Do records that are old but you never bought or listened to when they were new count? If so, I just splurged on a mini-package of three Devadip Carlos Santana solo albums from the 70's and early 80's; One with Alice Coltrane and the other two billed as Devadip Carlos Santana. So far, "Oneness" is my favorite. I had most of his then current band on it and I think it could easily have been touted as a Santana band album. I believe it was releases in 1979.
. I love Bill Evans too. Do you have “You Must Believe In Spring”? Excellent as is everything by Evans.
Can't recall what led me to it but I recently heard The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976) for the first time. I'm not always the greatest judge off just one play but I definitely enjoyed it enough to revisit it.
RUSH | Power Windows I have been digesting the LP daily this week. There's a lot going on. Lots of whoosh...lots of whiiish
Dylan~New Morning. I'd probably heard it at parties but I'd never actually sat down and listened to it.
I was recently able to find a very reasonably priced XRCD version and it's stunning... but not required to appreciate the genius of Evans. Also; his 80s recordings I believe to be essential; in addition to the How My Heart Sings I was able to pick-up a box set of The Last Waltz which was recorded shortly before his death... it simply must be heard.
Everything Bill Evans might be considered essential. Go slow you've many hours of revelation before you. Until his end he never stopped expanding his musical horizons. The recordings just prior to his passing may well be his most astounding. I envy your trip.
Zachary Richard's - Bayou Des Mysteres Andy Bey's - American Song How Sweet It Is! - The Jackie Gleason Brass Collection
Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons/Hard Again/I'm Ready The 4 Seasons - The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette Hall & Oates - Voices Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite Sam Cooke - Night Beat Guy Clark - Old No. 1
Timothy B. Schmit's first 3 albums: Playin' It Cool (1984) Timothy B. (1987) Tell Me The Truth (1990)
Odessey and Oracle. I listened to it again and again that week. I must have played it twenty times. Magnificent work.
