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Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

PurpleHazel — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:11:07 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 04/24/2018 07:11

Gowi wrote:

PurpleHazel wrote:

Yeah, the release dates for 60s and 70s jazz albums (and probably other decades too) on Wikipedia and AllMusic are often actually the recording date. Don't know if Scaruffi is the root of the problem or just a contributor to it. (A lot of the 19XX In Jazz pages on Wikipedia are basically cut and pasted from Scaruffi's yearly lists.)

Discogs is the most reliable -- if -- the album has more than one edition available. If you want to pm me the problem album titles, I'll fix them.

Just fix all of the 60s and 70s jazz, should be easy. :wink:

Haha I've fixed all the ones I've spotted.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

mickilennial — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:07:27 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/23/2018 23:07

PurpleHazel wrote:

Just fix all of the 60s and 70s jazz, should be easy. 😉

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

PurpleHazel — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:05:14 GMT

Author: PurpleHazel

Posted: 04/23/2018 23:05

Gowi wrote:

I am currently relistening to my favorite records from the 1970s and listening to some gems through recommendations that I have missed. I’ve got my 1970 chart relatively done, though one thing I noticed while crafting it (and was too lazy to fix) was a lot of the jazz records have the wrong year on their release – normally by a year.

Yeah, the release dates for 60s and 70s jazz albums (and probably other decades too) on Wikipedia and AllMusic are often actually the recording date. Don't know if Scaruffi, who prefers listing albums by release date, is the root of the problem or just a contributor to it. (A lot of the 19XX In Jazz pages on Wikipedia are basically cut and pasted from Scaruffi's yearly lists.)

Discogs is the most reliable -- if -- the album has more than one edition available. If you want to pm me the problem album titles, I'll fix them.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

YoungPunk — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:21:38 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 04/23/2018 22:21

my guess is 71 is actually the best for now, with my incomplete knowledge.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

YoungPunk — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:52:52 GMT

Author: YoungPunk

Posted: 04/23/2018 21:52

70s music is so cool, still have much to discover!

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

mickilennial — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:40:14 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 04/23/2018 20:40

I am currently relistening to my favorite records from the 1970s and listening to some gems through recommendations that I have missed. I’ve got my 1970 chart relatively done, though one thing I noticed while crafting it (and was too lazy to fix) was a lot of the jazz records have the wrong year on their release – normally by a year.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:10:49 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/04/2018 02:10

And an earlier period. '60-'62 were kind of weak, comparatively.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Wed, 3 Jan 2018 20:54:25 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/04/2018 01:54

Well, here's some more data... hope it doesn't cause you to stumble, Seth.

Same deal, but '67-'73. It shows how strong the early 70's were when it comes to the top 50. Stronger than '67.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

RoundTheBend — Wed, 3 Jan 2018 20:32:09 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 01/04/2018 01:32

rkm wrote:

This is what the BEA stats say about the 70's.
Top 10 and top 50 overall rank average compared for each year.

If you go by top 10 it's 71, 70, 77.
If you go by top 50 it's 70, 71, 73.
And if you went by #1 it'd be 73, 71, 75.

This might be the most beautiful part of this thread.

As Bono said to the Edge, the collection of data is... Something sexual to a scientist... Or something.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Wed, 3 Jan 2018 14:39:03 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/03/2018 19:39

This is what the BEA stats say about the 70's.
Top 10 and top 50 overall rank average compared for each year.

If you go by top 10 it's 71, 70, 77.
If you go by top 50 it's 70, 71, 73.
And if you went by #1 it'd be 73, 71, 75.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Wed, 3 Jan 2018 05:34:40 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/03/2018 10:34

Norman Bates wrote:

1970. Top 50:

Nick Drake;

I had Bryter Later in 1970, too. Then I noticed it had 1971 as the date on BEA. So I moved it. Weird.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

Norman Bates — Wed, 3 Jan 2018 03:39:43 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/03/2018 08:39

1970. Top 50:

Nick Drake; Stooges; Nico; Barrett (X2!); Neil Young, Curtis Mayfield; Buckley (X2!); Art Ensemble of Chicago; Bill Fay; Vashti Bunyan; Van Morrison (x2!); Gil Scott-Heron; Last Poets; Lee Dorsey; U-Roy; Soft Machine; Anthony Braxton; Archie Shepp; CCR; L'infonie; Joni; Hazlewood; Ayers; Hayes; Black Sabbath; James Brown (x2 at the very least!); Pentangle; Stills; Temptations; Demon Fuzz; Allen Toussaint; Jackie McLean; Scott Walker; Alan Franklin; Amon Düül II; CSNY; Fairfield Parlour; Flying Burrito Bros.; Simon Finn; Françoise Hardy; Kinks; Steeleye Span; Tangerine Dream; Mayo Thompson; Heron; Rick Nelson; Rex Holman; Tyrannosaurus Rex; Beach Boys; Hooker'n' Heat

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

AAL2014 — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 23:56:26 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 01/03/2018 04:56

creator wrote:

Absolutely no contest. 1977.

2x David Bowie, 2x Iggy Pop, 2x Fela Kuti, The Congos, Elvis Costello, Wire, Kraftwerk, Television, Brian Eno, Parliament, and Suicide.

Bowie did the brother/sister album concept with Low and "Heroes" better than anyone's combo I've heard so far. In the same amazing year no less. From the flow of the album to their respective instrumental/experimental tracks to their fucking covers, they are two totally different albums but one in the same. They have perfect contrasting colors just like their album covers.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

creator — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 23:16:35 GMT

Author: creator

Posted: 01/03/2018 04:16

Absolutely no contest. 1977.

