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

I am looking at my collection this evening and trying to determine my favorites.  If I had to narrow it down to 5 it would be: Dan Fogelberg...The Netherlands; Roy Clark...Yesterday When I Was Young; James Taylor...Flag; Talking Heads...77; and last but not at all least, Commodores...Greatest Hits. All oldies but goodies that I still enjoy listening to as much as when I bought them many years ago.
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almarg
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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. 

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-- Al 
hifijunky
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Too many to choose, here goes anyway
Nick Drake  Pink Moon
Joni Michell For The Roses
Jennifer Warnes The Hunter
Los Lobos Kiko
James Taylor JT

wcfeil
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Dark Side Of The Moon
Revolver
Thick As A Brick
Fragile
In Rainbows
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jafreeman
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Desert island--we have AC power and great systems--don't ask how--can we can hang out in each other’s hut for different music? 
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To be perfectly honest I would definitely not (rpt not) bring ANY of my all-time favorite records with to a desert island as I’m sick of listening to them. Electric Ladyland, Exile on Main Street, Roxy Music Manifesto, The Wall, The White Album, Led Zeppelin II, The Freewheelin Bob Dylan, and others.
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