Hey Richard, great to see Aladdin Sane, topping your list! It was my gateway to Bowie as my folks had it on cassette. Watch that Man and Drive in Saturday were the two that first grabbed me. Been listening to a lot of Mott this year… I Wish I Was Your Mother is such a beautiful song. Great to see ABBA in there and Country Life, though Roxy’s 2nd is my favourite. Transformer would be in my Top 10 most listened to albums… a perfect album! That was a great video Richard. cheers, Jack
great video and some classic albums, great alice cooper album, there are a couple of 5 cd box sets covering the first 10 albums i got them off amazon for less than £20 each earlier in the year, i would replace luo reed with mud rock and of course lonely this christmas, merry christmas and a happy new year to you too richard
Hi Richard!!1 so cool to hear glam is your go to style of music during the holidays.... unfortunately i don't own any of those recordings, but your selection is really good and a fun playlist to have a blast and wait for Santa to arrive!!! I think Alice Cooper and the Sweet could be my favorite omes!! cheers and be well
Hi Richard , a few albums I have here Roxy , Lou, I’m looking to make all my CDs more accessible in 2025 .. have a great Christmas and new year Richard 👍🎄
Nice selection, I have 8 of those, no Lou Reed or ABBA thank goodness! I’d recommend all Alice Cooper band albums from Love it to Death to Muscle of Love, 5 albums in total, so 4 missing from your collection! 🙂
Hi Richard- fun video that reminded me I have woefully little Alice Cooper (3) and TRex (1) 😬 Slade stuff is a bit hard to find in the US…I thought I had Slade In Flame, but I only have Rogues Gallery for some reason 🤷♂️ Oh well- Happy Holidays!
Thanks Richard, Slade In Flame is absolute corcker of an album, possibly my all time favourite album of theirs. You have more Alice Cooper than me lol. Enjoy the festive season Richard.
Great idea for a video Richard. I'm gutted though as I was convinced I had Billion Dollar Babies on vinyl so I went to pull it off the shelf after watching your video and it's missing (or I never had it). Don't seem to have the CD either, very strange. I did pick up 'Killer' on vinyl recently, and I also have School's Out, Welcome to My Nightmare and Live it to Death on vinyl, all of them really good although I don't know if they'd be classed as glam or not. Great to see Roy Wood make the list. Those glammy tracks by ABBA are great fun.
I'm much more of a prog fan than a glam fan. But I do own 'Mott' which is by far and away my favourite glam rock album. 'Hymn For The Dudes' is a brilliant song with a magnificent soaring guitar solo by Mick Relphs.
@CookieMusic43 Yeah I love Ballad of Mott as a kind of biography of the band. Never did buy 'The Hoople' album. I've read that it's considered a little inferior to 'Mott', but maybe I should buy it.
Going in to this, for some crazy reason i thought i would have majority of these, but only have four. The Slider has been one album i've thought about buying for many years. Never got around to it. I may have heard it back in the 80's, but i can't remember for sure. To me ABBA was glam in the early days. Pasi
Ha ha, yes I was commenting on Michael Noland's video when I wrote that confusing comment, ha ha. Loveyour number one choice and Lou Reed! Glad to NOT see Sparks Kimono My House on this list. They are sometimes labelled as glam, which is pretty silly. Hope you have a great Christmas and Happy New Year!
I’m astounded that you haven’t yet collected Alice Cooper …😂I’m 66 and it’s been Bolan, Bowie, Harley, Cooper for me…and then rock of all genres 😃…ps Had to play catch up with Slade, Sweet many years later 😀(couldn’t buy much on apprenticeship wages)😂😂😂
Hi Eric, it defies logic why I have never collected Alice Cooper so maybe 2025 is the year. As you mention STeve Harley, I should have had The Human Menagarie on the list.
