The Soul Strut 100

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  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    mannybolone said:
    Raj: my point was that we shouldn't have a list of albums for people to choose from. Just create a survey where people can list, say, ther top 10 albums.

    Then whoever crunches the survey results just adds up which albums show up the most frequently on the aggregated list.

    Yeah I here you on that. My fear is that this will turn into a list of Stevie Wonder and James Brown LPs. It'd be nice to feature 100 significant albums discussed on the Strut. I see Leo Sayer being on this list , but it will hardly make any one's Top 10..

  • discos_almadiscos_alma discos_alma 2,164 Posts
    I'm down to help crunch the data.

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    RAJ said:
    mannybolone said:
    Raj: my point was that we shouldn't have a list of albums for people to choose from. Just create a survey where people can list, say, ther top 10 albums.

    Then whoever crunches the survey results just adds up which albums show up the most frequently on the aggregated list.

    Yeah I here you on that. My fear is that this will turn into a list of Stevie Wonder and James Brown LPs. It'd be nice to feature 100 significant albums discussed on the Strut. I see Leo Sayer being on this list , but it will hardly make any one's Top 10..

    You have no way of knowing how the list will turn out. I find it highly unlikely that on a list of 100 albums, we'll find the entire SW and JB catalog represented. I mean, seriously, how many people would put more than one JB album on a top 10 list? Or more than one Stevie album for that matter?

    I think the list, however it turns out, will surprise all of us.

    I would also suggest that each list has to come with the username. That way 1) no one votes more than once and 2) we could find a way to share everyone's list , individually. I don't see the point in making this anonymous nor do I imagine anyone out there would be uneasy in putting their name (well, handle) to their own list.

    Anyways, this is how it would look in Google Docs: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHRHQldTVWU0Zkc5NmRVb0ZaMDhaSEE6MQ

    And then the responses would be listed in a standard spreadsheet. Super easy.

  • BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
    Ray Barreto - Acid

    Heatwave s/t



    these two always get brought up

  • CBearCBear 902 Posts
    LPs the strut talks about:

    Jorge Ben - Tabua de Esmerelda
    Invaders - spacing out
    Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
    Curtis
    Verocai for sure
    Action - Rolled Gold
    Gloria Ann Taylor?
    Cymande?
    Surely some Bataan, Singing some soul, Subway Joe
    Death
    Love - Da Capo, Forever changes
    Saafir - Boxcar
    Broadcast - Tender Buttons
    Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
    David Crosby

    I own and love that Beat Happening record, but has it ben discussed on the strut?

  • Options
    La Monte Young - The Black Album
    Can - Tago Mago
    Love - Forever Changes
    Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill
    Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
    Peter Laughner - Take The Guitar Player For A Ride
    Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited, Bringing It All Back Home, John Wesley Harding
    The Residents - Duck Stab/Buster and Glen

    And so on.

  • doisndoisn baleadas&pupuzas 303 Posts
    cool idea, i??d say top 15-25 Albums listed by each (the more the better so we get a broader spectrum) and then let the ones with the most matching hits win.

    those shoud fit with both, my most loved AND heavily SS discussed LP??s

    Lyman Woodard - Saturday Night Special
    Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
    James Brown - In the Jungle Groove
    Ramp - Come into Knowledge
    Al Green - I??m Still in Love with you
    Mohawks - Champ
    Nas - Illmatic
    Cymande - Cymande
    Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave
    Lou Donaldson - Mr. Shing-A-Ling
    Syl Johnson - Diamond in the Rough
    Mike Longo - Matrix
    Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
    Terry Calier - What Color is Love
    Groover Washington Jr. - Mr. Magic
    Skull Snaps - Skull Snaps
    Juggaknots - ReRelease
    24 Carat Black - Ghetto Misfortunes Wealth/Gone the Promises
    Biggie Smalls - Ready to Die
    Black Merda - Black Merda

    really looking forward to see the results.

  • edulusedulus 421 Posts
    o-dub, i think if the end goal is top 100 albums, then each user is gonna need to be able to vote for more than 10 albums.

