Very nice list. Just discovered your channel with the “most- listened-to” list. David Live was my first Bowie album as well and I played it to death. The reissue with Here Today, Gone Tomorrow has me playing the record again. Quadrophenia is my favourite Who record. I made a personal connection with that record and the movie really spoke to me. I’ve also got that Director’s Cut of Quadrophenia. I also included Goat’s Head Soup on my list. It was also my first Stones’ record. Just subscribed to your channel. We are of the exact same era.
Thank you so much for subscribing and I hope you enjoy my other videos. We certainly have similar musical tastes. Lots of Stones videos as well on my channel. I have quite the collection. Thanks so much again.
I just bought Frampton Comes Alive for the first time! After all these years I can’t believe I never did. Excellent, excellent album. My most overplayed album is my all time #1 fav album: Abbey Road! And I agree, Goats Head Soup is criminally underrated and/or appreciated. Heartbreaker is a phenomenal track. Keep up the good videos!
Great list! Very cool to see Zebra get a mention. I'm originally from Long Beach, NY and saw Zebra play several times in various bars on Long Island in 1980/1981. I was in high school then, but bars were pretty loose back then on the drinking age. Good memories with that band, and the Good Rats too.
Thanks so much. I'm also from Long Island and have great memories of those incredible times. Please check out my video (in the Playlist called Discographies By Topic) "Long Island Rocked With Good Rats, Zebra, Twisted Sister". I show memorabilia from back in those days. I think you'll love it and will bring you back to those amazing days.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thanks Alan, I checked out this one today, it was a lot of fun to watch and see the old clippings from back in the day. It's cool that you saved them all. I used to go to Speaks quite often and actually worked there for a while as a bottle boy of all things. My sole job was to collect empty and abandoned beer bottles. Gathering the abandoned one's was always dangerous. Some of the patrons liked to throw punches first and ask questions later if they saw someone taking their beer before they were done. lol.
@@melprophet1936 lol. Love these stories. Ah the good old days of Long Island Rock 'n' Roll. Cool that you worked at Speaks...a bottle boy. Wow - the music and the stuff you must've seen. Really cool. Glad you enjoyed the video and brought you back to those days.
nice collection. The Who’s Face Dances would def be on my list. I listened to that nonstop summer ‘81. I know that’s not a popular one with Who fans but I’m a Who fan and it is with me.
That's a deep choice for sure. As you know, I'm a fan of Face Dances and It's Hard. Certainly not at the top of the best Who albums, but fine in their own right. LOVE Another Tricky Day and Don't Let Go The Coat.
Hey never caught the Rosenberg Show but I can relate. Some nice inclusions namely the greatest double album ever, Physical Graffiti, the best live album, Frampton Comes Alive, and absolutely the most underrated debut, Zebra! A little background here. It was Spring 1983 when I heard my first Rush album, 2112. I was so blown away that I joined a record club just so I could get my hands on the bulk of their output. Then my buddy who was going to Hofstra played me the Zebra debut. Well of course I fell in love with it and still listen today! Peace brother.
Thanks so much. Really appreciate it. Great to hear from a local Hofstra guy. Zebra sure got played slot on WBAB before the album. I was counting down the weeks for the album to come out and it sure didn’t disappoint. Thanks again
Being a product of the 70s Frampton Comes Alvie was king. I have watched a number of these and wasn’t planning on doing it but it finally clicked what I would show so I guess I will do it also. Some great Stones albums. Nice stack
Definitely going to look for Nektar. I had Frampton comes alive as a teenager (lost all my records in a flood) I need to pick it up again. I was lucky to pick up the David Bowie live for $7 at a charity shop!
So many of your most-listened-to albums are frequently played in my home. The LPs that I listen to the most are the ones that I want to hear at least a couple of times every season, year after year. Each song on them moves me greatly, one way or another, and no song is skippable. I have listened to no album more times than I have listened to The Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” (which I got as soon as it was released in 1971). I agree with your statement: “It is the greatest album of all time.” My second most-listened-to album is what I consider to be the second greatest album of all time: The Who’s “Quadrophenia.” After those two, it would be too painstaking for me to even try to assign numbers to my most-played albums, so in no particular order they are: “Terrapin Station” by Grateful Dead; “Court and Spark” by Joni Mitchell; “Goats Head Soup” by The Rolling Stones; Close To The Edge” by Yes; “The Yes Album” by Yes; “Dragon Fly” by Jefferson Starship; “Songs of Innocence” by U2; “Can’t Buy a Thrill” by Steely Dan; “Brothers and Sisters” by The Allman Brothers Band; “David Live” by David Bowie; and “Horses” by Patti Smith to round out my list of 13.
We certainly have similar tastes and listenings. Terrapin Station is my personal favorite and most played Dead album, with American Beauty along right with it. Those Yes albums also way up there with Yessongs my Yes #1 - Going For The One, way up there too. Nice to see Songs of Innocence way up there. Love that album and it was a huge hit for me in my house but sorely overlooked by the general public and even U2 fans. I prefer Easter but Horses is an all time classic obviously. Love the early Starship as well, but I also prefer Red Octopus and Spitfire. Thanks for sharing as always.
I saw The Rolling Stones at The Tower Theatre on 9/22/2002 from the second row. What a night. What a week. I took my wife to all three Philly shows. When my mom heard we were going to all the Licks gigs , she mentioned that she had never seen the Stones, so we brought her to the second show of the week at the First Union Center. She had a blast!
Wow. I can’t imagine. I’ve seen The Stones pretty much every tour since 1975 but never up close in a small venue. I have a bootleg of that Tower show. Those small shows are amazing.you’re very lucky. Awesome
It's fun watching you show your lists. All filler. Many that I love and several I'll have to explore. Seconds Out and Frampton are great recordings. If I'm in doubt something doesn't sound right I'll put one of those on and reassure myself everything is as it should be. Alan your excitement about music is palpable 😊. Greg
Thanks so much. I'm all about the passion. No scripting and I've no idea what I'm gonna say and no editing. Just my lifelong passion, that has never faded.
This musical topic has caught on like wildfire. Cool. ; Great list Alan.! Yes Wishbone Ash is highly underappreciated.! Like New England just listened No Smoke Without FIre. Who's Next s Next, Frampton Comes Alive (attended those shows at Winterland in the 70s! when going to UC Berkeley). Kinks Arthur, XTC (love 7 of their albums, but English Settlement makes the list), Thin Lizzy Jailbreak, Beach Boys Pet Sounds. , Stones Exile On Main Street)
Thanks so much for watching, commenting and listing yours. Great to see another Wishbone Ash fan - Yea I really like No Smoke and Front Page News (the album before) - very different from each other but both underrated as well. Oh you were awesome to see Frampton at that time. You're the proof that FCA documents those shows as they were. He was on fire back then. I have some bootlegs as well that also are scortching. Thanks again.
Wow, excellent list. Down the list you had dire straits. I need to try one of those compilations because otherwise I stuck to making movies which I love but don’t have all their stuff. So I’m sure I’m missing some great stuff there. Gotta agree, Sticky Fingers is as good as it gets!!
Thanks so much. Making movies is my favorite Straits studio album but I love all their albums so gotta say that the compilations for them are fantastic listens. Enjoy.
Balls to pick "David Live", an album brutalized by critics, but I totally agree with you. It's wonderful. Nektar's "RtF" is also a great pick. Stone's "GHS" is another bold pick. It's right up there with their best, but few agree. "Quad" and Zep's"PG" are wonderful double-LP picks. Excellent job.
I have a lot of those albums you have displayed on your Top 13 list. You have mentioned those in your past videos on The Alan Rosenberg Show with your complete analysis on each record. David Live, Animals, Physical Graffiti, Dire Straits, Frampton Comes Alive are all great choices. Anything by the Rolling Stones during the Mick Taylor period (which is by far their best period) are can't misses for top records of all time. But for me, Quadrophenia is still the best listen from start to finish, even after 50 years.
No argument from me Tarr regarding Quadrophenia, which is why it's so high on my lists. Yea, few other albums have struct such a chord with me as Quadrophenia on so many levels. It was also extra special for so long, as so few people that I knew, really knew the album. Commercial radio back then never played it either - so really was a special bond for me...and still is.
My most listened: Captain Beefheart- Clear Spot Weather Report- Heavy Weather Little Feat- Electric Lycanthrope Steely Dan- Aja Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsys Pixies- Doolittle Weezer- Blue Album Yes- Yessongs Keith Jarrett- Bremen/ Lausanne Concerts Neil Young- Everybody knows this is nowhere
Speaking of Wishbone Ash... "Argus" I throw it on every two- three months. Good selection. Peace on earth. P.S. I saw Frampton taping this tour opening for Robin Trower... trippin' hard... good times.
Most listened to is interesting for those of us who are old and were into album listening when we were young. 13. Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 12. Bread - The Best Of Bread 11. Foghat Live - Foghat 10. Straight Shooter - Bad Company 9. On The Border - Eagles 8. Live Bullet - Bob Seger 7. Two For The Show - Kansas 6. Kill 'em All - Metallica 5. Facelift - Alice And Chains 4. Blood Sugar Sex Majic - Red Hot Chili Peppers 3. Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden 2. Still Alive And Well - Johnny Winter 1. Strangers In The Night - UFO
thanks for watching and commenting. Thanks also for your honesty and incredible diversity. Wow, look at your list. Carpenters and Bread all the way to Metallica and Iron Maiden - I mean talk about the edges of the musical spectrum. Foghat Live and Live Bullet and Two For The Show - Yea I really like those. Strangers In The Night - amazing live album - I'm assuming if it's your most listened to album ever - it's your #1 live album as well - nice choice. Interesting Eagles selection. You know what Winter album I Love is Saints And Sinners - never see that album talked about much. Anyway - great stuff and thanks for sharing..
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow lots of fun. Enjoy the channel. I was raised beyond civilization so The Carpenters and Bread, followed by the Eagles were the only albums I had to listen to. On The Border was easily my favorite Eagles album but I loved all of them up to Hotel California. Saints And Sinners is great but I'm a sucker for Johnny Winter. Strangers In The Night is probably my most listened to given the time and me being possessed by Michael Shenkers melodic, seamless shifting from one lick to another lead playing. No way I could say what my favorite album is. Could be Tuck And Patti's Tears Of Joy.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I think Tuck & Patti's studio (6 minute - full version) recording of Castles Made Of Sand/Little Wing is one of the best there is. They take both songs, arrange them into one and deliver it one vocal, one guitar. I think it captures what the music world lost most when Hendrix died (his song creating).
Nice to see Nektar in your list. Do you know a "Remember the Future" box set is coming later this month ? Check Cherry Red Records. Also, do you know that Charlie Daniels never paid the Fire On The Mountain Band ? I don't usually let personalities get betwixt me and my music but, that's one reason that Charlie fell off my radar. Good list !
Thank you so much. I think the remember the future box set may already be out. I’ve bought so many versions of that album. Still one of my favorite albums of all time I never heard that story before about Charlie Daniels. He never paid the band? No I never heard that. I always figured he’s one of the most straight up guys ever. I’ll have to research that. I know they were road dogs in the beginning and struggling on the road.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow The Nektar box comes out later this month, I have it pre-ordered. I was friends with Charlies drummer, Gary Allen who, passed last year so, I heard it from the horse's mouth, so to speak.
Thanks for the update - I recently saw another expanded version of Remember The Future but I guess it was a different one - there's so many versions. I myself have bought 3 different versions over the years. But it's an incredible album and I look forward to this new one to see what's on it. Thanks. @@blockssonicwafers
I saw Marianne faithful in Toronto one night. And she played sister morphine, she mentioned how mick n keith never gave her co writing credit for the song...ps that Nektar album sounds great.. also.. no remaster pink floyd animals cd?.. hmm..Great show again allen.. thx for doing this for us..Dire straits live at the BBC is great too.
Amazing you saw her. I'm a huge fan of Marianne's but I've never seen her live except her Blazing Away album and video - which are INCREDIBLE!. Glad you liked the Nektar album. I think it's an all time classic. Love Dire Straits at the BBC. I kind of cheated with Dire Straits best of album in the list, but they're my most played best of albums, though I play the hell out of the studio and live albums as well. Love Them as you know. I have to go with the original Animals for this list..Thanks as always.
Ok, I think I can do this( without doubling up on an artist) Blood On The Tracks All American Alien Boy Ziggy Stardust Born to Run Exile on Main St. Let it Be ( counting the unplugged version puts it over the Top!) Tom Petty first album Imperial Bedroom Heavy Horses AND... one to fill in as I'm gonna leave something out!😂😎 Thanks for the list - you're right about David Live. The arrangements and tone were so different! Took me a while but I love it now. And Charlie was good enough to send me a signed photo once!
Fantastic list - I'm proud to say not only do I own every one of them, but I also love every one of them. Especially thrilled to see Heavy Horses on your list. LOVE MOTHS from that album!!!
I bought Dave live not long after I went to see him on the Serious Moonlight tour, one of my first big live shows. It and Stage are both great still among my fav live records. I never heard of Zebra but I checked them out after I saw the doco "Mall City" (I gather you would have memories of Roosevelt Field Mall) where somebody mentioned them. Not too bad at all!. Physical Graffiti is prob my favourite Led Zep record too (or at least tied with Houses Of The Holy and II).
First time I ever did this, but I thought it would be fun to "join the party" for the first time. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, but honestly I'm glad I did it. Sometimes nice to be part of the crowd...in my own way.
Did you know that the house on the right on the cover of Physical Graffiti is the same house where the Stones shot the exteriors for the Waitin' on a Friend video?
