Category: Classic Day

Classic Day – Monday Blues

Even more rare than finding love, at first sight, is the ability to come with a breakthrough, debut record and conquer the billboard with a generally defining sound of a subculture. Wherever the listener, however old they may be, there is something undoubtedly special… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Monday Blues”

Classic Day – Number One Soul

There is always an importance to the first number one record, especially when highlighting the illustrious career of Elton John, a true beast of ability on the keys, vocals, and of course through songwriting power. His 1972 record Honky Château is a detrimental record… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Number One Soul”

Classic Day – Freeform Militia

Live records recorded in a bustling venue can be incredibly taxing as some of the finite sounds and movements might be lost in the crowd. With Albert Ayler’s Prophecy, the record stands more on the principle of how sound from a crowd can increase… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Freeform Militia”

Classic Day – Shattered Valves

In the expansive career that Kanye West has had over the 20 plus years in the music industry, he has covered nearly every feat possible. From Chicago to the hills of Hollywood, from Paris to Tokyo, it is fairly hard to encounter someone in… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Shattered Valves”

Classic Day – Born Under A Bad Sign

Masterfully crafting two cooks into one kitchen is a near impossible task, the daunting and experimental leadership that the two orchestrate makes creating a perfect balance nearly impossible. Here on In Session with Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, nearly every track displays some… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Born Under A Bad Sign”

Classic Day – Touch Down in the States

Back from the grave in what seemed to be the death of character, David Bowie walked out of dreams and into reality with his 10th studio record, Station To Station. Directly before his career spanning trilogy known as the Berlin Trilogy, Bowie was shelving… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Touch Down in the States”

Classic Day – Make Me Come

The technical debut studio record from hardcore outfit Black Flag started the first wave with Damaged. The record that held some of the first punches from the punk community coming directly from Henry Rollins replacing the first singers of Keith Morris (OFF!, Circle Jerks),… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Make Me Come”

Classic Day – Train Track Tyrants

With a rising political climate that started to escalate at the time of its writing and recording, What’s Going On by Marvin Gaye is a record filled with uneasy tension disguised by fascinating production and active lyricism. As war raged on and continued to… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Train Track Tyrants”

Classic Day – The Interpreter’s Sheets

In the misty morning where those iconic chords can still be heard ringing, Led Zeppelin formed their fifth studio record Houses of the Holy with an inevitable movement toward sophistication and adaptation. In one of the most consecutively banging records, Houses of the Holy… Continue Reading “Classic Day – The Interpreter’s Sheets”

Classic Day – Deadly History

A debut record in an artist’s discography is such a vital piece to their career in the music industry. Whether it becomes a number one against all odds, or falls to the wayside; 1st Infantry is the first look at the art of The… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Deadly History”

Classic Day – Staglieno Cemetery

The final studio record by prolific English artistry Joy Division came two months after the initial tragedy with a death in the family of the band. Ian Curtis, the band’s lead singer committed suicide only two months before Closer was released and ushered in… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Staglieno Cemetery”

Classic Day – Soulful Brotherhoods

The sense of nostalgia that overflows from the 1965 release Going To A Go-Go from Smokey Robinson & The Miracles is one that balances between a grandmother’s vinyl crates and the feel of two-inches of dust over plastic sleeves. The cover is a vibrant… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Soulful Brotherhoods”

Classic Day – Marlboro Man

From the initial impact of the blitzing guitars and the rampaging instrumentation behind Alice Cooper’s coarse, but comforting voice comes the beauty within Killer. The fourth studio record and a continuingly impressive display from Cooper’s band of tricks that works in horns, ambiance, and… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Marlboro Man”

Classic Day – The Stash Box

Somewhere between the glory of the three rivers, the stretching hills, the sprawling Strip, or the Yinzer mentality; Strict Flow preserved a triple threat of beats, rhymes, and steel city heat that could only be connected by a city of bridges. On their 1997… Continue Reading “Classic Day – The Stash Box”

Classic Day – Hell Froze Over

Atmosphere within a record is everything, the shape of the tonality that strikes continuously throughout is the passageway into the artist’s creative mind. Whether from frozen inspiration or the underlying dark waters that surround the listener, Frost from Enslaved is a call back to… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Hell Froze Over”

Classic Day – Or Lay Down

While it may not be the debut record from Britain born rock band Jethro Tull, their second piece Stand Up is an eclectic collection of various recording methods and practices that shift genres, wave flags of battalion, and shape into a loose adaptation of… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Or Lay Down”

Classic Day – Intergalactic Masters

There has been something captivating about the spirituality and otherworldliness that comes from jazz music. The raw passion that goes into forming the strange key signatures and different time bars where consistency is sometimes the only thing lacking from the genre. With Le Sony’r… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Intergalactic Masters”

Classic Day – Pyramids of Sand

Whether wearing the mask of Metal Face, hitting the scenes as King Geedorah, or sparking the flames with more power than the Triple Entente; MF DOOM hit the streets of New York as the steel spitter with comic book overtones. He was the anti-hero… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Pyramids of Sand”

Classic Day – Artisan Orchestra

The technicality that comes from the musical marvel that was Frank Zappa starts early in his career with the 1966 release Freak Out! that bust onto the scene spawning a career that would span over 111 total studio albums and records that would test… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Artisan Orchestra”

Classic Day – Afrikaan Kings

Zamrock is a genre of music which emerged in the 1970s as a movement coming from the country of Zambia. known for the ability to merge African traditional playing practices with psychedelic rock, Zamrock was an impressive display of mixing cultures for a new… Continue Reading “Classic Day – Afrikaan Kings”