Future Days is Can's most ambitious production — ambient, complex, and a stylistic left turnMusic linernotes album music
Four Popol Vuh members brought Moog, guitar, vocals, and pan pipe to AguirreMusic linernotes album music
Exile on Main St. was panned on release — now it's considered one of the greatest albums everMusic linernotes album music
Einstürzende Neubauten covered Gainsbourg's 'Je t'aime... moi non plus' on KollapsMusic linernotes album music
Einstürzende Neubauten built Kollaps from self-made machines and scrap metalMusic linernotes album music
César Camargo Mariano handled piano and arrangements on most of Elis & Tom.Music linernotes album music
Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Harvey Mason, and Bill Summers joined Herbie Hancock on Head Hunters.Music linernotes album music
Aloysio de Oliveira produced Elis & Tom and co-wrote two songs with Jobim.Music linernotes album music
Aguirre soundtrack: only 2 of 9 tracks are actually from the film — the rest are compiled from early-'70s Popol Vuh sessionsMusic linernotes album music
Teo Macero earned his first Miles Davis production credit on Sketches of SpainMusic linernotes album music
Scott LaFaro died in a car accident two weeks after the Village Vanguard sessionsMusic linernotes album music
Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff led Music Box, with help from the C+C Music Factory team and BabyfaceMusic linernotes album music
Fela Kuti's Kalakuta Republic was a Lagos compound for art, activism, and Africa 70Music linernotes album music
Bob Marley's Survival was partially censored under South African apartheidMusic linernotes album music
Bob Marley played 'Zimbabwe' at the country's actual independence celebrationMusic linernotes album music
Bill Evans Trio's Explorations was a single-day session at Bell Sound in New YorkMusic linernotes album music
Wish You Were Here is Pink Floyd's tribute to Syd Barrett and a critique of the music industryMusic linernotes album music
William McEuen produced Will the Circle Be Unbroken, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's seventh album.Music linernotes album music
Van Morrison recorded Veedon Fleece after a divorce and a return to IrelandMusic linernotes album music
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded Will the Circle Be Unbroken in NashvilleMusic linernotes album music
Shine On You Crazy Diamond was one continuous piece that got split in twoMusic linernotes album music
Roy Harper sang 'Have a Cigar' because Roger Waters couldn't nail the sleazy executive.Music linernotes album music
Our Mother the Mountain is Townes Van Zandt's second album, released in 1969Music linernotes album music
Our Mother the Mountain established Townes Van Zandt as one of country-folk's most gifted songwriters.Music linernotes album music
Liege & Lief was rehearsed in a Hampshire house and recorded at Sound TechniquesMusic linernotes album music
Dave Swarbrick became a full member on Fairport Convention's Liege & LiefMusic linernotes album music
Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding came after the basement tapes — but used none of themMusic linernotes album music
Bob Dylan recorded John Wesley Harding in Nashville and released it three weeks laterMusic linernotes album music
Tom Waits's Rain Dogs borrows its title from animals that lost their scentMusic linernotes album music
Tom Waits wanted Closing Time to be a jazz album. The folk influence won.Music linernotes album music
The Byrds recorded Sweetheart of the Rodeo in both Nashville and Los Angeles.Music linernotes album music