October 28, 2014 Playlist

   
(mostly) The Best of the Classic Albums of the Week for
PLEDGE DRIVE
  
"Cyborgs Revisited" by Simply Saucer (rec. 1974-75, rel. 1989)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Simply Saucer  "Cyborgs Revisited"  rec. 1974-75, rel. 1989 (Canada)
WORT-FM's fall pledge drive is going on, so this week's KR show features (mostly) the Best of the Classic Albums of the Week, which means the new CAOTW this week must be extra special. If you can imagine yourself enjoying a band that sounds like the Velvet Underground, Stooges, Hawkwind and early Pink Floyd all rolled into one, then this is the record for you. Consisting of aborted studio recordings form 1974 and absolutely amazing live recordings from 1975 (recorded live on the roof of a shopping mall no less!!), this album contains one of the greatest ten minute rock jams in earth history called "Illegal Bodies": a song about how "some day it will be illegal to walk the streets unless you have a body made of metal." It seems hard to believe, but once upon a time a backwater group like this (from the industrial suburb of Hamilton, Ontario) could rock for a decade and have almost nothing to show for it. Prior to the release of this compilation in 1989, the group's sole output had been a 7" single released on a tiny label in 1978 just before the band broke up. But the Intertube era has changed all that, and reunion versions of Simply Saucer featuring front guy Edgar Breau have performed sporadically in and around Ontario in the early 21st century, and even recorded a couple new albums in 2008-2009.
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
The Budos Band The Sticks
Burnt Offering (N)2014 (Daptone)USA
Curtis MayfieldSuperfly Superfly (original motion picture soundtrack)
CLASSIC ALBUM - Oct 17, 2007
1972
USA
MC5Skunk (Sonically Speaking) High Time
CLASSIC ALBUM - Sep 12, 2007
1971
USA
Ty Segall Mister Main
Manipulator (N)2014 (Drag City)USA
 
 
Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPlastic Factory Safe As Milk
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jan 15, 2010
1967
USA
SpiritFresh Garbage
Spirit
CLASSIC ALBUM - Mar 19, 2008
1968
USA
ChromeMarch Of The Chrome Police (A Cold Clammy Bombing)
Half Machine Lip Moves
CLASSIC ALBUM - Dec 13, 2006
1979
USA
The Skull DefektsCyborginizationDances In Dreams Of The Known Unknown (N)2014 (Thrill Jockey)Sweden
   
 
Laurie JohnsonShopping SpreeMusic For TV Dinners (various artists)rec. 1960's?
UK
Syd DaleDisc A Go-GoMusic For TV Dinners (various artists)rec. 1960's?
UK
Wolfgang KaltenbachParty ShakerMusic For TV Dinners (various artists)rec. 1960's?
Germany
Enoch Light & The Light BrigadeBond StreetSpaced Out1969
USA
   
 
Simpy SaucerIllegal Bodies (live)Cyborgs Revisited
(NEW) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
rec. 1975, rel. 1989
Canada
The Guess WhoWhen You Touch Me
Wheatfield Soul
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jun 19, 2009
1969
Canada
Simpy SaucerHere Come The Cyborgs - part 2 (live)Cyborgs Revisited
(NEW) CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
rec. 1975, rel. 1989
Canada
   
 
The Pink FairiesUncle Harry's Last FreakoutNever Never Land
CLASSIC ALBUM - Feb 7, 2007
1971
UK/Canada
The Velvet UndergroundRun Run RunThe Velvet Underground & Nico
CLASSIC ALBUM - Dec 3, 2008
1967
USA/UK(Wales)
HawkwindMaster Of The UniverseIn Search Of Space
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jun 6, 2007
1971
UK
 
  
FunkadelicSuper StupidMaggot Brain
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jul 5, 2013
1971
USA
Black SabbathBassically / N.I.B.Black Sabbath
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jul 19, 2006
1970
UK
SlayerHell AwaitsHell Awaits
CLASSIC ALBUM - Oct 31, 2007
1985
USA/Chile
MetallicaThe Thing That Should Not BeMaster Of Puppets
CLASSIC ALBUM - Sep 30, 2011
1986
USA
 
  
Scott WalkerThe Seventh SealScott 4
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jan 10, 2014
1969
USA/UK
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) BrandoSoused (N)2014 (4AD)USA/UK
LiarsBroken WitchThey Were Wrong, So We Drowned
CLASSIC ALBUM - Jun 26, 2009
2004
USA/Australia
The Fiery FurnacesIn My Little Thatched HutBitter Tea
CLASSIC ALBUM - Nov 13, 2009
2006
USA
 
  
Meat PuppetsI'm A Mindless IdiotII
CLASSIC ALBUM - Aug 8, 2007
1984
USA
Buffalo SpringfieldBluebirdAgain
CLASSIC ALBUM - Feb 13, 2008
1967
USA/Canada
      
   
   
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