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« Reply #50 on: July 13, 2013, 07:23:15 AM »

This thread is incomplete without mentioning The River - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
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« Reply #51 on: July 13, 2013, 09:07:12 AM »

This thread is incomplete without mentioning The River - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.

Indeed.
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« Reply #52 on: July 20, 2013, 02:08:04 PM »

Uncle Meat by Frank Zappa, for me, is the best double album ever.

Me too. Most enjoyable double album in my collection.
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« Reply #53 on: July 20, 2013, 05:23:35 PM »

Don't know if I can pick a "best", but here are some favorites.

The Beatles - The Beatles
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!, Uncle Meat
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti, Joe's Garage (yeah, it's a triple)
The Doors - Absolutely Live
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys in Concert
The Who - Tommy, Quadrophenia
The Velvet Underground - 1969: The Velvet Underground Live
Pink Floyd - The Wall, Ummagumma
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East, Eat a Peace
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Bruce Springsteen - The River
The Band - Rock of Ages, The Last Waltz
Aphrodite's Child - 666 (The Apocalypse of John, 13/18)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Tangerine Dream - Zeit
Talking Heads - The Name of This Band is Talking Heads
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew, Live/Evil, Agharta, Pangaea
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
Focus - Focus 3
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Bee Gees - Odessa
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde, Before the Flood, The Basement Tapes
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
The Clash - London Calling, Sandinista!
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, The Fragile, Year Zero, Ghosts I-IV
Prince - 1999, Sign O' the Times
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Can - Tago Mago
The Byrds - Untitled
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Yoko Ono - Fly
Manassas - Manassas
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road
KISS - Alive!
Isaac Hayes - Black Moses
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« Reply #54 on: July 23, 2013, 04:16:44 AM »

^ Great list and all, but what's up with the triples?
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« Reply #55 on: July 23, 2013, 06:43:56 AM »

Canned Heat: Livin the Blues

just b/c it wasnt mentioned yet.  LOL
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« Reply #56 on: July 23, 2013, 10:32:51 AM »

Songs in the Key of Life
Ellington at Newport
Blonde on Blonde
The White Album
The River is about one and half rather than a double, imho - still his best album, though.
The Boys in Concert
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« Reply #57 on: July 23, 2013, 11:37:48 PM »

Nice to see some love for Manassas

Honorable mentions:

Bad Girls: Donna Summer
Once Upon A Time: Donna Summer
Journey Through The Secret Lives Of Plants: Stevie Wonder
Big Fun: Miles Davis
WarLive: War
Platinum Jazz: War
Giant Step/De Ole Folks Back Home: Taj Mahal
Freedom Suit: The Rascals
Father's & Sons: Muddy Waters

Can someone please try and explain to me Waiting For Columbus?

I REALLY want to love this album, or even like it. Just about everyone I know worships it, yet whenever I've put it on, I've felt like I was just sitting there waiting for the songs to start.... I love Lowell George's voice and playing, but yeah, my mind just starts wandering about 5minutes in and I feel like I showed up early to a party that never really got going.... I know I'm probably just approaching it wrong or something.... Any advice?
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« Reply #58 on: April 17, 2014, 06:47:57 PM »

I haven't listened to a lot of Double albums.

The Beatles- The Beatles
Bee Gees- Odessa
The Beach Boys- In Concert
The Beach Boys- The SMiLE Sessions :D
Paul McCartney and Wings- Wings Over America (triple)

I also own The Beatles' Rock and Roll Music double LP compilation on vinyl.

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« Reply #59 on: April 17, 2014, 08:38:17 PM »

If we are talking live albums "Live Bullet" should be somewhere on there.

For compilations it is hard to beat "Endless Summer".

For studio albums I would rte "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" because it is so damned consistent (btw, instead of "Crocadile Rock" the Beach Boys should have covered "Harmony").  Too many other double albums have too much filler.

For albums that should have been double I present the Beach Boys Holland:

Side A:
"Sail On Sailor"
"Mess of Help"
"He Come Down"
"Marcella"
"Funky Pretty"
"All This Is That"

Side B:
"Sail On Sailor"
"Steamboat"
"Leaving This Town"
"Only With You"
"Cuddle Up"

Side C:
"California Saga: Big Sur"
"California Saga: Beaks of Eagles"
"California Saga: California"
"The Trader"

Side D:
Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale)"
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« Reply #60 on: April 17, 2014, 09:41:48 PM »

You forgot to add "Sail On Sailor" again on side C and side D.
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« Reply #61 on: April 18, 2014, 12:26:18 AM »

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« Reply #62 on: April 18, 2014, 12:27:52 AM »

Hard to pick... probably Pink Floyd's The Wall or In Concert or the SMiLE Sessions by the Boys.
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« Reply #63 on: April 18, 2014, 02:22:05 PM »

I was amazed and delighted to see this double CD finally uploaded on YouTube:

 

Maybe not the best ever, but most certainly worth investigating----but not if you're feeling down... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbrWCPESdvk
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« Reply #64 on: April 18, 2014, 03:46:51 PM »

White Album, Jesus Christ Superstar (both original and movie), Tommy,,,,
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« Reply #65 on: April 18, 2014, 05:04:36 PM »

The Beatles is the obvious choice.