Frampton Falls Down.....your number 2 most listened to 😂🤣 It's been a minute since something fell. It was overdue. Sticky Fingers would be in my top 10 too. Feel free to thank New Orleans for sending your number 7, Zebra, your way. You're welcome 😂 I heard you were thinking about changing the name of your show to The Long Island Stud Muffin 😜. I will be listening to the new Nils Lofgren this weekend. Have you listened to it yet?
lol. I really like the Canadian Studmuffin. Maybe one day he'll discover me. I've heard two songs from it and really liked them. I'll buy the album......eventually. I have to start digging into my backlog...it's killing me. I do thank New Orleans for Zebra...but to me Zebra will always be a "Long Island" band. Funny Felix used to (maybe still does) live like a mile away from me. There used to be a Zebra car for Zebra 4 parked in a driveway for like 2 years and then it disappeared. Was so cool.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Don't forget that I went to high school with Felix Hanemann. I saw his penis in the dressing room after gym class. It's real little 🤣😂......just kidding about the penis part🤣😂 but I did go to Warren Easton High School with him. I am enjoying the Nils Lofgren. The last two songs, however, I don't know if I like it not. They end the album on a quiet note. I would have preferred the album end on a rockin song. Overall I think you're going to enjoy it.... when you get around to it.
@@davidkunzli680 Thanks for the Nils review. It's been a while since he's released a new studio album that I really loved, so looking forward so hopefully this one really grabs me. From the two I've heard, I liked his voice (again). As for Felix....ok....too much information.
oh yea - have on vinyl and cd. Actually got it on vinyl like a year or two after release....I think the best part is the cover...lol. It's just a very loose jam. I think the full retail price at the time was $3.98 and included an "apology" letter at the time...sounds about right...
Hi, i like and listen to most of the albums on your list , except the live albums you mentioned. Personally i don`t like live albums apart from one box-set Kraftwerk released where they took the live stage recordings and remastered them in the studio so as they sound like alternate versions of the original studio masters , no crowd noise etc. And i also like some of the Elvis original live studio out-takes where you can hear different takes along side the final masters. I can only think of two albums that i repeatedly listen too from front to back and that`s Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene and Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells. Apart from that i only listen too 12" singles or different tracks from albums that feature songs i like. When you showed the Who album it reminded me that in the next couple of months the Who are releasing multiple different cd and vinyl box-sets of WHO`S NEXT. I just thought i`d mention it as i know you collect box-sets and it might have passed you by. Thanks from England.
Thanks so much. I'm a fan of Tubular Bells, but wow - that's a bit of a tough listen, so I'm surprised that that is one of the few albums you listen to repeatedly. Thanks for the info - yes - I'm excited for the next super deluxe Who box of Who's Next. Those huge boxes are great. I have to start saving my money for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Very interesting how closely aligned our tastes are. Zebra, Nektar, Animals.......I catch so much grief for loving these. Maybe check out Crack the Sky S/T. thx.
thanks so much - some "deeper" type stuff so it's wonderful to see we overlap. I've heard of Crack The Sky but never heard it. Thanks for the tip. Based on our overlapping musical tastes - I'll definitely check it out.
Hi Alan - looks like we have exactly the same taste in music lol. You're American right lol, an American that loves prog rock and British rock. Only a couple of American bands in your top 13 ?? Cant disagree with any in the list, except for Zebra - not familiar with them. Quadrophenia - The Who's greatest album !! Cya Doug
Yea - outside of certain areas of the US, Zebra is not well known. They were formed in New Orleans but came to Long Island NY where I live and became one of the three biggest Long Island bar bands. But bar bands that consistently played to hundreds and thousands of local fans. The other two were Twisted Sister and The Good Rats. Zebra finally got signed by Atlantic and released a classic debut album. Still were only big in Long Island and New Orleans and some other pockets of the US. Twisted Sister went overseas and got signed and came back here and also got signed and were huge for awhile. Good Rats released many albums but never made it that big.
Alan, have you listened to any of these albums 1,000 times or more? There was a discussion in a music forum and the topic was records you've heard 1,000 times and while some people were listing the albums they feel they have listened to that many times, others were chiming in saying it's impossible and nobody has ever listened to an album that many times. I ran back to this video hoping you gave the total amount of listens to prove them wrong, or not. It may make a great video topic.
1,000 times...wow. So lets see. for any album to make it into my database I have to listen to it at least 5 times minimum. I currently own between 5,000 to 6,000 albums - so I'm constantly listening to "new" purchases, plus I do go back to my archives a lot. Two of my most listened to albums would be Sticky Fingers and Goats Head Soup. Lets pick GHS. Got it in 1973. Have no idea how many times I've heard it - and I have like 7 different versions of it. But lets say I've heard - on average 3 times a year since 1980 - that's like 150 listens since 1980. Those first 7 years listened more but maybe another 150 times. That would be like 300 listens to GHS...approximately. So not even close to 1,000 listens. Even it was up to 500 listens (possible) that would be max. So no 1,000 listens seems ....impossible?? But if someone listens to an album every week - that would be 52 times in a year - would take 20 years to hit 1,000 listens.....No either they have very few albums and just listen to that one over and over again. Best, Alan
I sure love and appreciate diversity and wow you are diverse. Caravanserai - you don't see that often in top lists (not even of Santana albums). Journey debut...wow....I've never heard it though based on your love of Santana I totally get it. Enigmatic Ocean - phew going deep. There's The Rub - love it (love Laurie Weisfield) - does it get better than Persephone......no. 12 Dream..Nature's Way - unbelievable song and album. Manassas - love it. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
@@dannyschneider553 Thanks. I’ve never heard those early 3 ? Think it’s 3 early Journey albums. I have to check them out. Never been a big fan of Journey ala Steve Perry.
Remember the Future -- what a great album. Nektar never got big here like they did in Europe, especially in Germany. Many people still think of them as a German instead of a UK band, maybe because they were located in Germany when they got their start and some of their albums, especially the first one, do have a bit of a "Krautrock" feel.
I've seen a few channels do this but yours is the first I've commented on. Estimating all time is hard. Thinking back, I've never played (or bought) as many albums as I have in the last few years although my teenage years were focused on a much smaller collection. In the middle years, it was a case of what I'd play in the car and on Sunday mornings. I can't order these but I know I had them early and I still play them very regularly. Who's Next Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here A Trick of the tail Seconds Out Abbey Road Crime of the Century Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous Physical Graffiti (my first Led Zeppelin album and it set the bar at a level that the others couldn't get anywhere near) That's nine and I'll leave the last as I'm bound to realise I've forgotten something. If I can add plays across two albums with similar contents, then there would be a Jess Roden live album, originally Blowin' for the first 20 years, and then Live at the BBC for the last twenty odd years.
Thanks so much. As you know, we have similar tastes and all of your selections are "classics" with me as well. I love that Jess Roden live album you told me to get as well. I should have said what you said in that every choice of mine were gotten back when they first came out, so they've had countless decades of play that new releases don't have because of the time element. But all these albums are in our DNA by now. A Trick Of The Tail and Wish You Were Here are right up there with me as well.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I'm delighted you're enjoying the Jess Roden album. It's such a shame he didn't crossover into the mainstream. Even in the UK, I only remember hearing him played once on the radio and that was late night on the John Peel Show. It made a huge impression so I bought Blowin' when it was released. I don't remember seeing the Jess Roden Band's two 1976 studio albums in the record stores in my town. I thought you'd be surprised by Physical Graffiti appearing in my list after all I've said about Led Zeppelin being overrated. Looking at my plays record built up over the last few years, I play it four times as often as my second and third albums, Led Zeppelin 1 and Presence. I think I have an attachment to Presence because it was my second Zeppelin album and the first album I ever bought on the day of release. I pre-ordered it because I loved Physical Graffiti and remember walking the couple of miles into town after school to collect it.
Oh am I jealous of you. I never saw the Stones with Mick Taylor. My first time was 1975. The GHS tour, exhibited on Brussels, is amongst my favorites of all time.
Thanks - would be a quick show.. I do it strictly alphabetical. But with space issues, some artists have there own area (check out my video from a week or so ago - where I show my actual collection of like 5600 albums). Stones, Dylan, Wishbone Ash, Tull have their own areas. Jazz and Soundtracks also has it's own areas. That about covers it. Alphabetical is perfect my simple brain...lol. Thanks.
I’m also a big fan of David Live. Goats Head Soup is not my favorite Rolling Stones album but is one that I listened to a lot. I was in High School and my friends and I all had it on tape and it was always playing in the car.
Thanks. If you haven't heard GHS in a long while, I bet you'll love hearing it again and take you back to those days of hearing it in the car while cruising with friends. And I always put on "Winter", in the winter, not as effective in this 90 degree heat...lol
As you know, one of my favorite bands of all time. I can listen to any of their albums anytime. As great as they were and as popular as they were....they're still underrated. One of the all time greats to me
I do own every Dead album besides some of the dicks picks live releases. American Beauty and Terrapin Station are my two favorites but not in the top 13 most listened to albums ever.
What a great quote from Charlie Daniels' Fire On The Mountain. When he and his band were trying to break out big, constantly on the road - A great dedication to his fellow road dogs - hard work, but eventually paid off for him and so well deserved. People don't remember, or don't appreciate how incredibly great that original Charlie Daniels Band was. Thanks so much.
Hi 👋 Alan I never liked that Pink Floyd Animals album. 1977 i was into Punk Rock, and didn't want to listen to anything else that year. Love David Bowie and had the pleasure of seeing him in concert in 1978. I like Charlie Daniel's band, their hit Devil goes down to Georgia is cool. The whipped up violin playing in it is fantastic. It was a smash hit here in New Zealand in 1979. Can't go wrong with Led Zeppelin, one of the best bands of all time. The Who are wonderful , i worked for a film distribution company here in the 1970s. It was cinema release movies, and the company released Quadrophenia in 1979. I had a film publicity poster of it back then. That Peter Frampton album sold by the truckload in the mid 1970s. Good old rock albums Alan.
Thanks so much Carl. How cool that you worked for a film distribution that did Quadrophenia. One of favorite movies of all times as well. Amazing to me that Charlie Daniels had a hit with Devil Went Down To Georgia all the way in New Zealand. Out of Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, The Wall....Animals is the toughest listen, but I love it - my personal favorite Floyd "Go-To" album.
Okay, I've spent half an hour only on this, so maybe there is a major omission that I will wake up in the middle of the night sweating over, and disregarding all the Zappa stuff, which would probably be 4 to13 if included, see what you make of this:- 13. Home Service Live in '86 12. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Murder Ballads; 11. Spirit Spirit of '76; 10. John Sebastian The Four of Us; 09. Todd Rundgren A Wizard A True Star; 08. Jethro Tull Benefit; 07. The Who Quadrophenia; 06. King Crimson Red; 05. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers; 04. Hendrix Electric Ladyland; 03. Genesis Foxtrot; 02. Humble Pie Rockin' the Fillmore; 01. Robert Fripp/Exposure; Four of these I could narrow down further to a single side of the album (I am thinking in terms of vinyl here). Rather strangely, the Todd Rundgren album is the only one of his I own. Also, I was looking through my collection and trying to find a 21st Century only top thirteen. Not so easy, but doable.
Wow - really interesting list. I've never even heard the Fripp Exposure album (and that's #1!!!). Piquing my interest. I have some Rundgren but I don't have A Wizard A True Star, and that's your only Rundgren album. I've never heard that Sebastian album or Spirit of '76 (wow - better than Dr. Sardonicus)? And I've never even heard of Home Service Live in '86. And Rockin' The Fillmore at #2 - Foxtot at #3 - how cool. Great stuff of course. Love it.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow The Fripp album came out in 1979 (the very expensive 32 disc box set of Fripp's solo stuff from the late seventies is worth every penny, as are all the massive Crimson box sets, all of which I own, and explains why I have no money any more!) and there has been a copy in every car I have owned since I passed my driving test in 1980 which is why it is at Number One. Home Service is a cheat; had a bootleg of this for decades before the album was finally released in 2010ish at which point the band reformed to tour the album, which made me very happy! Seen them a good few times. Actually got their latest brand new CD at one of the stalls at the festival last weekend. Yet to play it. And Sebastian was very important to me as a teenager (Woodstock) and I finally got to see him in London in 1980; one of the most emotional shows I have ever been to. He was in tears at the reception he received in a far from sold out venue. And Steve Marriott just had the finest rock/soul voice of all, imo; of course it means we both have Peter Frampton at number two, just slightly different eras. Glad you enjoyed my little list.
@@martinstarnes2237 Loved your list. I'm definitely going to check out the Fripp album, but the not the box - last thing I need is another 30 disc box I'll never get through...lol
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Oh, I quite understand. In total there are eight Crimson chronological box sets covering all eras of the band, all 20 CDs plus, without checking. Plus the Fripp one. But they are works of art. There are many interesting guests on Exposure; Darryl Hall (check out his solo album produced by Fripp from about the same time - it was eventually released a few years after recording as Hall & Oates' record label refused to allow him to release it - H&O fans wouldn't 'get it', apparently), Gabriel, Hammill, Terry Roche and others, and I suspect that the track Breathless is my most played piece of music ever. Such power. Tony Levin pretends to be Wetton, sort of, on this one, and Narada Michael Walden's playing is Brufordesque (Wetton is not on the album but gets a mention in the 'without whom' list). I have just played it yet again. Loud!
