What are your must have discs

Ay-yi-yi! Have to go with LET IT BE for that honor. By a mile. (Not counting YELLOW SUBMARINE with the soundtrack music or the later comps and outtakes.)

WITH THE BEATLES would be on my "One-Hundred Essential Rock and Roll CDs," whenever I got around to writing it out.

 

Must Have Recordings

Here is What I Like Most Right Now In my Collection.

Neil Young - Harvest DVD Audio
Zombies - Greatest Hits - SACD Hybrid Dual Layer
Nektar - Remember The Future (2002 Remaster)
Triumvirat - Illusions On A Double Dimple
Brian Auger - Straight Ahead
Fleetwood Mac - Very Best Of
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
David Bowie - Station T o Station
Patricia Barber - Modern Cool
Patricia Barber - Comapnion
Diana Krall - Live In Paris
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Bloomfield, Stills, Kooper - Super Session (Sony Mastersound)
Nat King Cole - Greatest Hits DCC Gold
Peggy Lee - Bewitching Peggy Lee (Greatest Hits)
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet SACD
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed SACD
Tommy Bolin - Teaser
Pavlov's Dog - At The Sound OF The Bell
Blood, Sweat & Tears - BS&T MFSL
REO Speedwagon - REO II



I could go on but these are the ones currently in rotation that I have been enjoying and have good sonics.

 

Everybody keeps mentioning the Floyd albums from Dark Side through The Wall. Why has nobody mentioned...

Piper at the Gates of Dawn?? The Roger Waters led Floyd was damn good, yes, but will never be anywhere near as superb as it was with Syd at the helm.

In addition to Piper, here're some more suggestions (if you don't have 'em already):

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model

AC/DC - Back in Black (For as much as I like the Bon Scott era AC/DC, the little ol' band from Australia doesn't come much better than this album here)

Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic: The Best of E.L.O. (The only thing that could make this set any better is if it had "Fire on High")

Rhino's Poptopia! Power Pop Classics of the '70's

Rolling Stones - Exile on Main. St

Chicago - Group Portrait (4-CD Box Set - Get the Columbia version w/ the liner notes if you can, as the Chicago Records reissue doesn't contain this)

Paul Simon - Shining Like a National Guitar: Greatest Hits (From what I understand, this is a Canadian only release, although I've seen it listed as an "Import" in national chain stores ( ) around the Seattle area. You can't go wrong with this disc-the sequencing and mastering are perfect)

The Move - Hits & Rarities: Singles A's & B's (a 2CD German import on Repertoire)

The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream

 

Many of my faves are long out of print, but these are some of the more mainstream albums that I never seem to tire of.

Vangelis - Soil Festivities/Mythodea/Bladerunner OST
Klaus Schulze - Mirage/X/Body Love Vol. 2
U2 - Zooropa
Cerrone - Love In C Minor/Cerrone's Paradise
Tangerine Dream - Tangram/Exit/Le Parc/Underwater Sunlight
Roxy Music - Avalon
Rush - Moving Pictures/Signals
Depeche Mode - Violator
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon/The Wall
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
Mahogany (OST)
Donna Summer - The Dance Collection
Alan Parsons Project - I, Robot/Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (note: currently available version is a remix; the original works much better IMO)
The Beatles - Sgt Peppers/Abbey Road
Tears For Fears - The Hurting/Elemental
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene (the original, not the "parts 7 - 13" sequel)
Pet Shop Boys - Very/Behaviour/Alternative
Orbital - In Sides
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Talk Talk - It's My Life
Isaac Hayes - Joy
Yes - Close To The Edge
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
Pearl Jam - Ten
Ashra - New Age Of Earth
Wendy Carlos - Sonic Seasonings +

 

Ten must-haves for me:

The Stooges - Fun House
The Who - Who's Next (Steve's awesome Canadian version!)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (the avatar gives this one away, but don't let that dissuade you from owning the greatest soundtrack in the history of the world)
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Fleetwood Mac - S/T
David Bowie - Heroes
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
PJ Harvey - Dry

 

Ordered to two Who discs that were recommended. $16 & change for two cd's shippied. I like deals like that.