@@CookieMusic43 start with, love it to death then Killer, School’s Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle of Love, Welcome to my Nightmare…..you are a lucky man to be able to discover Alice Cooper in 2025…😁
for sure Good picks/Richard Some lesser known Glam Rock bands No ranking order............. Doctors of Madness...Featured Kid Strange/Later called himself Richard Strange/and had a solo career The Lords of the New Church "Is Nothing Sacred?" The Sensational Alex Harvey Band/" Vambo Rools: Big Hits And Close Shaves The New York Dolls/Self-titled.. love song"Lonely Planet Boy" "
Personally I dont go near Alladin Sane and especially Ziggy. Heard them so many times I'm sick of them. Except for Lady Grinning Soul. Also, stopped pretending to like Low and Heroes. Except for the singles there is very little musical pleasure in them.
Glam or not, BD Babies is one of the all time great albums.....Street Hassle 2nd verse is one of L Reed's best moments......Watch That Man is one of many great Bowie songs.....I don't visit Aladdin Sane often enough, I have it on vinyl only....
@@jamesgriffithsmusic Acknowledged by whom? Probably American music journalists. Like they claim to have invented punk whereas in reality the Pistols were as far removed from the Ramones as they were Zeppelin.
Interesting selections Richard, thanks for all your postings this year.
Have a Great Christmas and New Year 🎉
Thanks for all the comments Phil and a Merry Christmas and Happy New year to you too!
Hey Richard, great to see Aladdin Sane, topping your list! It was my gateway to Bowie as my folks had it on cassette. Watch that Man and Drive in Saturday were the two that first grabbed me. Been listening to a lot of Mott this year… I Wish I Was Your Mother is such a beautiful song. Great to see ABBA in there and Country Life, though Roxy’s 2nd is my favourite. Transformer would be in my Top 10 most listened to albums… a perfect album! That was a great video Richard. cheers, Jack
Thanks Jack. Wishing you a very Happy Christmas.
Nice video. Glad to see no Wombles sneaking in there! 😀
I was tempted...
great video and some classic albums, great alice cooper album, there are a couple of 5 cd box sets covering the first 10 albums i got them off amazon for less than £20 each earlier in the year, i would replace luo reed with mud rock and of course lonely this christmas, merry christmas and a happy new year to you too richard
Cheers Stephen, Mud Rock was considered but I prefer Mud Rock II and Use Your Imagination but I didn't want to go past 1974
Hi Richard!!1 so cool to hear glam is your go to style of music during the holidays.... unfortunately i don't own any of those recordings, but your selection is really good and a fun playlist to have a blast and wait for Santa to arrive!!! I think Alice Cooper and the Sweet could be my favorite omes!! cheers and be well
Cheers Cristian, I hope Santa is good to you this year!
Hi Richard , a few albums I have here Roxy , Lou, I’m looking to make all my CDs more accessible in 2025 .. have a great Christmas and new year Richard 👍🎄
You too, Rob
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Richard. All the Best!!! Richard H.
and the same to you Richard
Nice selection, I have 8 of those, no Lou Reed or ABBA thank goodness!
I’d recommend all Alice Cooper band albums from Love it to Death to Muscle of Love, 5 albums in total, so 4 missing from your collection! 🙂
I'll look into thos albums
Hi Richard- fun video that reminded me I have woefully little Alice Cooper (3) and TRex (1) 😬 Slade stuff is a bit hard to find in the US…I thought I had Slade In Flame, but I only have Rogues Gallery for some reason 🤷♂️ Oh well- Happy Holidays!
Thanks Richard, Slade In Flame is absolute corcker of an album, possibly my all time favourite album of theirs. You have more Alice Cooper than me lol. Enjoy the festive season Richard.
Great idea for a video Richard. I'm gutted though as I was convinced I had Billion Dollar Babies on vinyl so I went to pull it off the shelf after watching your video and it's missing (or I never had it). Don't seem to have the CD either, very strange. I did pick up 'Killer' on vinyl recently, and I also have School's Out, Welcome to My Nightmare and Live it to Death on vinyl, all of them really good although I don't know if they'd be classed as glam or not. Great to see Roy Wood make the list. Those glammy tracks by ABBA are great fun.
