Favorite instrumentals

[Dead Parrot]

The Who - Quadrophenia
Paul Weller - That Spiritual Feeling
Neil Young - The Emperor Of Wyoming
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
Nick Drake - Horn
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (Part 1)

[SurfRiderHawaii]

Telstar by The Tornados
Diamond Head by the Beach Boys

[Orange Crate Art]

The only Beach Boys instrumental I don't care for is Nearest Faraway Place. I dig the surf instrumentals and I love the instrumentals during and after Pet Sounds. Favorites I suppose would be Diamond Head, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, Fall Breaks, Pet Sounds, Let's Go Away For Awhile, Summer Means New Love, After The Game.  I wish Brian made a few more spooky ones like Mrs Olearys/Fall Breaks.

[bringahorseinhere?]

interestingly I know most everyone hates 'nearest faraway place'....

imagine if we ultimately found out Brian Wilson wrote it....... that would change everything....

RickB

[Summertime Blooz]

interestingly I know most everyone hates 'nearest faraway place'....

imagine if we ultimately found out Brian Wilson wrote it....... that would change everything....

RickB

Sure it's cheesy, but it's also very pretty. Some people just can't deal with that.

Anyway- this is first instrumental that came to mind when I considered which would be my favorite:

Todd Rundgren- Prana   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_qdqeb6LQ

[Orange Crate Art]

interestingly I know most everyone hates 'nearest faraway place'....

imagine if we ultimately found out Brian Wilson wrote it....... that would change everything....

RickB

For some maybe...

[The Dumb Angel]

Here's few of my favorite instrumentals.

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, Why
The Beatles - Flying
The Ventures - Walk Don't Run
Pavement - 5-4=Unity
The Olivia Tremor Control - Frosted Ambassador
The Velvet Underground - Ride Into the Sun
Super Furry Animals - Furryvision
Dick Dale - Miserlou, Let's Go Trippin'
Neutral Milk Hotel - The Penny Arcade in California
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
Brian Eno - Another Green World
The Triptides - Psychic Summer
The Flaming Lips - Sleeping On The Roof
The Who - Quadrophenia
Yo La Tengo - Green Arrow

[JK]

A few more personal favourites I haven't mentioned yet:

"Red River Rock" and the flip, "Buckeye"----Johnny & The Hurricanes
"Movin' and Groovin'"----Duane Eddy (among many)
"Walk Don't Run"----The Ventures
"The Savage"----The Shadows (among many)
"You Can't Sit Down"----The Phil Upchurch Combo
"Green Onions"----Booker T. & The M.G.s
"Wild Weekend"----The Rockin' Rebels
"Cleo's Mood"----Junior Walker & The All-Stars
"Groovin' With Mr. Bloe"----Mr. Bloe
"Hair Pie"----Captain Beefheart and His Magc Band
The "sea of instrumentals" on Surfin' U.S.A.----the Carl-Dave machine in full flight
"Pet Sounds"----my favourite track on the album...



 

[alf wiedersehen]

Here's few of my favorite instrumentals.

The Velvet Underground - Ride Into the Sun

"Ride Into the Sun" is definitely not an instrumental.

[The Dumb Angel]

Here's few of my favorite instrumentals.

The Velvet Underground - Ride Into the Sun

"Ride Into the Sun" is definitely not an instrumental.

Yeah, I suppose you're right, but my favorite version of the song has no vocals/lyrics, so that's why I ended up including it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmB1eYOjgug&feature=kp

[SurfRiderHawaii]

Guess that counts, that there is an instrumental version. " Passing By " definitely not. The vocals are the key melody part of the song.

Another favorite of mine is "One of These Days" by Pink Floyd.

[alf wiedersehen]

Here's few of my favorite instrumentals.

The Velvet Underground - Ride Into the Sun

"Ride Into the Sun" is definitely not an instrumental.

Yeah, I suppose you're right, but my favorite version of the song has no vocals/lyrics, so that's why I ended up including it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmB1eYOjgug&feature=kp

Oh, I don't think I've heard that version before.

One of my favorite instrumentals is "Hot as Sun/Glasses."

[JK]

Eek. Forgot an important one. I only found it recently
after trying to identify it for over 40 years. The
mid-sixties "pirates"* used to give it heavy rotation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaHuhoRmMoY

* Ships moored off the UK and elsewhere (but in international
waters) broadcasting pop music day and night. This was in the
days when the Musicians' Union had BBC Radio in its grip and
big bands and the like played their versions of the latest hits.
 

[BillA]

Two that I have not seen mentioned.

"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers
My favorite part is Chuck Leavell's piano solo.

