I've always enjoyed Rick Wakeman' "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
And few years ago someone told me about Jeff Wayne's "Musical Version of the War of the Worlds"
Any more albums along those lines?
Thank you
And few years ago someone told me about Jeff Wayne's "Musical Version of the War of the Worlds"
Any more albums along those lines?
Thank you
Throwing you a bit of a curve ball -- Adlai Stevenson did an LP a few years before he died -- in it he related several stories of his service in France after the liberation of Paris -- now those are great stories by an extremely literate gentleman.
Those of us, of a generation, can remember the LP's with "Peter and the Wolf" and a description of the reason that particular instruments were chosen to represent the character parts.
Those of us, of a generation, can remember the LP's with "Peter and the Wolf" and a description of the reason that particular instruments were chosen to represent the character parts.
"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" by The Alan Parsons Project, based upon the short stories of Edgar Allan Poe
Upon looking up Adlai Stevenson those look mostly to be speeches.
I had forgot about Peter and the wolf 🙂
On a side note my Father had a bunch of 45's from Redd Harper
that were Children's Bible stories. I can still remember some of
them of them nearly 50 year later.
The first few that come to mind in the rock catalog would include Pink Floyd "The Wall", "Wish You Were Here" (Syd); Beatles "St Peppers", "Magical Mystery Tour"; at least 3 of Rick Wakeman's early works; Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" ; cast album of movie "Jesus Christ, Superstar"
While I'm generally less of a fan of the genre, pretty much any opera - as the local society pronounces on their bus adverts - "stories so big they have to be sung" - and that's a pretty long list
While I'm generally less of a fan of the genre, pretty much any opera - as the local society pronounces on their bus adverts - "stories so big they have to be sung" - and that's a pretty long list
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Yeah, just about any opera. 
And there are some a little out of the more common fare, such as Michel Jonaz La Fabuleuse Histoire De Mister Swing or Esquivel's See it in Sound.
And there are some a little out of the more common fare, such as Michel Jonaz La Fabuleuse Histoire De Mister Swing or Esquivel's See it in Sound.
And outside of opera there are plenty of classical albums that tell a story, many of them ballet pieces.
Firebird Suite
Petrouska
l'Histoire de Soldat
The Miraculous Mandarin
Nutcracker Suite
Peter and the Wolf
Carmina Burana
Grand Canyon Suite
Rodeo
Good topic!
Firebird Suite
Petrouska
l'Histoire de Soldat
The Miraculous Mandarin
Nutcracker Suite
Peter and the Wolf
Carmina Burana
Grand Canyon Suite
Rodeo
Good topic!
Pretty Things "S.F. Sorrow"
Kinks "Face to Face" & "Village Green Preservation Society" (both more of a mosaic)
Luke the Drifter (aka Hank Williams Sr.) "Beyond the Sunset"
Lee Hazlewood "Trouble is a Lonesome Town"
Frank Sinatra "Watertown"
Woody Guthrie "Dust Bowl Ballads"
I was a record store clerk/vinyl hoarder for five years, over a decade ago. I miss that job.
Kinks "Face to Face" & "Village Green Preservation Society" (both more of a mosaic)
Luke the Drifter (aka Hank Williams Sr.) "Beyond the Sunset"
Lee Hazlewood "Trouble is a Lonesome Town"
Frank Sinatra "Watertown"
Woody Guthrie "Dust Bowl Ballads"
I was a record store clerk/vinyl hoarder for five years, over a decade ago. I miss that job.
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Really fantastic response which I am enjoying. Nice thread.
Another one for consideration - The Hazards of Love, The Decemberists
Another one for consideration - The Hazards of Love, The Decemberists
Adding Empire and Promised Land. I suppose Mindcrime II as well.
To me the story lines sort of loosely fit what I imagine would have been set in New York in the early 1980's for Mindcrime, Los Angeles in the late 80's for Empire, and Chicago in the early 90's for Promised land.
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