Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Myth Science Solar Arkestra - Sleeping Beauty

This album have very classic sound, experimentalism is reduced to a minimum and it is infused with beauty as the main characteristic. And because all of this, it seems like a curiosity in strange career of man named Sun Ra. But, the truth is that the enormous talent of Sun Ra and his followers have no limits. Freedom is in turning from direction :)

Listen to early morning or late evening. And perhaps even during the day :)

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Year : 1979                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Art Yard / ReR
TT : 30:06

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Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove

I will be on the road about 20 minutes, so, I will not and i can't spend much time on words .... After all, why should I, this is one of the best albums of all time.
Now, you judge for yourself :)

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Year : 1978                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Priority Records
TT : 42:10
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Faust - So Far...

Well, I wandered around a bit, last three days and I must say that it was enough for me :) It's nice to wander, but you can't only do that in life. As a result, I'm not not even comply with my own blogging deadlines, what I will immediately try to rectify with this great and timeless album ...
So, turn up the amplifier, do not worry about the neighbors, Christmas time is gone, it is a time to again socialize with our loyal friend, Mr. Faust :)

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Year : 1972                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Revisited / Polydor
TT : 40:16
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Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

There are many things related to the name of Mrs. Marianne Faithfull, her love affairs with celebrities, her sinking into world of drugs, voice change, cabaret music, and, also, her return to the scene, early in 21st century,  marked with the cooperation with a many interesting musicians ...
And somewhere in the middle of the road, as a turning point and the basis for everything that is happening now, there was this great album, the witness of a time, and also, the music for dance :)

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Year : 1979                                                                                              Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Island
TT : 37:15
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Various Artists - Sound of Siam, Vol. 2: Molam & Luk Thung 1970-1982

Military machine, despite all the negative, can sometimes have a positive effect. For example, the arrival of the US Army in Thailand, in the sixties, had a strong influence on local bands, and has mixed American genres like rock, soul, jazz with traditional Thai luk thung style. And the result is timeless music that, today, 50 years later, makes me very happy :)

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Year : 2014                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Soundway
TT : 67:10

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John Cale - Slow Dazzle

I first heard for Cale long time ago. I had his collaboration with Terry Riley, otherwise brilliant album "Church of Anthrax", on tape and I believe it was one of my first encounter with a different form of music. Wonderful time, when my musical path was closely connected with some interesting and today distant people. Around that time, this album came to me and it was something I kept coming back for years, enjoying in authentic vision of one seemingly classic sound .....
Cale, authentic savage   :)

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Year : 1975                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Island
TT : 35:49
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James Brown - The Payback

Knowing several live albums of James Brown, I realized that I mostly dissatisfied with them. While undoubtedly made of the great songs, I had objections, in the first place, with rarely changing repertoire, and for me never quite clear thing, completely ignoring songs from this fantastic album, which as a whole is definition of hypnotic funk ... You know, maybe the audience expected always the same hits, but I'm not interested in it at all. After all, there is the question of why anyone even record that huge amount of songs,  without giving them a chance to live ..
Basically, pandering to the audience, as for me, Is just tapping in one place and i have no motive to see artist on concert again. But, does that means you do not need to listen to this wild album? On the contrary, it should be consumed in large quantities :)

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Year : 1973                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Polydor
TT : 72:52

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Keith & Julie Tippett - Couple in Spirit

A man and a woman, a piano and voice, these are the frames of this great album. Does it seem too general and potentially boring?
Believe me, precisely this reaction you will not have  :)

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Year : 1975                                                                                                  Ex - Yu verzija
Label : EG Records
TT : 37:08

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Miles Davis - On The Corner

If I really run out of inspiration, the tactic is this: I turn on Winamp and the choice falls on the first heavy classic that caught my eye. Very simple, isn't?
Does this tactic makes sense, judge for yourself :)

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Year : 1972                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Columbia
TT : 54:46

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The Lijadu Sisters - Danger

When i was younger, i often listened to Fela Kuti, floating in his heavy and psychedelic kind of resistance, which moved me then and also years later, on different ways..
Later, unrelated to Kuti, i found a fantastic band, The Raincoats, and this was maybe the best all - girls band i ever heard. Their completely different four albums and fantastic imagination once again changed my already formed opinion what alternative music is.
And then, why today's post? What's connection between this two sisters with whole story? Well, with Kuti, they share same time and same geography - Nigeria. Also, i'm very interested in woman's perception of one obviously very "interesting" state like a NIgeria. And specifically, they deserved place here because, like i said before, best woman's band ever, have stolen a few things exactly from them  :)

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Year : 1976                                                                                                Ex - Yu version
Label : Knitting Factory Records
TT :  32:33

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Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda

Alice Coltrane is giant. Why? Well, try to imagine an overall sound that represents life in its essencee. Life like journey. Not an easy task. We humans are too small, our mind will always have barrier. And what about Alice? She just entered the studio and recorded this powerful pieces, i believe, without much thinking. 

