100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie
This thread was inspired by this thread:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/building-a-100-album-vinyl-collection-3-must-have-albums-are
Please add to the above list. Thanks!
Okay, here is my premise for this:
I find an very odd, really old record in the $.99 cent bin in the back corner of some old, dusty record store. I pull the LP from the sleeve and a Genie appears. He says I can have any equipment/gear I want. Speakers, amp, preamp, etc. Just name it, (mbl Master Reference System and a custom room for it please.)...
...but, I can only have 100 albums forever to play on it. No "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits". No Box Sets or Compilations. Soundtracks are fine if original score, no Compilations. Double and Triple LP’s count as one album. (This Genie was very detailed in his instructions. He kinda looked like Donald Fagen).
What 100 albums would they be?
(I know I fudged on a rule or two, on a few of mine).
Allman Brothers-Idlewild South
Amazing Rhythm Aces-Too Stuffed To Jump
April Wine-Harder, Faster
Atlanta Rhythm Section-Red Tape
Bad Company-Straight Shooter
The Band-The Last Waltz
The Beatles-Abbey Road
The Beatles: Rubber Soul
Jeff Beck-Live At Ronnie Scott’s
Blackberry Smoke-The Whippoorwill
Blackfoot-Strikes
Karla Bonoff-Restless Nights
Boston-Boston
Jackson Browne-Late For The Sky
Jimmy Buffett-Songs You Know By Heart
Charlie-Lines
Chicago-Chicago Transit Authority
Eric Clapton-461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton-Slowhand
Marc Cohn-Marc Cohn
Shawn Colvin-Fat City
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo’s Factory
Crosby, Stills & Nash-Daylight Again
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Deja Vu
Christopher Cross-Christopher Cross
Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Dire Straits-Making Movies
Doobie Brothers-Toulouse Street
Eagles-The Long Run
Electric Light Orchestra-Out Of The Blue
Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Works Volume 1
Melissa Etheridge-Brave And Crazy
Donald Fagen-The New York Rock And Soul Review
Donald Fagen-The Nightfly
Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
Foghat-Foghat
Genesis-Invisible Touch
Hall & Oates-Private Eyes
George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
Head East-Flat As A Pancake
Heart-Dreamboat Annie
John Hiatt-Slow Turning
Hootie And The Blowfish-Cracked Rear View
Bruce Hornsby & The Range-The Way It Is
Indigo Girls-Nomads, Indians & Saints
J. Giles Band-Bloodshot
James Gang-Straight Shooter
Jefferson Airplane-Red Octopus
Billy Joel-The Stranger
Elton John-Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
Rickie Lee Jones-Rickie Lee Jones
Kansas-Leftoverture
Kiss-Dressed To Kill
Mark Knopfler -Shangri La
Alison Krauss-Forget About It
Little River Band-First Under The Wire
The Liz Barnez Band-Inkmarks On Pages
Shelby Lynne-Just A Little Lovin’
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays-As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Steve Miller-Book Of Dreams
Joni Mitchell-Hissing of Summer Lawns
Van Morrison – Moondance
New Riders Of The Purple Sage-The Adventures Of Panama Red
Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna
Tom Petty-Damn The Torpedoes
Poco-Legend
The Police-Zenyatta Mendatta
Queen-The Works
REO Speedwagon-Ridin’ The Storm Out
Robbie Robertson-Robbie Robertson
Linda Ronstadt-Simple Dreams
Roxy Music -Avalon
Rush-2112
Sawmill Creek-Wild Western Windblown Band
Bob Seger-Night Moves
Paul Simon-Still Crazy After All These Years
Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
Steely Dan-Aja
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Steely Dan-Two Against Nature
Styx-Crystal Ball
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Joss Stone-The Soul Sessions
Supertramp- Crime of the Century
Richard and Linda Thompson- Shoot Out The Lights
Toto-Hydra
Traffic-Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Trooper-Knock ’Em Dead Kid
Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs
The Wallflowers-Bringing Down The Horse
Joe Walsh-The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Wings-Band On The Run
Wings-Venus And Mars
The Wonderful Sounds of Female Vocals
The Wonderful Sounds of Male Vocals
Yes-Fragile
Warren Zevon-Warren Zevon
ZZ Top-Tres Hombres
This is just for fun. I found a ton of albums off the thread, listed at the top, that I had forgot about. Was hoping to find even more. If you want to participate, cool! If not, please don’t.
I’m by no means expecting everyone to add a list of 100 titles. I thought it was a blast, but did take some time. I've also had a blast going back and relistening to a lot of these. Man, I sure missed them.
Play if you want...
(This is by no means a final, definitive list. Probably hundreds of more albums await...)
Music is about a lost past , a forgotten one which can reappear in our own memories (reincarnation exist ) Peter Pringle is a popular singer who let fame and money long ago and dedicated his days to ancient languages, musical ancient instrument reconstruction and pure music born from the relation between cosmos and the body... A bard like Bob Dylan but ressuscitated from an ancient past... |
Your latest post brings things into much clearer focus for me. Thanks for making the effort to keep going until I was able to understand 🙏
This reminds me very much of Buddhism’s emphasis upon a willingness to be fully present in every moment, in any type of situation -- pleasant or unpleasant.-- equally. And it’s made me curious about what it is about (solo) classical vocals that evokes such a strong determination in me not to be present. I was aware of this listening to Alfred Dreller -- the emotional aspect felt overwhelming -- like something I had to "fend off". On the other hand, I can listen to other music (Blues, for example) that is also intensely emotional, but without the sense of overwhelm. I could say the same for Indian music -- it can be intensely emotional but this type of expression I feel "at home in", just like the Blues, or the Savina Yanatou piece I posted. By contrast, Western Classical music feels quite "alien" to me, like I "don't belong" there. Perhaps this has to do with past lives; I don't know. There remains at least one aspect that confuses me. When you say :
How do you separate the "esthetic" from the "more" ? Do you view this in terms of which chakras a given musical piece activates... or? Thanks for your ongoing patience!
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Music is about Madness too... music can be madness ... here two different forms the first is sarcasms and pirouettes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpzW7RH0cgY Or it can be about compulsive obsession : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r30D3SW4OVw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VErKCq1IGIU
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You already answered yourself to your own question... A mantra, a devotional song, is not about esthetic , it is more about efficient power to put the mind in a trance state or in another level of attention... It is more about medecine and ethic than pure esthetic... Music is more about Power to heal than just about our consumers tastes in esthetic... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AGyrEV_ze0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmxb51FFvRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhCFO13Q-o
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