Rock albums from alternate timelines

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ELVIS AND THE BEATLES US TOUR
(1961)

Side A

1. Talking and Blue Suede Shoes (Elvis)
2. She Loves You (Elvis and The Beatles)
3. Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis)
4. (Marie's The Name Of) His Latest Flame (Elvis)
5. Such A Night (Elvis and The Beatles)
6. I'll Get You (Elvis and McCartney)

Side B
1. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis and The Beatles)
2. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Elvis and The Beatles)
3. Thank You Girl (Elvis and Lennon)
4. She's Not You (Elvis with The Beatles)
5. Roll Over Beethoven (Elvis and McCartney)
6. Hound Dog (Elvis and The Beatles)

Each track was taken from a single show in the tour with the beginning and the end being the same show. The album cover would become controversial after President Kennedy's assassination in 1963 and was replaced with the following.
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After the success of the previous three albums with The Beatles, Elvis and the band would star in a movie together entitled A Hard Day's Night. This would be the first time The Beatles would have a starring role in a film, all previous appearances were cameos.
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
(1962)

Side A

1. A Hard Day's Night (Elvis with Lennon and McCartney)
2. What A Wonderful Life (Elvis)
3. If I Fell (Elvis and McCartney)
4. I Got Lucky (Elvis with The Beatles)
5. And I Love Her (McCartney)
6. Tell Me Why (Elvis)*

Side B
1. Home Is Where The Heart Is (Elvis with The Beatles)
2. I'll Cry Instead (Lennon)
3. I'm Happy Just to Dance with You (Harrison)
4. King Of The Whole Wide World (Elvis with The Beatles)
5. You Can't Do That (Elvis and Lennon)
6. I'll Be Back (Elvis with Lennon and McCartney)

A Hard Day's Night was the first album to have a song not to feature Elvis singing for the first time, Col. Parker was heavily against this but he could do nothing about it.

* Tell Me Why was originally recorded in 1957
 
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After the success of the previous three albums with The Beatles, Elvis and the band would star in a movie together entitled A Hard Day's Night. This would be the first time The Beatles would have a starring role in a film, all previous appearances were cameos.

A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
(1962)

Side A

1. A Hard Day's Night (Elvis with Lennon and McCartney)
2. What A Wonderful Life (Elvis)
3. If I Fell (Elvis and McCartney)
4. I Got Lucky (Elvis with The Beatles)
5. And I Love Her (McCartney)
6. Tell Me Why (Elvis)*

Side B
1. Home Is Where The Heart Is (Elvis with The Beatles)
2. I'll Cry Instead (Lennon)
3. I'm Happy Just to Dance with You (Harrison)
4. King Of The Whole Wide World (Elvis with The Beatles)
5. You Can't Do That (Elvis and Lennon)
6. I'll Be Back (Elvis with Lennon and McCartney)

A Hard Day's Night was the first album to have a song not to feature Elvis singing for the first time, Col. Parker was heavily against this but he could do nothing about it.
I love this series Hulkster! Hopefully the Beatles are happier to stay together ITTL and Elvis doesn't become unhealthy.
 
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Return To Sender
(1962)

Side A

1. Return To Sender (Elvis with The Beatles)
2. No Reply (Elvis and Lennon)
3. I Don't Wanna Be Tired (Elvis)
4. Rock and Roll Music (Elvis)
5. Because Of Love (Elvis with The Beatles)
6. I'll Follow The Sun (McCartney)
7. One Broken Heart For Sale (Elvis with The Beatles)

Side B
1. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey (Elvis and McCartney)
2. They Remind Me Too Much Of You (Elvis)
3. Honey Don't (Elvis and Starr)
4. Words Of Love (Elvis)
5. How Would You Like To Be (Elvis)
6. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party (Elvis with Lennon)
7. Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello (Elvis with The Beatles)
 
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Sgt. Rutter’s Only Darts Club Band- The Rutles
(1967)

Side 1

1. Major’s Happy Up and Coming Once Upon A Good Time Band- (Nasty - McQuickly)
2. Rendezvous- (Nasty - McQuickly)
3. The Equestrian Statue- (Nasty - McQuickly)
4. Nevertheless- (O’ Hara)
5. Good Times Roll- (Nasty - McQuickly)
6. Another Day- (Nasty - McQuickly)

