Whats on your turntable tonight?


For me its the first or very early LP's of:
Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South"
Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue
Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer"
and,
Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
slipknot1

Great question slaw. A few I can name off the top of my head that are as close to perfect as any I’ve heard (excluding The Band’s first two albums, which go without saying ;-) :

Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Planet Waves, a few others

The Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver (if you remove "Yellow Submarine" ;-)

The Flamin’ Groovies: Shake Some Action

Dave Edmunds: Get It

Rockpile: Seconds Of Pleasure

The Dwight Twilley Band: Sincerely

Iris Dement: My Life

John Hiatt: Bring The Family, Slow Turning

Rodney Crowell: The Houston Kid

Buddy Miller: Your Love And Other Lies, a few others of his

Julie Miller: Broken Things

Procol Harum: A Salty Dog

The Beach Boys: Smile

That’s enough outta me.....


That is the trick bdp, when I think "perfect" you can't pull off a single song (like Yellow Submarine) and EVERY track has to be awesome. It is a tough criteria and even renders a massive number of masterpieces 'imperfect' to me. Doesn't mean they aren't the greatest albums of all time but very few "perfect"