Fav Double Album

[Rhythm N. Bliss]

My favs are Electric Ladyland & LAYLA~ & Other Assorted Love Songs

Listening to Layla recently Carl Radle's bass playing really, really grabbed me.
Sounded SO gooood!! I gotta learn to play like THAT!

Electric Ladyland is TWICE as good as any other Hendrix album!! heh

[SKATE RAT]

either London Calling or Double nickles on the dime.

[gweimer]

I think I have to go with Wheels of Fire from Cream

[PWV]

The Clash: London Calling.

Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans.

ELO: Out of The Blue

Pink Floyd: The Wall

[Chris P.]

Tommy.

[uwe]

Rare Earth - Live.

If I'm honest, I preferred the lengthy improvisational parts on that to DP's Made in Japan where I always thought that the 20 minute version of Space Trucking overstayed its welcome. But I never minded the 25 minute live version of Get Ready, any other version just doesn't sound right.



(albeit a very short version)


And though I never was and never will be a Zep fan, I thought (and think) that Physical Graffiti presented an interesting and eclectic mix of music. It is in fact my favourite Zep album.

Talking about drawn out songs on double albums: Honorary mention must be made of Loggins & Messina Live album and especially "Vahevala" on it!



(a much later version, but still nice)



Uwe

[godofthunder]

One of my favorite double albums is Wishbone Ash Live dates. The Song Ballad Of The Beacon is my favorite on that album, much better than the studio version. I'll toss in Kiss Alive as a lad of 14 it blew me away lol. The lyrics don't age very well but the band still sounds great on that disc.

[uwe]

The Clash: London Calling.

Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans.

ELO: Out of The Blue

Pink Floyd: The Wall

That is one eclectic choice! Monster-prog, pop, punk and Herr Waters' nightmares all together. That anybody liking London Calling would even admit to owning these other albums, let alone really liking them ...  Speaks for you having your own mind and not being relegated by fleeting fashion in your tastes.

Uwe

[Basvarken]

Two of my all time favorites happen to be a double album (at least way back in the vinyl era they were double albums)

Live & Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

Strangers in the Night - UFO

[JTE]

"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" Derek & The Dominoes- Carl driving Eric & Duane... 
"Live at The Fillmore East" Allman Bros. Band- Duane Allman is the only rock oriented guitarist who can play a 10 minute unaccompanied guitar solo and be interesting through it all.
"Live Dates" Wishbone Ash-  Ya like counterpoint?  Ya like unusual notes in the bass?  Mr. Turner and Mr. Powell extract GREAT tones from those guitars too.
"Electric Ladyland" Jimi Hendrix.  The only Hendrix album that really shows HIS vision.
"Wheels of Fire" Cream-  shows their collective improvisation and deconstruction/reconstruction live and their conscise and focused studio side.  Besides, it's got both "White Room" and "Crossroads!"

What all of these double albums have in common for me is that they all come from the days when albums were cohesive works of art, instead of merely a collection of songs- what Keith Richards described as "the hit single and ten tracks of XXXX (feces)".


jte

[Barklessdog]

I tried but could only think of Rare Earth & Tommy . I remember most double record sets being weak. I never liked the Wall.

[TBird1958]

My first and still favorite double album is Uriah Heep Live..............Gary Thain, J bass, big hair and furry boots was an early and lifelong influence. 

[leftybass]

That's easy, as someone who makes a living playing bass in a Beatles tribute band, my favorite double album is

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John.

[nofi]

sleep's dopesmoker double lp. two records, one 65 minute stoner sludge dirge. sweet

of course there is always lou reed's metal machine music that can actually make time stop.

[gweimer]

My first and still favorite double album is Uriah Heep Live..............Gary Thain, J bass, big hair and furry boots was an early and lifelong influence. 

Damn!  How could I forget that one?  I even have a shortened version on CD.  I'm ALWAYS saying that the live "Sweet Lorraine" is a must for any bassist to learn.  Lifelong influence, indeed.