I collected records! IT started with a Beatles/Hey Jude album that I got for my 7th birthday. By the time I was 16, I had about 300 albums. That's what I did as a kid for a hobby. It was a vivid enjoyment and thought stimulation process that progressive artists were achieving and sharing. I appreciate and honor the detail of the art form. These are favorite CDs and albums from my collection that I am very fond of for having that edge of total creativity and for leaving a visual imprint on the brain!
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'Confusion' ...will be my epitaph
as I cross ...a cracked and broken path
If we make it ...we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I'll be crying...
King Crimson / In The Court of the Crimson King. Another all time classic. A band so cool that it lured away YES drummer Bill Bruford from the band when YES were peaking. I always wondered how Topographic Oceans would have turned out with Bruford on the drum kit. This album is from 1969 well before Bruford fell in the fold and features Greg Lake singing and playing bass. Wonder why he left so quickly? It is a monumental work with all the songs dripping in a very deep and English wallow. And with an album cover you can't forget! 21st Century Schizoid Man is still a test for any musician to get through. April Wine did a great remake of it in the early 80's that was damn good but the production on this album was so intense and hard to beat. Very surreal and very original!
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On October
10, 1969 the album "In the Court of the Crimson King: An
Observation by King Crimson" was released. Pete Townshend
of The Who called it
"an uncanny masterpiece". Rolling Stone thought it "pretentious"
and Melody Maker said
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. I always wished Genesis had done a film of their shows ala Yessongs of this ultimately theatrical era of theirs. This LIVE album should have been a 2-record set. There must be the out takes from this album. Supper's Ready is the gem I am missing here. Where is it now? This era of Genesis is somewhat dark and ominous to me -being used to a Moody Blues-YES kind of Major mode music. Never really played LIVE all that often. I did the 3D rendering for My Friend George Massis who gave all that great info for 'The Lamb' in Gallery 2. Hope you enjoy it George! This one's for you!
There's a lady who's...yeah yeah yeah
I am also a Led Zeppelin fan! I have all their stuff except for 'In through the Outdoor' which was played to saturation levels on FM radio. This album takes me back to 6th grade times. I used to listen to this with all the lights off in the house when I could ( folks were out bowling (it was Milwaukee) and my brother was out with friends). Stairway to Heaven ---Another saturated song, but I do remember the first time I heard it ...I knew that it was something very special. 'Battle of Evermore' was also very visual and had a very real mood as it faded in. I took a little artistic freedom with the cover above combining the whole album package into one front cover. What do you think?
some info on Led Zeppelin
Early
in 1968, the fourth reincarnation of the British Invasion group
"The Yardbirds" broke up. This highly influential band
contained such guitar legends as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and
lastly
Jimmy Page.
When
the Yardbirds decided to disband, Jimmy Page was left without
a group. So he spearheaded an effort to form one. Initially, the
group's name was to be "The New Yardbirds". But a
comment by either Keith Moon or John Entwistle of The Who; that
the new group would "go down like a Lead Zeppelin" inspired
a new name. It was decided that the new group would be called
"Led Zeppelin". ("Lead" was changed to "Led"
so that there would be no problem with pronunciation)
Page
recruited Robert Plant as lead singer. Plant was renowned for
his high pitched wails and powerful voice. John Paul Jones was
recruited to play bass and keyboards. And John "Bonzo"
Bonham, whose exploits rivaled those of Keith Moon, became the
drummer. Both Page and Jones were experienced session men, Page
having played on albums for artists such as The Kinks and Donovan
Plant and Bonham were young and unexperienced. But it was hardly
noticeable.
Bands in the early 70's had complete freedom to make the music welling in their souls ...with out the labels interfering trying to have a top 40 hit. This was the birth of the YES we all know and enjoy. They had 2 albums before this that didn't show the freedom of expression that exploded on this one. Steve Howe made the band come to life. His playing was intregal to the new songs progression. Can't even imagine a better guitarist to join this band at that time.
The Yes Album Sessions...
Jon Goodchild was in London
taking some time out from his regular job as Art Director
at Rolling Stone magazine in San Francisco and was working as
Associate Editor of
Friends magazine. Talent, artistry and above all workmanship oozed
out of that guy. He
was always a real gent to work with and gave me a very warm welcome
and graciously
invited me to stay at his house in San Francisco when I visited
the United States later
that year.
He'd mentioned that although
David Bailey had worked on their previous sleeve, Yes,
whose new sleeve he had been commissioned to do, had asked for
me to do the
photography for the new one. I'm inclined to believe now that
it was probably more due
to a suggestion that Jon must have made rather than any fans I
may have had in the
band but it felt good and like everything in the music industry
it had to be ready
yesterday.
First thing was to start
so I spent several nights hanging out at Advision Studios
taking photos at the recording and mixing sessions. I must have
heard "Starship
Trooper" at least 50 times but click
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YES wrote some letters and sent me cards and notes in the 70's. I dug 'em out of the closet and scanned them to share with those who may find it interesting
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A Personal Archive of 
Correspondence and Memorabilia...
I don't want to work away ...Doing just what they all say
"Work hard boy and you'll find ...One day you'll have a job like mine.
The only Cat Stevens album I own. But I love this album and the things he sang about on it. It was the REAL authentic Cat! Very unique production and voices too. I dig the upright bass!I think Teaser & the Fire Cat was next and I have heard it many times -it is part of this peak of Cats songs. His 2 best album works.
Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes.
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train.
Switch on summer from a slot machine.
Yes, get what you want to if you want, 'cause you can get anything.
I know we've come a long way,
We're changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?
Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass.
For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas.
And you make them long, and you make them tough.
But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can't get off.
Well you've cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air.
But will you keep on building higher
'til there's no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?
I know we've come a long way,
We're changing day to day,
But tell me, where do the children play?
where do the children play???
GENESIS / WIND AND WUTHERING ::: The second Gabrieless Genesis album. This is another all time favorite. I enjoy 'One For The Vine' and 'Blood on the Rooftops' a superbly done record in every respect. Steve Hackett brought a new level of creative guitar approach that left the band in a good position for flying off from that point when he left because of artistic want of more space for his ideas. He was overruled and didn't find peace with it and was smart to bolt and leave the machine turn into abacab. This was also the Last studio album with Hackett. His contribution to this album is immense and sadly missed on the next one!It takes an album for his effect to begin to fade. I also took artistic liberty with this cover ...combining the front and back covers into one. You can really feel the 3rd dimension between the birds, clouds and moon on this one.
This was the true birth of
I had a small mono 3' tape recorder I received as a gift when i was a kid and made my first pro looking reel box using all the miniture album covers that London used to have on their inner sleeves to the vinyl...so did Atlantic. I used to listen mostly to side 2 of the album as the first side became an acquired taste that I dig as well ...a listen at sunset always makes something real to feel
Do you understand that all over this land there's a feeling?
In minds far and near things are becoming clear to the meaning
You look around you / Things they astound you
so breath in deep / your not asleep
open your mind / you're here today
no future fears / this day will last
a thousand years / if you want it to
Now that you're knowing / pleasure starts flowing
It's true ...light flies faster than eyes could ever see
You're here today / no future fears
This day will last / a thousand years
if you want it to...
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Bartz was signed by Peter Gabriel keyboardist Larry (Synergy) Fast to the Audion Label
It's a pleasure to share this Majestic music with those who can see and feel it!
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