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Record you spin on a rainy Saturday w/ family gone

Sitting here, flipping through my collection, on a rainy saturday wondering what vynil to load. Too overcast for the uplifting Beatles, too overcast for the mellow Pink Floyd. Would consider Hendrix or Neil Young...... Wondering what everyone listens to on days like these, oh the possabilities!
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johnnyb53
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Another Seattleite here. I've been a long-time big band fan, so when I need to energize an empty house I put on Buddy Rich Big Band, lots of it, and also some Harry James Sheffield D2D recordings, and Don Ellis Big Band. Always perks me up and helps me get some things done on an otherwise sleepy day.
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dodgealum
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Well, I'm at work and mom is home with the little one so play these for me! In order!

Mozart Adagio for Piano
Bach Cello Suites
Brahms Cello Sonatas
Albinoni Adagio for Bass
Nick Drake Pink Moon
Joni Mitchell Blue
James Taylor Mud Slide Slim
David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name
Emmy Lou Harris Wrecking Ball
Beck Sea Change
moonglum
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Try "Macalla" by Clannad. Years ago, listening to the opening track of this, on home-recorded tape, while driving through the Scottish Borders or Highlands it was like being engulfed in a vast natural cathedral which seemed like an extension of the song. Awe inspiring! There is also an incredible duet with Bono(U2) on the track "In a Lifetime".

Another for a rainy day is "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" by the Alan Parsons Project - especially the long piece entitled the "Fall of the House of Usher" which features a thunderstorm. Listen to this through good panel speakers/Stats and you'll be able to "see" the rain splattering the flagstones behind your loudspeakers - as well as the stuff outside :)
Enjoy.....
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