@@martinstarnes2237 You really got me interested - on my watch list when out in the wild - definitely. I don't listen to Crimson that much - I have that Frame By Frame 4 CD box and some other Crimson as well. My favorite is still the first with Greg Lake, but I do enjoy different incarnations - like completely different bands - by I'm no expert on Crimson...I'm learning from you.
Here's mine Alan 10.David Bowie-Glass Spider Tour with Frampton 9.Nektar-Remember The Future 8.Cheap Trick-We're All Alright 7.R.E.O. Speedwagon-R.E.O.11 6.Jethro Tull-Minstrel In The Gallery 5.Jethro Tull-Aqualung 4.Yes-CTTE 3.Spirit-Dr.Sardonicus 2.Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup 1.Uriah Heep-Look At Yourself Honorable Mention Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers,Yes-The Yes Album,Steven Wilson-The Raven Who Refused To Sing
Love your list Tom. LOVE Dr. Sardonicus. Does it get better than Nature's Way....I think not. Cool to see GHS at #2!. Most played Tull for me would be Songs From The Wood, but fell outside top 13. What is Glass Spider...is that what I have - I have like a box it has a DVD and 2 CD's in it? Wow, that's impressive. I have to give that another listen - been a long time. I forgot I even had that because it's filed with my DVD's. I have a bunch of Cheap Trick but not nearly everything - We're All Alright I've never heard. Impressive that it's a recent release on your all time list. I'll have to check that one out. Thanks as always.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I could of picked Songs From The Wood or Heavy Horses also love listening to Tull.Your right the Glass Spider Tour is 2cd and a dvd.Love the way the stage is set and with Peter Frampton I just love it.Could of had a top ten of just the Stones lol.Have a good day Alan
Have you not heard Bowie's I'm only dancing? From the same your. Vastly superior and a complete show with three mediocre songs played only on this tour: can you hear me/it's gonna be me/somebody up there likes me. It's a legit release released four years ago small batch. You'd love it
Hi Spence - yea I have that. In fact I show it in a video on some of Bowie's Posthumous releases. I was so excited to get that, because it was from the 2nd half of that tour - The "Soul" tour and was very different from David Live. I paid full price for it and was very disappointed by it, especially for the price. Cool setlist but terrible sound. Like a fairly poor bootleg, so no I wasn't impressed except for the unique tracks from that leg of the tour. I much prefer David Live.
Some agreed picks there , good variety, some awesome music. I was wondering and a bit confused, you stated at the beginning that you have all your music written down on computer since 1973….73? Yeah I know it’s not necessarily on computer because as we know there were no home PC’s. My confusion is that I’m 62 and have collected albums and other since I was 11 or 12 and I never ever until maybe 10 yrs ago thought to catalogue my music, that was never a thing ppl did. Second is you certainly don’t seem to be near my age in your 60’s so how were you around in 73 or outta diapers in early 70’s. Maybe you’re very young looking for 60 something but even then what pre teen or teen files his albums on paper or computer?? 😂
It's in my intro video's about me, I actually show it. So I have a sister who's 4 years older who would type out lists once a year of all her albums, so in 1973, when I was ten, I started doing that. I still have the typed lists. I would also choose my best new artist and my top 3 most played albums of the year. When I got my first computer I created a database in Filemaker, which I still do. I have every album I own (over 5,000) in the database, with the chart positions, songs, year it came out and year I bought it. So I know exactly when I bought every album and I can sort in a myriad of different ways. It's pretty incredible. So you're right, I should have specified in this video better, but it's accurate, the typed lists starting in 1973 were all computerized up to todays date. Thanks so much. FYI I was born in 1963, so I'm 60.
Thanks. I once with my wife saw him in a club show. We got to talk for awhile. He was nice, but not in the best of shape. Did sign a bunch of old ads I had which impressed him.
Thanks for asking, it helps to put things in perspective. I was born in 1963 so I was 8. My sister is 4 years older than me and had and has fantastic musical taste, so musically I heard and listened to what she was listening to, which is why from such a young age, I was listening to great music. And I jumped in with both feet. Didn't take long for my record collection to far surpass hers and I knew my stuff. I was always known in my school and friends as the music guy. First real concert was The Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1975 - courtesy of my sister.
Lucky you. My sister saw it too, but unfortunately I didn't. On the Animals remix package they should have released an official live from the tour. I have some great boots from it.
Totally agree that Locked In was there worst, but I still have a soft spot to a little extent. I LOVE Number The Brave as well. I actually like all the "original Mk 1 and Mk 2 albums. Great stuff. Also LOVE There's The Rub...Persephone is incredible. Thanks so much.
Cool ... 2 Stones picks ... yup ... Wishbone Ash ... New England ... definite Yup (awesome era ... and still fabulous to see live ... both incarnations) .... Dire Straits ... Yup ..... going to have to check out Zenra and Nektar as homework .... CMcG. Aberdeen, Scotland .... my top 10 would include Communique, Street Legal / Budokan / Sow Train era Dylan, Barclay James Harvest's Eyes of the Universe, Watch by Manfred Mann's Earthband, Gaucho / Nightfly by Steely Dan / Donald Fagen, mid to late '70's Wishbone Ash ... and, currently, enjoying all of the Christopher Cross catalogue .... oh, and I love Can"t Slow Down by Foreigner .... just "works" .... for me anyway
So love your diversity too. Christopher Cross and Can't Slow Down by Foreigner....I only have the "classic Foreigner years albums (which are all awesome) and only the first Christopher Cross album - definitely an underrated talent. Love Communique and everything Dire Straits ever did - amongst my very very top. LOVE Slow Train Coming - amongst my very favorite Dylan and I also think Budokan is a guilty pleasure - thinking of doing a video on that album. Love Street Legal also. BJH and Manfred Mann have pretty much bypassed me. BJH I have dig deeper into one day. Thanks for watching and commenting - really appreciate it.
They are from New Orleans......but for us Long Islanders, they are from Long Island...lol. They were "our" band lol Along with Twisted Sister, The Good Rats, Rat Race Choir, Zebra - Long Island Gods back in the day. Thanks..
I always remind Alan that Zebra is from New Orleans. Felix went to Warren Easton and I did too. I think he was a year ahead of me. Greetings from Chilly Gentilly😂
I watched a couple of these, but to limit myself to ten albums would make me lose interest in the ones I pick. There have been albums, over the years, that I obsessed over, A Hard Day's Night, Highway 61 Revisited, Face to Face, Animalization, Revolver, Them (Parrot label) Bayou Country, Abbey Road, Saturate Before Using, Rock On, Stoneground (I), The Yes Album, Tapestry, Cosmo's Factory, Hypnotized, Court and Spark, Fleetwood Mac, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Warren Zevon (I), My Aim Is True, Damn the Torpedoes, The Wall, Escape Artist, Brothers in Arms, The Division Bell ... You know the story. I use my iPod, now, with 140G of music, and nearly 50 playlists. Still, almost all my favorites come from a list of the Top 100. There are another 100 LPs that have one, two, or three songs, or a side. Nice catch, with Nektar. The band came out of nowhere, and took over in 1974, with their 5th LP, Remember the Future (released in late '73),. I had a record store, then, and every time I put the album on the stereo, we'd sell every copy in the store. The distributor called one day, to ask what I was doing with all the Nektar records, I told him they were selling like hotcakes. He sent me an unopened box (60 records), and we sold every one of them! I tried making lists by decades, ended up with 40 minimum essential albums, all of which I've listened to hundreds of times, usually starting the week of release. The '70s were harder. I limited the number to 50, and still had too many candidates. In the '80's, things slowed down drastically, as the older bands moved out of recording and into mining the fruits of their labors in arenas. It'd be simple, in the '80s, or '90s, to find no more than 10. I don't think I could put a number on how many times I've listened to the m, here is my Top 100: (Pick any 10!!!!) 1964 A Hard Day's Night ★★★★★ 1st all-original Rock LP 1965 Highway 61 Revisited ★★★★★ Them ★★★★★ Career-Best 1966 Animalization ★★★★★ Career-Best . Sunny Afternoon ★★★★★ Sunshine Superman ★★★★★ Career-Best Revolver ★★★★★ Over, Under, Sideways, Down ★★★★★ 1967 Moby Grape ★★★★★ Surrealistic Pillow ★★★★★ Career-Best .. Are You Experienced? ★★★★★ Sell Out ★★★★★ Strange Days ★★★★★ Forever Changes ★★★★★ Career-Best 1968 Axis: Bold as Love ★★★★★ Buffalo Springfield Again ★★★★★ Career-Best Traffic ★★★★★ Career-Best In Search of the Lost Chord ★★★★★ John Wesley Harding ★★★★★ Electric Ladyland ★★★★★ There Are But Four Small Faces ★★★★★ The White Album Sides 1, 2, & 3 ★★★★★ 1969 Shine On Brightly ★★★★★ Stand Up ★★★★★ Spooky Two ★★★★★ Career-Best Boz Scaggs ★★★★★ Abbey Road ★★★★★ To Our Children's Children's Children ★★★★★ Let It Bleed, ★★★★★ 1970 The Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus ★★★★★ Career-Best Morrison Hotel ★★★★★ Mona Bone Jakon ★★★★★ Tumbleweed Connection ★★★★★ Stage Fright ★★★★★ After the Gold Rush ★★★★★ American Beauty ★★★★★ All Things Must Pass ★★★★★ Career-Best Moondance ★★★★★ Career-Best Idlewild South ★★★★★ Career-Best 1971 The Yes Album ★★★★★ The Cry of Love ★★★★★ Every Picture Tells a Story ★★★★★ Career-Best Rock On ★★★★★ Career-Best Who's Next ★★★★★ Muswell Hillbillies ★★★★★ 1972 Harvest ★★★★★ Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars ★★★★★ Saturate Before Using ★★★★★ The Captain and Me ★★★★★ Madman Across the Water ★★★★★ Close to the Edge ★★★★★ 1973 Dark Side of the Moon ★★★★★ ZOSA ★★★★★ There Goes Rhymin' Simon ★★★★★ Band on the Run ★★★★★ Dixie Chicken ★★★★★ Career-Best Grievous Angel ★★★★★ Career-Best Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ★★★★★ Houses of the Holy ★★★★★ Past, Present and Future ★★★★★ Career-Best 1974 Court and Spark ★★★★★ Career-Best Feats Don't Fail Me Now ★★★★★ Blood on the Tracks ★★★★★ No Other ★★★★★ Face the Music ★★★★★ 1975 A Night at the Opera ★★★★★ Born to Run ★★★★★ 1976 Royal Scam ★★★★★ Hotel California ★★★★★ Career-Best Night Moves ★★★★★ 1977 Rumors ★★★★★ Stranger in Town ★★★★★ Darkness on the Edge of Town ★★★★★ 1979 My Aim Is True ★★★★★ Career-Best Rust Never Sleeps ★★★★★ Damn the Torpedoes ★★★★★ Making Movies ★★★★★ 1980 London Calling ★★★★★ Career-Best The River ★★★★★ the Cars ★★★★★ The Game ★★★★★ 1981 Escape Artist ★★★★★ Career-Best 1982 Thriller ★★★★★ 1983 Speaking in Tongues ★★★★★ Cargo ★★★★★ Career-Best Rebel Yell ★★★★★ Learning to Crawl ★★★★★ 1984 Word of Mouth ★★★★★ Brothers in Arms ★★★★★ 1985 Scarecrow ★★★★★ 1986 Life's Rich Pageant ★★★★★ Revenge ★★★★★ Career-Best 1987 Lonesome Jubilee ★★★★★ Kick ★★★★★ Career-Best The Joshua Tree ★★★★★ 1988 Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 ★★★★★ 1989 The End of the Innocence ★★★★★ 1990 Against the Grain ★★★★★ 1991 Nevermind ★★★★★ Out of Time ★★★★★ Played from LPs, 8-tracks, cassettes, some open-reel tapes, and CDs, these, and fifty or a hundred more, were the soundtrack of our lives, the playlist for all our long, late nights on the Interstate, or, long solo flights into the celestial plane. These LPs were played until the grooves gave out, for the most part.
Wow - this was awesome - you certainly captured the soundtrack of many of our lives - certainly mine. This could be a music class. Nice to see 12 Dreams showing up on many lists - it's a personal favorite as well. I love your Nektar story. I don't understand why Remember The Future isn't mentioned all the time as one of the greatest prog albums - It's a perfect album. By the way I'm a huge Nektar fan - but Remember The Future is their pinnacle. And I love how you mark Career-Bests. Nice touch. Nice to see Hard Day's Night - way up amongst my most played Beatles albums. White album minus side 4..lol Word of Mouth by Kinks - that's interesting selection. Thanks for sharing.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I started out trying to make the shortest list, of albums that hit the 5★ mark without caveats. By the time I got all the albums I rated as qualified, I had something like 88, so it wasn't too much of a stretch to find another dozen, but I could have made it to 150 if I'd tried. I have the complete Nektar catalog. You're right, RtF is the pinnacle. The album broke in early '74, dominated the FM channels for more than a year! It was the sleeper hit of the year, No one was looking for it. As for Spirit, I was an early fan, almost put The Family that Plays Together on the list, but hit 100 first. It's almost as good as Dr Sardonicus, maybe even a little better, in a laid-back way. Both are still in my comfort zone when I'm looking for something to cut thru the BS of a hard day. The White Album would have been perfect without Side 4. Revolution 1 is interesting, but not particularly gripping, and the rest of the side is forgettable. A Hard Day's Night, though, deserves all accolades, the first album by a "pop group" to feature all-original songs. That was a very big deal, in 1964! I couldn't pick any of the albums on my list as "favorite", for longer than it took to wear it out, again, maybe a few weeks. I rotate my music pretty regularly, since they aren't making any more of it. I've played many of these records well into the high hundreds, a few into the thousands of times. I have around 3,000 LPs, maybe 3,000 CDs, and I still have at least 500 45s, to choose from, but a lot of those are less than 5★, many hardly rate a star, with only one, or two, songs I care about (Avenging Annie, by Andy Pratt, for instance). I prefer my iPod, these days, the single greatest invention of the computer age, in my humble opinion, so I can assemble all the songs I like, without having to change LPs, CDs, etc. These LPs were the soundtrack of my life, my friends' lives. My mother would scream at me, "You're never gonna be a Beatle!", in 1964, '65, '66, me banging on my guitar since the Hootenanny craze of the early '60s, echoing Jethro Tull's For a Thousand Mothers: "Did you hear Mother? Saying I'm wrong, but I know I'm right Did you hear Father? Calling my name into the night Saying I'll never be what I am now Telling me I'll never find what I've already found It was they who were wrong And for them here's a song." Don't think for a moment I didn't crank the volume, every time that song came on! There were a lot of us, who had parents like that. We changed the world around us, and most parents fell in line with the changes. My mother would ask, 12 years after Ed Sullivan, "Isn't that a Beatles song?" as we walked through a grocery store, Muzak butchering one of the tunes from Rubber Soul (probably Michelle). It was a watershed moment ... "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end ..."
