Ryan Gavalier

#1159: The Community is Dead – Long Live the Community!

RECORD STORE TALES #1159:
The Community is Dead – Long Live the Community!

Once Upon A Time, the old WordPress music Community was an important part of our daily breakfast.  It was a wonderful way to connect and talk music with like-minded folks.  It was even a good way to seek support in our lives.

Then in 2023, the Community died.  I don’t know why, and I no longer care.  It’s possibly a “type of feint, or fake technique, whereby a player draws an opposing player out of position or skates by the opponent while maintaining possession and control of the puck.” People just…disappeared.  Ghosted.  I actually don’t want to know why.  “Let the past die,” Kylo Ren said.  “Kill it, if you have to.”  That is done, but not by my own hand.

I knew it was dead in 2024, when several people from the old Community refused to watch or acknowledge my trip to Toronto with Aaron, the Community’s spiritual leader.   It was a shunning, with intent.  Rest in peace, Community!

Whatever their issues are, I hope they find peace and harmony, wherever they went and whatever they are doing now.  I miss them. But there was a silver lining.

A new Community awaited me.  A bigger, more welcoming Community.  A Community that stretches from Australia to America, east coast to west, and up north to Canada.  A stronger Community. For me it began as the old Community died in 2023.  Marco D’Auria encouraged me to work with the Contrarians, and suddenly I started getting invites to appear on other shows, such as Rock Daydream Nation and My Music Corner.  With these fine folks, together, we have rebuilt what was lost.  Bigger, better, faster, stronger!

I welcome you to the Community!  A place where we support each other, collaborate, and celebrate the power of music!  A place where you will not be judged for your mistakes, nor shunned.

Welcome…I bid you welcome!

Ranked! ALL the Deep Purple Studio Albums, with Ryan Gavalier

Whew!  That was a rock marathon, but Ryan and I crossed the finish line with a complete ranking of all the Deep Purple studio albums (excluding the covers album Turning to Crime).  This was not an easy task.  We both immersed ourselves fully in the music all week.  In the end, some albums struck us harder than others.  While our Top Fives were both very similar, but the rest of the lists were widely varied.

Thank you to Ryan Gavalier for this awesome jump through the Deep Purple catalogue.  Not only was it an electrfying week of music, but it was also a week for re-appraisal.  I always knew my first and last albums, but the middle was quite fluid.

While we did attempt to spend a good deal of time discussing each album, we really only scratched the surface.  The best thing to do would be for you to check out the music yourself.

Thanks for watching, and we’ll see you tomorrow for another episode of Grab A Stack of Rock (Special Editon).  Stay tuned!

My list can be seen at the bottom of this post by highlighting the hidden text.

 

22  The Book of Taleisyn (1968)

21 Shades Of (1968)

20 Abandon (1998)

19 The Battle Rages On (1993)

18 The House of Blue Light (1987)

17 Rapture of the Deep (2005)

16 Bananas (20030

15 Slaves and Masters (1990)

14 InFinite (2017)

13 =1

12 Who Do We Think We Are! (1973)

11 Deep Purple (1969)

10 NOW What?! (2013)

9 Burn (1974)

8 Come Taste the Band (1975)

7 Whoosh (2020)

6 Stormbringer (1974)

5 Machine Head (1972)

4 Perfect Strangers (1984)

3 Purpendicular (1996)

2 In Rock (1970)

1 Fireball (1971)

 

Ranking ALL the Deep Purple Studio Albums, with Ryan Gavalier – live tonight at 8:00 PM

GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and the Mad Metal Man
Episode 69: Ranking ALL the Deep Purple Studio Albums, with Ryan Gavalier

Please welcome Ryan Gavalier from Gavalier Productions for his show debut!  We have been wanting to work together for about a year now.  For Ryan’s first topic, he went big:  we are tackling the complete Deep Purple studio albums and ranking them.  (We are excluding the covers album Turning to Crime, and the Concerto since it was a live album.)  That’s 21 albums, so buckle up.  We are giving you extra this long Labour Day weekend.

Both Ryan and I have spent the last week listening to Deep Purple, in chronological order.  I always knew what my first pick would be, and I knew my last pick from the start.  Now, it is a matter of filling in the blanks.

Be sure to join Ryan and I live, as you’ll want to play along in the comments.  See you then!

Sunday September 1 at 8:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 9:00 P.M. Atlantic.   Enjoy on YouTube or on Facebook!

VIDEO: Unboxing and Listening to Night of the Living Dead by Ryan Gavalier

In a nutshell: Ryan Gavalier has created some eerie music!  With Halloween now behind us, this sure does remind me of the spooky season!  Deftly programming his synths and drum machines, Ryan has composed some very cinematic soundscapes, perfect for those chilling nights when you could swear you heard a sound just outside the window.

You can catch Ryan on his Instagram page, Gavalier Productions.  He is a passionate musician with a talent for the electronic.