lets keep this alive....
- Pink Floyd - The Wall
- Tom Waits - Rain Dog
- Love and Rockets - Express
- J.M.Jarre - Oxygene and Equinoxe |
The Pink Floyd, ELO, Supertramp. |
I'm kind of ashamed to admit this but Cliff Richard's first album, simply titled "Cliff" and recorded live in front of 200 screaming girls at the Abbey Road Studios back on February 9, 1959, has been played more than thousand times and everytime I need a real rockin' roll fix -- this at full blast! |
Shawn Colvin "Steady On"
Simon @ Garfunkle "Bookends" |
Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd, Allman Bros. Live at Fillmore East, and Van Morrison - Moondance |
Eva Cassidy "American Tune" without a doubt. |
Sgbaird,
Have you heard the SACD version of the Scheherazade conducted by Fritz Reiner with Chicago Symphony Orchestra? It is the original recording on Living stereo and superb sounding too. It is my favourite as you can tell. If you already know it please disregard this message.
It is available on Amazon |
Pieter Wispelvey'2nd version of the Bach cello suites.
fantastic interpretation and beutifully recorded. |
The original poster requested that I've been listening to the albums listed for at least five years... well, how about forty years for at least two of them.
Iron Butterfly's Metamorphosis, Nilsson's A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night, and Scheherazade conducted by Lorin Maazel have all been regulars, and, at times, all three of them have been played almost every day.
The one of these three that has been played the most over the past ten years is the Nilsson album. I have owned the first two in both Vinyl LP and CD formats for almost as long as they have been released in their respective formats; the Maazel/ Scheherazade has not been available on CD in the USA, and only recently did I find that it was available in Europe, so I ordered a copy from Amazon UK. All of these are excellent sounding, but I feel closest to the Nilsson. |
So tough, but it would probably revolve around:
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
Quadrophenia or Who's Next, been listening since they were purchased in 1974 and love them more every time they are played. Actually still listening to same copy of Who's Next I bought when I was 16. |
Can't get enough of Cassandra Wilson lately. |
In the short term it is always changing so here's a list of 3 that have been around for 30+ years that seem to find their way back to the turntable. The Who "Who's Next". The Mahavishnu Orchestra "Visions of the Emerald Beyond." Deep Purple "Come Taste the Band" ( just to hear Tommy Bolin at his best one more time). |
So many to choose from, but never far from the system are:
The Move "Shazam"
Frank Zappa "Hot Rats"
Renaissance "Ashes are Burning"
These days lots of classical piano, if you're looking for something off the beaten path try Janacek, esp. by Rudolf Firkusny and others.
Shostakovich Sym.#5
Happy exploring! |
So cool, I have never been to Asia. Sadly, I have actually avoided it.
The wife and I do Europe fairly often, Barcelona, London and Paris last year. I love Barcelona. Such a great place, I would love to buy a place there someday. |
Mac Dad
Massive music fest in Asia to rival Coachella and Glustonbury.
1 year project. Tier 1 talent. Complete build-out from the dirt up. Grounds, stage, lighting. Heading over there in days but enjoying the OC. |
How you doing Bongo, food sucks here, but I travel a lot, and eat a lot in Houston, NY and some in Europe.
How you doing? |
The Beatles "Abby Road"
Katrina & The Waves "Waves"
Oingo Boingo "Good For Your Soul"
Tangerine Dream "Logos Live 1982"
peter gabriel "3--Melt"
Lately I've spent a lot of time spinning Adele "21" |
Mac Daddy: how are you. First time I have seen a posting by you. Getting any pecan pie there in OK? Bongo |
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Sade - Promise
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Police - Synchronicity
Tierney Sutton - Dancing in the Dark
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin' |
Tom Waits, The Heart of Saturday night, by far the one I've played the most.
Hot Tuna, Hot Tuna
Big Brother w/Janis Joplin, Cheap Thrills
I know you said 3, but I can't leave out Jeff Beck, Guitar Shop, played LOUD!! |
Some more great albums listed! Thank you folks keep 'em coming....... |
Pet Sounds, The Inner Mounting Flame, and...?
first is Beach Boys, second is Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Third could be Abbey Road (or any of several other Beatles albums), Julliard Quartet '62 recording of Bartok 6, Music from Big Pink or The Band, Buffalo Springfield Again, |
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Rickie Lee Jones - Self Titled |
Simply Red...Picture Book |
joni Mitchell "Blue"
Puccini "La Boheme" Beecham version on HMV
Sara K "Waterfalls" |
Larry Carlton, "Alone, But Never Alone"
Chris Isaak, "Heart Shaped World"
Donald Fagan, "The Nightfly" |
Herbie Hancock-Maiden Voyage
Allman bros.-live at the beacon
Blind Faith |
Supertramp Crime of the Century. I have probably 10 different pressings of this record. |
As an elementary school kid I heard Slave's "The Concept" being played by a classmates older brother. I asked my parents for the cassette tape for Christmas. I believe that was 1978. I still own that cassette tape. I played it through middle school, high school, and college. Got some strange looks in college from people and many "what are you playing?" When I bought my first new car after graduation it was the first tape to be played as I drove off the lot.
