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Album which you have listened to most?

We all have favourites and we all keep going back to them every now and then. Some maybe permanently lying next to our systems and have been for years.

Is there an album or two or three at the most which gets most of your attention and is played on your system most often? Not necessarily the best sounding but the one which you are emotionally attached to.

I thought I would ask for a single album but to make it easier for all you may name three of them.

If you have have had the album for more than five years, it qualifies for inclusion here.

The reason I decided to post this message is because I am interested in buying something interesting and if there are only ten people responding it means 30 albums for me to be on the lookout for.

Thanks a lot for your input (if you have read this far I know you will post your three albums also) :-)
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opus88
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First, I will say that there is one symphony that I have listened to time and again. I never tire of it, am constantly refreshed by it and never cease to be deeply satisfied by it---Symphony No. 8 in G Major, opus 88, by Dvorak. Hard to imagine that, at the least, someone would not like this piece. I prefer the performances by Istvan Kertesz and Rafael Kubelik. It's easier to go with the Kubelik which, I feel, is not bettered by anyone else, but which is equalled by the Kertesz, only with the latter you have to purchase his complete set of the Dvorak Symphonies on London/Decca since his Eighth is not available individually as Kubelik's is on DG. Both interpretations brim with poetic expression. Good listening !

pragmatist
336 posts
 
These three stand out for me:

The Brandenburg Concertos. Karl Richter and the Bach Orchestra of Munich. So many of the Brandenburger recordings are "rehearse it once and record it"-and they sound like it. BOM was together long enough that they were a true ensemble.

Mozart Symphonies 35,39,40,and 41 George Szell-Cleveland Orchestra---still THE definitive Mozart symphony recordings.

Miles Davis Quintet,cd transcription of these four lps:Steamin',Cookin',Workin',and Relaxin'. In the fifties,John Coltrane was out of the army and Miles Davis had left Julliard(he left after two year--in good standing)and a rhythm section recorded the four albums mentioned above. The songs are standards;you probably know them all. These albums are seminal---you hear the germination of things to flower.
martykl
3,578 posts
 
there are so many possibilities here - a few that cover ground stylistically:

jazz - duke ellington's small band: queen's suite
rock - richard thompson: shoot out the lights
zydeco - zachary richard: fatras (live in montreal)
rock/mexifolk - los lobos: how will the wolf survive
more rock - don dixon: romeo at julliard
latin dance/pop - kid creole: fresh fruit in foreign places and.....
marshall crenshaw, e, willie nelson, showmen, beatles, etc. etc. etc.
sit
315 posts
 
The Allman Brothers Band At The Fillmore East.
I've worn out 2 lps, have it on CD, recorded it on cassette + CD, 200gram vinyl + SACD(even more incredible on these formats).
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