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From: rch@brunix.UUCP (Rich Yampell)
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Subject: Re: Classic Records
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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 15:02:36 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 18 15:02:36 1984
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Having just joined this net, I've missed, I'm sure, much of this list, so
I apologise in advance for any duplication, but if you're going to list
'Classic Records', then a couple come to mind that may well have escaped
the list thus far:

Return to Forever:  Romantic Warrior
Kansas:  Song for America
Al DiMeola:  Elegant Gypsy
Chicago:  Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago I)
Beethoven:  Any good recording of Symphony 3 ('Eroica')

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Note:  One axiom which I have often found true in music is that if you
want to hear the *really* good stuff a band has done, you should go back
to the *early* albums.  Many bands seem to degenerate as time goes on and
they become wealthy and comfortable, and become more interested in being{
wealthy and comfortable than in making great music [one of the few
exceptions to this pattern is the Beatles, which is really what made them
so great].  Thus, if you haven't heard *early* Kansas or *early* Chicago
and are only familiar with their more recent works, then you'll be very{
surprised if you listen to the albums I mention for them.  Particularly
Chicago.  Most people today don't tend to think of Chicago as a band
capable of doing excellent 15-minute guitar jams, for example.