**Rock and Roll Reminiscing - NNNN**

Tour2ma

Rock and Roll Reminiscing

13 April 2003 --- Letter Of The Week is “N”

For what this is about and some guidelines please click on the following link:

http://clubpolk.polkaudio.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7234

Yes, it’s a long post, but please read, if you participate.

This week we are only discussing artists whose last name, and groups whose name begin with the letter “N”.

Note: The word “The” doesn’t count, so for example “The Allman Brothers Band” belongs in the "A's" discussion and not in the “T’s” (guideline #5).

When possible, please supply complete title, format, company, year and catalog number when posting recordings.

And so our 26-week odyssey continues…

Hope you come along for the ride…

joe6pak

Harry Nilsson.

He is probably better known for his song writing. His song "Everybody's Talking' was his first top ten hit, after it was used as the theme for the movie Midnight Cowboy. He wrote "One" made famous by Three Dog Night. Lennon and McCartny called him their favorite American singer. He had a #1 hit "Without You" from his 1971 album Nilsson Schmillson. That also contained his song Coconut which got some air time. He followed that album with "Son of Schmilsson." That was a pretty good album full of weird humor, some profanity, (he uses the F word) and good music. Those are the only two albums I have by Harry.

Jim Nabors:

After reading shack's OUTSTANDING review of Manilow, I nominate shack to cover Nabors. I'm sure someone will second that motion!

joe

shack

Originally posted by joe6pak
Jim Nabors:

After reading shack's OUTSTANDING review of Manilow, I nominate shack to cover Nabors. I'm sure someone will second that motion!

joe

Suprise, Suprise Suprise!



Burl Ives, Juilo Iglesius, and now Jim Nabors. Shazam! It will take me forever to get through these huge bodies of musical work.

joe6pak

shack


Well golllllllllly. That is just too wild!
The best of Jim Nabors!!


joe

dcarlson

Nirvana

-Bleach
-Nevermind
-In Utero
-MTV Unplugged
-From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

I was expecting Nirvana to be the first post here but I guess not. Nirvana Unplugged was the first CD I bought it in 1994 on a switch from tapes to CDs. I recently started to listen to it again after over listening to it back then. It's still amazing and on the top of my list of albums to get on vinyl.

Derick.

abmarsh

Nazareth -

Hair of the Dog
Close Enough for Rock and Roll
Expect No Mercy
Malice in Wonderland

Good stuff!

mhw58

New kids on the Block!
NSYNC!

It's not April 1st so:
Randy Newman: All of Randy's early albums are fantastic
and I love his soundtrack to 'The Natural.
Stevie Nicks: I prefer her work with Lindsey in FM but
she has written some great solo stuff too. Has anyone bought
the new Fleetwood mac cd yet?
No Doubt; Gwyn is a little sexpot and Tragic Kingdom was great
as is their new one.
Ted Nugent: I used to crank Cat scratch fever.
Nirvana: Derick beat me to it but Nevermind is essential.
Harry Nillson: Joe mentioned him but I'll add the Pussycats
album which was produced by John Lennon.
Mike

F1nut

THE NIGHTHAWKS - OPEN ALL NITE
1976 ARI/Mobile Fidelity MFCD 754 Silver CD

More blues than rock, but they do rock. I use to catch them around the bars and small venues in Baltimore, seems like they were always playing somewhere downtown and always put on a good show.

NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
Vinyl, which is missing.

They did this great song, Panama Red. Of course, it was always a good song to listen to while you puffed on some.

Tour2ma

Man I went into the CD’s, albums and C-90’s, and all I found out is why we already covered Jim Nabors. Never would have guessed the N’s to be as thin as they are. Oh well, I came up with a couple M’s I think may have been missed and…

Willie Nelson
Granted that he’s more country than anything else, but he’s enough of a rebel at heart to make an RnR list. Red Headed Stranger is a true classic that has a place in almost any music lover’s collection. It’s a theme album with a western flair. The one track you are most likely to know is “Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain”, my absolute favorite of his songs, and this is the original and best recording Willie did of it.

There’s a ton of other Willie albums out there, but the above and a hits collection should do you. The man is a great songwriter, has one of the great and distinctive voices in country, and a sweet, old, raggedy guitar.

RuSsMaN

Red Headed Stranger, one of most prized pieces of vinyl Tour, good call.

Agreed with everyone else on Nirvana, esp the Nevermind release. A great example of a 'polished' recording, very, very well done. As far as quality goes, I prefer it over the gritty lo-fi follow up 'In Utero'.

Cheers,
Russ

dcarlson

I agree with In Utero over Nevermind. I think they intended to make In Utero less mainstream than Nevermind.

How about Nine Inch Nails

-Pretty Hate Machine
-The Downward Spiral
-The Fragile
-And All That Could Have Been (Live)

My Favorite used to be Pretty Hate Machine, but now I think it's a toss up between all of them.

Derick.

joe6pak

F1nut.

New Riders was on my list. I have that Panama Red vinyl you mentioned. Pretty cool comic book style story on the inside about old Panama Red. Quote, "I'll be searching all the joints in town for, Panama Red." The song "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" was not bad. If I remember correctly, it seems the cowboy was smokin something and snorting something while trying to write a song. And don't forget "Important Exportin Man." Good all around country/acid/rock.

Tour.

Willie Nelson.

You are right. He did more good stuff than can be mentioned. One of my least favorite songs was his duet with Julio Iglesias, "All The Girls I Have Loved Before." Shack will be covering more of that when he does his Julio and Julio Jr. review.

Rick Nelson:

How could all you aging baby boomers have missed this one? One of the original 50's teen idols. Between !957 and 1962 he had 30 top 40 hits. A little over half of those were in the top 10. Travlin Man and Hello Mary Lou are probably the most well known. His last top 10 was in the early 80's, a song called "Garden Party." He died in a plane crash 12-31-85, He was 45 years old.

shack.

I hate to pile more work on you, but this "N" should be covered by you. Wayne Newton!

joe

shack

Will the work never end? I just got through spinning Burl's rendition of "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer - Live at the Apollo" on 33 1/3 single. What a masterpiece!

joe6pak

shack rules!

You are the man! Where did you get that Burl album? I have been looking for that one for years. Damn. Burl live at the Appollo. I wish I could have been there. I bet the smoke was so thick you could barely see. F1 was probably at that one.

joe

Paul Connor

I was glad to see Red Headed Stranger made the list. Though not a rock album, it is one of my favorites. I keep a spare sealed copy on hand just in case.

Here is another by Nillson. Not a rock album, but another one of my favorites is "A Little Touch of Schmillson in The Night" This is a great mix of old standards and a must for any Harry fan.

Another great album by Nillson is "The Point" This was a soundtrack to an animated film, but was also a great stoner album. Strongly recomended, especially when altered.

Tour2ma

But can the ML's do justice to "Me and My Arrow"?

jeff biggs

New Order -Everythings Gone Green, Blue Monday