Bundle 5 studio albums together by an artist for an "Original Album Series" box...

Guided By Voices - Doug Gillard Era

Mag Earwhig!
Do The Collapse
Isolation Drills
Universal Trushs and Cycles
Half Smiles Of The Decomposed

Earthquake Glue is my least favorite so I left it off.

 

Morrissey - Comeback Years
You Are The Quarry
Ringleader Of The Tormentors
Years Of Refusal
World Peace Is None Of a Your Business
Live At Earl's Court

 

Dwight Yoakam

Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room
If There Was a Way
Gone
3 Pears

Teenage Fanclub

A Catholic Education
Bandwagonesque
Grand Prix
Shadows
Here

Eric Clapton

Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Disraeli Gears
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Slowhand
Money and Cigarettes

Gong

Camembert Electrique
Flying Teapot
Angel's Egg
You
2032

David Hasselhoff

The Best of David Hassellhoff
The Very Best of David Hassellhoff
Greatest Hits
The Essential David Hassellhoff
All the Hits

 

PLEASE

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

• Part One (1967)
• Vol. 2 (Breaking Through) (1967)
• Volume 3: A Child's Guide to Good and Evil (1968)
• Where's My Daddy? (1969)
• Markley, A Group (1970)

 

Prince - The Proteges

The Time - The Time
Vanity 6 - Vanity 6
Sheila E - In The Glamorous Life
The Family - The Family
Jill Jones - Jill Jones

Joe Hisaishi

Piano Stories
Asian XTC
Encore
Melodyphony
Minima_Rhythm I

 

Not to veer too far off-topic, but with regard to Mr. Hisaishi, I've been listening to the recent Ghibli soundtrack box dedicated to his work and loving it. How does material released under his own name compare?

 

As far as I'm concerned; even better.

He does repeat a few of his Ghibli compositions in his solo works. If you're looking to get into his solo works a bit more, I'd highly recommend those albums above.

Piano Stories - Quintessential and essential. It's all in the title.
Asian XTC - More so world & orchestra music. A perfect album.
Encore - Predominantly his best-know compositions arranged just on piano.
Melodyphony - Like above, but with a beautifully recorded orchestra.
Minima_Rhythm I - More neo-classical. Some nice experimental stuff on here. And the sequal is almost as good.

 

Bowie
As
Dd
Ya
Sts
Low

Eno
Hctwj
Ttmbs
Agw
A1
Baas

 

T a n g e r i n e D r e a m

Alpha Centauri
Rubycon
Force Majeure
Tangram
Livemiles

 

Gordon Giltrap

Visionary
Perilous Journey
Fear of The Dark
The Peacock Party
Airwaves

 

China Crisis...their first five studio albums:
Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain
Working with Fire and Steel – Possible Pop Songs Volume Two
Flaunt the Imperfection
What Price Paradise
Diary of a Hollow Horse.

 

The Donovan one exists as Four Originals of Donovan without Wear Your Love Like Heaven.

 

Thanks for the recommendations. Fortunately, most of these are reasonably easy to attain - no complaints if some record company takes your advice to create an OAS set of them though.

 

Brian Eno

Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Another Green World (1975)
Ambient 1: Music For Airports (1978)
Ambient 4: On Land (1982)
Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (1984)

 

After having recently immersed myself in the discography of Chicago, here are my five current favorites.

I actually got the bright idea to use a pic of the cover of the real "Original Album Series" box that Rhino put out, and, for the purposes of this thread, paste my five favorites onto the front. Don't look for it in stores, it doesn't actually exist!



I'm now convinced that VII is my top favorite by the band. I love every track on it. A sprawling double full of playful jazz colorings, exotic touches, lush ballads and captivating instrumentals. V is likely my sixth favorite, and is waiting in the wings, but unfortunately there is a five album limit to these sets.

 

SWEET
Sweet FA
Desolation Boulevard
Give Us A Wink
Off The Record
Level Headed

 

SCORPIONS
Lonesome Crow
Fly To The Rainbow
In Trance
Virgin Killer
Taken By Force

 

EUROPE

...ooops already done!

 

Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk II
Ralf und Florian
Autobahn
Radioaktivität

Genesis

Trespass
Selling England by the Pound
A Trick of the Tail
...and then there were three
Duke

David Bowie

David Bowie (1967)
The Man Who Sold the World
Aladdin Sane
Station to Station
Lodger

Kate Bush

Lionheart
The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
The Sensual World
Aerial

Pink Floyd

A Saucerful of Secrets
Obscured by Clouds
Atom Heart Mother
Meddle
Wish You Were Here

Chicago

Chicago Transit Authority
II
III
IV
VII

 

Bruce Springsteen, slightly off the beaten path..
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Nebraska,
Tunnel of Love
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Devils & Dust

WOW, I'd even buy it.

 

Duran Duran:

Duran Duran
Rio
Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Wedding Album
Astronaut

New Order:

Movement
P, C & L
Low-Life
Brotherhood
Substance

Bruce Springsteen:

Greetings from Ashbury Park, NY
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The River
Nebraska
Tunnel of Love

Falco (there exists one, but it's... not very good):

Einzelhaft
Junge Roemer
Emotional
Wiener Blut
Data De Groove

Peter Gabriel:

III
IV
Birdy
Us
Up

Phil Collins:

Hello, I Must Be Going!
No Jacket Required
...but Seriously
Both Sides
Dance Into the Light

 

On the Rocks
Just for Kicks
Mmm, Nice!
The Sound of Speed
Fantastic Percussion

 

Pat Metheny Group:
"White Album" (s/t)
American Garage
First Circle
Offramp
Still Life Talking

Madonna:
Madonna
Like A Virgin
True Blue
Like A Prayer
Ray Of Light

 

Ian Dury
New Boots and Panties
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Do it Yourself
Laughter
Mr Lovepants
The Blockheads
Staring Down the Barrel

 

I HAVE AN IMPORTED VERSION OF THIS MONKEE''S 5 ALBUM EDITION WITH BONUS TRACK'S....SAME WITH THE IMPORT VERSIONS OF BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE....PSYCHEDELIC FURS....HALL & OATES SET'S!I TREASURE OF THEM....THE LATER COLLECTION ADDED NO BONUS TRACK'S!