Yup, Practically Wired in '95 was the first time....the first time KNOWING that I was hearing Bill.
Blah blah blah, repetitive hyperbole; several paragraphs unwritten. This happens to me a lot with music that I've listened to for years or decades. Sometimes I hear it in new ways; I hear new things, and it's always a magical experience, like another expansion of awareness.
There was one time a couple years ago with a guitar part from a PW tune, maybe a bit of sweep picking. It blew my mind. Bill chimed in about how yeah "that's why to have to listen ..." (hard ?, carefully?). A few weeks ago it was 2 songs: Friends From Heaven, and Big Yellow Moon. On separate days I played each one over and over, soaking in the complexities and nuances, pretty much jaw agape at the level of...everything. I swear, BYM is an incredibly elegant piece of music, just intensely perfect in every way.
That's all 😁
So, Dogboy, how was it that of all the Bill Nelson releases was it Practically Wired that you knowingly heard first? My first encounter with that one was seeing it on display at Rockaway Records in Los Angeles, which was a couple of blocks from where I used to live. I was surprised to see it, excited about a new product available.