in 1972, it is still legendary.

[@dennisstratton6508]

Todays choice is Lookin In by Savoy Brown. It was their sixth album released in 1970. Led by Kim Simmonds lead guitar also in the band were future Foghat bandmates Dave Peverette lead vocals rhythm guitar. Roger Earl drums and Tone Stevens bass. Lookin In peaked at 39 on the Billboard top 200 list im the USA. Key songs are Poor Girl. Money Cant Save Your Soul. Lookin In. Sitting And Thinking and Leavin Again. It was the amazing artwork that drew me to this album. I bought it before ever hearing any songs. Poor Girl was the highlight for me to this day it remains my favorite Savoy Brown album. Savoy Brown was one of Englands best rockin blues bands and ive been a lifelong fan.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@dennisstratton6508 hi Dennis. Fantastic story

[@dennisstratton6508]

Thank you melanie.

[@ramonace4770]

I love Savoy Brown! Don't have any albums prior to Hellbound Train, I need to listen to that stuff

[@dennisstratton6508]

Thank you ramon. Poor Girl is my favorite song. I hope you can find it.

[@raulcardenas8115]

Jimmy McCollough was so underrated and underappreciated. His guitar on Medicine Jar is fantastic!

[@sdrandazzo]

My day 17 is Acquired the Honey Barbara - I-10 & W. Ave. CD tip inserted into the Emigre Graphic Design magazine #60 in 2001. Listened to this Texas band’s quirky songs including Sleep Late, Beddie ‘bye and Killer Duds. Listen to this CD to remind me of my early Graphic Design career and for graphic design inspiration to today. 1. The first time I heard the Lambs Lies Down on Broadway vinyl record was on my family turn table in our recreation room. This was my first vinyl record back in 1977 from the Where House records store. The album cover designs intrigued me, especially the image of Rael reaching out to himself, Rael looking at the connection of the two Raels, and Rael with no mouth. This imagery of self-introspection appealed to my love of science fiction books from Harlan Ellison, J.G. Ballard and Robert Sheckley (among others). The surreal lyrics and music appealed to my love of science fiction and brought me into the world of progressive rock where I later bought other prog rock band vinyl records. I found myself singing out the lyrics in a full-throated roar... a connection to my love of profound science fiction stories and the words embedded in those stories. Today it is still one of my favorite progressive rock albums to listen to. 2. Hearing Jethro Tull songs like Living in the Past, Aqualung and Locomotive Breath back in 1974 on our San Jose-based KOME rock station. Loved the intricate, unique flute sounds from Ian Anderson. Went with my father in 1974 to look at old vinyl records at Moe’s Records and purchased the Living in the Past vinyl record for around $2 or 3 dollars. Still have the record and play it occasionally on my son’s turntable. 3. Hearing Rush for the first time on KSJO and KOME radio stations in 1981. The late DJ Dennis Erectus introduced the Tom Sawyer song on KOME. Today, I still love the album on CD. 4. 1980 listening to ELO’s Out of the Blue 8 track tape cartridge on my first car, a brown Capri. I would crank this tape up for my 1982 Lincoln High School Senior Cut day to Santa Cruz, CA. Still listen to this album on my CD player in my car. 5. In 1979 I purchased the Roxy Music vinyl record For Your Pleasure at the Campbell Tower Records store and played it on my turntable. I had heard past songs on the KOME radio station and first heard the Both Ends Burning song. Really liked the spookiness of the In Every Dream Home a Heartache song and listen to this CD often. Went with my wife to see Roxy Music at the San Francisco Chase Center a couple years ago and they sounded great. Manzanera, the guitarist was on fire that evening. 6. Listening to Steely Dan’s hit Rick Don’t Lose That Number song on my parent’s car radio back in 1974. I then bought the Pretzel Logic vinyl record back in 1979 at the Where House record store. I listen to the CD frequently today and have grown to like the deeper cut songs like Night by Night and Pretzel Logic and dislike the pervasive elevator muzak versions of their songs. 7. Hearing the Moody Blues - Nights in White Station on the radio station in 1973 for the first time. Remembering my older cousin recommending this band to me around 1975. He loved the Moody Blues. My cousin sadly passed away from substance abuse back in 2022. I often play the Moody Blues on CDs and fondly remember my older cousin’s passion for the Moody Blues. 8. Hearing Kansas’ Dust in the Wind back in 1976 on the local KOME radio station at home. Went to the local Tower Records store and bought the Kansas Leftoverture vinyl record around 1979. Still listen to Leftoverture with my CD player at home in my car. 9. Watching the January, 2019 SoT Top 10 Songs: Camel and starting to listen to their discography upon Pete’s recommendations. Had always heard of Camel but never explored their discography. Thank you Pete. First Camel CD that I explored was Mirage, purchased at Street Light Records in early 2019. Love Andy Latimer’s fantastic guitar tones. 10. Watching the Suspiria movie back in 1979 on our family VCR player during the Halloween season and remembering the haunting music. Discovered that the Italian band Goblin created most of the movie sound track. Went to our local Where House record store and bought the Goblin Roller vinyl record in 1979. Expanded my Goblin discography in the 80s with their CDs and have seen them live a few times since 2013. Met the band members before their 2013 Warfield, San Francisco show. Listen to them regularly since then. 11. Hearing Yes’ Roundabout song on the local San Jose rock station, KOME, in 1978. Went to our local used vinyl record store, Moe’s Records in 1979 and purchased the Yessongs triple vinyl record album for around $6. Enjoyed the live album then and still listen to the vinyl record today. 12. Listening to the SoT Big Big Train episode - New Releases … Big Big Train - Grand Tour in 2019. Upon Pete’s strong review, I purchased the Big Big Train - English Electric: Full Power, compilation CD in 2019. I have been exploring their discography since 2019 and wanted to thank Peter for recommending them. 13. Listening to Todd Rundgren’s Utopia’s Time Heals on the local rock KOME station back in 1978 and then seeing the 1982 Time Heals video on MTV. I then bought the Utopia Swing to the Right CD at our local Tower Records store. I then purchased most of their discography in CD format in the 80s. I have been listening to their CDs off and on till today. 14. I am an avid reader of science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov and had read his classic I, Robot in the mid 70s. Listening to The Alan Parsons Projects song - I Robot on the San Jose KOME rock station in 1977 and saw the title I, Robot, drew me to the record. I then purchased The Alan Parsons Project vinyl record at Tower Records and then most of the discography on CDs in the 80s. I have been listening to their CDs and vinyl records off and on and into today. 15. Listening to The Cars on the San Jose KOME rock station song - Good Times Roll in 1978. Went to the Towers Records store and bought The Cars - The Cars vinyl record in 1978. I then bought the next few Cars albums on CD and listened to them off and on until today. 16. Hearing Supertramp’s Logical Song on the radio in 1979. Intrigued by the British view of America and went to the Where House Records store and bought the Breakfast in America vinyl record. Loved the lyrics in all of the songs, especially Child of Vision. I then went and bought several of their CDs in the 80s and have listened to them off and on till today. 17. Acquired the Honey Barbara - I-10 & W. Ave. CD tip inserted into the Emigre Graphic Design magazine #60 in 2001. Listened to this Texas band’s quirky songs including Sleep Late, Beddie ‘bye and Killer Duds. Listen to this CD to remind me of my early Graphic Design career and for graphic design inspiration to today.