2x David Bowie, 2x Iggy Pop, 2x Fela Kuti, The Congos, Elvis Costello, Wire, Kraftwerk, Television, Brian Eno, Parliament, and Suicide.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 21:06:44 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/03/2018 02:06

Voted

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

AAL2014 — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:29:11 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 01/03/2018 01:29

rkm wrote:

Because of this thread I've spent the last few days reviewing and updating my 1970 list. Such a strong year. I'm partial to singer/song-writer stuff, and there's a lot of that, but also rock albums and jazz.

1970 will probably get my vote, but I'm also halfway through 1971, so I'm reserving judgement until the last minute.

1970 Albums
1 Moondance - Van Morrison
2 Ladies Of The Canyon - Joni Mitchell
3 Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
4 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
5 After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
6 All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
7 Everything Is Everything - Donny Hathaway
8 Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
9 Let It Be - The Beatles
10 Band Of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
11 Morrison Hotel - The Doors
12 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
13 Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
14 Abraxas - Santana
15 McCartney - Paul McCartney
16 Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
17 Elton John - Elton John
18 His Band And The Street Choir - Van Morrison
19 Fire And Water - Free
20 Chicago II - Chicago
21 Pendulum - Creedence Clearwater Revival
22 Bruce Cockburn - Bruce Cockburn
23 American Beauty - Grateful Dead
24 We'll Get Over - The Staple Singers
25 Toussaint - Allen Toussaint
26 Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder
27 Spirit In The Dark - Aretha Franklin
28 I Am The Blues - Willie Dixon
29 Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
30 Ptah, The El Daoud - Alice Coltrane
31 Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
32 Extensions - McCoy Tyner
33 Demon's Dance - Jackie McLean
34 Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) - Pharoah Sanders
35 Intercontinental - Joe Pass

That is quite the list of albums. 1970 was indeed an impeccable year for music. Hopefully there is still time left to vote. I only set the poll to last for 5 days so I'm not sure if you're still able to vote. Let me know!

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:23:23 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/03/2018 01:23

Because of this thread I've spent the last few days reviewing and updating my 1970 list. Such a strong year. I'm partial to singer/song-writer stuff, and there's a lot of that, but also rock albums and jazz.

1970 will probably get my vote, but I'm also halfway through 1971, so I'm reserving judgement until the last minute.

1970 Albums (less common choices in bold)
1 Moondance - Van Morrison
2 Ladies Of The Canyon - Joni Mitchell
3 Sweet Baby James - James Taylor
4 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
5 After The Gold Rush - Neil Young
6 All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
7 Everything Is Everything - Donny Hathaway
8 Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
9 Let It Be - The Beatles
10 Band Of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
11 Morrison Hotel - The Doors
12 John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
13 Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
14 Abraxas - Santana
15 McCartney - Paul McCartney
16 Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
17 Elton John - Elton John
18 His Band And The Street Choir - Van Morrison
19 Fire And Water - Free
20 Chicago II - Chicago
21 Pendulum - Creedence Clearwater Revival
22 Bruce Cockburn - Bruce Cockburn
23 American Beauty - Grateful Dead
24 We'll Get Over - The Staple Singers
25 Toussaint - Allen Toussaint
26 Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder
27 Spirit In The Dark - Aretha Franklin
28 I Am The Blues - Willie Dixon
29 Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
30 Ptah, The El Daoud - Alice Coltrane
31 Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard
32 Extensions - McCoy Tyner
33 Demon's Dance - Jackie McLean
34 Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) - Pharoah Sanders
35 Intercontinental - Joe Pass

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

AAL2014 — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 11:15:51 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 01/02/2018 16:15

rkm wrote:

This is a fly on the ointment idea, and I'm not suggesting any change to what you're doing... but

I was thinking today, the results of your poll would have been quite different if the rounds were divided differently. You've gone for decades, but it would've made some sense musically (not chronologically) to divide the rounds like this:

1956-1966
1967-1976
1977-1986
1987-1996
1997-2006
2007-2017

Obviously, you'd have had different years competing against each other. 1967-1976 would've been very hard fought.

No no, I see what you mean, no fly in the ointment at all. At the end of all this it's just for fun and to spark discussion anyway. That's an interesting way of looking at it, especially breaking 65/66 and 67-69 up. Thanks for your input!

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

Daydreamer — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 05:10:38 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 01/02/2018 10:10

1971 cleary has the biggest number of classics and high quality albums and it's really hard to argue against it being one of the greatests years ever. However, I still chose 1975 simply because it has 4 albums in my top 20 of all time and that's a feat no other year has. It definitely doesn't have the depth of 1971 or even 1970 and 1973 but it felt right to vote for it given the fact it has the highest peak of all years.

Re: Best Year For Music- Round 1-Part 2: The 1970's

rkm — Tue, 2 Jan 2018 03:32:22 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 01/02/2018 08:32

This is a fly on the ointment idea, and I'm not suggesting any change to what you're doing... but

I was thinking today, the results of your poll would have been quite different if the rounds were divided differently. You've gone for decades, but it would've made some sense musically (not chronologically) to divide the rounds like this:

1956-1966
1967-1976
1977-1986
1987-1996
1997-2006
2007-2017

Obviously, you'd have had different years competing against each other. 1967-1976 would've been very hard fought.