rainbows in curved air (or curves in rainbowed air)

Those who are about to die salute you or great undiscovered classics from the past

I decided to start this series of classic albums from the past as it has been a recent pursuit since I joined the download culture. I would love to understand the technology involved, so that I could host these albums zipped on a server somewhere. In the meantime I will give space to what is a very personal history of my favourite albums over the past c37 years. I will be glad of any comments/suggestions.

Ok lets begin. I have already by cunningly mentioning Colloseum’s masterpiece in the title of this post.

• Jack Bruce - Songs for a Tailor
• John Fahey – First 2 albums
• Donovan – Sunshine Superman & Hurdy Gurdy Man
• Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority
• Blood Sweat & Tears – First 2 albums
• Scott Walker – everything!
• Tyrannosaurus Rex – acoustic albums
• United States of America – USA
• Joe Byrd & Field Hippies – J. B. & F. H.
• Pearls Before Swine – Balaklava/Use of Ashes/One Nation Underground
• Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica/Lick My Decals
• Can – almost everything
• Nick Drake – Five leaves left/Bryter Later/Pink Moon
• David Crosby – If Only I Could Remember my Name
• Quintessence - anything
• Red Krayola – God Bless/Parable of Arable
• Soft Machine – all early stuff
• Wild Man Fisher – An Evening with
• 13^th Floor Elevators – Anything
• This Heat – This Heat/Deceit
• White Noise – Electric Storm
• Santana – Caravanserai
• Caravan – In the Land of Grey & Pink
• John Wall – Fear of Gravity/Alterstill
• John Watermann – Calcutta Gas Chamber
• Strafe FR – everything
• Hafler Trio – everything
• Zoviet France – everything
• Justin Bennett – anything
• AMM – anything
• Tranquility Bass – Let the Freak Flag Fly
• Bernard Parmegiani – everything
• Third Ear Band – 1^st lp/Alchemy
• Stereolab – everything
• Broadcast - anything
• Muslimgauze – everything
• Chris Watson – everything
• David Axelrod – everything
• Basil Kirchin – everything
• Eugene Chadbourne – anything
• David Sylvian – everything
• Zappa/Mothers – Freak Out/Hot Rats/Uncle Meat
• Roberto Musci & G. Venosta – Messages & Portraits & anything else
• Sun Ra – anything
• Alice Coltrane – anything
• Miles Davis – almost anything
• Edgar Broughton Band – Wasa Wasa/Sing Brother Sing/Inside Out
• Traffic – Mr Fantasy/ Shoot out/On the road
• Occasional Word – Year of Great Leap Sideways
• Spirit – anything
• Pink Floyd – ‘More’
• Blodwyn Pig – Ahead Rings Out/Getting into This
• Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties
• Syd Barrett (R.I.P.) – Barrett/Madcap Laughs
• John Martyn – Tumbler/London Conversation/Solid Air
• Van Morrison – Astral Weeks/Its Too Late to Stop Now
• Tim Buckley – everything
• Harry Nilsson – ‘The Point’
• Holy Modal Rounders – Have Moicy & anything else
• MC5 – Kick out the Jams
• Doors – everything
• Groundhogs – Blues Obituary/Thank Christ for the Bomb/Split
• Michael Chapman – Early stuff
• Roy Harper – Early stuff
• Jerry Yester & Carolyn Hester – Farewell Alderbaran
• Ken Nordine – everything
• Sun City Girls – Carnival Folklore
• Pretty Things – anything
• Savoy Brown – anything
• Paul Giovanni – ‘Wicker Man’
• Peddlers – everything
• Comus – everything
• The Necks – everything
• Animal Collective – anything
• Books – everything
• Clogs – everything
• Laura Nyro – anything
• Bridget St John – Ask me no Questions/Songs for the Gentleman/Jumblequeen/Thank You For
• Moondog – everything
• Liverpool Scene – everything
• Carmen – Fandangos in Space
• Fire – the Magic Shoemaker
• Reality – Second Hand
• Beau –
• Marc Brierley – Hello
• Pete Brown & Piblokto – anything
• Trees – Garden of Jane Delawney everything else
• Graham Bond Organisation – everything
• Brian Auger Trinity – everything
• Clouds - island label – anything
• Nirvana (British- island label) – anything
• International Harvester – everything
• Kevin Ayers – early stuff
• Pentangle – everything
• Kevin Coyne – Marjory Razorblade
• Amon Duul – everything
• Nucleus – Elastic Rock/Belladonna
• Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
• Fugs – everything
• Henry Cow – everything
• Matching Mole – everything
• Exuma – Exuma
• Giles, Giles & Fripp – Brondesbury Tapes/Cheerful Insanity
• Hatfield & North – Hatfield & North/Rotters Club
• Nico – Desertshore/Marble Index/Chelsea Girl
• Goblin – all soundtracks
• Peter Hammill – anything
• Cosmic Jokers – Galactic Supermarket
• Faust – everything
• Brainticket – everything
• Nicola Conte – everything
• Grateful Dead – early stuff
• Jefferson Airplane – early stuff
• Pere Ubu – everything
• Silver Mount Zion – everything
• Godspeed You Black Emperor – everything
• Devendra Banhart – everything
• Eden Ahbez – Eden’s island
• All Saved Silver Freak Band – For Christians, elves & lovers
• Jack Arel – everything
• Dorothy Ashby – Rubaiyat/In a Minor Groove
• Les Baxter – everything
• Beach Boys – Surfs up/Holland/Smile/Pet Sounds
• Chris Bell – I am the Cosmos
• Beta Band – 3 eps
• Biota – Bellowing room/Tinct
• Jane Birkin – everything
• Blind Faith – Blind Faith
• Country Joe & Fish – everything
• Disinformation – everything e.g. R & D 1 & 2
• John Duncan – everything
• Merzbow – everything
• Funki Porcini – everything
• Fila Brazilia – everything
• Heights of Abraham – everything
• Serge Gainsborough – everything
• Gotan Project – La Revancha del Tango/Lunatico
• Guru Guru – everything
• Jon Hassell – everything
• Brian Eno – everything
• Harold Budd – everything
• David Toop – everything
• Terry Riley – everything
• John Cale – Church of Anthrax
• Steve Reich – everything
• Richie Havens – almost everything
• Xhol Caravan – everything
• Incredible String Band – everything
• Jandek – everything
• Philip Jeck – everything
• Karminsky Experience – everything
• H. P. Lovecraft – II
• Love – Da Capo/Forever Changes
• Harvey Mandell – Righteous
• Shuggy Otis - everything
• Marr’ Del – Mystery of Love
• John Mayall – Early stuff
• Rapoon – everything
• Rare Bird – everything
• Tontos Expanding Head Band – everything
• Tom Rapp – Sunforest
• Arthur Russell – World of Echo/Another Thought
• Richard Scott & Rex Casswell – Magnificence of Stereo
• Slapp Happy – Casablanca Moon
• Skeleton Crew – Learn to Talk/Country of Blind
• Judee Sill – everything
• Skalpel – everything
• Stars of the Lid – everything
• Stock, Hausen & Waterman – everything
• Stephen Stills – I & II & Manassas
• Band – Music from Big Pink
• Spooky Tooth – everything
• Tortoise – everything
• Throbbing Gristle – everything
• Psychic TV – everything
• Ralf L. Wehowsky – Tulpas
• Ryoji Ikeda – everything
• Ya Ho Way 13 – everything
• Robert Wyatt – everything
• Ivor Cutler (R.I.P.) - everything