[@rogertemple7193]

This is another awesome memory of your first albums by your favorite artists and the stories behind them and for me this album was a great one which I had at one time or another as well. You, your family and the entire SOT Family have a very Merry Christmas Thank You.🎄🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶🎄

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Wings Over America was one of the first two rock albums I bought from a friend(The Beatles' Let It Be the other) for $2. My friend was a Kiss fan who thought Kiss was much cooler than Sir Paul and The Beatles...

[@allornadaaccordingtojack7601]

Love it!! That live album got ranked in my top 70's live albums, ranked # 4. And you have a very nice Dad. My Dad once did the same, covered me when I didn't have enough to buy Kiss-Dressed to Kill at Record World. I really miss Record World.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@allornadaaccordingtojack7601 hi Jack. That’s a nice article. I live to far away from record stores to go to them unless I visit my cousin in the city.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@allornadaaccordingtojack7601 hi Jack. That’s a very nice story. I never had much of a chance to go to record stores. I had to buy most of mine from catalogs back in the 60s or early 70s. Until I started college in 73 in Boston then I could get to a few.

[@donhadfield2835]

More an experience today. Back in the early eighties (when Pete was a young lad), I was in NYC on business. Coming from Western Canada, the record stores were boring but the NYC record stores were amazing. I had friends ask for "Dance With Me Henry" a Georgia Gibbs song from 1955, and I was astounded when they asked if I wanted the original or the re-release. So many great and obscure records, as budget allowed, I filled my suitcase. Alas with the advent of the internet, Amazon etc, the last time I was in NYC all the record stores now seemed generic hopefully there are a few funky places still out there.