@@TheAnarchitek wow. If you aren’t or weren’t a professional rock writer / critic you unfortunately missed your calling. Damn that was some amazing writing. Coming from a guy who’s been reading about rock music since the early 70s
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowThank you! I've been writing since I was 10, but life sent me in other directions (John Lennon called it perfectly, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"). I started playing guitar in Spring 1961, when Folkies were hot. I was coming up on 12, and anything that made it possible to talk to girls was a necessity. Rock 'n' roll was a natural progression. I switched to electric, in '64, after the Beatles turned the world on its ear, literally. I had a half-dozen bands, but my parents were even worse than Ian Anderson's -- my Mom dragged me to a barbershop, one afternoon in '65, told the barber to "Shave him bald" and so intimidated the man, he shaved off a large mole on the back of my neck! Blood spurted everywhere, he started blubbering, and she said to me, "You see what you've done?" Her mantra was "You're NOT going to be a Beatle!" I never thought I would be one since my name wasn't "John, Paul or George", but I wrote songs, poems, treatises, and rants, on scraps of paper, in notebooks, and journals. I had a column in the school paper, and dominated Creative Writing classes I have about 40 journals, from 1968 on, plus hundreds of pages, filled with scribbled lines of bad poetry, idle speculation, and political rants. I wasn't unusual, among my peers. Everyone I knew played some instrument, and wrote, too. I started to learn open tuning, in 1969, after I saw Mississippi Fred McDowell. I began to figure out the slide around the same time as Lowell George. We talked about it, years later, comparing notes before a concert in 1975. A lotta people had childhoods like mine, back then. Many had worse. Those were the days, my friend ...
Soldier Field 1977 we chased him off the stage after we got blown away by Silver Bullet band. We were having a massive snow ball fight using plastic milk jugs when Frampton came on stage. When he asked us to stop they started throwing the milk jugs at the stage. He played two-and-a-half songs and then left and nobody cared.
Wow, that's a crazy story. 1977 he was pretty much at his peak. I saw him at MSG that year - was fantastic. Of course Seger with SBB back then pretty amazing as well.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow He was the headliner of one of the Super Bowls of Rock summer 77. A couple of circumstances led to that debacle. It was about 110 degrees and they let us bring gallon milk jugs filled with water. After Bob Seger finished while we were waiting for Frampton to come on, somebody threw a milk jug from the stands onto the field. In a matter of minutes there were about 20 Thousand milk jugs floating around the stadium. It was the finale of a long hot day and we were done. Not to mention that most of the people were drunk or wasted on drugs. And, to be honest, we were pretty much sick of all those songs from Frampton Comes Alive. I never got into his music but I know that his peers consider him to be one of the best. Good show
@@charlesandrews2360 Thanks again. Now I understand. When I see footage of those massive outdoor summer shows with people just cooking in the sun. I give you and them credit. I don’t and didn’t have that in me I don’t think. I would also get nuts from it. As an aside Frampton to me is at his best in a smaller venue.
Why was Frampton Comes Alive such a huge hit? Why do people love it so much? I love Frampton/Humble Pie etc, but the success of this album is a genuine enigma to me! Was it the 'talking guitar'? 🤔 oh well, still a million times better than Taylor Swift!
An interesting {And Honest} listing.... You're the only one to list 2 by the same artist "A N D" album's never mentioned or popular... I've watched a few of these "Most Listened To" selection's and feel an even more INTERESTING selection would be.... The LAST 10 Album's I've just listened to..... That could really CHUCK UP SOME INTERESTING selection's. LOL ... PS I alway say the BEST Rolling Stone's album is The One I'm listening to. I also listen to the first 5 or 6 album's more than any other's, one after the other....
Thank you so much. Love that line you came up with "The BEST Rolling Stone's album is The One I'm listening to". I can relate to that - a lot of truth to that. But for me no doubt that Sticky Fingers and GHS are my most listened to. I currently have a backlog of over 300 albums I've bought in the last two years, that I haven't gotten to yet, plus still buying stuff. It's a disease, but the last 10 albums I've just listened to is interesting and in my case, very diverse.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thank's for the reply... I'm a 75 year old {Poor} Pensioner who's just come out of a 7 year Depression {where I did NOTHING !} I've just discovered "BUYING BUNDLE'S". WOW, what FUN. I've bought 50 CD's & 2 LP's in the last 10 day's, so my "Recently Played would be DIVERSE too.>>> STRAWBERRY SWITCHBLADE {WOW - Great} STEVEN STILL'S & MANASSAS {11 !} LUCINDA WILLIAMS {4} YES - SIMPLE MIND'S {errr, Vat's ME ! LOL} SCISSOR SISTER'S - ROSEANNE CASE {THE RIVER.. WOW x 2. Bluesy and a real treat... / one I would probably never of bought as a single album. Very different to all her other stuff {I have maybe 5 of her's.} NEIL YOUNG / HARVEST MOON. +++++++ NEW RIDER'S PURPLE SAGE - WHERE I COME FROM Radio Mixes & live Bonus... Paid full price for this after hearing "DIRTY BUSINESS" on youtube. Listened to it 4 time's in 10 day's. >>> czcams.com/video/OkdFoxax8qs/video.html.
@@HTJB60 Thanks for finding me and giving me a shot. First, as you know, we all have our ups and downs and get depression bouts, but 7 years is a long haul. So I'm so glad to hear you pulled through and found a hobby to engross you and keep you active, which I believe helps in battling depression. You're musical listening sure is diverse and awesome. Also big fan of Manassas, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash - Harvest Moon is a classic - that's in one of best of year videos. New Riders...sweet stuff. Thanks so much again -but I hope your listening backlog doesnt reach my level... it becomes a burden.
Alright - took me a bit to figure it out. Indeed Remember The Future and Long Island - thanks. Of course Nektar were British, though people think they're from Germany.
First five lilac time. Roy harpers seventies releases. World party Egyptology heads hands and feet tracks. Spirit family that plays together. Traffic s/t. Both gracepool releases. Marshall Crenshaw. Mary Jean and nine others. adrian belew and the bears. No an armatrading the key. Yes yessongs. John Abercrombie characters. Box agents of fortune. Santana lotus. Zep. Frankfurt 1980. Vienna 1973. Wishbone Ash argus
Damn got some variety. Amazing that some of these are your most listened ever. I have many of them but only Argus and Yessongs come close to my other selections. Have no Likac Time or John Abercrombie. Interesting choices.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow lilac time is nick Drake on happy. As good in their own right as good rats. The only artist besides Victoria Williams who has more than two entries in my hot hundred faves in a 2k collection. Stephen Duffy jumped out of Duran Duran for this band that is about as well known to the general public as good rats.
I'm surprised you like "David Live". I'm one of the biggest Bowie fans in the world but couldn't even sit through that album even once. The sound quality is awful and why is Bowie covering "Knock On Wood"? And his attempt to re-claim "All The Young Dudes" backfired badly.
I imagine a big part of it was that David Live was the first Bowie album I ever bought (my sister had Diamond Dogs so I heard that album first). Both those albums are incredibly special to me. I still love David Live and I think the band (especially Earl Slick on lead guitar and the incredible piano work on the album) are exceptional. I actually like Knock on Wood and as we know he'd get even more soulful with the 2nd leg of the Diamond Dogs tour and the Young Americans album. But alot of older Bowie fans were certainly not fans of the David Live era, and I understand that.
It is great, but for me, it's not even close to my most listened to albums ever. And yes I have every Beatles album both in stereo and mono, and more. None wouldn't make the most listened to albums for me. But of course amazing albums.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I like Floyd about as much as I like queen, but these shoes were few and historic because of it, snowy white on guitar was the selling point here. He works well with Gilmour. Not so well with Lizzy and Scott gorham Not
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow My most listened to Stones album was when I lived in Arizona in 1981. I was probably one of the last people in the United States to still have an 8-track player in my car. At the time I only had four working eight-track tapes. Get Yer ya-ya's out, Aladdin Sane, My Aim is True, and the best of Buffalo Springfield. There was really no radio to speak of so I would pop in one of my tapes and then just listen to that for couple of months. I listened to Hot Rocks a lot before that but not even close to Get Your Yaya's. The current album that I have been listening to non-stop is a couple by King gizzard & The Lizard wizard. I'm in your mind fuzz, omnium gatherum, LW to name three. And the live version of rattlesnake that's on CZcams that King gizzard played in Chicago at the salt shed is one song that I cannot stop listening to. If you don't know them you should check them out. There's song dripping tap covers all the music that we loved from the 70s 80's and 90's. It's just amazing
@@charlesandrews2360 I love your 8 track story. I still have 8 tracks and recently rebought my original 8 track player. Don’t sound too great though lol. I have never heard of King Grizzard but I’ll check it out. Thanks for the tip.
I started listening to Genesis in 1973 when in the US they were virtually unknown. To me the early Genesis is the greatest progressive music ever made.
Very nice list. Just discovered your channel with the “most- listened-to” list. David Live was my first Bowie album as well and I played it to death. The reissue with Here Today, Gone Tomorrow has me playing the record again. Quadrophenia is my favourite Who record. I made a personal connection with that record and the movie really spoke to me. I’ve also got that Director’s Cut of Quadrophenia. I also included Goat’s Head Soup on my list. It was also my first Stones’ record. Just subscribed to your channel. We are of the exact same era.
Thank you so much for subscribing and I hope you enjoy my other videos. We certainly have similar musical tastes. Lots of Stones videos as well on my channel. I have quite the collection. Thanks so much again.
I just bought Frampton Comes Alive for the first time! After all these years I can’t believe I never did. Excellent, excellent album. My most overplayed album is my all time #1 fav album: Abbey Road! And I agree, Goats Head Soup is criminally underrated and/or appreciated. Heartbreaker is a phenomenal track. Keep up the good videos!
Thanks so much. You're surely not alone with Abbey Road.
Some good picks and I agree on the Nektar such a good album that doesn't get talked much about. Love it.
Thanks. Truly one of the greatest lost classics
Great list! Very cool to see Zebra get a mention. I'm originally from Long Beach, NY and saw Zebra play several times in various bars on Long Island in 1980/1981. I was in high school then, but bars were pretty loose back then on the drinking age. Good memories with that band, and the Good Rats too.
Thanks so much. I'm also from Long Island and have great memories of those incredible times. Please check out my video (in the Playlist called Discographies By Topic) "Long Island Rocked With Good Rats, Zebra, Twisted Sister". I show memorabilia from back in those days. I think you'll love it and will bring you back to those amazing days.
I also have another video you may like in the playlist called "Rants / Tributes / News" - A Visit To The Long Island Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thanks Alan, I checked out this one today, it was a lot of fun to watch and see the old clippings from back in the day. It's cool that you saved them all. I used to go to Speaks quite often and actually worked there for a while as a bottle boy of all things. My sole job was to collect empty and abandoned beer bottles. Gathering the abandoned one's was always dangerous. Some of the patrons liked to throw punches first and ask questions later if they saw someone taking their beer before they were done. lol.
@@melprophet1936 lol. Love these stories. Ah the good old days of Long Island Rock 'n' Roll. Cool that you worked at Speaks...a bottle boy. Wow - the music and the stuff you must've seen. Really cool. Glad you enjoyed the video and brought you back to those days.
My grandparents lived in Long Beach 1965-2001 Spent a lot of time there. I remember seeing them too once!
nice collection. The Who’s Face Dances would def be on my list. I listened to that nonstop summer ‘81. I know that’s not a popular one with Who fans but I’m a Who fan and it is with me.
That's a deep choice for sure. As you know, I'm a fan of Face Dances and It's Hard. Certainly not at the top of the best Who albums, but fine in their own right. LOVE Another Tricky Day and Don't Let Go The Coat.
Great stuff, it's great to see your joy and life in your music, well done 👍
Thanks so much.
Hey never caught the Rosenberg Show but I can relate. Some nice inclusions namely the greatest double album ever, Physical Graffiti, the best live album, Frampton Comes Alive, and absolutely the most underrated debut, Zebra! A little background here. It was Spring 1983 when I heard my first Rush album, 2112. I was so blown away that I joined a record club just so I could get my hands on the bulk of their output. Then my buddy who was going to Hofstra played me the Zebra debut. Well of course I fell in love with it and still listen today! Peace brother.