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    edulus said:
    o-dub, i think if the end goal is top 100 albums, then each user is gonna need to be able to vote for more than 10 albums.

    I think you're wrong. You're assuming we'd all pick the same albums and I very much doubt that'd be the case. I think if you only polled 10 people here, you'd get a master list of at least 50 albums.

    But look: you could go to 20 but that'd double the work of the data-crunchers. Doesn't matter to me; Raj can set whatever limit he wants. But if you do go with a longer list then would we need to weight the votes, AP poll style?

    I'm all for simplicity. At least at this stage. Maybe we do a raw poll then have people vote on rankings later?

  • tripledoubletripledouble 7,636 Posts
    van morrison astral weeks
    lyn christopher

  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    Curtis Live
    All Day Music vs Composite Truth
    Lula Collins
    Aja- of course.

  • dammsdamms 704 Posts
    my list:

    Keith Tippett's Ark - Frames
    Black Renaissance - Body, Mind And Spirit
    The Players Association - The Players Association
    Art Ensemble of Chicago - Fanfare For The Warriors
    Pharoah Sanders - Journey To The One
    Rhythm Machine - Rhythm Machine
    Arthur Verocai - Arthur Verocai
    Roy Brooks - The Free Slave
    Lyn Collins - Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me By Now
    Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

    heavy on the obscure side, on purpose

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Soulhawk said:
    Sayer for #1 obviously
    Sergio Mendes
    Stark w/ & w/o beandip
    Boscoe
    My People Hold On

    I will second these, thou I have only listened to Stark and My People.
    I also second because of their importance to soulstrut:
    East of Underground
    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    OFF THE WALL > THRILLER
    Mardi Gras without the bells
    Amy Winehouse
    david crosby
    micahel henderson banana thong
    DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Brainfreeze

    For musical reason I second:
    Donny Hathaway - S/T
    Dorothy Ashby - Afro Harping
    Eddie Fisher & the Next One Hundred Years
    Eddie Harris - Plug Me In
    Eddie Hazel - Game, Dames, and Guitar Thangs
    ESG - A South Bronx Story
    Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
    Express Rising - S/T
    The Fatback Band - Keep on Steppin'
    The Frank Cunimondo Trio - Echoes
    Fred Wesley & the JB's - Doing It to Death
    Freddie Robinson - Off the Cuff
    Hear, My Dear
    Curtis/Live
    Sylvers II
    Dorando
    Off The Wall
    Thriller
    James Brown I celebrate his entire catalog
    whatnauts on the rocks
    Al Green - Gets Next To You
    The Hanged Man - Played by Bullet
    Alice Clark on Mainstream
    Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
    Augustus Pablo - East of the River Nile
    The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend
    The Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau
    Bernard Wright - Nard
    Bill Withers - Still Bill
    The Blackbyrds - S/T
    Carl Sherlock Holmes - Investigation No. 1
    The Clash - London Calling
    Curtis Mayfield - S/T
    Cymande - S/T
    D'Angelo - Voodoo
    De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
    The Delfonics - La La Means I Love you
    bill withers live at carnegie
    Mulatu Of Ethiopia
    Jr. and the Soulettes

    STOP!
    I don't thinking seconding records is what is needed.

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I think parameters are needed.

    If we are talking about discussed on soulstrut, then Sayer, Scaggs, Steely Dan, Project Blowed and so forth are in our top ten.

    Looking at what was mentioned I was thinking of my top ten records commonly discussed here.
    I have top ten favorites that are never discussed here.

    So that is 3 different top ten lists depending on the parameters.

    If we try to create a list to choose from that is going to get controversial.

    I think O is right. Let everyone vote on their ten favorite.

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Every few months we have a what blues records are good thread.

