Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl

Right now my two favorites are two recent acquisitions:
1. Leonard Cohen—“Live in London”, and
2. Moby—“Reprise”

That said, I’m just now rediscovering my vinyl collection after a 39-year hiatus to digital. And I add more every payday. So, I expect my list of five favorites will evolve indefinitely.

Gene Clark, White Light
Jimmy Cliff, The Harder they Come
Miles-Sketches of Spain or In a Silent Way
Stones, Exile on Main Street
Clash, London Calling

Very honorable mentions
 Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left
Santana, Caravanserai
Radiohead, Ok Computer

John Coltrane "A Love Supreme
Wayne Shorter "Speak No Evil"
Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed"
Marvin Gaye "What’s Going On"
Janis Joplin "Cheap Thrills"
Emmylou Harris ""Wrecking Ball"

Okay, that’s six, but I couldn’t figure out which one to eliminate. Got Jazz, Blues, R&B, Rock and Roll, and Country in there anyway.

[in alphabetical order]

If I Could only Remember my Name    David Crosby
The North Star Grassman and the Ravens   Sandy Denny
Blonde on Blonde         Bob Dylan
Sibelius   The Symphonies     Lahti Symphony Orchestra/Vanska
Shut up and Play your Guitar     Frank Zappa

roadwhorerecords That would be Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart!

Interesting. There is a propensity for artificial studio records although the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East is mentioned several times. Not the that the music isn't great. Perhaps we should divide this up into five favorite live albums and five favorite studio records. They are different artforms in a sense. They have to be both a great performance and a great recording.

Live;
Tower of Power Direct on Sheffield Records.
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
The Dead - Skull and Roses
Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light
Roxy Music - The High Road

Studio;
The Pixies - Surfa Rosa
NIN - The Downward Spiral
Haley Williams - Petals for Armor
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Roger Waters - Amused to Death

And, thousands of honorable mentions. 

Clearthinker - most people have no idea who Sandy Denny was talking about tragic. My favorite work with her at the helm would be Liege and Lief. After about 1/2 hour of Shut Up my eyes start to cross. I guess I prefer Zappa's solos in the context of his songs. He gets so technical sometimes the sole is missing, the mirror image of Duane Allman. I do love Uncle Meat and Burnt Weeny Sandwich. Call Any Vegetable probably has his most famous guitar solo.