If you could only keep 5 record albums, what would they be?

Now that I have read these replies I want to change my mind!  Pink Floyd...Dark Side of the Moon; and how could I not have voted for Steely Dan, Santana and The Who!!!

The choices I am posting, are NOT the most valuable, nor are they my absolute favorite music.  I am listing these because of a variety of factors, sound quality of the record vs. digital alternatives, lack of digital alternatives, and sentimental value.

1.  Brubeck-"Take Five"  The original 6-eye Columbia sounds better than any subsequent reissue.

2.  Ellington-"Blues in Orbit"  The original 6-eye Columbia sounds better than any subsequent vinyl reissue and the SACD that I own  (at least on the SCD-1 player I use to own).

3.  Michael Hurley-"Have Moicy"  Great music and pretty good sound.  I bought this record when it first came out and I still love it.

4.  The Great Jazz Trio-"Direct from LA"  Fantastic sound from this direct to disc recording; subsequent reissues not quite as good.

5.  Ramirez-"Missa Criolla"  I have the original Los Fronterizos recording of this recording (Argentine Philips); I found it in the $1 bin at a used record shop.  Amazing sound and, to me, a better arrangement of the music than subsequent recordings of this first approved mass (post Vatican II) sung in the vernacular.

O'Brother Soundtrack (SACD)
AKUS Live SACD
Sleepless - Peter Wolf
Exile on Main Street
Real Live Roadrunning - Mark K and ELH

runners up:
Sinatra Live at the Sands
Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live 
Stones 12x5 (SACD)

weather report -heavy weather
led zep -II
louis bonfa -brazil
van morrison -moon dance
simon and garfunkle -in central park
return to forever -romantic warrior

that's my five. don’t tell me it’s six. there are many others I would miss as I would the above if I didn’t get to keep them. i like most all the ones everyone has already mentioned. good choices

You'll probably find the following thread to be of interest, which asked essentially the same question:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/you-can-only-take-5-albums-to-a-deserted-island

My answer in that thread:

Brahms, Symphony No. 1
Chopin, Piano Sonata No. 3
Dvorak, New World Symphony
Prokofiev, Classical Symphony
Schubert, String Quintet in C Major

The recordings of the Brahms and Dvorak works I would take would be the Chesky re-issues on CD of 1960s performances conducted by Jascha Horenstein. The Chopin I would take would be either the Wilson Audio recording of a performance by Hyperion Knight, on vinyl if I could find it (I have the CD), or the performance by Edward Auer on an RCA Japan direct-to-disc LP. I’d have to think about which recording of the other works I would take, and perhaps it would be one that I don't yet have. 

Regards,
-- Al