I'll check out those early (band) Alice Cooper albums, James. I agree the glammy ABBA is great fun!
I'm much more of a prog fan than a glam fan. But I do own 'Mott' which is by far and away my favourite glam rock album. 'Hymn For The Dudes' is a brilliant song with a magnificent soaring guitar solo by Mick Relphs.
It is a great song as is Ballad of Mott. I also love "The Hoople" album although by that time Mick Ralphs had departed.
@CookieMusic43 Yeah I love Ballad of Mott as a kind of biography of the band. Never did buy 'The Hoople' album. I've read that it's considered a little inferior to 'Mott', but maybe I should buy it.
Going in to this, for some crazy reason i thought i would have majority of these, but only have four. The Slider has been one album i've thought about buying for many years. Never got around to it. I may have heard it back in the 80's, but i can't remember for sure.
To me ABBA was glam in the early days.
Pasi
My guess is you have Billion Dollar Babies, Country Life, Transformer and Sweet Fanny Adams
@@CookieMusic43 Almost. Instead of Country Life, i have Aladdin Sane.
Ha ha, yes I was commenting on Michael Noland's video when I wrote that confusing comment, ha ha. Loveyour number one choice and Lou Reed! Glad to NOT see Sparks Kimono My House on this list. They are sometimes labelled as glam, which is pretty silly. Hope you have a great Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thanks for commenting Larry, I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year.
I’m astounded that you haven’t yet collected Alice Cooper …😂I’m 66 and it’s been Bolan, Bowie, Harley, Cooper for me…and then rock of all genres 😃…ps Had to play catch up with Slade, Sweet many years later 😀(couldn’t buy much on apprenticeship wages)😂😂😂
Hi Eric, it defies logic why I have never collected Alice Cooper so maybe 2025 is the year. As you mention STeve Harley, I should have had The Human Menagarie on the list.
@@CookieMusic43 start with, love it to death then Killer, School’s Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Muscle of Love, Welcome to my Nightmare…..you are a lucky man to be able to discover Alice Cooper in 2025…😁
Lets spend the night together sounds like it should have been on Pin Ups.
Good call!
for sure Good picks/Richard
Some lesser known Glam Rock bands
No ranking order.............
Doctors of Madness...Featured Kid Strange/Later called himself Richard Strange/and had a solo career
The Lords of the New Church "Is Nothing Sacred?"
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band/" Vambo Rools: Big Hits And Close Shaves
The New York Dolls/Self-titled.. love song"Lonely Planet Boy"
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Thanks for the list Isa, I have owned that New York Dolls album on mp3 for years and I still have never listened to it. I really don't know why.
I would argue that Berlin is lou Reeds best album
It's probably my 2nd favourite of his albums but needs repeated listens
Berlin is easily Reed's best. Highly original but still accessible.
Wot can you say about Aladdin sane? Its nearly flawless. Except for Watch that Man which is dreadful
I agree with most of what you say. The only thing wrong with Watch That Man is his vocals are too far back in the mix.
Personally I dont go near Alladin Sane and especially Ziggy. Heard them so many times I'm sick of them. Except for Lady Grinning Soul. Also, stopped pretending to like Low and Heroes. Except for the singles there is very little musical pleasure in them.
Glam or not, BD Babies is one of the all time great albums.....Street Hassle 2nd verse is one of L Reed's best moments......Watch That Man is one of many great Bowie songs.....I don't visit Aladdin Sane often enough, I have it on vinyl only....
You should definitely give Aladdin Sane a visit, Bill
Glam rock was always about singles. I could never afford an album.
I agree, singles were the main vehicle for Glam Rock
Or even Street hassle
Bit of a stretch calling Alice Cooper glam rock
I thought Lou Reed was a bit more of a stretch to be honest
Alice Cooper is an acknowledged early glam pioneer along with The New York Dolls.
@@jamesgriffithsmusic
Acknowledged by whom? Probably American music journalists. Like they claim to have invented punk whereas in reality the Pistols were as far removed from the Ramones as they were Zeppelin.