Best Albums Of 1975! (after WYWH)

^Hey this is damn good music to my precious ears!! Just listened to La Poderosa Muerte in radio.uol, such a beautiful song indeed, I just can't figure how some months back I didn't give it the deserved listening attention to it after reading a Kati's post in "What are you listening to?" and then this incredible band literally followed under my radar...
Un Dia de Tus Dias (album Los Jaivas) - Just loved how the charango flyes throughout the music with the beautiful zampoñas closing it!
Tarka y Ocarina (Diablada-Trote-Kotaiki) - awesome! And the zampoñas right at the beggining of it are authentic andean folk music! What a beautiful and strong piano notes throughout the song! Btw also throughout La Conquistada (loved this music!!) and Final (album Alturas.)

Edited by Rick Robson - January 31 2015 at 18:02

Wakeman's Birotron wrote: Kati wrote: Wakeman's Birotron wrote: Kati wrote: Los Jaivas - El Indio was a great album released at that time. Here is a song from the album called Los Jaivas - Guajira Cósmica   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be8p0GtbB4Y There's some outstanding keyboard and percussion work here indeed! El Indio is an overlooked gem, considering the recognition Alturas gets usually. Very true, Wakeman's Birotron However, Alturas en Machu Picchu came later, I love that album, especially the song La poderosa muerte - Los Jaivas en Machu Picchu is outstanding brilliant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AO8pY09h_Y Big hug to you xxx In fact, those latin flutes at the beginning of La Poderosa Muerte were what got me into Los Jaivas first

Perhaps interesting to point out that those can't be called latin flutes, because the native wind instruments from that region differ a lot from the well known traditional flutes. The only woodwind instruments that resemble in shape the european flutes are the ones called "Kena" and "Tarka", because the ancient flutes of the Andes are musical instruments based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length (and, at times, girth.) Often mistaken for the European pan-flute, they are native to the countries of Peru and Bolivia, but their origins are attributed to the Kechuas (reminiscents of the Inca Civilization) and extended to the Aymaras too. The pan flute is played by blowing horizontally across the open end against the sharp inner edge of the pipes. This creates the regular series of pulses which generate the sound waves within the tubes. They are generally called Zampoñas, but there are 4 kinds of Zampoñas: Toyos, low sound, Zankas 1/8 higher, Maltas 1/8 higher than Zankas and Chulis 1/8 octave higher than Maltas.
Often they can also consist of two separate halves, with the musical scale divided between both halves - these are called Siku (see-ku), tuned diatonically in the Key of G MAJOR. The Siku is native to the areas surrounding Lake Titicaca between the countries of Peru and Bolivia. Traditionally, the Siku is always played between two musicians, with each player taking one half of the instrument. The melody is thus woven back and forth between the two players. In order for one to play alone the two halves must be held together. Sikus vary greatly in size, ranging from reeds of less than an inch to reeds measuring over four feet! 

Edited by Rick Robson - January 31 2015 at 18:20

Plenty more better albums than WYWH in 1975

Edited by Prime Deposits - July 01 2015 at 20:44

snowsnow wrote: One of THE greatest albums of all time was released in 1975 and it wasn't WYWH (great though it is!) It is, of course, Oldfield's Ommadawn - simply a timeless masterpiece.

Well I must agree with you, it has been my all time favorite album for quite a long time, before I decided there were too many masterpieces to choose just one. One of the very best of the genre.

Saperlipopette! wrote: tszirmay wrote: Ange- Au Dela du Delire Forgot about that one. A top five candidate for sure

 

Edited by moshkito - February 01 2015 at 13:25

Rednight wrote: Rick Robson wrote: Cherry Five - Cherry Five   Exciting beautiful music! What a catchy and dinamic organ, keyboards and synths playing, so far just loving it, especially: Cherry Five - Oliver Cherry Five - The  Picture Of Dorian Gray Cherry Five - The Swan Is A Murderer (pt. 1) A Cherry 5 fan (Security!)!