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@donhadfield2835 hi Don. Interesting story

[@thekivster]

It’s weird how they included the Richard Cory cover and it wasn’t even sung by Paul.

[@awesomeviper13]

My Day 17 pick is The Black Parade is the third studio album by American rock band My Chemical Romance, first released on October 23, 2006, through Reprise Records. It was produced by the band with Rob Cavallo, known for having produced several albums for the Goo Goo Dolls and Green Day. It is a rock opera and concept album centered on a dying man with cancer known as "The Patient". The album tells the story of his apparent death, experiences in the afterlife, and subsequent reflections on his life. It is the band's only studio album to feature Bob Bryar on drums before his departure in 2010. I remember watching them premier Welcome To The Black Parade live on the MTV Music Awards pre-show with my brother sister and cousuns( my cousins lovedvthat rap is crap styff where my brither and suster and i loved rock and metal thabks to our dad). The first thought that came upon us when I saw the five of them walk into that elevator in formation was "GERARD, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR?"( I didn't say out loud but they did because they were teenagers and I was only 8) But after the initial shock, it was amazing. Like, I was blown away by everything: the aesthetic, the music, the lyrics. That children chorus, I was sure this was the thing that would make people who mocked them for being emo and too dramatic or whatever finally put some respect on their name. AND. I WAS. RIGHT. I then would get the album and show it to my friends at school and we blast this album on my CD player at recess. We would become huge fans and when the next album came out we were hooked. Sadly after that they would split up until ten years later. Would do one final tour. Way has cited the bands Queen and Pink Floyd as major influences on the album.[8] Similarities have been noted between the guitar orchestration in "Welcome to the Black Parade", and the arrangements of Queen. Additionally, Pink Floyd's The Wall, The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Queen's A Night at the Opera (1975) and David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) are noted as major influences for the album, especially when comparing the album's opening track, "The End.", to the first tracks on The Wall, "In the Flesh?", and on Ziggy Stardust, "Five Years".[9] Way has also said one of their biggest influences were The Smashing Pumpkins, often giving them credit for their thematic videos.[10] "The intention was to make something that was classic, something timeless," explained guitarist Ray Toro.The album also saw the creation of the alter-ego band, The Black Parade. My Chemical Romance performed the album live in costume as the Black Parade until their October 7, 2007, Mexico City performance.[5][6] On stage, the band donned black marching uniforms similar to those worn by The Beatles for the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). The live performance was theatrical, with Way assuming the character of a member of The Black Parade. His mannerisms were compared to Bob Geldof's performance of the lead character in the movie adaptation of Pink Floyd's The Wall (1979), David Bowie's performance as Ziggy Stardust with Freddie Mercury's stage presence.[6] The video Welcome to the Black Parade directed by Samuel Bayer, stars Lukas Haas as "The Patient" being taken by death while the band performs on a float. Track listing edit All tracks are written by Bob Bryar, Frank Iero, Ray Toro, Gerard Way and Mikey Way. Standard edition No. Title Length 1. "The End." 2. "Dead!" 3. "This Is How I Disappear" 4. "The Sharpest Lives" 5. "Welcome to the Black Parade" 6. "I Don't Love You" 7. "House of Wolves" 8. "Cancer" 9. "Mama" (featuring Liza Minnelli) 10. "Sleep" 11. "Teenagers" 12. "Disenchanted" 13. "Famous Last Words" 14. "Blood" (hidden track) Charts edit Weekly charts edit Chart (2006) Peak positions Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[107] 2 Australian Albums (ARIA)[108] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[109] 4 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[110] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[111] 91 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[112] 2 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[113] 29 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[114] 39 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[115] 11 French Albums (SNEP)[116] 69 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[117] 11 Irish Albums (IRMA)[118] 5 Italian Albums (FIMI)[119] 20 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[120] 10 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[121] 8 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[122] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[123] 11 Scottish Albums (OCC)[124] 3 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[125] 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[126] 18 Taiwanese Albums (Five Music)[127] 11 UK Albums (OCC)[128] 2 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[129] 1 US Billboard 200[130] 2 US Digital Albums (Billboard)[131] 6 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[132] 1 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[133] 1 Chart (2020) Peak position Portuguese Albums (AFP)[134] 44 Year-end charts edit Chart (2006) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[135] 60 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[121] 80 UK Albums (OCC)[136] 77 US Billboard 200[137] 164 Chart (2007) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[138] 41 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[139] 61 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[140] 27 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[141] 96 UK Albums (OCC)[142] 61 US Billboard 200[143] 51 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[144] 12 Chart (2018) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[145] 95 Chart (2020) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[146] 57 Chart (2021) Position US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[147] 41 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[148] Platinum 70,000^ Canada (Music Canada)[149] Platinum 100,000^ Chile[103] Gold 7,500[103] Ireland (IRMA)[150] Platinum 15,000^ Italy (FIMI)[151] sales since 2009 Gold 25,000‡ Japan (RIAJ)[152] Platinum 250,000^ Mexico (AMPROFON)[153] Gold 50,000^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[154] 3× Platinum 45,000‡ United Kingdom (BPI)[101] 3× Platinum 900,000‡ United States (RIAA)[155] 4× Platinum 4,000,000‡ Summaries Europe (IFPI)[104] Platinum 1,000,000*