Side 2
1. Doubleback Alley- (Nasty - McQuickly)
2. Piggy In The Middle- (Nasty - McQuickly)
3. The Knicker Elastic King- (Nasty - McQuickly)
4. Joe Public- (Nasty - McQuickly)
5. Bring Back the Time- (O’ Hara)
6. Cheese and Onions- (Nasty - McQuickly)​
 
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To Come Of Age- The Doors
(1971)

Side 1

1. To Come Of Age- (Morrison)
2. Tightrope Ride- (Manzarek - Kreiger)
3. I’m Horny, I’m Stoned- (Manzerek - Kreiger)
4. Ghost Ship- (Morrison)

Side 2
1. In the Eye Of the Sun- (Manzerek - Kreiger)
2. Hour For Magic- (Morrison)
3. An American Prayer- (Morrison)
4. Wandering Musician- (Manzerek - Kreiger)​
 

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Full Circle- The Doors
(1972)

Side 1

1. Black Polished Chrome- (Morrison)
2. Latino Chrome- (Morrison)
3. Hardwood Floor- (Kreiger)
4. It Slipped My Mind- (Kreiger)
5. 4 Billion Souls- (Kreiger)

Side 2
1. Ships w/Sails- (Manzerek - Kreiger)
2. Newborn Awakening- (Morrison)
3. The Piano Bird- (Conrad - Densmore)
4. The Peking King and the New York Queen- (Manzarek)​
 
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Other Voices- The Doors
(1973)

Side 1

1. Get Up And Dance- (Manzarek - Kreiger)
2. Baja Bus- (Kreiger)
3. Verdilac- (Manzarek - Kreiger)
4. Hardwood Floor- (Manzarek - Kreiger)
5. I Won’t Be Alone Anymore- (Kreiger)
6. He Can’t Come Today- (Manzarek)

Side 2
1. Good Rockin’- (Brown)
2. Variety Is the Spice Of Life- (Manzarek - Kreiger)
3. Down On the Farm- (Manzarek - Kreiger)
4. The Mosquito- (Densmore - Kreiger)​
 
Following up my last post on an alternate Velvet Underground album, here's another:

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Essentially, this is an alternate version of Loaded. The fundamentals of the story are the same: the Velvets part from MGM and sign to Atlantic; the band, encouraged by their label, make a consciously "commercial" album; Maureen Tucker is (mostly) absent from the sessions owing to maternity leave; and the sessions result in largely the same songs as in OTL. The details, though, is where it diverges a bit.

First, the Velvets are in a slightly stronger position, so to speak. Signing to Atlantic fresh off of an album— the biggest of their career, at that— makes the band a bit more confident and the label a bit more willing to trust in them. This means that while there's still an expectation and pressure to produce a "commercial" album, the request for an album "loaded with hits" is never said (Atlantic presuming the Velvets have a bit more of an idea of what to do) and the band is a bit more ambivalent about the direction… that they are "playing follow the leader". Thus, instead of naming the resulting album Loaded as an in-joke, they call it Follow the Leader as a self-depreciating one.

Second, the band having a bit more leeway means that while the songs are still written with an eye to commercial success, the production is less slick and clean. Follow the Leader has a bit more of a "rock" edge to it compared to Loaded (although ITTL FtL is still regarded as the band's pop album). This also means the album isn't edited, mixed and sequenced against Lou Reed's wishes, which in turn means he doesn't quit the band prior to the album's release (as IOTL).

Third, although the sessions are similar, the final tracklist is different. OTL's "Sweet Jane", "Rock and Roll", "New Age" and "Ocean" obviously can't be on the album, since ITTL they were on Good Times already. Instead, a few other songs that predate the sessions are recorded here: "Follow the Leader" and "Sweet Bonnie Brown". Otherwise, all the songs here were actually recorded at this time IOTL, and it's just a case of them making the cut ITTL (yes, "Satellite of Love" originated here IOTL. Weird to think they didn't use it…).

Fourth, Mo Tucker actually appears on the album! IOTL, she came to the sessions once and, while there, sang lead vocals on "I'm Sticking with You" and played her usual drums on "I Found a Reason". Neither made the album ITOL, but they both do here.