    A few that always come up and agreed upon:
    Electric Mud
    Jr Wells Snatch It Back
    Robert Johnson
    Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign

    We talk about guitar players. A few strut favorites:
    Hendrix
    Joe Pass (mine)
    Freddie Robinson

    Drummers:
    Moon
    Mitchell
    Purdie

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    G

    Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga
    Gandalf - S/T (On Capitol)
    Gang Starr - Step in the Arena
    Gary Numan - The Pleasure Prinicple
    Gene Harris - The 3 Sounds
    Gene Harris - Astral Signal
    Moody - The Gentle Rain
    George Benson - Erotic Moods
    Gerry Rafferty - City to City
    Glenn Jones - Everyone Loves a Winner
    Gloria Scott - What Am I Gonna Do
    Godchild
    Grand Puba - Reel to Reel
    Grant Green Alive

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    H

    Har-You Percussion Group
    Harlem Pop Trotters
    Harlem River Drive
    Heatwave - Too Hot to Handle
    Heaven Sent and Ecstasy - Love Story
    Henryk Debich - String Beat
    Herbie Hancock - Sunlight
    High Fashion - Feelin' Lucky
    Hollertronix - Never Scared
    Horace Silver - Total Response
    Howlin' Wolf - The Howlin' Wolf Album
    The Human Beast Volume One
    Hysear Don Walker - Complete Expressions Volume 2

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    I

    INI - Center of Attention
    Idris Muhammed - Power of Soul
    Impressions - Times Have Changed
    Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
    The Invaders - Spacing Out

    J

    The JB's - Food for Thought
    J.R. Bailey - Just Me N You
    James Brown - It's a Mother
    James Brown - In the Jungle Groove
    James Mason - Rhythm of Life
    Jerzy Milan - Orkiestra Rozrywkowa
    Jim Sullivan - UFO
    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
    Heath Brothers - Marchin' On
    Jimmy McGriff - Groove Grease
    Jimmy Smith Live! - Root Down
    Joann Garrett - Just a Taste
    John Klemmer - Blowin' Gold
    John Martyn - Solid Air
    The Johnny Almond Music Machine - Patent Pending
    Johnny Hammond - Gears
    Johnny Harris - Movements
    Jr. and His Soulettes - Psychodelic Sounds
    Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Moods & Grooves
    JVC Force - Force Field

  • Arthur Verocai - Arthur Verocai
    The Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend
    Brother Jack McDuff ??? Moonface
    Can - Ege Bamyasi
    Demon Fuzz - Afreaka!
    Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited ??? Collage
    Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
    Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
    Heath Brothers - Marchin' On
    Jimi hendrix - Forever
    Johnny Hammond - Gears
    Invaders - spacing out
    Mulatu ??? Mulatu of Ethiopa
    Pop workshop - Pteredactyl
    Skull Snaps - Skull Snaps
    And one that no one has mentioned I believe!!???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Malik

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    So when we gonna kick this off?

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    K

    Karen Dalton - In My own Time
    Kit Ream - All That I Am
    Kool & the Gang - S/T

    L

    La Clave
    The Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Malik
    Larry T. and The Family - I'm Moving On
    Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
    Lee Gagnon - Jeremie
    Lee Moses - Time and Place
    Leo Sayer - Endless Flight
    Leo's Sunshipp - We Need Each Other
    Leon Ware - S/T
    Leroy Hutson - S/T
    Les Baxter - Helles Belles
    Les McCann - Layers
    Lew Kirton - Just Arrived
    Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
    Liquid Liquid
    Little Brother - The Listening
    Lonnie Smith - Drives
    Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote
    Lord Finesse - Return of the Funky Man
    Lou Bond
    Lou Courtney - I'm in Need of Love
    The Lovelites - With Love From
    Lyman Woodard Organization - Saturday Night Special
    Lyn Collins - Think (About It)

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    M

    Maceo and All the King's Men - Doing Their Own Thing
    Malone & Barnes & Spontaneous Simplicity - Freedom Sernade
    The Mandrake Memorial - Puzzle
    Manfred Mann - Chapter Three
    Placebo - Ball of Eyes
    Marva Whitney - It's My Thing
    Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
    Material - Temporary Music LP
    McDonald & Giles
    McNeal & Niles
    The Meters - S/T
    Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
    Michael Jackson - Thriller
    Michel Colombier - Campus
    Mike James Kirkland - Hang on In There
    Mobb Deep - The Infamous
    The Mohawks - The Champ
    Muddy Waters - Electric Mud

