Jeff Dee

Ah yes! Back in 72 indeed. A vintage year for great rock music releases. Here are my 10 personal favorites sorted by their impact as I perceive them to be. If you disagree, that's fine. Be gentle. I'm only trying to promote further discussion about music rather than technology. Neil Young\Harvest Steely Dan\Can't Buy A Thrill Stevie Wonder\Talking Book David Bowie\The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders Of Mars Wishbone Ash\Argus Jethro Tull\Thick As a Brick The Rolling Stones\Exile on Main Street Jerry Garcia\Garcia The Band\Rock of Ages Jackson Browne\Saturate Before Using

Great story. Must be a cherished memory for you.

Now that all the philosophical and spiritual dribble has abated, I feel a bit more comfortable contributing to this topic again. For the folk artists of the time, it was actually the day that Dylan went electric at Newport in 1965 that had the biggest impact on popular music on this side of the pond. They all owe him a debt of gratitude for standing up in the wake of the criticism which followed. His material was indeed saturated with blues chords so you'll get no argument from me on that front. My list however is quite a bit different than yours. And guess what? Creedence is on it!!! Have a great weekend

My bad Jud, I responded before I read this. I will give this my attention tomorrow. Apologies.

The answers in general are no and no. With regards to your first question, no he did not specifically write his songs in the style of blues. As one of the early 1960s groups from London, they would have inevitably crashed head on into blues. Any structural resemblance while understandable, was purely accidental, especially given that an argument could be made that all rock music descends from blues. If you take that to be true, then according to you they all pretended to be something they're not. In my humble opinion nothing could be further from the truth. "Well you know the blues got pregnant And they named the baby Rock & Roll".....Muddy Waters, 1968 As to your second question, do you really believe that Peter Townshend, the writer of "An English Boy", "Tea and Theatre" and his magnum opus "Quadrophenia", had any reason to beguile us with an american accent? I have seen the Who perform 9 times and listened to their albums ad infinitum. Despite all the rumours of rock lore both Roger's and Pete's singing voices were as British as it gets. I too am listening to the music. Thanks for an engaging discussion and the informative link Jud. I look forward to many more of them.

"Most of the rock musicians you can think of"? With all due respect Jud, I do not accept your premise on how these artists were musically personified. While I respect your opinion, I feel your logic is flawed. For every example you can cite to support your theory, I can refer to an equal or greater number that do not. They were authentic and honest creators and performers. Dylan once said that he had very little to do with his own creative process. He simply served as vessel through which his poetic verses flowed. On his early records he sounded somewhat like a poor black bluesman. Was he trying to audibly portray some acted out persona? Or was he inspired to do so? Was Pete Townshend faking it when he poured the angst of Tommy Walker, an abused child, into the lyrics and performances of Tommy? Even Mr. Fogerty, an absolute giant of american rock n' roll, hardly intended to scam his listening audience, he simply found his lane in the swamp-rock sound, a genre he likely created all by himself. I somehow doubt that you have any special insight as to why. You don't know him personally do you?

Yes. And it's a darn shame. It's a far inferior method of delivery and it's totally unfair to the faithful fans like myself who paid good money to purchase each of their albums in every format imaginable. I am still hopeful that these new Atmos mixes will be made available as physical media one day but I'm not sure there is a big enough market to make it viable.

Along with The Band/The Band, Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead and American Beauty constitute the triumvirate of American Music Masterpieces.

As much as I disagreed with your assessment of Europe 72, I now find myself in complete agreement with you with regards to Eric Clapton. I have been a massive fan for over 50 years and have purchased most of his albums as they were released. I prefer his blues over his rock though sometimes there is a very fine line between the two. I had always felt that 24 nights along with the 2005 Cream reunion show to be his best live recordings. And I, like you, was very impressed with Lady in the Balcony and consider it to be one of my benchmarks in Atmos audio. If that wasn't enough I was also very disappointed with the Grrr Live! audio (however the video is exceptional). Since I do not yet own the Atmos release of 24 Nights, I cannot speak to the quality of the audio but I sure am excited to hear it, especially Worried Life Blues, which on Riding with the King was extraordinary. All in all it seems our musical obsessions have much in common. There's only one big difference. You get advanced copies. I wish I were you Chris!!! Good Job

I must be listening to a different mix than you. If you're referring to The Dead's Europe 72 mix which albeit, I listened to via stream from Tidal, then I had a completely different listening experience. I thought it was absolutely terrible. So poor in fact, I have trouble even believing the claim that this was an actual 5.1 Atmos mix. Since Mr. Wilson does not intend to make the physical media available, I will probably never know. I have no doubt that 24 Nights will be far superior. Thanks for your pre-release review.