If there are any more such deals I should be looking at be sure & let me know.


Thanks again,
Brian

 

Ok, been busy getting some CDs & signing up for a couple of music clubs (figure it's an easy way to build up stuff). Here's what I got.

Diana Krall - Live In Paris
Jane Monheit - Never Never Land


BMG
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Beethoven Symphonies 4 & 5 / Bernstein
Beethoven Symphonies 6 & 8 / Bernstein
Diana Krall - Love Scenes
Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes
Tierney Sutton - Unsung Heroes
Tierney Sutton - Blue In Green
Tierney Sutton - Something Cool
(will need to buy 1 and get 4 more "free")


Columbia House
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Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
The Allman Brothers Band - Live at the Fillmore East
Prince - Hits 1
Prince - Hits 2
The Zombies Greatest Hits (DCC/Steve Hoffman)
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Neil Young - Harvest
The Byrds - 20 Essential Tracks
(need to buy 3 more)


I also threw up a list of what I currently have here...
http://www.filmbunker.com/ceedees.html

 

Gotta have some George Jones, Tammy Wynette and Conway Twitty!!!!!!!!

 

Some Gordon Lightfoot-Gord's Gold at CH will do fine as well.

 

Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
Revolver- The Beatles (if you have to go with just one)
Who's Next- The Who
Kink Kronikles- The Kinks
From Here To Eternity- The Clash
Especially For You- The Smithereens (because Green Thoughts is OOP)
It's Alive!- The Ramones
McCartney- Paul McCartney (Steve's DCC Gold if you can find it)
Peek-A-Boo- NRBQ
Singles-45's And Under- Squeeze (because Arbybargy is OOP)
Old Friends (box set)- Simon & Garfunkel
Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.- The Monkees (I don't think there's a good Michael Nesmith comp available in the US at the moment, but if you find one with his RCA-era solo stuff, get it.)
Johnny Cash At Folsum Prison- Johnny Cash
All Things Must Pass- George Harrison
This Is Easy-The Best Of Marshall Crenshaw- Marshall Crenshaw
Empty Glass- Pete Townshend
The Rutles- The Rutles
Cheap Trick At Budokan- Cheap Trick (I say go with the 2 disc version)
Green River- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Nuggets Volume 1 Various (Rhino's 80's CD version is a sentimental favorite. The box is great, content wise, as well, though the sound has been debated here many times)
This Year's Model- Elvis Costello

 

Beatles - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Abbey Rd. White Album

Stones - Hot Rocks, Let it Bleed, Beggars Bangquet, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St.

Steely Dan - Royal Scam, Aja, Countown to Ecstasy

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale' , Songs in the key of life, Talking Book

Earth Wind & Fire - All n All, Greatest Hits

The Cars s/t

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp, I'm the Man, Jumpin' Jive

Louis Prima - Capitol Collectors series

Martin Sexton - Black Sheep

Michael Franks - The Art of Tea

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Street Survivors

Allman Bros - Fillmore East

Toy Matinee - s/t

Tiny Town - s/t

SRV - In Step, Couldn't Stand the Weather

Larry Carlton - Room 335

Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus, Let it Roll, Down on the Farm

Squeeze - Argy Bargy

Boz Scaggs - Greatest Hits

Yes - The yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge

Frank Sinatra - at the Sands

 

The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies. This disc hasn't left my player in days! It's a new discovery for me, courtesy of the forum.