[@frankies9465]

I was 13 in 1976. I used to listen to Americas top 40 every sunday morning. I heard a live song called Free Bird. It ran abt 5 mins . Cool tune and nice little guitar solo. I decided to go buy their live album that just came out. One more from the road. I put it on the turntable and loved what i was hearing. Then came Free Bird. I had only heard the short top 40 single version. Imagine my surprise 14 mins later, after first hearing a song i thought was 5 mins. I wore that one out. Lol

[@ziggyzagzi8017]

Radio edit, 5 minutes was very long, even so.

[@jimfritz2087]

There was a even shorter version . Not quite 4 minutes. Chopped to pieces . Short intro , 1 verse , 1 chorus and faded OUTRO. Just an abomination. But short songs meant more time for commercials.

[@joshcreasey]

17. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Back in July of 2001, I was at my local library browsing around and they had a massive amount of CD’s that you could check out in the general library section and the ‘young adult’ section, which usually had better music. Anyway, I’d seen this CD never having heard his music but seeing his name in music books and on the internet. I was getting mor and more into fusion and prog rock at the time and I checked out the liner notes and saw this really great lineup with some familiar names. I took a chance on it and checked it out. I took it home, listened to it and was in awe! Such dazzling playing by everyone with Mirage being my favorite track on it. I ended up getting more and more of his albums as time went on and I’m proud to say that I listen to him frequently.

[@iainhead9898]

Hi everyone, only a week to go, hope you've sent Santa your letters in plenty of time... Bit late today, thanks for your patience! My story today relates to a band I discovered back in my tape trading days and yes, of course, there were literally dozens of new discoveries made every month as my small network exchanged those things called C90's in jiffy bags, sent through the postal service which, ironically, now employs me! However, some of the bast discoveries were made by accident, and this is one of them, and it's a band I bang on about a lot, but I don't care I'm going to do it again!! Of course, 90% of tape trading consisted of including lists of your latest acquisitions with each consignment, from which you selected what you wanted next, so when your next batch arrived, you knew what you were getting. However, some albums, of course, lasted a few minutes less than the 45 minute duration of one side of a tape, so it was considered polite to pick a song or two you liked that hadn't been requested and pop it on at the end as a little taster. On this occasion my supplier (!) had done just that with a track from the band in question's debut album... BUT... he'd forgotten to list the song on the cassette inlay!! It was heavy, yes, but melodic, anthemic and it elicited immediate foot tapping, air guitar playing and singing along to the chorus which seemed to indicate that the song was called "On Your Feet"... Some of you, I suspect,will now know what I'd discovered. Of course, it was imperative I found out ASAP what it was - still no such thing as asking Alexa, of course! - so I knocked out his requests in a single weekend and posted them first thing Monday morning, opening my letter by going straight to "Thanks pal, ON YOUR FEET! WHO? WHAT? HELP!!! TELL ME NOW!!!" In the end I had to wait over two weeks - he'd gone on holiday the inconsiderate git!!! - but the reply came back that I had indeed been listening to On Your Feet from the stunning debut album by Phoenix, Arizona's very own... I C O N. . .

