Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes

Grand Funk 'Closer to home'Supertramp 'Crime of the Century'Beatles 'Sgt Pepper'Van Morrison 'Veedon Fleece'Joni Mitchell 'Blue'Beach Boys 'Pet sounds'Klaatu 'EST'Aretha Franklin's greatest hitsSinatra 'September of my years'Cloud Cult 'The meaning of 8'The Shins 'Whincing the night away'Hendrix 'Rainbow Bridge soundtrack & first album'Tull 'Aqualung'Wishbone Ash ‘Argus’Stones 'Flowers'

Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
CSN&Y - Deja Vu
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
John Mayall - The Beano Album
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Steve Miller - Brave New World
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Grand Funk Railroad - Closer toHome
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Oops how did I forget the first real rock music album I ever bought which of course is “Machine Head” by Deep Purple (quad version) followed by “Demons and Wizards” by Uriah Heep. 

@mdalton 

Sorry for your loss.  Can't even imagine.

That Bonnie Raitt album made a big impression on me, too.  And Lyle Lovett's "Step Inside This House" two-disc set, too.

Beatles, Beatles, Beatles, DC5, Stones and the British Invasion later Cream and Hendrix, Pink Floyd and the Allman Brothers.