Must Have 25 Vinyl Albums For A Music Lover.

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Tharbamar

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Please share your list of 25 Must Have Vinyl Albums.
Here is my list of 25 albums, not in particular order.


  1. Steely Dan “Aja”
  2. Michael Jackson "Thriller"
  3. Miles Davis “Kind Of Blue”
  4. Sade “The Best Of Sade”
  5. Donald Fagen “The Nightfly”
  6. Anne Bisson “Blue Mind”
  7. Shelby Lynne “Just A Little Lovin’”
  8. Daft Punk “Random Access Memories”
  9. Donald Fagen “Kamakiriad”
  10. Steely Dan “Greatest Hits”
  11. The Beatles "Revolver"
  12. Led Zeppelin
  13. Led Zeppelin II
  14. Led Zeppelin IV
  15. Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of The Moon"
  16. Diana Krall "The Very Best Of"
  17. AC/DC "Back In Black"
  18. Dire Straits "Brother In Arm"
  19. Dire Straits "Love Over Gold"
  20. John Coltrane "My Favorite Things"
  21. Metallica "Black Album"
  22. Marvin Gaye "What's Going On?"
  23. Sarah McLachlin "Surfacing"
  24. Beastie Boys "Licensed to lll"
  25. Fleetwood Mac "Rumors"

Thanks.
 
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Pronounced, Joshua Tree, Let it Bleed or Exile, some CSN or CSNY up to So Far, Tapestry, Court and Spark, Hotel California, Boston, Pet Sounds (mono).......wait I need to go flip side b
 
No list of 25 should have so much artist redundancy, seriously so much Fagin and S.D. and 3 Led Zeppelin and 2 Dire Straits?
30% of the entire music history to them?
1 Fab 4 album?
Sarah McLachlin "Surfacing"......really?

OK OK you guessed it, I see a lot of flaws lol
 
For right this moment:

1. 13th Floor Elevators, - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
2. Beach Boys ‎– Pet Sounds
3. Big Star - #1 Record
4. Brian Eno - Before And After Science
5. The Byrds - The Preflyte Sessions
6. Cal Tjader & Eddie Palmieri - El Sonido Nuevo
7. Can - Ege Bamyasi
8. Espers - Espers II
9. The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
10. The International Submarine Band - Safe At Home
11.. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
12.. Love - Forever Changes
13. Moby Grape ‎– Moby Grape
14. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
15. The Open Mind - The Open Mind
16. Ornette Coleman - Tomorrow Is The Question!
17. Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
18. The Plastic Cloud - The Plastic Cloud
19. Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service
20. The Serpent Power - The Serpent Power
21. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
22. The Third Bardo - The Third Bardo
23. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
24. Television - Marquee Moon
25. The United States Of America - The United States Of America
 
Well, I have 12 of your 25. These types of lists are always entertaining. The music one listens to is usually a good indicator of musical compatibility. I feel that you and I could sit down to a listening session and enjoy each others selections.

That is a lot of Zep!

And then; I don't have a single recording Spartan manor listed!
 
Alot of you will not have heard of this one but :

Micheal Stanley Band - Stagepass

Came out about when live recordings started sounding good. Recorded in Cleveland at the now burnt down Agora. Has a seriously goo version of "Let's Get The Show On The Road", beats the hell out of the studio version, and I usually like the studio version better. Not this time. Hell to get though, there may not have ever been a CD stamped of it. Not sure. I got it all online and my buddy who was actually there (and I actually think I heard his voice on it) has an original album of it which is in good shape. Micheal Stanley is now a DJ on a rock station here, not syndicated as far as I know, and one of these days we intend to go down there and get him to autograph it, though it is not a high priority. We are not really into things like that, but it would be nice.

But in that list needs to be some ELO for example, and y'all do need a little bit of hillbilly in there as well.

Pink Floyd - Animals. Don't forget that.

By hillbilly I don't necessarily mean bluegrass, but someting should be in there. Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels Band. And somewhere along the line a Brubeck. Possibly a copy of Ravel's Bolero. Probably by Cleveland or New York Orchestra. Or one from Russia, them people play pretty good.
 
JURB said:
and y'all do need a little bit of hillbilly in there as well.


By hillbilly I don't necessarily mean bluegrass, but someting should be in there. Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels Band. And somewhere along the line a Brubeck. Possibly a copy of Ravel's Bolero. Probably by Cleveland or New York Orchestra. Or one from Russia, them people play pretty good.
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I was thinking of adding Charlie Feathers to my list.
 
1 santana- abraxas
2 steely dan - Aja
3 bob seger- night moves
4 deep purple - machine head
5 Styx - the grand illusion
6 Steve miller band - fly like an eagle
7 foreigner - double vision
8 blue oyster cult - fire of unknown origin
9 dire straits- first album
10 dire straits - love over gold
11 Alan parsons project - turn of a friendly card
12 Alan parsons project - eve
13 pink floyd - dsotm
14 pink floyd - wish you were here
15 ac dc- high voltage
16 led zeppelin- 1
17 led zeppelin-2
18 led zeppelin-4
19 judas priest- sad wings of destiny
20 michael schenker group- first album
21 michael schenker group- 2nd album
22 eagles - hotel California
23 rolling stones- 12 x5
24 rolling stones- some girls
25 the who - tommy
 
What gives, your list leaves out most of the real top music for music lovers.

No Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Listz Rimsky-Korsakov, do I need to go on?:scratch2:

And what about Justin Bieber?:D
 
Musicfan#51 said:
1 santana- abraxas
2 steely dan - Aja
3 bob seger- night moves
4 deep purple - machine head
5 Styx - the grand illusion
6 Steve miller band - fly like an eagle
7 foreigner - double vision
8 blue oyster cult - fire of unknown origin
9 dire straits- first album
10 dire straits - love over gold
11 Alan parsons project - turn of a friendly card
12 Alan parsons project - eve
13 pink floyd - dsotm
14 pink floyd - wish you were here
15 ac dc- high voltage
16 led zeppelin- 1
17 led zeppelin-2
18 led zeppelin-4
19 judas priest- sad wings of destiny
20 michael schenker group- first album
21 michael schenker group- 2nd album
22 eagles - hotel California
23 rolling stones- 12 x5
24 rolling stones- some girls
25 the who - tommy
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AGREE WITH THIS MORE SO! But need some Roxy Music Maifesto. Chuck Mangeone Feels so good.. LEAST we not forget KISS.. Boston, Journey ,Harry Chapin, OH yeah IGGY Pop and some Leon Redbone ....... OH yeah I am a BABS fan too... EVA CASSIDY is saintly too

Ken Boyd said:
What gives, your list leaves out most of the real top music for music lovers.


No Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Dvorak, Bruckner, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Strauss, Listz Rimsky-Korsakov, do I need to go on?:scratch2:

And what about Justin Bieber?:D
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YES dont forget Stravinsky, Copeland and Rosinni, Elmer Bernstein,Emile Waldteufl, Fronz Von Supe ..... as well as Herb Alpert
I can tell you this Justen Bieber and Michael Jackson will not be spun on my equipment ! One blows and well The other really Blows for real !
 
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Compiling a top 25 for me would be very difficult.

Primarily, as a Jazz lover, it would consist of Masters Jazz albums from Classic Jazz Masters like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Chet Baker, and on the list would go. From BeBop to West Coast Jazz. I'd also include a few American Standard Masters like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Cloony, and Dean Martin. I have so many I love it would be a hard task. So on the list would go.

I'd also throw in a few from Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven from my Classical Albums collection. I have about six Masters that I really like, so I'd start picking some Albums from each, and on the list would go.

I may toss in one or two from Rock/Pop. Perhaps some Boston, Steely Dan, Journey, America, Chicago, and on the list would go.

So, I'd eventually have to pin down albums. It would take a lot of work to pick my ULTIMATE Top 25 that I absolutely MUST have. Very difficult for me.
 
JURB said:
Alot of you will not have heard of this one but :

Micheal Stanley Band - Stagepass

Came out about when live recordings started sounding good. Recorded in Cleveland at the now burnt down Agora. Has a seriously goo version of "Let's Get The Show On The Road", beats the hell out of the studio version, and I usually like the studio version better. Not this time. Hell to get though, there may not have ever been a CD stamped of it. Not sure. I got it all online and my buddy who was actually there (and I actually think I heard his voice on it) has an original album of it which is in good shape. Micheal Stanley is now a DJ on a rock station here, not syndicated as far as I know, and one of these days we intend to go down there and get him to autograph it, though it is not a high priority. We are not really into things like that, but it would be nice.

But in that list needs to be some ELO for example, and y'all do need a little bit of hillbilly in there as well.

Pink Floyd - Animals. Don't forget that.

By hillbilly I don't necessarily mean bluegrass, but someting should be in there. Hank Williams Jr., Charlie Daniels Band. And somewhere along the line a Brubeck. Possibly a copy of Ravel's Bolero. Probably by Cleveland or New York Orchestra. Or one from Russia, them people play pretty good.
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Nobody 100 miles from Cuyahoga county knows MSB lol
 
C.A.P.:
Are you serious? Thriller may be the best party/dance album ever recorded. Billie Jean is possibly the best dance single ever recorded. Play it at any get together and people will try to dance to it.
 
JoeESP9 said:
C.A.P.:
Are you serious? Thriller may be the best party/dance album ever recorded. Billie Jean is possibly the best dance single ever recorded. Play it at any get together and people will try to dance to it.
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Joe I think you might be getting old.:D

I might not be that much younger than you, and I can't recall the last time I was at a party/dance, but something tells me they are not playing Thriller or Billie Jean.
 
Ken Boyd said:
Joe I think you might be getting old.:D

I might not be that much younger than you, and I can't recall the last time I was at a party/dance, but something tells me they are not playing Thriller or Billie Jean.
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Oh yeah? Play Billie Jean at a get together where people dance and watch what happens. You could participate if you're not to old to boogie.:D

BTW: Thriller is about the video not dancing to the music.
 
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