 

Some of my faves (top of my head, rock only, max one per artist):

Neil Young: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (my real fave is on the Beach, but it's oop)
Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
The Who: Quadrophenia
Peter Gabriel: III
Richard & Linda Thompson: Pour Down Like Silver
Traffic: Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
King Crimson: Red
Led Zeppelin: II
Van Morrison: Moondance
Bruce Cockburn: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection
Stones: Sticky Fingers
Beatles: Revolver
Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
Steely Dan: Aja
U2: Achtung, Baby
REM: Automatic for the People
Jethro Tull: Living in the Past
Yes: The Yes Album
Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow
Roxy Music: Country Life
Gentle Giant: The Power and the Glory
Los Lobos: Kiko
Talking Heads: Remain in Light
The Kinks: Sleepwalker
Big Star: #1 Record/Radio City
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young: Deja Vu
Allman Brothers: Idlewild South
The Band: The Last Waltz
Little Feat: Waiting For Columbus

 

I used to say that I envied people that were able to follow the Kinks since the 60s and also people that did not know about them.

Congrats on dicovering MH. You'll find a lot of opiniuons of Kinks' best albums --which proves how good they are-- but I'd suggest one that is no frequently mentioned: Misfits. There's an MFSL issue, readily and cheaply available at ebay.

 

Bruce Cockburn - Salt Sun & Time.

 

I have an endless list. For this one instance, I'll just say Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks.

 

Thanks! I have the Arista vinyl, but haven't listened in years. I'll check it out tonight.

 

Like Sckott I have an endless list but a few are:
Beatles catalog
Quicksilver - Happy Trails
Grateful Dead - Live Dead, Workingman's Dead
Rolling Stones - Get Your Ya-Ya's
Buddy Holly - From The Original Master Tapes
Miles - Kind Of Blue
Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys

 

First, a ground rule. To avoid the vinyl/CD debate, I'm going to recommend titles available as CD only.
Second, I'm going to focus this so you don't go out with an impossibly long shopping list.
Third, although I'm not going down to Circuit City to check, I believe you should find these CD's just about anywhere.

1. Beggars Banquet The Rolling Stones Yes, it's controversial whether they did as good a job as they could on it, but the redbook layer sounds pretty good to me and most important, it's now at the correct speed.

2. Kind of Blue Miles Davis Also, never released in LP at the correct speed. Consistently voted one of the 'must have' jazz titles. It's bargain priced and has previously unreleased takes.

3. Chuck Berry Rock and Roll Rarities Chess A Steve Hoffman project that's generally available. Classic Rock, great sound.

There you go, one CD for every ten years. If you ask me to recommend more I'll have trouble holding it under 50 discs.

 

Must-haves part 2:

* Dave Mason -- Alone Together
* Joni Mitchell -- Court And Spark
* The Moody Blues -- Days Of Future Passed
* Van Morrison -- The Best Of Van Morrison
* Laura Nyro -- Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best Of Laura Nyro
* The Olivia Tremor Control -- Black Foliage
* Pink Floyd -- Ummagumma
* Pink Floyd -- The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
* The Pointer Sisters -- Live At The Opera House
* The Rascals -- The Ultimate Rascals
* The Rolling Stones -- Let It Bleed
* The Rolling Stones -- Their Satanic Majesties Request
* Leon Russell -- Leon Live
* Leon Russell -- Leon Russell
* Santana -- Santana
* Phil Spector -- Back To Mono
* Steely Dan -- Aja
* 10cc -- The Original Soundtrack
* Tears For Fears -- Songs From The Big Chair
* Tears For Fears -- The Seeds Of Love
* Traffic -- Smiling Phases
* Vanilla Fudge -- Vanilla Fudge

 

Some not mentioned yet:

Eric Andersen - Blue River
The Blasters - Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings
Rosanne Cash - Interiors
Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters - Blues Virtuoso Live In Europe
Joe Ely - Live Shots
John Hiatt - Bring The Family
Kate & Anna McGarrigle - S/T
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Howlin' Wind & Heat Treatment
Gram Parsons - GP / Grievous Angel
John Prine - S/T
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Kate Wolf - Weaver Of Visions (anthology)