Best Ever Albums

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

travelful — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 21:17:02 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 03/09/2018 02:17

Watch Out! by Wells Fargo

https://soundcloud.com/nowagainrecords/wells-fargo-watch-out

Recording in 1976, released physically in 2016. It's an amazing hard rock album with some psychedelic and even funk traits. I linked a couple sites below that give some info on the album, recording, and what was going on in Zimbabwe at the time. The pressing from Vinyl Me Please comes with a great 20-ish page booklet with a ton of interesting background information.

http://www.vinylmeplease.com/archive/wells-fargo/
https://www.nowagainrecords.com/there-was-rock-in-70s-zimbabwe/

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

Romanelli — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 19:17:58 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/09/2018 00:17

bobbyb5 wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

Stages: The Lost Album by Eric Andersen

This album was recorded in 1972 and 73, but the master tapes were lost in the Columbia vaults. It was eventually found and released in 1991. And it most certainly does not suck.

I have the one called Blue River on vinyl. I always liked it. It sounds like Tapestry.

This was the album that was supposed to have followed Blue River. It includes Leon Russell, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson.

Sounds awesome. Blue River has a wonderful sound to it and it's really very moving. I don't remember who the musicians were on it though. I wonder if they're the same ones as on this one. To tell the truth I don't remember ever seeing another album by him other than Blue River. Maybe these are the only two he ever made. I'm going to have to look that up.

Boy are you gonna be surprised...Eric Andersen has been making albums for over 50 years. He's made well over 30 of them, and he' still active today. His debut came out in 1965, and he was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 60's that also included Bob Dylan.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

Jimmy Dread — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 16:48:55 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 03/08/2018 21:48

More of the same in this thread from a couple of months back...

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:52:55 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/08/2018 16:52

Romanelli wrote:

bobbyb5 wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

I have the one called Blue River on vinyl. I always liked it. It sounds like Tapestry.

This was the album that was supposed to have followed Blue River. It includes Leon Russell, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

craola — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:32:41 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 03/08/2018 16:32

A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead

got lost in transit, but it eventually showed up. what a beautiful record.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

Romanelli — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:12:40 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/08/2018 14:12

bobbyb5 wrote:

Romanelli wrote:

I have the one called Blue River on vinyl. I always liked it. It sounds like Tapestry.

This was the album that was supposed to have followed Blue River. It includes Leon Russell, Joan Baez, Dan Fogelberg, Rick Danko and Garth Hudson.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

Bi11LL26Y — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:02:29 GMT

Author: Bi11LL26Y

Posted: 03/08/2018 14:02

Cigarettes and Valentines by Green Day. They never released it because the master tapes were stolen, (of which they were recovered years later,) and instead of re-recording everything, they scrapped the album and made American Idiot, my favorite album of all time. So I'm kind of glad they scrapped the initial release date, but over the years they have slowly released (or at least performed) a few of the tracks that were supposed to be on the album, and they are all great. I hope they release that album sometime down the line.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 08:56:03 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/08/2018 13:56

Romanelli wrote:

I have the one called Blue River on vinyl. I always liked it. It sounds like Tapestry.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

Romanelli — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 08:52:36 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 03/08/2018 13:52

Stages: The Lost Album by Eric Andersen

This album was recorded in 1972 and 73, but the master tapes were lost in the Columbia vaults. It was eventually found and released in 1991. And it most certainly does not suck.

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 02:38:54 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/08/2018 07:38

I just thought of this one. It's not like super great or anything, but still I think the single Mama Can't Buy You Love was the last really good thing he ever did. It was recorded right at the end of his classic 70s period. But only the one song was released at the time in 1977, until the whole thing was released in 1989.

The Complete Thom Bell Sessions by Elton John

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

bobbyb5 — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 02:10:15 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 03/08/2018 07:10

Generally, when you hear about an album being a great lost album, and then you finally hear it, you say to yourself: "Now I know why this album was never released: because it's a piece of shit.". But here's two that I think are kind of good. I know there must be other ones, but I just can't think of that many lost albums right now. Maybe that Jim Morrison one. But I don't know how lost that was.

Neu! 4 by Neu!

Green Desert by Tangerine Dream

Re: Favorite "Lost Album?"

glynspsa — Thu, 8 Mar 2018 02:03:30 GMT

Author: glynspsa

Posted: 03/08/2018 07:03

I have a few that I love:

Black Beauty by Love

The Smile Sessions by The Beach Boys

Bambu (The Caribou Sessions) by Dennis Wilson

Is It Love Or Desire by Betty Davis

Hitchhiker by Neil Young

Favorite "Lost Album?"

BLO — Wed, 7 Mar 2018 21:59:52 GMT

Author: BLO

Posted: 03/08/2018 02:59

There are quite a few albums that never saw the light of day, or came out years after they were meant to. Which is your favorite?

Smile is an obvious choice for me, but R.I.P. by The Zombies is also very good.