Thanks so much. Really appreciate it. Great to hear from a local Hofstra guy. Zebra sure got played slot on WBAB before the album. I was counting down the weeks for the album to come out and it sure didn’t disappoint. Thanks again
Being a product of the 70s Frampton Comes Alvie was king. I have watched a number of these and wasn’t planning on doing it but it finally clicked what I would show so I guess I will do it also. Some great Stones albums. Nice stack
Thanks so much. I'll definitely check out your list as well.
Anxious to see yours Steve 😄. Dude you are in the most interesting places 😉
Definitely going to look for Nektar. I had Frampton comes alive as a teenager (lost all my records in a flood) I need to pick it up again.
I was lucky to pick up the David Bowie live for $7 at a charity shop!
Terrible that you lost all your records in a flood. Great find with the Bowie. Remember the Future is great. Thanks.
Nice one! You have great taste ❤
Thanks so much - really appreciate it.
Nice choices for your selection of top 13, i can listen to your music, I do have all albums you mentioned.
That's awesome Richard - yea - these albums are timeless and never grow tired or old.
"Remember The Future" by Nektar may be my favorite album of all time. I'm not joking. Dim the lights and give it a try.
Awesome. Oh yea. I’ve done that. Takes you on a nice journey. Wish more people would discover this forgotten treasure
2 of my faves..... Remember The Future and Camels " Lady Fantasy ".
So many of your most-listened-to albums are frequently played in my home. The LPs that I listen to the most are the ones that I want to hear at least a couple of times every season, year after year. Each song on them moves me greatly, one way or another, and no song is skippable. I have listened to no album more times than I have listened to The Stones’ “Sticky Fingers” (which I got as soon as it was released in 1971). I agree with your statement: “It is the greatest album of all time.” My second most-listened-to album is what I consider to be the second greatest album of all time: The Who’s “Quadrophenia.” After those two, it would be too painstaking for me to even try to assign numbers to my most-played albums, so in no particular order they are: “Terrapin Station” by Grateful Dead; “Court and Spark” by Joni Mitchell; “Goats Head Soup” by The Rolling Stones; Close To The Edge” by Yes; “The Yes Album” by Yes; “Dragon Fly” by Jefferson Starship; “Songs of Innocence” by U2; “Can’t Buy a Thrill” by Steely Dan; “Brothers and Sisters” by The Allman Brothers Band; “David Live” by David Bowie; and “Horses” by Patti Smith to round out my list of 13.
We certainly have similar tastes and listenings. Terrapin Station is my personal favorite and most played Dead album, with American Beauty along right with it. Those Yes albums also way up there with Yessongs my Yes #1 - Going For The One, way up there too. Nice to see Songs of Innocence way up there. Love that album and it was a huge hit for me in my house but sorely overlooked by the general public and even U2 fans. I prefer Easter but Horses is an all time classic obviously. Love the early Starship as well, but I also prefer Red Octopus and Spitfire. Thanks for sharing as always.
I saw The Rolling Stones at The Tower Theatre on 9/22/2002 from the second row. What a night. What a week. I took my wife to all three Philly shows. When my mom heard we were going to all the Licks gigs , she mentioned that she had never seen the Stones, so we brought her to the second show of the week at the First Union Center. She had a blast!
Wow. I can’t imagine. I’ve seen The Stones pretty much every tour since 1975 but never up close in a small venue. I have a bootleg of that Tower show. Those small shows are amazing.you’re very lucky. Awesome
It's fun watching you show your lists. All filler. Many that I love and several I'll have to explore. Seconds Out and Frampton are great recordings. If I'm in doubt something doesn't sound right I'll put one of those on and reassure myself everything is as it should be. Alan your excitement about music is palpable 😊. Greg
Thanks so much. I'm all about the passion. No scripting and I've no idea what I'm gonna say and no editing. Just my lifelong passion, that has never faded.
This musical topic has caught on like wildfire. Cool. ; Great list Alan.! Yes Wishbone Ash is highly underappreciated.! Like New England just listened No Smoke Without FIre. Who's Next
s Next, Frampton Comes Alive (attended those shows at Winterland in the 70s! when going to UC Berkeley). Kinks Arthur, XTC (love 7 of their albums, but English Settlement makes the list), Thin Lizzy Jailbreak, Beach Boys Pet Sounds. , Stones Exile On Main Street)
Thanks so much for watching, commenting and listing yours. Great to see another Wishbone Ash fan - Yea I really like No Smoke and Front Page News (the album before) - very different from each other but both underrated as well. Oh you were awesome to see Frampton at that time. You're the proof that FCA documents those shows as they were. He was on fire back then. I have some bootlegs as well that also are scortching. Thanks again.
Wow, excellent list. Down the list you had dire straits. I need to try one of those compilations because otherwise I stuck to making movies which I love but don’t have all their stuff. So I’m sure I’m missing some great stuff there. Gotta agree, Sticky Fingers is as good as it gets!!
Thanks so much. Making movies is my favorite Straits studio album but I love all their albums so gotta say that the compilations for them are fantastic listens. Enjoy.
Balls to pick "David Live", an album brutalized by critics, but I totally agree with you. It's wonderful. Nektar's "RtF" is also a great pick. Stone's "GHS" is another bold pick. It's right up there with their best, but few agree. "Quad" and Zep's"PG" are wonderful double-LP picks. Excellent job.
Thanks so much - really appreciate it
I have a lot of those albums you have displayed on your Top 13 list. You have mentioned those in your past videos on The Alan Rosenberg Show with your complete analysis on each record. David Live, Animals, Physical Graffiti, Dire Straits, Frampton Comes Alive are all great choices. Anything by the Rolling Stones during the Mick Taylor period (which is by far their best period) are can't misses for top records of all time. But for me, Quadrophenia is still the best listen from start to finish, even after 50 years.
No argument from me Tarr regarding Quadrophenia, which is why it's so high on my lists. Yea, few other albums have struct such a chord with me as Quadrophenia on so many levels. It was also extra special for so long, as so few people that I knew, really knew the album. Commercial radio back then never played it either - so really was a special bond for me...and still is.
My most listened:
Captain Beefheart- Clear Spot
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
Little Feat- Electric Lycanthrope
Steely Dan- Aja
Jimi Hendrix- Band of Gypsys
Pixies- Doolittle
Weezer- Blue Album
Yes- Yessongs
Keith Jarrett- Bremen/ Lausanne Concerts
Neil Young- Everybody knows this is nowhere
Pretty diverse list for sure. Love that Little Feat bootleg. Great one.
I've seen a lot of these lists and this is by far my favourite. Wishbone Ash and Nektar, that's a big plus for me, as well as the rest.
Thanks so much Mark - really appreciate it. Yea, New England and Remember The Future are part of my DNA now. Thanks again.
Speaking of Wishbone Ash... "Argus"
I throw it on every two- three months.
Good selection.
Peace on earth.
P.S. I saw Frampton taping this tour
opening for Robin Trower... trippin' hard... good times.
Thanks so much - yea Argus is a perfect album. My 2nd fave Ash album just behind New England.
Most listened to is interesting for those of us who are old and were into album listening when we were young.
13. Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973
12. Bread - The Best Of Bread
11. Foghat Live - Foghat
10. Straight Shooter - Bad Company
9. On The Border - Eagles
8. Live Bullet - Bob Seger
7. Two For The Show - Kansas
6. Kill 'em All - Metallica
5. Facelift - Alice And Chains
4. Blood Sugar Sex Majic - Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. Piece Of Mind - Iron Maiden
2. Still Alive And Well - Johnny Winter
1. Strangers In The Night - UFO
thanks for watching and commenting. Thanks also for your honesty and incredible diversity. Wow, look at your list. Carpenters and Bread all the way to Metallica and Iron Maiden - I mean talk about the edges of the musical spectrum. Foghat Live and Live Bullet and Two For The Show - Yea I really like those. Strangers In The Night - amazing live album - I'm assuming if it's your most listened to album ever - it's your #1 live album as well - nice choice. Interesting Eagles selection. You know what Winter album I Love is Saints And Sinners - never see that album talked about much. Anyway - great stuff and thanks for sharing..
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow lots of fun. Enjoy the channel.
I was raised beyond civilization so The Carpenters and Bread, followed by the Eagles were the only albums I had to listen to. On The Border was easily my favorite Eagles album but I loved all of them up to Hotel California.
Saints And Sinners is great but I'm a sucker for Johnny Winter.
Strangers In The Night is probably my most listened to given the time and me being possessed by Michael Shenkers melodic, seamless shifting from one lick to another lead playing.
No way I could say what my favorite album is.
Could be Tuck And Patti's Tears Of Joy.
@@randybaker6042 a friend of mine loves Tuck & Patty. From what I heard very enjoyable
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I think Tuck & Patti's studio (6 minute - full version) recording of Castles Made Of Sand/Little Wing is one of the best there is. They take both songs, arrange them into one and deliver it one vocal, one guitar. I think it captures what the music world lost most when Hendrix died (his song creating).
@@randybaker6042 true that Hendrix sure had some beautiful melodies that are overshadowed and overlooked.
Nice to see Nektar in your list. Do you know a "Remember the Future" box set is coming later this month ? Check Cherry Red Records. Also, do you know that Charlie Daniels never paid the Fire On The Mountain Band ? I don't usually let personalities get betwixt me and my music but, that's one reason that Charlie fell off my radar. Good list !
Thank you so much. I think the remember the future box set may already be out. I’ve bought so many versions of that album. Still one of my favorite albums of all time I never heard that story before about Charlie Daniels. He never paid the band? No I never heard that. I always figured he’s one of the most straight up guys ever. I’ll have to research that. I know they were road dogs in the beginning and struggling on the road.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow The Nektar box comes out later this month, I have it pre-ordered. I was friends with Charlies drummer, Gary Allen who, passed last year so, I heard it from the horse's mouth, so to speak.
Thanks for the update - I recently saw another expanded version of Remember The Future but I guess it was a different one - there's so many versions. I myself have bought 3 different versions over the years. But it's an incredible album and I look forward to this new one to see what's on it. Thanks. @@blockssonicwafers
Great list as many are on my top 10 but never listened to Zebra. Will give them a listen.
WBAB used to play Zebra all the time.
I saw Marianne faithful in Toronto one night. And she played sister morphine, she mentioned how mick n keith never gave her co writing credit for the song...ps that Nektar album sounds great.. also.. no remaster pink floyd animals cd?.. hmm..Great show again allen.. thx for doing this for us..Dire straits live at the BBC is great too.
Amazing you saw her. I'm a huge fan of Marianne's but I've never seen her live except her Blazing Away album and video - which are INCREDIBLE!. Glad you liked the Nektar album. I think it's an all time classic. Love Dire Straits at the BBC. I kind of cheated with Dire Straits best of album in the list, but they're my most played best of albums, though I play the hell out of the studio and live albums as well. Love Them as you know. I have to go with the original Animals for this list..Thanks as always.
Ok, I think I can do this( without doubling up on an artist)
Blood On The Tracks
All American Alien Boy
Ziggy Stardust
Born to Run
Exile on Main St.
Let it Be ( counting the unplugged version puts it over the Top!)
Tom Petty first album
Imperial Bedroom
Heavy Horses
AND...
one to fill in as I'm gonna leave something out!😂😎
Thanks for the list - you're right about David Live. The arrangements and tone were so different! Took me a while but I love it now.
And Charlie was good enough to send me a signed photo once!
Fantastic list - I'm proud to say not only do I own every one of them, but I also love every one of them. Especially thrilled to see Heavy Horses on your list. LOVE MOTHS from that album!!!
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I bought Dave live not long after I went to see him on the Serious Moonlight tour, one of my first big live shows. It and Stage are both great still among my fav live records. I never heard of Zebra but I checked them out after I saw the doco "Mall City" (I gather you would have memories of Roosevelt Field Mall) where somebody mentioned them. Not too bad at all!. Physical Graffiti is prob my favourite Led Zep record too (or at least tied with Houses Of The Holy and II).
Thanks and thanks for the tip ov Mall City. I've been going to Roosevelt Field for decades and I've never heard of it. Will check it out.
I saw one guy do this about a week ago and now everyone is doing it. Enough already!
First time I ever did this, but I thought it would be fun to "join the party" for the first time. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it, but honestly I'm glad I did it. Sometimes nice to be part of the crowd...in my own way.
Did you know that the house on the right on the cover of Physical Graffiti is the same house where the Stones shot the exteriors for the Waitin' on a Friend video?
Yes I did - whenever I walk there I see it in my head. Doesn't look like the club where they shot it anymore though.
Frampton Falls Down.....your number 2 most listened to 😂🤣 It's been a minute since something fell. It was overdue. Sticky Fingers would be in my top 10 too. Feel free to thank New Orleans for sending your number 7, Zebra, your way. You're welcome 😂 I heard you were thinking about changing the name of your show to The Long Island Stud Muffin 😜. I will be listening to the new Nils Lofgren this weekend. Have you listened to it yet?
lol. I really like the Canadian Studmuffin. Maybe one day he'll discover me. I've heard two songs from it and really liked them. I'll buy the album......eventually. I have to start digging into my backlog...it's killing me. I do thank New Orleans for Zebra...but to me Zebra will always be a "Long Island" band. Funny Felix used to (maybe still does) live like a mile away from me. There used to be a Zebra car for Zebra 4 parked in a driveway for like 2 years and then it disappeared. Was so cool.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Don't forget that I went to high school with Felix Hanemann. I saw his penis in the dressing room after gym class. It's real little 🤣😂......just kidding about the penis part🤣😂 but I did go to Warren Easton High School with him. I am enjoying the Nils Lofgren. The last two songs, however, I don't know if I like it not. They end the album on a quiet note. I would have preferred the album end on a rockin song. Overall I think you're going to enjoy it.... when you get around to it.