"Intro" - Lou Reed (the intro to "Sweet Jane")

 

[JK]

Two that I have not seen mentioned.

"Jessica" - The Allman Brothers
My favorite part is Chuck Leavell's piano solo.

"Intro" - Lou Reed (the intro to "Sweet Jane")

 

Yes indeed----on both counts. I assume you mean the intro to the Rock'n'Roll Animal version....

[RangeRoverA1]

Jus' heard this on shuffle: Tonda Trio - Soul Scuba 95

Comments say it is sample of "Montara" by Bobby Hutcherson - well,  Idk, not familiar, all I know it's a good smooth funk jazzy stuff. Very "city life".

[Summertime Blooz]

Not sure that it gets any better than Burt's Casino Royale theme, but I love Pet Sounds. Hmmm..both have a Bond connection.

[BrianAlDaveFan]

"Telstar" by The Tornados (I cannot find the true original version on youtube anymore!)

And:

Slim Dunlap's cover of James Burton's song Love Lost:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjOKQui3cjw

[BrianAlDaveFan]

The 1963 Doctor Who theme as performed by Delia Derbyshire:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V4ClJZME4

[JK]

"Telstar" by The Tornados (I cannot find the true original version on youtube anymore!)

That is really weird! What are they thinking of?

[KDS]

Weiss Heim - Rainbow

Transylvania - Iron Maiden

A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd

Quadrophenia/The Rock - The Who

Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen

The Call of Ktulu - Metallica

A200 - Deep Purple

Fire on High - ELO

La Villa Strangiato - Rush

Let's Get MetaPhysical - David Gilmour

[Lee Marshall]

Buzzsaw...The Turtles
Apricot Brandy...Rhinoceros
969 The Oldest Man...Guess Who
Flying...Beatles
Pet Sounds...Beach Boys
Scorpio...Dennis Coffee
Rumble...Link Wray
Misirlou...Dick Dale
Amazing Grace...Jeff Beck
Sleepwalk...Brian Setzer [...more balls than the original by Santo and Johnny...which is still a great tune.]
Pick Up the Pieces...Average White Band
A Walk In the Black Forest...Horst Jankowski
Theme From Peter Gunn...Henry Mancini
Theme From Mission Impossible...Sly and Robbie version
Amazing Grace...Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Scotland The Brave...any quality pipe and drum band...MASS BANDS even better...The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Cast Your Fate to the Wind...Sounds Orchestral
Out of Limits...The Marketts
Surfin...Ernest Ranglin [Below the Baseline version]
Time Is Tight...Booker T and the MGs


There are 20 GREAT instrumentals.  Should fill up a cd.  Considered adding 'Our Prayer' as there are no lyrics...just human voices used as instruments.  Counts as far as I'M concerned.

[bgas]

Buzzsaw...The Turtles
Apricot Brandy...Rhinoceros
969 The Oldest Man...Guess Who
Flying...Beatles
Pet Sounds...Beach Boys
Scorpio...Dennis Coffee
Rumble...Link Wray
Misirlou...Dick Dale
Amazing Grace...Jeff Beck
Sleepwalk...Brian Setzer [...more balls than the original by Santo and Johnny...which is still a great tune.]
Pick Up the Pieces...Average White Band
A Walk In the Black Forest...Horst Jankowski
Theme From Peter Gunn...Henry Mancini
Theme From Mission Impossible...Sly and Robbie version
Amazing Grace...Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
Scotland The Brave...any quality pipe and drum band...MASS BANDS even better...The Royal Regiment of Scotland.
Cast Your Fate to the Wind...Sounds Orchestral
Out of Limits...The Marketts
Surfin...Ernest Ranglin [Below the Baseline version]
Time Is Tight...Booker T and the MGs


There are 20 GREAT instrumentals.  Should fill up a cd.  Considered adding 'Our Prayer' as there are no lyrics...just human voices used as instruments.  Counts as far as I'M concerned.

not to be too picky, but there's vocals on Buzzsaw by the Fabulous Dawgs....

[Lee Marshall]

Ya......BuZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ-Sawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.  [and some kind of a wordless  vocal chant...and a 'd.j.' wrapping it up]

It's like saying Wipeout or Tequila aren't instrumentals.

I'm leaving it on MY list but feel free to toss it if you feel you must.
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You might waste space on the cd though.  Leave it on and add the afore-mentioned Our Prayer.  [in the vocal instrumentals section. ]

[RangeRoverA1]

Good to My Baby backing track. I was listening to the GTMB sessions an hour on loop. Great stuff. I dare say this is the best song on Today, again.