July 19, 2013 Playlist

"Meddle" by Pink Floyd (1971)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Pink Floyd  "Meddle"  1971 (UK)
Now this is some classic psychedelic & progressive rock. The Floyds were on the cutting edge of the psychedelic revolution in swinging London in 1966-67, but then floundered for a direction after sacking their eccentric lead singer/songwriter guitarist Roger "Syd" Barrett for his old school chum David Gilmour. Eventually he and bassist Roger Waters would helm the Pink starship through a period of tremendous success in the middle-to-late 1970's, along with the iconic (yet somehow always gloriously anonymous) Rick Wright on prog pillow keyboards and Nick Mason on tribal cosmic orchestra drums. The glory of Floyd during this period is that they created their own meticulous all-enveloping soundworld: nobody else sounds like them, they occupied a niche that was not quite like the Beatles nor Yes or any of their other contemporaries,and generations continue to get lost in the hypnotic majesty of their music. Released a couple of years before global superstardom, Meddle is certainly the most unsung album in the group's discography, and perhaps my favorite of their releases. One side feaures a perfect 23 minute song ("Echoes") about underwater flying saucers (I think! Also there's an albatross in there somewhere), and the other a collection of a groove rocker ("One Of These Days"), a ballad ("Pillow Of Winds"), a countrified life-affirming anthem ("Fearless"), and even sailboat jazz ("San Tropez") and a blues jam with a dog ("Seamus")!
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
GenesisWatcher Of The SkiesFoxtrot1972UK
Van der Graaf GeneratorPioneers Over cH To He, Who Am The Only One1970UK
 
 
Pink Floyd
One Of These Days
Meddle
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1971
UK
Pink Floyd
Fearless
Meddle
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1971
UK
Pink Floyd
Echoes
Meddle
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1971
UK
   
 
Earthling SocietyKosmik Suite No. 2Plastic Jesus And The Third Eye Blind2006UK
LumeriansSmokies Tangle
The High Frontier (N)2013 (Knitting Factory)
USA
   
 
The Stark Reality Shooting Stars
Acting, Thinking, Feeling (N - reissue box set)rec. 1970 (2013 Now Again)USA
Pink FloydInterstellar Overdrive (alternate version)London '66-'67rec. 1967UK
The WhoUndertureTommy1969UK
The Moody BluesTo Share Our Love
   / So Deep Within You
On The Threshold Of A Dream1969UK
 
 
Black Sabbath End Of The Beginning
13 (N)2013 (Mercury)UK
Wolf People
ThiefFain (N)2013 (Jagjaguwar)UK
RushThe Twilight Zone21121976Canada
KlaatuAround The Universe In 80 DaysHope1977Canada
 
  
SlocheIsacaaron (Le Démon Des Choses Sexuelles)Stadaconé1976Canada (Quebec)
      
   
   
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