[@ramonace4770]

Great story Iain! That Icon debut is awesome! I also made a lot of tapes to my friends and vice versa. How I miss those times! You told me about Bobbie Dazzle yesterday. Well, I don’t usually listen to new bands, it must be an age thing... I’ve listened to the Bobbie Dazzle album on KZbin, and honestly... I loved it! I’m quite impressed; their music sounds like a blend of glam and early 70's British rock. Those flute passages in 'Merry-go-round' and 'April Showers' definitely remind me of Tull, and the Hammond in 'Revolution' is totally reminiscent of Ken Hensley’s sound in Uriah Heep. Great discovery!

[@milesdorst7120]

0:09 pick #17

[@slobodanudarac5]

I used to be into Wings when I was a teenager so I will have to check this one out.

[@thedarkwizardroom]

DAY 17=THE WHO=Tommy

[@melaniethurber5117]

@@thedarkwizardroom hi Jon. Awesome pick

[@donaldanderson6604]

Got Topographic Oceans the day it came out and it blew my teenage mind. Grest choice of Wings/Macca. He is doing a UK tour and blowing everyone away.

[@richardmay8153]

The Plasmatics The Runaways Electric Frankenstein The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs Guitar Wolf Brown Acid I was walking up the street in the suburb I graduated high school from. I might have been going to another independent record store that had been sold to a new owner and was about to close. Instead, I find this hip new independent record store at the turn of our century. It is My Mind's Eye that is still with us today. The owner, Charles, I had noticed as a clerk in a Michigan based chain store in another suburb that was in town for a time. Yeah, I completed my UFO and Iggy Pop sections thanks to Charles' taste. He also got the reissues of The Plasmatics and The Runaways collections for us collectors of choice. But what I owe Charles most of all was introducing me to the turn of our century rock/garage revival bands of that time. They are too many to name, The Dirtbombs, The Charms, B Movie Rats, The Bellrays, The Turbo A.C.'s, The Mooney Suzuki, Southern Culture On The Skids, etc... Charles helped continue my interest in music by introducing me to this scene, which matches me the most precisely. Recently, there was a KZbin video on another channel of a vinyl collector that documents his purchases around America. He was in Cleveland for another matter on a weekend. He did not have an opportunity to shop until Monday. His video was titled Don't Shop for Records in Cleveland on Mondays. Y'know, because all the independent record stores in Cleveland are closed on Mondays. Except for My Mind's Eye. He then showed off the obscure sixties soul/funk collections he got from there. I have referred to My Mind's Eye as a college record store without the nearby college for its refined taste in its bins, regardless of genre. Keep going, Charles. You are doing great work. P.S. That guy with the record shopping video could have had a nice time at any number of The Record Exchange locations in town on a Monday, but he probably saw them as the chain that they are. But I'll tell their story later.

[@richardmay8153]

Nice story of being with your Dad finding McCartney's Wings Over America album, Pete.

[@JJKarpinski]

I loved J&R Music World!

[@theosrevenge]

Hey Pete Have you noticed the same artist who did the gatefold for Wings Over America also did the cover to Whitesnake 's " Live ...In The Heart Of The City" ?

[@independenceltd.]

Not so much a beloved album, as much as a beloved journey. I didn't like the Beatles at first blush. My dad owned a couple of their early albums and I'd heard their big "poppy" hits. They weren't Kiss, that's for sure. As years went on I'd have to amend my stance to, "I only like this song by the Beatles." And it was probably in high school, after years of amending my list of Beatles songs I liked, that I decided that I probably did like the Beatles. In college I ended up with a roommate who loved the Beatles and we played "Revolver" relentlessly. He may have had "Abbey Road" too, but it didn't get much airtime. Fastforward to the late 80s and I distinctly remember being over at a friend's house playing chess. We may have had a previous conversation about "The White Album," to which I'd pled ignorance, and he'd promised to rectify. The album was playing in the background, and I was thoroughly enjoying it until we got to side three. It may have been "Yer Blues" or "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey," but I asked him who he was playing because I thought he'd changed records. When he told me it was still the Beatles, I was gob smacked. Who knew they were this heavy? I immediately put "The White Album" on my want list. It is probably still my favorite Beatles album, and I often say that the Beatles are my favorite band...until I hear Black Sabbath.

[@gaiaeternal5131]

Nice story, Indy. The variety on The White Album still amazes me.

[@independenceltd.]

@@gaiaeternal5131 so good

[@CoreyArsenault-c8t]

Ill never understand why people buy live albums the sound quality is always so hollow

[@jimmycampbell78]

Some of my favourite albums of all time and go-to albums for certain artists and bands, are live albums. Don't know what you mean by a hollow sound quality.