Alice, she must be a giant.

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Year : 1971                                                                                                Ex- Yu verzija

Label : GRP / Impulse!

TT : 37:06

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Annette Peacock - X-Dreams

Once, when i discovered this LP, it was brand new experience for me. I really enjoyed in Annette's exciting world, and after all, i still do. Not just enjoyed, i was sucked in. Annette ate me for breakfast, i might say. :)
And what kind of music is this, you ask? Sometimes is rock, sometimes is jazz, sometimes is wild, sometimes beautiful. And in the same time it is above all i said. Because, like every other great artwork, it dismiss genres completely, rising above it.
In the end, good music speaks for itself, all you have to do is to open your ears :)

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Year : 1978                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : See For Miles Records
TT : 37:20

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Klaus Schulze - Dune

Inspiration 1 : My friend T. said that we can watch David Lynch movie "Dune" these days. I'm still waiting :)
Inspiration 2 : These days I am busy with learning and when my concentration had began to decreases, I searched for some ambiental sounds to keep my focus. The choice was "Dune" and it was wrong choice :) I was completely drawn into music and i enjoyed one hour, instead of learning :)
So if you have a job to do, do it. But, after the work is done, one possibility is "Dune" :)

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Year : 1979                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Thunderbolt
TT : 56:20

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Betty Davis - Nasty Gal

If somebody asks me, who I am afraid, well, maybe, just maybe, i will say miss. Betty Davis :)
I mean, listen to her, she can disintegrate my whole personality with just one scream, man.. And, if you add hardest variant of  "Sly and the Family Stone" sound to her aggressive personality, what you will get? Pure force ....

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Year : 1975                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : MPC Limited
TT : 40:30
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Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

Right now, i'm in Heaven. I'm eating strawberry jam, glass of milk is always full, and my background are classics sounds, Nick Drakes "Bryter Layter" . Like i told you, Heaven.  So, from me to you....
Of course, your level is just half heaven, considering that i have jam :P

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Year : 1970                                                                                                 Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Hannibal Records
TT : 39:22
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Bootsy Collins - Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band

What you can say about Bootsy. He played bass in James Brown band in time when late JB invented Funk, helping him to create it. Then he moved to Parliament \ Funkadelic, most imaginative and probably best Funk band ever. In middle of that he started solo carrier and prove himself like one of main players in '70. Do you remember big world hit of the nineties "Groove Is in the Heart"? Guess who play bass there? So, Bootsy created history and i don't see any sense to miss that part. But you shouldn't think about history, just play it loud and feel the groove  :)

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Year : 1976                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp.
TT : 39:47
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Robert Wyatt - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard

Robert Wyatt is very strange person, that's for sure. First time when i heard him, well, it sounded very crazy for me :) And in the same time i was fascinated. It was like cartoon, but most serious cartoon in the world, deeply emotional music.
Don't miss Wyatt in your life :)

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Year : 1975                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Domino
TT : 39:06
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Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale

In my salad days i started with heavy metal. Later, i dismiss this genre completely (except Slayer, maybe). I wanted different kind of heaviness, something real. I'll remember Iggy Pop concert, during the nineties, he always had some heavy metal guys for his supporting band. By default they should be dangerous, yes? Motorbikes, tatoos, Satan, leather, etc. They may be dangerous, but old Iggy is nuclear bomb. And during the whole concert, his own band run away from him like rabbits. It was very funny to me. So ..... metal is for girls, not heavy at all :) But, in those metal days i had Stevie Wonder's LP "Talking book" on my wall, from my parents, probably. And, I went in, suspiciously, and discovered a whole new world. From that time i'm into more complex picture and lot of thing is passed through my ears (with very strict criteria, i must say).
And what about today's post? Today's post is simply elegant :)

Review
Year : 1974                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Motown
TT : 42:33
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Gene Clark - No Other

This is probably one of the best albums I ever heard. By all means. So, try it, just for me :) Naturally, if you are alternative or hard music fan only, you will say this is boring, slow, etc. But i bet that greatest alternative musicians have this in their own collection. Pure music.

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Year : 1974                                                                                                Ex - Yu verzija
Label : Collectors' Choice Music
TT : 43:19
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Robert Fripp - Exposure

Finally, I'm back. Time is a mystery and there is so many things where you can spend it, and blogging is not on my top ten list, i must admit :) But, here it is, Robert Fripp, ladies and gentlemen.. This is classic album from Fripp's mind, i think. Everything is here. You like explosion? Sometimes, this is very aggressive record. You like beautiful songs? Fripp also. Do you like King Crimson? Their signature guitar sound is all around, even some ironic lyrics is here (Fripp is Englishman, in the end). So, put headphones and go for a walk. Where, you ask? Well, goal is already with you.

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Year : 1979                                                                                               Ex - Yu verzija
Label : EG Records
TT : 46:28
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