@@davidkunzli680 Thanks for the Nils review. It's been a while since he's released a new studio album that I really loved, so looking forward so hopefully this one really grabs me. From the two I've heard, I liked his voice (again). As for Felix....ok....too much information.
Never heard that Zebra album. Just listened… just awesome!!
So glad you gave it a shot and Loved it - AWESOME - thanks so much.
Zebra what a fantastic album
Thanks. Yea it sure is. And like I said in my video. I've never stopped playing it since 1983 or so.
Goat, Highly underappreciated, ever hear the Stones lp Jamming with Edward
oh yea - have on vinyl and cd. Actually got it on vinyl like a year or two after release....I think the best part is the cover...lol. It's just a very loose jam. I think the full retail price at the time was $3.98 and included an "apology" letter at the time...sounds about right...
Hi, i like and listen to most of the albums on your list , except the live albums you mentioned. Personally i don`t like live albums apart from one box-set Kraftwerk released where they took the live stage recordings and remastered them in the studio so as they sound like alternate versions of the original studio masters , no crowd noise etc. And i also like some of the Elvis original live studio out-takes where you can hear different takes along side the final masters.
I can only think of two albums that i repeatedly listen too from front to back and that`s Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene and Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells. Apart from that i only listen too 12" singles or different tracks from albums that feature songs i like.
When you showed the Who album it reminded me that in the next couple of months the Who are releasing multiple different cd and vinyl box-sets of WHO`S NEXT. I just thought i`d mention it as i know you collect box-sets and it might have passed you by.
Thanks from England.
Thanks so much. I'm a fan of Tubular Bells, but wow - that's a bit of a tough listen, so I'm surprised that that is one of the few albums you listen to repeatedly. Thanks for the info - yes - I'm excited for the next super deluxe Who box of Who's Next. Those huge boxes are great. I have to start saving my money for sure. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Very interesting how closely aligned our tastes are. Zebra, Nektar, Animals.......I catch so much grief for loving these. Maybe check out Crack the Sky S/T. thx.
thanks so much - some "deeper" type stuff so it's wonderful to see we overlap. I've heard of Crack The Sky but never heard it. Thanks for the tip. Based on our overlapping musical tastes - I'll definitely check it out.
Hi Alan - looks like we have exactly the same taste in music lol. You're American right lol, an American that loves prog rock and British rock. Only a couple of American bands in your top 13 ?? Cant disagree with any in the list, except for Zebra - not familiar with them. Quadrophenia - The Who's greatest album !! Cya Doug
Yea - outside of certain areas of the US, Zebra is not well known. They were formed in New Orleans but came to Long Island NY where I live and became one of the three biggest Long Island bar bands. But bar bands that consistently played to hundreds and thousands of local fans. The other two were Twisted Sister and The Good Rats. Zebra finally got signed by Atlantic and released a classic debut album. Still were only big in Long Island and New Orleans and some other pockets of the US. Twisted Sister went overseas and got signed and came back here and also got signed and were huge for awhile. Good Rats released many albums but never made it that big.
Alan, have you listened to any of these albums 1,000 times or more? There was a discussion in a music forum and the topic was records you've heard 1,000 times and while some people were listing the albums they feel they have listened to that many times, others were chiming in saying it's impossible and nobody has ever listened to an album that many times. I ran back to this video hoping you gave the total amount of listens to prove them wrong, or not. It may make a great video topic.
1,000 times...wow. So lets see. for any album to make it into my database I have to listen to it at least 5 times minimum. I currently own between 5,000 to 6,000 albums - so I'm constantly listening to "new" purchases, plus I do go back to my archives a lot. Two of my most listened to albums would be Sticky Fingers and Goats Head Soup. Lets pick GHS. Got it in 1973. Have no idea how many times I've heard it - and I have like 7 different versions of it. But lets say I've heard - on average 3 times a year since 1980 - that's like 150 listens since 1980. Those first 7 years listened more but maybe another 150 times. That would be like 300 listens to GHS...approximately. So not even close to 1,000 listens. Even it was up to 500 listens (possible) that would be max. So no 1,000 listens seems ....impossible?? But if someone listens to an album every week - that would be 52 times in a year - would take 20 years to hit 1,000 listens.....No either they have very few albums and just listen to that one over and over again. Best, Alan
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Interesting! Thanks for responding.
@@crichards1986 thanks. My pleasure. Interesting question.
Top 10 listened 1. Santana caravanserai 2. Journey (debut)3. Jean luc ponty enigmatic ocean 4. Wishbone ash there’s the rub 5. Spirit 12 dreams of dr sardonicus 6. Steely Dan pretzel logic 7. Quicksilver messenger service(debut) 8. Stephen stills Manassas debut 9. Santana debut 10.eagles desperado
I sure love and appreciate diversity and wow you are diverse. Caravanserai - you don't see that often in top lists (not even of Santana albums). Journey debut...wow....I've never heard it though based on your love of Santana I totally get it. Enigmatic Ocean - phew going deep. There's The Rub - love it (love Laurie Weisfield) - does it get better than Persephone......no. 12 Dream..Nature's Way - unbelievable song and album. Manassas - love it. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow listen to journey debut you’ll be blown away. Came out 1975 . I saw that tour amazing . A totally different band!
@@dannyschneider553 Thanks. I’ve never heard those early 3 ? Think it’s 3 early Journey albums. I have to check them out. Never been a big fan of Journey ala Steve Perry.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow the first two journey excellent . The third good . After that they made money that’s it .
@@dannyschneider553 I’ll charcoal them out. I occasionally see them used out in the wild. Always passed them by. Now I’ll give it a shot. Thanks
Remember the Future -- what a great album. Nektar never got big here like they did in Europe, especially in Germany. Many people still think of them as a German instead of a UK band, maybe because they were located in Germany when they got their start and some of their albums, especially the first one, do have a bit of a "Krautrock" feel.
Yea exactly. Many still think they were a German band. Great point in that their first album is kind of Krautrock.
I've seen a few channels do this but yours is the first I've commented on.
Estimating all time is hard. Thinking back, I've never played (or bought) as many albums as I have in the last few years although my teenage years were focused on a much smaller collection. In the middle years, it was a case of what I'd play in the car and on Sunday mornings.
I can't order these but I know I had them early and I still play them very regularly.
Who's Next
Dark Side of the Moon
Wish You Were Here
A Trick of the tail
Seconds Out
Abbey Road
Crime of the Century
Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous
Physical Graffiti (my first Led Zeppelin album and it set the bar at a level that the others couldn't get anywhere near)
That's nine and I'll leave the last as I'm bound to realise I've forgotten something.
If I can add plays across two albums with similar contents, then there would be a Jess Roden live album, originally Blowin' for the first 20 years, and then Live at the BBC for the last twenty odd years.
Thanks so much. As you know, we have similar tastes and all of your selections are "classics" with me as well. I love that Jess Roden live album you told me to get as well. I should have said what you said in that every choice of mine were gotten back when they first came out, so they've had countless decades of play that new releases don't have because of the time element. But all these albums are in our DNA by now. A Trick Of The Tail and Wish You Were Here are right up there with me as well.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I'm delighted you're enjoying the Jess Roden album. It's such a shame he didn't crossover into the mainstream. Even in the UK, I only remember hearing him played once on the radio and that was late night on the John Peel Show. It made a huge impression so I bought Blowin' when it was released. I don't remember seeing the Jess Roden Band's two 1976 studio albums in the record stores in my town.
I thought you'd be surprised by Physical Graffiti appearing in my list after all I've said about Led Zeppelin being overrated. Looking at my plays record built up over the last few years, I play it four times as often as my second and third albums, Led Zeppelin 1 and Presence. I think I have an attachment to Presence because it was my second Zeppelin album and the first album I ever bought on the day of release. I pre-ordered it because I loved Physical Graffiti and remember walking the couple of miles into town after school to collect it.
I’ve always liked Goats Head Soup. Especially after seeing the Stones 3 shows one weekend October 1973!
Oh am I jealous of you. I never saw the Stones with Mick Taylor. My first time was 1975. The GHS tour, exhibited on Brussels, is amongst my favorites of all time.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Mick also played guitar for Billy Preston who opened. He’s a fantastic player.
@@Larrybabbin1957 yes. I’ve seen pictures. He sometimes wore a big Afro. I have a Billy live album from them. Fantastic you were there
Can you do a show on how your organize all your music ?
Thanks - would be a quick show.. I do it strictly alphabetical. But with space issues, some artists have there own area (check out my video from a week or so ago - where I show my actual collection of like 5600 albums). Stones, Dylan, Wishbone Ash, Tull have their own areas. Jazz and Soundtracks also has it's own areas. That about covers it. Alphabetical is perfect my simple brain...lol. Thanks.
I’m also a big fan of David Live. Goats Head Soup is not my favorite Rolling Stones album but is one that I listened to a lot. I was in High School and my friends and I all had it on tape and it was always playing in the car.
Thanks. If you haven't heard GHS in a long while, I bet you'll love hearing it again and take you back to those days of hearing it in the car while cruising with friends. And I always put on "Winter", in the winter, not as effective in this 90 degree heat...lol
I saw Dire Straits Brothers in Arms concert had great seats from a nice scalper.
As you know, one of my favorite bands of all time. I can listen to any of their albums anytime. As great as they were and as popular as they were....they're still underrated. One of the all time greats to me
Dude, where is The Dead? No Dead albums? That's the one Bowie I don't have.
I do own every Dead album besides some of the dicks picks live releases. American Beauty and Terrapin Station are my two favorites but not in the top 13 most listened to albums ever.
I think that might be the only david bowie I don't have either 5:13
#8 "its a long road and a little wheel and it taked a lot of turns to get there"
What a great quote from Charlie Daniels' Fire On The Mountain. When he and his band were trying to break out big, constantly on the road - A great dedication to his fellow road dogs - hard work, but eventually paid off for him and so well deserved. People don't remember, or don't appreciate how incredibly great that original Charlie Daniels Band was. Thanks so much.
Hi 👋 Alan I never liked that Pink Floyd Animals album. 1977 i was into Punk Rock, and didn't want to listen to anything else that year. Love David Bowie and had the pleasure of seeing him in concert in 1978. I like Charlie Daniel's band, their hit Devil goes down to Georgia is cool. The whipped up violin playing in it is fantastic. It was a smash hit here in New Zealand in 1979. Can't go wrong with Led Zeppelin, one of the best bands of all time. The Who are wonderful , i worked for a film distribution company here in the 1970s. It was cinema release movies, and the company released Quadrophenia in 1979. I had a film publicity poster of it back then. That Peter Frampton album sold by the truckload in the mid 1970s. Good old rock albums Alan.
Thanks so much Carl. How cool that you worked for a film distribution that did Quadrophenia. One of favorite movies of all times as well. Amazing to me that Charlie Daniels had a hit with Devil Went Down To Georgia all the way in New Zealand. Out of Dark Side, Wish You Were Here, The Wall....Animals is the toughest listen, but I love it - my personal favorite Floyd "Go-To" album.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thanks for your message Alan. Yes i had a great time working with film. The good old days. I can say that now I'm in older age.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow It was sad to hear of Sinead O' Connors death. I liked her singing.
1. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
2. The Who Who's Next
3. The Doors The Doors
4. Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
5. AC/DC Highway To Hell
Nice. All super classics for sure. Nice we match on two and almost three with The Who. Thanks
Okay, I've spent half an hour only on this, so maybe there is a major omission that I will wake up in the middle of the night sweating over, and disregarding all the Zappa stuff, which would probably be 4 to13 if included, see what you make of this:-
13. Home Service Live in '86
12. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Murder Ballads;
11. Spirit Spirit of '76;
10. John Sebastian The Four of Us;
09. Todd Rundgren A Wizard A True Star;
08. Jethro Tull Benefit;
07. The Who Quadrophenia;
06. King Crimson Red;
05. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers;
04. Hendrix Electric Ladyland;
03. Genesis Foxtrot;
02. Humble Pie Rockin' the Fillmore;
01. Robert Fripp/Exposure;
Four of these I could narrow down further to a single side of the album (I am thinking in terms of vinyl here). Rather strangely, the Todd Rundgren album is the only one of his I own. Also, I was looking through my collection and trying to find a 21st Century only top thirteen. Not so easy, but doable.
Wow - really interesting list. I've never even heard the Fripp Exposure album (and that's #1!!!). Piquing my interest. I have some Rundgren but I don't have A Wizard A True Star, and that's your only Rundgren album. I've never heard that Sebastian album or Spirit of '76 (wow - better than Dr. Sardonicus)? And I've never even heard of Home Service Live in '86. And Rockin' The Fillmore at #2 - Foxtot at #3 - how cool. Great stuff of course. Love it.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow The Fripp album came out in 1979 (the very expensive 32 disc box set of Fripp's solo stuff from the late seventies is worth every penny, as are all the massive Crimson box sets, all of which I own, and explains why I have no money any more!) and there has been a copy in every car I have owned since I passed my driving test in 1980 which is why it is at Number One. Home Service is a cheat; had a bootleg of this for decades before the album was finally released in 2010ish at which point the band reformed to tour the album, which made me very happy! Seen them a good few times. Actually got their latest brand new CD at one of the stalls at the festival last weekend. Yet to play it. And Sebastian was very important to me as a teenager (Woodstock) and I finally got to see him in London in 1980; one of the most emotional shows I have ever been to. He was in tears at the reception he received in a far from sold out venue. And Steve Marriott just had the finest rock/soul voice of all, imo; of course it means we both have Peter Frampton at number two, just slightly different eras. Glad you enjoyed my little list.
