RocknRoll firsts

No, but I know it's not either one of those groups.

 

wow I was looking to see if anyone mentioned about the Elevators being the first band to call themselves psychedelic. I forgot about the Blues Magoos song. So they used the term first but the 13th Floor Elevators were the first band to call their music that then....

 

The Monkees.

 

I think you'll find he's English, not Irish. Yes, he was born there but by that logic does that mean Cliff Richard is Indian? No.

Now I wonder what Irish band did break that record? Hmm..name escapes me.

 

Whether it was first or not, I don't know, but Chicago at Carnegie Hall from 1971 was a four-record box set with numerous inserts.

 

This has already been discussed.
See post 69 by Darrin L. and his following posts.
Was not the Beatles or Monkees

 

No.The Monkees in 1967 but George not only bought and played one on AR he also released "Electronic Sound " some 4 months prior which featured his Moog exclusively. The record was one of two (other one Lennon) that was issued on the Zapple Label.Yes Zapple a subsidiary of Apple Records.I own both they are for collectors mostly.Hope this helps.Peace.

 

Wait...what? INSTRUMENTAL album? That really happened?

 

I know about George's Electronic Sound but I meant generally a rock album with moog synths.

 

Please see post 69 regarding this.

 

Wrong! Chicago was ahead of them by two years. Their live album Chicago at Carnegie Hall is a four-LP box set released in 1971.

 

They supposedly took offense to the title "G-Spot Tornado" (although for some reason Jazz From Hell was fine?). In my opinion they were probably just sore at Zappa for so thoroughly shredding each and every argument they presented, and this was the only way they could get back at him. That might have actually been the reason Zappa made an instrumental album - to see what they'd do. Which was claim it had offensive lyrics. I bet Frank had a good laugh about that one.

 

You know, I vaguely remember a Morton Downey Jr. show where he had Tipper Gore and some others from the warning label crowd, and Downey gave them holy hell! Can't remember now if Zappa was also on the show...

 

I read the thread title as Rock 'n' Roll Farts.
I was taken aback for a moment.
At first I thought I'd suggest Morrissey but I'm not sure if he's classed as Rock 'n' Roll.
Then I re-read the thread title and now it's all this...

 

That is correct.There was a local Texas rag titled "Not Fade Away" and in 1975 the did a two part article/interview with with members ,that is where you will uncover that Elevators gig that promoted them as Psychedelic occurred at the Vulcan Gas Company in Austin Texas 1966.Also there was local Dallas DJ( Ron Chapman) who had a local RnR show called "Somethin Else" that all us teens used to watch and the Elevators did a few performances on that show.Also saw them live at The Cellar 1 Ft.Worth&The Cellar 2 Dallas.And they also played at 2 of our high school gym dances in Dallas.Some of those Somethin Else performances can be found on the LP "Fire In My Bones" released mid-80s.Peace.

 

Hi from Wales. First post. Is t Johnny winters album Johnny winter and... the first three sided album.

 

no but I don't recall seeing any bands like this before

 

You mean "Second Winter" from 1969, right? That one was a double with a blank side.

 

Dylan 5-16-66 ; Mothers 6-27-66

 

Dinah Washington 1963

 

It was not the first time heavy metal was mentioned in any capacity:

"The term 'heavy metal' first appears in print in William Burroughs' 1962 novel The Soft Machine. His character Uranian Willy is described as "the Heavy Metal Kid".

'Heavy metal' - the meaning and origin of this phrase

 

You right.Steppenwolf tune was released in 1968.Born To Be Wild was issued as a single prior to being on the self titled Steppenwolf LP.All this took place in 1968 not 67 or 69.The tune was included on Easy Rider movie soundtrack in 1969.I was there.Peace.
Note:B side was " Everybody's Next One"

 

I wonder if Hapshash & the Coloured Coat borrowed this from W.B. for their album title "Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids"

 

From the same article:

"The term 'heavy metal' was used in a musical context in the title of a 1967 album by the British avant-garde outfit Hapshash and the Coloured Coat - Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids. The title wasn't applied to a particular musical style and appears to have been a reference to the 'kids' in Burroughs' novel.

 

Thanks, I always wondered about that album title by Hapshash.