Finally… Follow the Leader does better than the OTL Loaded did (having the bandleader still in the band helps)… but it's still not really a hit, and underperforms TTL's Good Times. This is very dispiriting for the Velvets, particularly Reed. But rather than suddenly and abruptly quit as he did IOTL, Reed brings his concerns to the band first, who voice their own unease about the future: Sterling Morrison has gone back to school and is more interested in his studies than music, and Mo Tucker just had a child and is raising a family; Yule's still interested in a music career but doesn't want to push the rest of them into it. Ultimately, the Velvets disband, on good terms, in mid 1971. Squeeze is released as a Doug Yule solo album ITTL, and without the band name as an albatross around his neck, he goes on to have a modestly successful career.
 

What If The Sons Of The Beatles Made A Band?
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The Shoots- The Shoots
(2016)

1. Breath Of A Salesman- (Lennon - Claypool)
2. Peyote Coyote- (McCartney)
3. Boomerang Baby- (Lennon - Claypool)
4. Never Know- (Harrison)
5. Alice- (McCartney)
6. Captain Lariat- (Lennon - Claypool)
7. Summertime Police- (Harrison)
8. Too Hard- (McCartney)
9. Paralysis- (McCartney)
10. Downtown Tigers- (Harrison)
11. Bubbles Burst- (Lennon - Claypool)
 
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The Shoots- The Shoots
(2016)

1. Breath Of A Salesman- (Lennon - Claypool)
2. Peyote Coyote- (McCartney)
3. Boomerang Baby- (Lennon - Claypool)
4. Never Know- (Harrison)
5. Alice- (McCartney)
6. Captain Lariat- (Lennon - Claypool)
7. Summertime Police- (Harrison)
8. Too Hard- (McCartney)
9. Paralysis- (McCartney)
10. Downtown Tigers- (Harrison)
11. Bubbles Burst- (Lennon - Claypool)
They'd be better off with Julian than Sean IMO.
 
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The Shoots- The Shoots
(2016)

1. Breath Of A Salesman- (Lennon - Claypool)
2. Peyote Coyote- (McCartney)
3. Boomerang Baby- (Lennon - Claypool)
4. Never Know- (Harrison)
5. Alice- (McCartney)
6. Captain Lariat- (Lennon - Claypool)
7. Summertime Police- (Harrison)
8. Too Hard- (McCartney)
9. Paralysis- (McCartney)
10. Downtown Tigers- (Harrison)
11. Bubbles Burst- (Lennon - Claypool)
You're a madman for using The Lennon Claypool Delirium songs
 
The Discography Of Syd Barrett
(1970 - 1975)
Part 1


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Religious Experience- Kevin Ayers & Syd Barrett
(1970)

Genre:
Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Psychedelic Pop

Side 1

1. Religious Experience (Singing a Song In the Morning)- (Ayers)
2. Clowns And Jugglers- (Barrett)
3. Lunatics Lament- (Ayers)
4. No Good Trying- (Barrett)
5. Red Green and You Blue- (Ayers)
6. Golden Hair- (Barrett - Joyce)

Side 2
1. The Clarietta Rag- (Ayers)
2. Love You- (Barrett)
3. Eleanor’s Cake (Which I Ate Her)- (Ayers)
4. Wouldn’t You Miss Me (Dark Globe)- (Barrett)
5. Song For Insane Times- (Ayers)
6. Late Night- (Barrett)

Religious Experience is the debut album of Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers. It was released on Harvest Records on January 3rd, 1970. It was fairly well recieved by critics and fans alike, reaching the #23 spot on the UK charts. Initial sales and reaction was deemed sufficient enough to make a 2nd solo album.
 
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The Discography Of Syd Barrett
(1970 - 1975)
Part 2


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Barrett- Syd Barrett
(1971)

Genre: Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Folk, Blues

Side 1
1. Baby Lemonade- (Barrett)
2. Dominoes- (Barrett)
3. Feel- (Barrett)
4. Waving My Arms In the Air- (Barrett)
5. I Never Lied To You- (Barrett)
6. Terrapin- (Barrett)

Side 2
1. Octopus- (Barrett)
2. Rats- (Barrett)
3. Wolfpack- (Barrett)
4. Birdie Hop- (Barrett)
5. Effervescing Elephant- (Barrett)

Barrett is the 2nd album by English singer-songwriter Syd Barrett. It was released by Harvest Records on November 14th, 1971. Barrett was released to more positive reviews than “Religious Experience” in 1970. It charted at #19 in the UK and #177 on Billboard 200. He made a short promotional tour for the album with concerts in England and even a couple in the US.​
 
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