@@martinstarnes2237 Loved your list. I'm definitely going to check out the Fripp album, but the not the box - last thing I need is another 30 disc box I'll never get through...lol
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Oh, I quite understand. In total there are eight Crimson chronological box sets covering all eras of the band, all 20 CDs plus, without checking. Plus the Fripp one. But they are works of art. There are many interesting guests on Exposure; Darryl Hall (check out his solo album produced by Fripp from about the same time - it was eventually released a few years after recording as Hall & Oates' record label refused to allow him to release it - H&O fans wouldn't 'get it', apparently), Gabriel, Hammill, Terry Roche and others, and I suspect that the track Breathless is my most played piece of music ever. Such power. Tony Levin pretends to be Wetton, sort of, on this one, and Narada Michael Walden's playing is Brufordesque (Wetton is not on the album but gets a mention in the 'without whom' list). I have just played it yet again. Loud!
@@martinstarnes2237 You really got me interested - on my watch list when out in the wild - definitely. I don't listen to Crimson that much - I have that Frame By Frame 4 CD box and some other Crimson as well. My favorite is still the first with Greg Lake, but I do enjoy different incarnations - like completely different bands - by I'm no expert on Crimson...I'm learning from you.
Here's mine Alan
10.David Bowie-Glass Spider Tour with Frampton
9.Nektar-Remember The Future
8.Cheap Trick-We're All Alright
7.R.E.O. Speedwagon-R.E.O.11
6.Jethro Tull-Minstrel In The Gallery
5.Jethro Tull-Aqualung
4.Yes-CTTE
3.Spirit-Dr.Sardonicus
2.Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup
1.Uriah Heep-Look At Yourself
Honorable Mention Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers,Yes-The Yes Album,Steven Wilson-The Raven Who Refused To Sing
Love your list Tom. LOVE Dr. Sardonicus. Does it get better than Nature's Way....I think not. Cool to see GHS at #2!. Most played Tull for me would be Songs From The Wood, but fell outside top 13. What is Glass Spider...is that what I have - I have like a box it has a DVD and 2 CD's in it? Wow, that's impressive. I have to give that another listen - been a long time. I forgot I even had that because it's filed with my DVD's. I have a bunch of Cheap Trick but not nearly everything - We're All Alright I've never heard. Impressive that it's a recent release on your all time list. I'll have to check that one out. Thanks as always.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I could of picked Songs From The Wood or Heavy Horses also love listening to Tull.Your right the Glass Spider Tour is 2cd and a dvd.Love the way the stage is set and with Peter Frampton I just love it.Could of had a top ten of just the Stones lol.Have a good day Alan
@@thomaswery3087 Me too. Enjoy your day too.
Have you not heard Bowie's I'm only dancing? From the same your. Vastly superior and a complete show with three mediocre songs played only on this tour: can you hear me/it's gonna be me/somebody up there likes me. It's a legit release released four years ago small batch. You'd love it
Hi Spence - yea I have that. In fact I show it in a video on some of Bowie's Posthumous releases. I was so excited to get that, because it was from the 2nd half of that tour - The "Soul" tour and was very different from David Live. I paid full price for it and was very disappointed by it, especially for the price. Cool setlist but terrible sound. Like a fairly poor bootleg, so no I wasn't impressed except for the unique tracks from that leg of the tour. I much prefer David Live.
Some agreed picks there , good variety, some awesome music. I was wondering and a bit confused, you stated at the beginning that you have all your music written down on computer since 1973….73? Yeah I know it’s not necessarily on computer because as we know there were no home PC’s. My confusion is that I’m 62 and have collected albums and other since I was 11 or 12 and I never ever until maybe 10 yrs ago thought to catalogue my music, that was never a thing ppl did. Second is you certainly don’t seem to be near my age in your 60’s so how were you around in 73 or outta diapers in early 70’s. Maybe you’re very young looking for 60 something but even then what pre teen or teen files his albums on paper or computer?? 😂
It's in my intro video's about me, I actually show it. So I have a sister who's 4 years older who would type out lists once a year of all her albums, so in 1973, when I was ten, I started doing that. I still have the typed lists. I would also choose my best new artist and my top 3 most played albums of the year. When I got my first computer I created a database in Filemaker, which I still do. I have every album I own (over 5,000) in the database, with the chart positions, songs, year it came out and year I bought it. So I know exactly when I bought every album and I can sort in a myriad of different ways. It's pretty incredible. So you're right, I should have specified in this video better, but it's accurate, the typed lists starting in 1973 were all computerized up to todays date. Thanks so much. FYI I was born in 1963, so I'm 60.
Met Mick Taylor at a flower festival afew times. Talked plants and flowers not much rnr.
Thanks. I once with my wife saw him in a club show. We got to talk for awhile. He was nice, but not in the best of shape. Did sign a bunch of old ads I had which impressed him.
Great choices. Any fellow Genesis fan get a subscription.
Thanks so much
Nektar perfect got it when it came out
Awesome. Still sounds fantastic all these years later.
I’d be very interested how old you were in 1971? I was 6
Thanks for asking, it helps to put things in perspective. I was born in 1963 so I was 8. My sister is 4 years older than me and had and has fantastic musical taste, so musically I heard and listened to what she was listening to, which is why from such a young age, I was listening to great music. And I jumped in with both feet. Didn't take long for my record collection to far surpass hers and I knew my stuff. I was always known in my school and friends as the music guy. First real concert was The Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1975 - courtesy of my sister.
We share several choices.
Animals came out in Feb 77. I too bought it at the time. Then i saw them play it twice in July here in NYC!
Lucky you. My sister saw it too, but unfortunately I didn't. On the Animals remix package they should have released an official live from the tour. I have some great boots from it.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow me too. They swear they don’t have any!
@@Stonecutter334 hard to believe. They could even clean up the Oakland bootleg.
Really like your picks Wa New England fantastic. What a comeback after locked in .(there worst album) . Wa top 3 Argus there’s the rub New England.
Totally agree that Locked In was there worst, but I still have a soft spot to a little extent. I LOVE Number The Brave as well. I actually like all the "original Mk 1 and Mk 2 albums. Great stuff. Also LOVE There's The Rub...Persephone is incredible. Thanks so much.
Cool ... 2 Stones picks ... yup ... Wishbone Ash ... New England ... definite Yup (awesome era ... and still fabulous to see live ... both incarnations) .... Dire Straits ... Yup ..... going to have to check out Zenra and Nektar as homework .... CMcG. Aberdeen, Scotland .... my top 10 would include Communique, Street Legal / Budokan / Sow Train era Dylan, Barclay James Harvest's Eyes of the Universe, Watch by Manfred Mann's Earthband, Gaucho / Nightfly by Steely Dan / Donald Fagen, mid to late '70's Wishbone Ash ... and, currently, enjoying all of the Christopher Cross catalogue .... oh, and I love Can"t Slow Down by Foreigner .... just "works" .... for me anyway
So love your diversity too. Christopher Cross and Can't Slow Down by Foreigner....I only have the "classic Foreigner years albums (which are all awesome) and only the first Christopher Cross album - definitely an underrated talent. Love Communique and everything Dire Straits ever did - amongst my very very top. LOVE Slow Train Coming - amongst my very favorite Dylan and I also think Budokan is a guilty pleasure - thinking of doing a video on that album. Love Street Legal also. BJH and Manfred Mann have pretty much bypassed me. BJH I have dig deeper into one day. Thanks for watching and commenting - really appreciate it.
I love that you have Zebra’s first album there! Zebra is from New Orleans not Long Island. I should know I’m from and live in New Orleans
They are from New Orleans......but for us Long Islanders, they are from Long Island...lol. They were "our" band lol Along with Twisted Sister, The Good Rats, Rat Race Choir, Zebra - Long Island Gods back in the day. Thanks..
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow true New York has always been their home away from home
@@djacobmadrigal we still love them.
I always remind Alan that Zebra is from New Orleans. Felix went to Warren Easton and I did too. I think he was a year ahead of me. Greetings from Chilly Gentilly😂
@@davidkunzli680 I grew up in Gentilly. Zebra played at my grammar school when I was in 8th grade
Animals, 1977. Wishbone Ash is great. Good choices.
Thanks so much.
David Live gets a bit of a bad wrap. I'm a big Earl Slick fan so I need to check it out.
Check him out on Width Of A Circle for starters. Love this album.
That's Andy's boy Joe D. on the cover of your favorite album.
Yes. Lots think it’s mick but you are correct
Thank you Alan
Pink Floyd's Meddle lp
I do love Echoes
I watched a couple of these, but to limit myself to ten albums would make me lose interest in the ones I pick. There have been albums, over the years, that I obsessed over, A Hard Day's Night, Highway 61 Revisited, Face to Face, Animalization, Revolver, Them (Parrot label) Bayou Country, Abbey Road, Saturate Before Using, Rock On, Stoneground (I), The Yes Album, Tapestry, Cosmo's Factory, Hypnotized, Court and Spark, Fleetwood Mac, Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Warren Zevon (I), My Aim Is True, Damn the Torpedoes, The Wall, Escape Artist, Brothers in Arms, The Division Bell ... You know the story.
I use my iPod, now, with 140G of music, and nearly 50 playlists. Still, almost all my favorites come from a list of the Top 100. There are another 100 LPs that have one, two, or three songs, or a side. Nice catch, with Nektar. The band came out of nowhere, and took over in 1974, with their 5th LP, Remember the Future (released in late '73),. I had a record store, then, and every time I put the album on the stereo, we'd sell every copy in the store. The distributor called one day, to ask what I was doing with all the Nektar records, I told him they were selling like hotcakes. He sent me an unopened box (60 records), and we sold every one of them!
I tried making lists by decades, ended up with 40 minimum essential albums, all of which I've listened to hundreds of times, usually starting the week of release. The '70s were harder. I limited the number to 50, and still had too many candidates. In the '80's, things slowed down drastically, as the older bands moved out of recording and into mining the fruits of their labors in arenas. It'd be simple, in the '80s, or '90s, to find no more than 10.
I don't think I could put a number on how many times I've listened to the m, here is my
Top 100:
(Pick any 10!!!!)
1964 A Hard Day's Night ★★★★★ 1st all-original Rock LP
1965 Highway 61 Revisited ★★★★★
Them ★★★★★ Career-Best
1966 Animalization ★★★★★ Career-Best
. Sunny Afternoon ★★★★★
Sunshine Superman ★★★★★ Career-Best
Revolver ★★★★★
Over, Under, Sideways, Down ★★★★★
1967 Moby Grape ★★★★★
Surrealistic Pillow ★★★★★ Career-Best
.. Are You Experienced? ★★★★★
Sell Out ★★★★★
Strange Days ★★★★★
Forever Changes ★★★★★ Career-Best
1968 Axis: Bold as Love ★★★★★
Buffalo Springfield Again ★★★★★ Career-Best
Traffic ★★★★★ Career-Best
In Search of the Lost Chord ★★★★★
John Wesley Harding ★★★★★
Electric Ladyland ★★★★★
There Are But Four Small Faces ★★★★★
The White Album Sides 1, 2, & 3 ★★★★★
1969 Shine On Brightly ★★★★★
Stand Up ★★★★★
Spooky Two ★★★★★ Career-Best
Boz Scaggs ★★★★★
Abbey Road ★★★★★
To Our Children's Children's Children ★★★★★
Let It Bleed, ★★★★★
1970 The Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus ★★★★★ Career-Best
Morrison Hotel ★★★★★
Mona Bone Jakon ★★★★★
Tumbleweed Connection ★★★★★
Stage Fright ★★★★★
After the Gold Rush ★★★★★
American Beauty ★★★★★
All Things Must Pass ★★★★★ Career-Best
Moondance ★★★★★ Career-Best
Idlewild South ★★★★★ Career-Best
1971 The Yes Album ★★★★★
The Cry of Love ★★★★★
Every Picture Tells a Story ★★★★★ Career-Best
Rock On ★★★★★ Career-Best
Who's Next ★★★★★
Muswell Hillbillies ★★★★★
1972 Harvest ★★★★★
Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars ★★★★★
Saturate Before Using ★★★★★
The Captain and Me ★★★★★
Madman Across the Water ★★★★★
Close to the Edge ★★★★★
1973 Dark Side of the Moon ★★★★★
ZOSA ★★★★★
There Goes Rhymin' Simon ★★★★★
Band on the Run ★★★★★
Dixie Chicken ★★★★★ Career-Best
Grievous Angel ★★★★★ Career-Best
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road ★★★★★
Houses of the Holy ★★★★★
Past, Present and Future ★★★★★ Career-Best
1974 Court and Spark ★★★★★ Career-Best
Feats Don't Fail Me Now ★★★★★
Blood on the Tracks ★★★★★
No Other ★★★★★
Face the Music ★★★★★
1975 A Night at the Opera ★★★★★
Born to Run ★★★★★
1976 Royal Scam ★★★★★
Hotel California ★★★★★ Career-Best
Night Moves ★★★★★
1977 Rumors ★★★★★
Stranger in Town ★★★★★
Darkness on the Edge of Town ★★★★★
1979 My Aim Is True ★★★★★ Career-Best
Rust Never Sleeps ★★★★★
Damn the Torpedoes ★★★★★
Making Movies ★★★★★
1980 London Calling ★★★★★ Career-Best
The River ★★★★★
the Cars ★★★★★
The Game ★★★★★
1981 Escape Artist ★★★★★ Career-Best
1982 Thriller ★★★★★
1983 Speaking in Tongues ★★★★★
Cargo ★★★★★ Career-Best
Rebel Yell ★★★★★
Learning to Crawl ★★★★★
1984 Word of Mouth ★★★★★
Brothers in Arms ★★★★★
1985 Scarecrow ★★★★★
1986 Life's Rich Pageant ★★★★★
Revenge ★★★★★ Career-Best
1987 Lonesome Jubilee ★★★★★
Kick ★★★★★ Career-Best
The Joshua Tree ★★★★★
1988 Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 ★★★★★
1989 The End of the Innocence ★★★★★
1990 Against the Grain ★★★★★
1991 Nevermind ★★★★★
Out of Time ★★★★★
Played from LPs, 8-tracks, cassettes, some open-reel tapes, and CDs, these, and fifty or a hundred more, were the soundtrack of our lives, the playlist for all our long, late nights on the Interstate, or, long solo flights into the celestial plane. These LPs were played until the grooves gave out, for the most part.