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    N

    Nas - Illmatic
    New York City - I'm Doin' Fine Now
    Niagara - TITS!
    Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc. - Ritual

    O

    O.C. - Word... Life
    Ohio Players - Ecstasty
    Oliver Cheatham - Saturday Night
    Outkast - Atliens

    P

    Parliament - Osmium
    Patrice Rushen - Straight From the Heart
    People Under the Stairs - Question in the Form of an Answer
    Pete Jolly - Seasons
    Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother
    The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
    Phil Collins - Face Value
    Pierre Henry - Messe Pour Le Temps
    Pleasure - Joyous
    The Poets of Rhythm - Discern / Define
    Power of Zeus - The Gospel According to Zeus
    Prince - For You
    Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    Q

    Quasimoto - The Unseen
    Quinn Harris - All in the Soul

    R

    Rabbits & Carrots - Soul Latino
    RAMP - Come Into Knowledge
    Ray Barretto - Acid
    Rene and Angela - Wall to Wall
    Rinder & Lewis - Seven Deadly Sins
    RjD2 - Deadringer
    The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
    The Roots - Do You Want More!?
    The Rotary Connection - Hey Love
    Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming
    Rusty Bryant - Fire Eater

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    S

    SOS Band - III
    S.O.U.L. - What Is It?
    Scientist - Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires
    Scorpions - Lonesome Crow
    Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
    Showbiz and A.G. - Runaway Slave
    Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
    Side Effect - Portraits
    Silver Apples
    Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul
    Skull Snaps
    Sloche - J'un Oeil
    The Soft Machine (1968)
    Starcrost
    Starvue - Upward Bound
    Steely Dan - Aja
    Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
    Stezo - Crazy Noise
    The Stooges
    Sun Ra - Lanquidity
    Sweet Charles - For Sweet People From....
    Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black?
    The Sylvers - II

  • pcmrpcmr 5,591 Posts
    i gotta say you are dead on on all of your suggestions so far
    are you simply going through reviews, your collection?
    everyone seems to be worthy, discussed, hyped on this board

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,783 Posts
    T

    Tatsuro Yamashita - Spacy
    Lewis Taylor - The Lost Album
    Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
    Terry Reid - Seed of Memory
    Titanic
    Tom Brock - I Love You More and More
    Tom Scott - The Honeysuckle Breeze
    A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
    The Whole Darn Family - Has Arrived

    U

    Ugly Duckling - Journey to Anywhere
    US 69 - Yesterdays Folks

  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    I think our ballots should come with the first few slots already filled in.
    How are Endless Flight and Stark Reality not the top two even without a vote?

  • tabiratabira 856 Posts
    C

    Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
    Can - Ege Bamyasi
    Can - Tago Mago
    Cannonball Adderley - Soul of the Bible
    Captain Puff - The Naked Truth
    Carl Sherlock Holmes - Investigation No. 1
    The Cars - Candy-O
    Catalyst - S/T
    Cesar Mariano & CIA - Sao Paulo - Brasil
    Chicken Curry and His Pop Percussion Orchestra - Stereo Discotheque
    Chris Harwood - Nice to meet Miss Christine
    Christopher Cross - The Definitive
    The Clash - London Calling
    Coke (on Sound Triangle)
    Collins and Collins
    Commodores - Machine Gun
    Common - Resurrection
    The Continental IV - Dream World
    Cortijo & His Time Machine - Y Su Maquino del Tiempo
    Cumulo Nimbus - 47 Times It's Own Weight
    Curtis Mayfield - S/T
    Cymande - S/T[/b]

    No room for Cortex "Troupeau bleu"?

  • dammsdamms 704 Posts
    pcmr said:
    i gotta say you are dead on on all of your suggestions so far
    are you simply going through reviews, your collection?
    everyone seems to be worthy, discussed, hyped on this board
    his lists are seriously lacking in the Jazz department though
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