Killer First Tracks
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You have bought an album, it might have been a new release or one you had been meaning to buy for a while. It may have been by an artist you have bought material previously, or it might have been an artist not previously listened to,
You play track #1
It blows you away! Unexpectedly awesome!
For me? From this album:-
This tune:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_--l7CPc7E
Honourable mention for:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQBQ-A8VATg
Track #1 from "Clutching at Straws" by Marillion
You play track #1
It blows you away! Unexpectedly awesome!
For me? From this album:-
This tune:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_--l7CPc7E
Honourable mention for:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQBQ-A8VATg
Track #1 from "Clutching at Straws" by Marillion
Deep Purple's Machine Head, kicking things off with Highway Star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQ
Queen's Keep Yourself Alive.. 1st track from 1st album..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofwEB9g1zg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofwEB9g1zg
The Sisters Of Mercy.
Floodland.
Dominion/Mother Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o-6ftmw8CE
I remember putting this record on an being absolutely blown away!
Floodland.
Dominion/Mother Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o-6ftmw8CE
I remember putting this record on an being absolutely blown away!
In the air tonight - Phil Collins / Face Value
More than this - Roxy Music / Avalon
Plainsong - The Cure / Disintegration
Fine Time - New Order / Technique
Black Cow - Steely Dan / Aja
Sign o' the times - Prince
Allentown - Billy Joel / The Nylon Curtain
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears / The seeds of love
Sweet Love - Anita Baker / Rapture
Walk on by - Isaac Hayes / Hot buttered soul
So Young - Suede / Suede
More than this - Roxy Music / Avalon
Plainsong - The Cure / Disintegration
Fine Time - New Order / Technique
Black Cow - Steely Dan / Aja
Sign o' the times - Prince
Allentown - Billy Joel / The Nylon Curtain
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears / The seeds of love
Sweet Love - Anita Baker / Rapture
Walk on by - Isaac Hayes / Hot buttered soul
So Young - Suede / Suede
Edited by geezerbutler on Saturday 17th April 20:42
CeramicMX5ND2 said:
Queen's Keep Yourself Alive.. 1st track from 1st album..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofwEB9g1zg
Great tune, and I never knew it was track #1 from album #1.|https://thumbsnap.com/7W1FKimP[/url]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofwEB9g1zg
On the same theme, back in the early 1990's I bought this on the recommendation of a feature in Guitar World magazine:-
Their first album
Track #1 was this:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLRO4W9pNrQ
Great tune, obvs, but then reading the liner notes to learn the album was released in 1978! Groundbreaking stuff, not to mention track #2 on the same album.............
cherryowen said:
Great tune, obvs, but then reading the liner notes to learn the album was released in 1978! Groundbreaking stuff, not to mention track #2 on the same album.............
VH first album one of my choices as well. Dd you know Gene Simmons gave them their first recording?Killer First Track - as teenager back in the seventies this album blew me away...
More Than a Feeling - Boston/Boston
https://youtu.be/oR4uKcvQbGQ
InitialDave said:
Deep Purple's Machine Head, kicking things off with Highway Star:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQ
I think Highway Star also qualifies as the first track on Made in Japan - arguably a better version... .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAKCR7kQMTQ
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