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« Reply #66 on: April 20, 2014, 12:34:41 AM »

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
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« Reply #67 on: April 20, 2014, 12:47:09 AM »

A lot of great ones have been named so far. Although, if I had to pick a favorite, I'd probably have to pick the magnificent behemoth that is Blonde on Blonde.
If Village Green Preservation Society had been actually completed as a double album, that would probably be my pick. I would love to hear that record.

I once tried to collect double albums, there's something I find very interesting about them. Although, this proved to be a little bit expensive and was abandoned immediately.
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« Reply #68 on: April 20, 2014, 01:27:04 PM »

Speaking of the Kinks, the only double LP of "original" music they released was "Everybody's in Showbiz."  Of course it is half  live and a bit spotty (or very spotty).  But it contains Celluoid Heroes, Supersonic Rocketship, Here Comes Another Day, and the exquisite, devastating Sitting in My Hotel.  And on the live side you have a few definitive versions of Muswell Hillbillies songs, especially Alcohol (also one of their very greatest songs and performances, if somewhat overlooked).  The filler ain't half bad.

Then there is Kronikles, which just sounds like one of the greatest original LPs ever released.
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« Reply #69 on: April 20, 2014, 11:41:19 PM »

If we are doing "best triple album ever", then it's "All Things Must Pass" for me - with "Concert For Bangladesh" a runnerup. But Sticking to doubles, I'd say "The Beatles", Elvis' "From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis", or the Rascals "Freedom Suite".
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« Reply #70 on: April 21, 2014, 12:27:26 AM »

A lot of great ones have been named so far. Although, if I had to pick a favorite, I'd probably have to pick the magnificent behemoth that is Blonde on Blonde.
If Village Green Preservation Society had been actually completed as a double album, that would probably be my pick. I would love to hear that record.

All of the Village Green outtakes are really slight compared to the 15 that made it on. It's perfect as is.

BESIDES: Till Death Do Us Part, which was intended for a movie but recorded during the VGPS sessions.
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« Reply #71 on: April 21, 2014, 04:27:33 AM »

Speaking of the Kinks, the only double LP of "original" music they released was "Everybody's in Showbiz."  Of course it is half  live and a bit spotty (or very spotty).  But it contains Celluoid Heroes, Supersonic Rocketship, Here Comes Another Day, and the exquisite, devastating Sitting in My Hotel.  And on the live side you have a few definitive versions of Muswell Hillbillies songs, especially Alcohol (also one of their very greatest songs and performances, if somewhat overlooked).  The filler ain't half bad.

Then there is Kronikles, which just sounds like one of the greatest original LPs ever released.

Preservation Act 2 was a double as well, but I'm all for not ever mentioning that album again if we're doing that.
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« Reply #72 on: April 21, 2014, 02:51:58 PM »

A lot of great ones have been named so far. Although, if I had to pick a favorite, I'd probably have to pick the magnificent behemoth that is Blonde on Blonde.
If Village Green Preservation Society had been actually completed as a double album, that would probably be my pick. I would love to hear that record.

All of the Village Green outtakes are really slight compared to the 15 that made it on. It's perfect as is.

BESIDES: Till Death Do Us Part, which was intended for a movie but recorded during the VGPS sessions.

Don't get me wrong, I love Village Green Preservation Society. But, like with the extended version of "Meant for You," I'll happily take more of a good thing.
Besides, I think stuff like "Mr. Songbird" and "Days" are pretty good.
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« Reply #73 on: April 21, 2014, 06:57:45 PM »

Speaking of the Kinks, the only double LP of "original" music they released was "Everybody's in Showbiz."  Of course it is half  live and a bit spotty (or very spotty).  But it contains Celluoid Heroes, Supersonic Rocketship, Here Comes Another Day, and the exquisite, devastating Sitting in My Hotel.  And on the live side you have a few definitive versions of Muswell Hillbillies songs, especially Alcohol (also one of their very greatest songs and performances, if somewhat overlooked).  The filler ain't half bad.

Then there is Kronikles, which just sounds like one of the greatest original LPs ever released.

Preservation Act 2 was a double as well, but I'm all for not ever mentioning that album again if we're doing that.

Oops!  You are absolutely correct.  I admit to only listening to it once or twice, although I own it.  Quite like the single Act I however.

Not mentioned yet, Cold Roses by Ryan Adams and the Cardinals -- my fave work by him.
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« Reply #74 on: April 21, 2014, 06:58:33 PM »

I think with doubles, sequencing is key....

Even my favorites like The White Album and Ouadrophenia, Odessa can be something of a slog to get through after a bit due to sequencing ....

Something like Bad Girls: Donna Summer avoids this (in my opinion) with sequencing ....

Side One has the rockers, side two has the R&B/disco stompers, side three has the R&B belters, side four has the futuristic, proto-techo, lengthy freakouts!

Makes me wish all doubles had been laid out with that sort of thing in mind .... Actually: The Mothers: Freak Out sorta is....

Kinks: Preservation 2! The sequencing is very good on that one, only the songs (with an exception or two) aren't much .... :/
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