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Re: Most Prolific Artist?

bobbyb5 — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:34:23 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/21/2017 07:34

Graeme2 wrote:

If he wasn't so prolific in output around his funk prime of the early 70s and saved all the best music for under his own moniker, he would have released albums to compete with the best. High quality stuff from this period with JBs, soundtracks, Lynn Collins etc, all the People stuff. Anyone can be prolific with a load of shit. For prolific with stuff worth hearing then I'd say brown around this period.

Right, when some people release a fuck- ton of stuff, it seems more like a stunt than anything else

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

Graeme2 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:43:53 GMT

Author: Graeme2

Posted: 07/18/2017 21:43

LittleM1971 wrote:

James Brown was pretty prolific

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

glynspsa — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 05:30:55 GMT

Author: glynspsa

Posted: 07/18/2017 09:30

I'll stick with Bob Weir. Ratdog alone has 384 releases. Furthur has hundreds of releases Dead and Dead And Company close to a couple hundred. Solo he is around 50-100. Then bobby midnights king fish, weir wasserman, night food close to another 50+ including imports. Then the grateful Dead who have hundreds of releases throw in imports and the number is staggering as most of their live performances that still exist were released on some form of "Import" Cd. And as I mentioned he appears on live recordings released by numerous artists including ABB, SCI, Phish, and others.

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

Jimmy Dread — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 01:57:18 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 07/18/2017 05:57

No mention of Gregory Isaacs yet? Over 900 releases listed for him on Discogs...

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

RoundTheBend — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:18:04 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/18/2017 02:18

bobbyb5 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

I suppose define prolific.

First that came to mind were Bach and Mozart.

See complete list of works here: (sorry afterhours, I beat you to it)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Johann_Sebastian_Bach

But then I started thinking modern day and I thought:
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney
Dave Grohl

The only one I wouldn't consider a prolific of this list is Paul Simon considering he's had a 50-year career he's only made a handful of albums. I mean Studio albums, only about eight or nine I think

I thought maybe that too at first.

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964)
Sounds of Silence (1966)
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)
Bookends (1968)
Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
Disc 1: The Paul Simon Song Book (1965)
Disc 2: Paul Simon (1972)
Disc 3: There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
Disc 4: Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' (1974)
Disc 5: Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Disc 6: One Trick Pony (1980)
Disc 7: Hearts and Bones (1983)
Disc 8: Graceland (1986)
Disc 9: The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
Disc 10 and Disc 11: Paul Simon's Concert in the Park (1991 2 CD set)
Disc 12: Songs From The Capeman (1997)
Disc 13: You're The one (2000)
Disc 14: Surprise (2006)
Disc 15: So Beautiful or So What (2011)

So 20... but 38 for Dylan... so still acceptable argument.

Here's a list of the supposed most prolific: (wikipedia does Johnny Cash differently, so makes me question the authenticity of this list).
http://blog.musicmagpie.co.uk/2015/05/12/which-bands-and-singers-have-released-the-most-albums/

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

TheHutts — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:02:26 GMT

Author: TheHutts

Posted: 07/17/2017 23:02

The Fall
Frank Zappa
Merzbow
Elvis Presley
Miles Davis (lots of other jazz artists are also very prolific)
Tangerine Dream

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

glynspsa — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 06:20:46 GMT

Author: glynspsa

Posted: 07/17/2017 10:20

If just studio, the correct answer is Buckethead and it is not even close. Some other prolific guys not mentioned Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir. Especially if considering all the live recordings. Then Weir actually has more than Buckethead available as released material. Almost all his ratdog, furthur , solo, WRG Trio, and post grateful dead (Dead and now dead and Company Shows) are or were available for purchase (on Cd as well as download) as well as all his vintage solo stuff and grateful dead material. So for Studio its Buckethead for just available recordings released it is Bob Weir. Not to mention live releases by other bands Weir appears with including The Allman Brothers (several instant lives), String Cheese Incident (several nugs.net releases from 2006), and Phish (live phish 2016 release).

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

Daydreamer — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 05:07:33 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 07/17/2017 09:07

Didn't Buckethead make like 60 albums in one year and then 50 in the next one?

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

bobbyb5 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 04:51:00 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/17/2017 08:51

Im not sure, but it might be a jazz or country artist that have had one of those long careers and worked in the days when artists were under contract to make more than one album per year.I know back in the 60s and 70s most country artists put out two or three albums per year, For example, Loretta Lynn has made 54 studio albums. And Conway Twitty has made 67 Studio albums

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

bobbyb5 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 04:46:11 GMT

Author: bobbyb5

Posted: 07/17/2017 08:46

sethmadsen wrote:

The only one I wouldn't consider a prolific of this list is Paul Simon considering he's had a 50-year career he's only made a handful of albums. I mean Studio albums, only about eight or nine I think

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

Insomniac — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 03:22:59 GMT

Author: Insomniac

Posted: 07/17/2017 07:22

Hard to top Omar Rodríguez-López, of At The Drive-In and Mars Volta fame.

In addition to the above, Bosnian Rainbows, & Antemasque, his solo project has churned out over 40 albums since the mid-2000s, over 20 of which have been in the last two years.

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 03:11:50 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 07/17/2017 07:11

Quote:

I suppose define prolific.

Artists that have (or did) create a ridiculous amount of music in their lifetime, or in a concentrated period.

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

LittleM1971 — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 03:06:33 GMT

Author: LittleM1971

Posted: 07/17/2017 07:06

James Brown was pretty prolific

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

RoundTheBend — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:31:38 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/17/2017 04:31

I suppose define prolific.

First that came to mind were Bach and Mozart.

See complete list of works here: (sorry afterhours, I beat you to it)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Johann_Sebastian_Bach

But then I started thinking modern day and I thought:
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney
Dave Grohl

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 22:42:51 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 07/17/2017 02:42

videoheadcleaner wrote:

I will go with Jim Thirlwell. Because I am a fanboy.

The World Of JG Thirlwell by Harkan
The World Of JG Thirlwell Pt. II by Harkan

Plus the 494 credits listed on here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/15025-JG-Thirlwell?type=Credits

I had a feeling I would be receiving this answer 😄 It really is crazy how much he has been involved in.

Re: Most Prolific Artist?

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 22:26:43 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 07/17/2017 02:26

I will go with Jim Thirlwell. Because I am a fanboy.

The World Of JG Thirlwell by Harkan
The World Of JG Thirlwell Pt. II by Harkan

Plus the 494 credits listed on here: http://www.discogs.com/artist/15025-JG-Thirlwell?type=Credits

Most Prolific Artist?

Tha1ChiefRocka — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:59:32 GMT

Author: Tha1ChiefRocka

Posted: 07/17/2017 01:59

For example;

Here are all the bands associated with Mike Patton. Of course there are more albums than these, but that would take up to much space.