I bought a VPI turntable in 1996. The Concept was one of the first vinyl albums I had to play on my latest audio purchase. I own at least 7 copies of the album and enjoy it as much today as I did the first time I heard it playing. The big deal for me is to hear it through all tubes- phono, pre, and power. |
End of story, end of thread Nice, Tron reference! |
End of story, end of thread. Does this mean that all future posters have listened most to "Revolver"? |
The Beatles - Revolver
End of story, end of thread. |
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Curious about Bruce Springsteen, as I quickly scanned this thread from it's 2003 birth, surprising that it took until 2010 for someone to mention a Springsteen recording and then only two mentions. I might have missed some others. Springsteen came to fame during the vinyl era (the first vinyl era if we are now in the second vinyl era). I had a college roommate in 1982 that listened to Born to Run incessantly, another roomate loved Nebraska. I never got into Bruce, but do appreciate the song "Born to Run" when I hear it on the radio today.
I was a prog rock affeciando so during the vinyl era here are 3 that probably got the most emotional rotation on my Technics TT of the day.
King Crimson - Discipline
U2 - the Unforgettable Fire
Yes - Relayer |
maurice ravel, "alborado del gracioso", conducted by ansermet. |
I have a couple that I seem to listen to more. Paradise Theater by Styx and The best of The Doobie Brothers. For Styx, it's Too Much time on my hands and Doobies, pretty well both sides. Hall and Oates is up there as well. |
Electric Light Orchestra - On The Third Day |
Exocet954,
So what if you feel kind of Blue, me too for a long time but in a good way. :) |
Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue".
Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of The Moon".
Radiohead "Kid A". |
Ragged Glory-Neil Young, Doobie Brothers-Captain and Me, Pink Floyd-DSOTM |
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon. How many listenings? The number is legion. The sparse drumbeats are to die for. Odd conversations seem to come and go in the mix. It's a timeless blending of desire and despair.
The Beatles, White Album. Could you get more diversity on a rock album? It seems to cover every mood of the twentieth century. Wimsical at times, spooky at times, lovely and satirical too. This set has it all.
Spirit, The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. It does play like a journey through a madman's mind. Lucid at times, and hypnotically deranged in some passages, this one doesn't let up. Recorded (somehat roughly) in 1970, this may be the swan song of acid music. |
Santana Abraxas?
I don't want Santana Abraxas!
I can't afford Santana Abraxas!
(Larry Gopnik to Columbia Record Club, courtesy of Joel and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man) |
Abraxas...I'm on my 3rd copy...wore the other two out...Machine Head another fave...Sticky fingers as well |
massive attack - mezzanine
nirvana - unplugged
tom waits - franks wild years
pantera - great southern trendkill
nick cave - let love in
slayer - seasons in the abyss
black keys - thickfreakness
cypress hill - temples of boom
pink floyd - live at pompeii
miles davis - ascenseour pour lechafaud
mark lanegan - ill take care for you
chopin
stefanovski i tadić - live in belgrade
machine head - burn my eyes
it could be said that this are some albums(artists) whitch i have greater tendention to play them but list is 2 long...i live for music... |
Historically-
1. Beatles Abby Road on MFSL
2. Nirvana Unplugged
3. Norah Jones-Come Away |
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby (probably not uncommon in these circles, but I've been listening to this one since before I actually formed lasting memories).
NTSU One O'Clock Lab Band - Lab '75 (The Grammy album composed by pre-Pat Metheny Group Lyle Mays. My favorite album from my alma mater).
The Latin Pimps - El Borracho (This is Afro-Cuban/Latin Jazz made by the guys who taught me. It definitely has sentimental value. I don't know where you can find a hard copy, but it's still available on iTunes).
There may be other recording I listen to more often lately, but they all have meaning to me, and two are not often on the typical audiophile's list. |
Mine is simple. Freddie Hubbard "First Light." Freddie said this was the album that he was the most proud of.
CTI label is one of my favorites.
Give this one a try... |
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