{"id":165164,"date":"2022-06-23T09:38:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/?p=165164"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:22:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:22:29","slug":"sounds-fifty-years-time-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/sounds-fifty-years-time-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Happenings fifty years time ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kim Du Toit came across this graphic and offered this challenge<\/a>: “Your job, should you choose it (and you should), is to pick your five (and only five) favorites.” Let’s see… Something\/Anything?<\/b><\/i>, Machine Head<\/b><\/i>, Trilogy<\/b><\/i>, Foxtrot<\/b><\/i>, Blue \u00d6yster Cult<\/b><\/i>. That wasn’t too hard. With a few exceptions, most of the recordings listed are not my favorites by those artists, or are from musicians I have little enthusiasm for.<\/p>\n

There was plenty other listenable music in 1972. It was right in the middle of the golden age of progressive rock, after all, and not just in the Anglosphere. These also are fifty years old:<\/p>\n

Back Door, Back Door<\/strong><\/i>
\nBanco del Mutuo Soccorso, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso<\/strong><\/i>; Darwin!<\/strong><\/i>
\nDan Hicks & His Hot Licks, Striking It Rich<\/strong><\/i>
\nGentle Giant, Three Friends<\/strong><\/i>; Octopus<\/strong><\/i>
\nThe Groundhogs, Hogwash<\/strong><\/i>
\nHot Tuna, Burgers<\/strong><\/i>
\nIl Balletto di Bronzo, Ys<\/strong><\/i>
\nJo Jo Gunne, Jo Jo Gunne<\/strong><\/i>
\nJohn Renbourn, Faro Annie<\/strong><\/i>
\nKhan, Space Shanty<\/strong><\/i>
\nLe Orme, Uomo di pezza<\/strong><\/i>
\nNitty Gritty Dirt Band et al<\/em>, Will the Circle Be Unbroken<\/strong><\/i>
\nPremiata Forneria Marconi, Storia di un minuto<\/strong><\/i>; Per un amico<\/strong><\/i>
\nProcol Harum, In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra<\/strong><\/i>
\nRandy Newman, Sail Away<\/strong><\/i>
\nRichard Thomson, Henry the Human Fly<\/strong><\/i>
\nRy Cooder, Into the Purple Valley<\/strong><\/i>
\nSteeleye Span, Below the Salt<\/strong><\/i>
\nStrawbs, Grave New World<\/strong><\/i>
\nWishbone Ash, Argus<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

And let’s not forget Ashley Hutchings<\/a> and Flied Egg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would have a much harder time picking just five from these.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jumping a decade forward: J Greely found another music-related graphic<\/a>. The only band here I haven’t heard is Hikasu<\/a>, who might be worth investigating. Fans of Devo or Satoshi Kon might be interested in Susumu Hirasawa’s P-Model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kim Du Toit came across this graphic and offered this challenge: “Your job, should you choose it (and you should), is to pick your five (and only five) favorites.” Let’s see… Something\/Anything?, Machine Head, Trilogy, Foxtrot, Blue \u00d6yster Cult. That wasn’t too hard. With a few exceptions, most of the recordings listed are not my … Continue reading “Happenings fifty years time ago”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-GXW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165164"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165246,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165164\/revisions\/165246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}