December 9, 2020 Playlist

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"Fly By Night" by Rush (1975)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Rush "Fly By Night"  1975 (Canada)
Rush was founded in 1968 by Toronto teens Gary "Geddy Lee" Weinrib and Alexandar "Alex Lifeson" Živojinović and they recorded their debut album when they were just 20 years old. But their iconic period didn't begin until their second album when they brought in a new drummer: Neil Peart, who passed away at the beginning of 2020. That lineup of the band played together for 40 years and became one of the defining bands of progressive rock, and one of the most distinctive groups of all time. I think their secret ingredient could be how unabashedly NERDY they were: they dressed like characters from a cheap sci-fi TV show and sang songs about wizards, objectivism and particle physics. They also wrote absurdly complex music which they performed with virtuoso skill. This week's Classic Album is the first after Peart joined the band, and is one of my favorite Rush albums.
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
Bebop DeluxeMaid In HeavenFuturama1975UK
Lambchop Love Is Here And Now You're GoneTrip (N) 2020 (Merge)USA
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Sun Green (live)Greendale Revisited (N)rec. 2003 (2020 Reprise)Canada/USA
Osees
(formerly (Thee) Oh Sees) 		Chem Farmer/Nite Expo (live)Levitation Sessions (N)2020 (Reverberation Appreciation Society)USA
 
 
Osees
(formerly (Thee) Oh Sees) 		The VirologistMetamorphosed (N)2020 (Rock Is Hell)USA
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Straws In The WindKG (N)2020 (Flightless/ATO)Australia
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Straws In The Wind (demo version)Demos Vol. 1 & 2 (N)2020 (self released)Australia
   
 
RushAnthemFly By Night
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975Canada
RushBest I CanFly By Night
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975Canada
RushBy-tor And The Snow DogFly By Night
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK		1975Canada
RushFree WillPermanent Waves1980Canada
The Guess WhoNo TimeAmerican Woman1970Canada
   
 
Chris Forsyth with Garcia Peoples Dreaming In The Non-Dream (live)Peoples Motel Band (N)2020 (Algorithm Free)USA
Pere UbuStreet WavesThe Modern Dance1978USA
Chrome3rd From The Sun3rd From The Sun1982USA
Luke Stewart
 		Awakening The MastersLuke Stewart Exposure Quintet (N) 2020 (Astral Spirits)USA
   
 
Jeff Parker
 		Go AwaySuite For Max Brown (N) 2020 (International Anthem)USA
Jaimie BranchLove SongFly Or Die II: Bird Dogs Of Paradise2019USA
Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra Dimensional Stardust (Parable 33)Dimensional Stardust (N) 2020 (International Anthem)USA
Green DomeCyprus LaceThinking In Stitches2019USA
Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes
 		NAVARROHOLMESHeritage Of The Invisible II (N) 2020 (International Anthem)USA
   
 
Sun Ra & His Astro-Intergalactic-Infinity ArkestraSpace Loneliness No. 2 (live)Nidhamu1971USA
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