Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes

in the beginning, these spring to mind

Rolling Stones, 1st and all till Goat's head soup
Beatles Rubber Soul on (too simpy up till then)
Moody Blues, original band, Mike Pinder, piano based blues, before Justin Hayword
Animals, Awesome music and Eric Burdon's voice
Kinks, great stuff
Zombies, oh yeah
Dylan, hated at first, finally listened, amazing songwriter
Donovan, still terrific live
Simon and Garfunkel. Mad for years when they broke up.
Ian and Silvia, irresistable vocal talent
Everly Bros, irresistable vocal talent and some great lyrics
Doors, attitude
Janis Joplin, attitude
Jose Feliciano
Van Morrison
Fontella Bass, voice, songs, horns
Otis
The Mamas and the Papas

Records that turned my head around and opened new worlds.

Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.
Meet the Beatles.
Peter, Paul & Mary, In the Wind.
David Bowie, Aladdin Sane.
Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks.
Kind of Blue.
The Harder They Come soundtrack.

You all are stocking my next playlist "Audiogon Pantheon"

+1 Hendrix, Axis Bold as Love
Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
Lou Reed, Transformer.

Solti's Mahler cycle with the Chicago symphony.

I think I nearly memorized those LPs.

As I look back at my list, I can’t believe I left off Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel, Jackson Browne, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Moody Blues, Van Morrison, CSNY...it never ends! I still feel like I’m forgetting someone.