Fantastic list
Wow - this was awesome - you certainly captured the soundtrack of many of our lives - certainly mine. This could be a music class. Nice to see 12 Dreams showing up on many lists - it's a personal favorite as well. I love your Nektar story. I don't understand why Remember The Future isn't mentioned all the time as one of the greatest prog albums - It's a perfect album. By the way I'm a huge Nektar fan - but Remember The Future is their pinnacle. And I love how you mark Career-Bests. Nice touch. Nice to see Hard Day's Night - way up amongst my most played Beatles albums. White album minus side 4..lol Word of Mouth by Kinks - that's interesting selection. Thanks for sharing.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I started out trying to make the shortest list, of albums that hit the 5★ mark without caveats. By the time I got all the albums I rated as qualified, I had something like 88, so it wasn't too much of a stretch to find another dozen, but I could have made it to 150 if I'd tried.
I have the complete Nektar catalog. You're right, RtF is the pinnacle. The album broke in early '74, dominated the FM channels for more than a year! It was the sleeper hit of the year, No one was looking for it.
As for Spirit, I was an early fan, almost put The Family that Plays Together on the list, but hit 100 first. It's almost as good as Dr Sardonicus, maybe even a little better, in a laid-back way. Both are still in my comfort zone when I'm looking for something to cut thru the BS of a hard day.
The White Album would have been perfect without Side 4. Revolution 1 is interesting, but not particularly gripping, and the rest of the side is forgettable. A Hard Day's Night, though, deserves all accolades, the first album by a "pop group" to feature all-original songs. That was a very big deal, in 1964!
I couldn't pick any of the albums on my list as "favorite", for longer than it took to wear it out, again, maybe a few weeks. I rotate my music pretty regularly, since they aren't making any more of it. I've played many of these records well into the high hundreds, a few into the thousands of times.
I have around 3,000 LPs, maybe 3,000 CDs, and I still have at least 500 45s, to choose from, but a lot of those are less than 5★, many hardly rate a star, with only one, or two, songs I care about (Avenging Annie, by Andy Pratt, for instance). I prefer my iPod, these days, the single greatest invention of the computer age, in my humble opinion, so I can assemble all the songs I like, without having to change LPs, CDs, etc.
These LPs were the soundtrack of my life, my friends' lives. My mother would scream at me, "You're never gonna be a Beatle!", in 1964, '65, '66, me banging on my guitar since the Hootenanny craze of the early '60s, echoing Jethro Tull's For a Thousand Mothers:
"Did you hear Mother?
Saying I'm wrong, but I know I'm right
Did you hear Father?
Calling my name into the night
Saying I'll never be what I am now
Telling me I'll never find what I've already found
It was they who were wrong
And for them here's a song."
Don't think for a moment I didn't crank the volume, every time that song came on! There were a lot of us, who had parents like that. We changed the world around us, and most parents fell in line with the changes. My mother would ask, 12 years after Ed Sullivan, "Isn't that a Beatles song?" as we walked through a grocery store, Muzak butchering one of the tunes from Rubber Soul (probably Michelle). It was a watershed moment ...
"Those were the days, my friend,
we thought they'd never end ..."
@@TheAnarchitek wow. If you aren’t or weren’t a professional rock writer / critic you unfortunately missed your calling. Damn that was some amazing writing. Coming from a guy who’s been reading about rock music since the early 70s
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowThank you! I've been writing since I was 10, but life sent me in other directions (John Lennon called it perfectly, "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"). I started playing guitar in Spring 1961, when Folkies were hot. I was coming up on 12, and anything that made it possible to talk to girls was a necessity. Rock 'n' roll was a natural progression.
I switched to electric, in '64, after the Beatles turned the world on its ear, literally. I had a half-dozen bands, but my parents were even worse than Ian Anderson's -- my Mom dragged me to a barbershop, one afternoon in '65, told the barber to "Shave him bald" and so intimidated the man, he shaved off a large mole on the back of my neck! Blood spurted everywhere, he started blubbering, and she said to me, "You see what you've done?" Her mantra was "You're NOT going to be a Beatle!"
I never thought I would be one since my name wasn't "John, Paul or George", but I wrote songs, poems, treatises, and rants, on scraps of paper, in notebooks, and journals. I had a column in the school paper, and dominated Creative Writing classes I have about 40 journals, from 1968 on, plus hundreds of pages, filled with scribbled lines of bad poetry, idle speculation, and political rants.
I wasn't unusual, among my peers. Everyone I knew played some instrument, and wrote, too. I started to learn open tuning, in 1969, after I saw Mississippi Fred McDowell. I began to figure out the slide around the same time as Lowell George. We talked about it, years later, comparing notes before a concert in 1975. A lotta people had childhoods like mine, back then. Many had worse. Those were the days, my friend ...
As lou costello said looks like I'm gonna be # 13
Abbott and Costello. Now that brings me back.
I saw Frampton in concert, he opened for Stevie Nicks and it was a great show.
Soldier Field 1977 we chased him off the stage after we got blown away by Silver Bullet band. We were having a massive snow ball fight using plastic milk jugs when Frampton came on stage. When he asked us to stop they started throwing the milk jugs at the stage. He played two-and-a-half songs and then left and nobody cared.
Wow, that's a crazy story. 1977 he was pretty much at his peak. I saw him at MSG that year - was fantastic. Of course Seger with SBB back then pretty amazing as well.
So that was much later in his career, when he was a bit "low". I've seen Frampton many times live - highs and lows...but always really good live.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow
He was the headliner of one of the Super Bowls of Rock summer 77.
A couple of circumstances led to that debacle. It was about 110 degrees and they let us bring gallon milk jugs filled with water. After Bob Seger finished while we were waiting for Frampton to come on, somebody threw a milk jug from the stands onto the field. In a matter of minutes there were about 20 Thousand milk jugs floating around the stadium. It was the finale of a long hot day and we were done. Not to mention that most of the people were drunk or wasted on drugs. And, to be honest, we were pretty much sick of all those songs from Frampton Comes Alive.
I never got into his music but I know that his peers consider him to be one of the best. Good show
@@charlesandrews2360 Thanks again. Now I understand. When I see footage of those massive outdoor summer shows with people just cooking in the sun. I give you and them credit. I don’t and didn’t have that in me I don’t think. I would also get nuts from it. As an aside Frampton to me is at his best in a smaller venue.
Why was Frampton Comes Alive such a huge hit? Why do people love it so much? I love Frampton/Humble Pie etc, but the success of this album is a genuine enigma to me! Was it the 'talking guitar'? 🤔 oh well, still a million times better than Taylor Swift!
I explain my opinion in my video Why Frampton Comes Alive is the greatest live album of all time.
At last, someone with a bit of taste.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
I guess I'll do the same
sounds great
An interesting {And Honest} listing.... You're the only one to list 2 by the same artist "A N D" album's never mentioned or popular... I've watched a few of these "Most Listened To" selection's and feel an even more INTERESTING selection would be.... The LAST 10 Album's I've just listened to..... That could really CHUCK UP SOME INTERESTING selection's. LOL ... PS I alway say the BEST Rolling Stone's album is The One I'm listening to. I also listen to the first 5 or 6 album's more than any other's, one after the other....
Thank you so much. Love that line you came up with "The BEST Rolling Stone's album is The One I'm listening to". I can relate to that - a lot of truth to that. But for me no doubt that Sticky Fingers and GHS are my most listened to. I currently have a backlog of over 300 albums I've bought in the last two years, that I haven't gotten to yet, plus still buying stuff. It's a disease, but the last 10 albums I've just listened to is interesting and in my case, very diverse.
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@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Just 'subscribed' 2 U. Now to try & work out HOW THAT WORK'S !!!!!!!! LOL.
@@HTJB60 Thanks for finding me and giving me a shot. First, as you know, we all have our ups and downs and get depression bouts, but 7 years is a long haul. So I'm so glad to hear you pulled through and found a hobby to engross you and keep you active, which I believe helps in battling depression. You're musical listening sure is diverse and awesome. Also big fan of Manassas, Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash - Harvest Moon is a classic - that's in one of best of year videos. New Riders...sweet stuff. Thanks so much again -but I hope your listening backlog doesnt reach my level... it becomes a burden.
@@HTJB60 Thanks so much again.
Remembah da futcha from nektah! Lon GEYE land!
Alright - took me a bit to figure it out. Indeed Remember The Future and Long Island - thanks. Of course Nektar were British, though people think they're from Germany.
First five lilac time. Roy harpers seventies releases. World party Egyptology heads hands and feet tracks. Spirit family that plays together. Traffic s/t. Both gracepool releases. Marshall Crenshaw. Mary Jean and nine others. adrian belew and the bears. No an armatrading the key. Yes yessongs. John Abercrombie characters. Box agents of fortune. Santana lotus. Zep. Frankfurt 1980. Vienna 1973. Wishbone Ash argus
Damn got some variety. Amazing that some of these are your most listened ever. I have many of them but only Argus and Yessongs come close to my other selections. Have no Likac Time or John Abercrombie. Interesting choices.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow lilac time is nick Drake on happy. As good in their own right as good rats. The only artist besides Victoria Williams who has more than two entries in my hot hundred faves in a 2k collection. Stephen Duffy jumped out of Duran Duran for this band that is about as well known to the general public as good rats.
@@SpenceCurry Interesting - don't know them
I'm surprised you like "David Live". I'm one of the biggest Bowie fans in the world but couldn't even sit through that album even once. The sound quality is awful and why is Bowie covering "Knock On Wood"? And his attempt to re-claim "All The Young Dudes" backfired badly.
I imagine a big part of it was that David Live was the first Bowie album I ever bought (my sister had Diamond Dogs so I heard that album first). Both those albums are incredibly special to me. I still love David Live and I think the band (especially Earl Slick on lead guitar and the incredible piano work on the album) are exceptional. I actually like Knock on Wood and as we know he'd get even more soulful with the 2nd leg of the Diamond Dogs tour and the Young Americans album. But alot of older Bowie fans were certainly not fans of the David Live era, and I understand that.
Geez, forgot The Fucking Great White Album
It is great, but for me, it's not even close to my most listened to albums ever. And yes I have every Beatles album both in stereo and mono, and more. None wouldn't make the most listened to albums for me. But of course amazing albums.
You will not like this news. I picked up a Floyd wall 1980 NYC show boot cd soundboard for 2 bucks at value village
That’s fantastic. I love it. Nassau Coliseum show. 2 bucks 2 CDs Wow. Now we’re talking
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I like Floyd about as much as I like queen, but these shoes were few and historic because of it, snowy white on guitar was the selling point here. He works well with Gilmour. Not so well with Lizzy and Scott gorham Not
I think the end of Can't You Hear Me Knocking is groovy. About as far from satanic as you can get.
Yea, a fantastic live jam - pretty unique for the Stones - The very best back with Mick Taylor. They really were untouchable.
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My most listened to Stones album was when I lived in Arizona in 1981. I was probably one of the last people in the United States to still have an 8-track player in my car. At the time I only had four working eight-track tapes. Get Yer ya-ya's out, Aladdin Sane, My Aim is True, and the best of Buffalo Springfield. There was really no radio to speak of so I would pop in one of my tapes and then just listen to that for couple of months. I listened to Hot Rocks a lot before that but not even close to Get Your Yaya's.
The current album that I have been listening to non-stop is a couple by King gizzard & The Lizard wizard. I'm in your mind fuzz, omnium gatherum, LW to name three. And the live version of rattlesnake that's on CZcams that King gizzard played in Chicago at the salt shed is one song that I cannot stop listening to. If you don't know them you should check them out. There's song dripping tap covers all the music that we loved from the 70s 80's and 90's. It's just amazing
@@charlesandrews2360 I love your 8 track story. I still have 8 tracks and recently rebought my original 8 track player. Don’t sound too great though lol. I have never heard of King Grizzard but I’ll check it out. Thanks for the tip.
As soon as i saw him choose Genesis i lost interest.
I started listening to Genesis in 1973 when in the US they were virtually unknown. To me the early Genesis is the greatest progressive music ever made.