 | Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (August 1969-February 1970) by Miles Davis
Buy new: $49.98 / Used from: $22.99 Groundbreaking fusion, close your eyes and die.
The only known antidote is "The Complete In a Silent Way Sessions".
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 | Sextant by Herbie Hancock
Buy used from: $4.43 Some funk record fallen to the Earth from outer space. Head Hunters is similar, with more funk and less intrigue.
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 | Emergency! by The Tony Williams' Lifetime
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $6.50 Real jazz rock. Really raw.
Tony Williams, John McLaughlin and Larry Young teaming up in 69 before fusion became a genre.
There's no bass player, and Tony sings so badly that it's avant-garde.
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 | The Inner Mounting Flame by John McLaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.50 John Mclaughlin's group back in the 70's, most of their records are incredible.
Here are some more records that didn't fit in the list:
PURPLE by miroslav vitous, with mclaughlin (not in amazon, a really hot funk/fussion record), SUPERSESSION (with Chick Corea and Joe Farrell)
EXTRAPOLATION (mclaughlin in 69 with bass, drums and horns) DEVOTION, ELECTRIC GUITARIST... SHATKI and all Mclaughlin!
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 | Red 30th Anniversary Edition Remastered by King Crimson
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.99 Creative/progressive rock and roll.
Many people agree this was their peak album, all the rest are also incredible.
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 | Drukqs by Aphex Twin
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $5.50 Insane techno that will grow into you until your head exploits. Not easy-listening if you know what I mean.
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 | Big Loada by Squarepusher
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $6.99 Tom Jenkinson, broken beats and fun fun fun. This dude tries hard for sure!
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 | Rypdal, Vitous, DeJohnette by Terje Rypdal
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.49 These guys recorded two albums together, thank god they met. Ambient jazz with killer drumming... mmmmh?
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 | Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones by Bill Frisell
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $7.75 Bill Frisell is a guitar player with unique style and the other two players are giants. Trying to describe it, it's like americana or jazz from a dreamy world, like being inside one of Jim Woodring's comicbooks. "Gone, Just Like a Train" is very similar.
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 | Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $7.99 Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius and Bob Moses, really fresh.
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 | Intuition by Bill Evans
Buy used from: $99.99 Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez and no drums. Beatiful.
** "Eloquence" is another album by the duo, and with Bill Evans you can't go wrong.
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 | The Pearl by Brian Eno
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.98 Harold Budd and Brian Eno, what a wonderful way to start an ambient collection. "Music For 3 Pianos" is maybe better.
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 | Sound of Perseverance by Death
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $8.44 If you hate metal give this a chance, it just can't get better than this. Death metal with risk, talent and incredible energy.
I don't know what could have happened if this guy made another album. CLASSIC!!!
** Another universal metal record is "Lost In Reverie" by PECCATUM - it's very original, twisted and meaningful.
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 | Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.74 Still crazy. Dimebag and the whole band were my favourites.
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 | Substance by Joy Division
Buy used from: $7.96 To me this is pure soul music, something hard to do in the 80's.
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 | Freak Out! by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.10 "You're probably wondering why I'm here / And so am I, And so am I". Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Very, very funny. What a cover!
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 | Ege Bamyasi by Can
Buy used from: $11.98 Wicked german experimental funk from the 70's.
Can is a fantastic band and most of their albums deserve a listen.
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 | Ummagumma by Pink Floyd
Buy new: $15.97 / Used from: $13.14 It's a double album, studio and live songs. The live album is insane, even weirder and cooler than the cover.
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 | Sombra Y Luz by triana
Buy used from: $15.00 Spanish flamenco/rock from the 70's.
This one and "el patio" are fusion essentials.
PAN Y REGALIZ is also a great rock/fusion band from Spain.
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 | Return to Forever by Chick Corea
Buy new: $10.97 / Used from: $9.32 Jazz/rock/whatever band with incredible virtuosity. Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira and some wacko singer. Fusion with a spanish flavor and an incredible piano sound, mmmhhh...
Their other albums are great too, specially "Where have i known you before"
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 | School Days by Stanley Clarke
Buy used from: $2.19 Two of the funkiest songs ever are in this album.
There's some other album: " The Rite of Strings" with Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola and Jean-Luc Ponty. It is smooth like the breeze, perfect while you're driving.
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 | Spectrum by Billy Cobham
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.95 Billy Cobham is a great drummer and here the tunes are just perfect. Great virtuoso funk.
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 | For Respect by Don Caballero
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $8.50 People call it math rock. I guess this is not metal, it is rock or punk, but still really close, perfect.
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 | Data Learn Language by Mercury Program
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $5.10 Post-rock, math rock or whatever rock. Very minimalist and relaxed. Mercury Program are a very solid band, and liquid too!!
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 | At the Speed of Light or Day by Volta Do Mar
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.99 I like this new band a lot. It's very instrumental oriented and the skill, ideas, fun, freshness, taste, everything is too much for me.
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 | Beneath the Remains by Sepultura
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.49 The perfect blend of trash and death metal, CLASSIC!!
Arise is similar, Roots and Chaos are not.
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 | Domination by Morbid Angel
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $4.79 A masterpiece. Die hard Morbid fans might prefer their earlier albums. To me this sounds like a huge progression, and this album got me to try the ones before.
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 | Symphonies of Sickness by Carcass
Buy used from: $10.11 Happy music for the whole family!
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 | Ghost Reveries by Opeth
Buy used from: $15.49 I love all Opeth albums, and this one is their last.
Opeth is like "metal meets the 70's", to say it in a simple way.
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 | Images and Words by Dream Theater
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.74 Progressive metal with sharp vocals.
It may sound a bit cheesy, but this album is incredible.
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 | The 6ixth Session by Dieselboy
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.29 Drum 'n' bass session at high speed and raw energy.
I would cut my finger to see him live.
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 | Form & Function by Photek
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $3.46 Ultra-tasty drum 'n' bass, all of photek works are.
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 | Temple of Transparent Balls by The Black Dog
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $10.77 Early techno that is as amient as progressive.
The true liberators of dance music.
**For more tecno/electronic music you can actually listen to:
BOARDS OF CANADA, VLADISLAV DELAY and KIT CLAYTON ... they provide electric heaven, and we should be very thankful for that.
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 | Metalheadz Presents Platinum Breakz by Various Artists
Buy used from: $7.17 All the drum and bass you can desire, wonderful compilation.
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 | Ki-Oku by Toshinori Kondo & DJ Krush
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.80 I love dj krush, and this album is way over his average.
Great beats and a good trumpet player.
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 | New Forms by Roni Size & Reprazent
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $1.36 Classic dnb. Wonderful album all the way through. I'm sure Stevie Wonder likes it.
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 | Blunted in the Bomb Shelter Mix by Madlib
Buy used from: $39.99 Madlib is a hip hop dj/producer/mc, and in here he selects and mixes more than 40 tracks from the Trojan Records catalogue.
This is specially for the weed smokers.
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 | Arkology by Lee "Scratch" Perry
Buy used from: $19.93 This album is carved in my brain, I think I've listened to it millions of times and I always want more.
One step forward, Chase the Devil, Norman, Groovy Situation, Soul Fire, No Peace... so many classic tunes you won't believe it. Without a doubt this is the best introduction to Lee Perry.
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 | Tuesday Wonderland
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.35 I guess many won't like this, but some jazzers want to move on. It's really hard to describe this album, the cover does it better.
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 | Filles De Kilimanjaro (Deluxe Edition) (Bonus Track) by Miles Davis
Buy used from: $4.48 Best album ever period!
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