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

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? 

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.

I have to agree with geoffkait on this one. I would have to choose very carefully from discs that I love and never seem to get sick of. Some pieces are so great that you can always find something new in them. Right now I'm thinking of Horowitz playing Schumann. Things along those lines. Of course, having only 5 to choose from, I would want something from the jazz genre; either Stan Getz or Oscar Peterson, and something from rock...maybe Crowded House or Roxy Music. Those would be difficult choices.

Ben Webster: Soulmates
Mary Chaplin Carpenter: Come On Come On
Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Spark of Life
John Fahey: Dave’s Have Gone By, volume 6
New Queens Hall Orchestra: Ralph Vaughan Williams Greensleeves/Tallis Fantasia 

Like others have mentioned, these are not my favourite five records, but the ones that I could/would want to live with for the rest of my life if that be the case:

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Elliott Smith - XO
Massive Attack - Mezzanine