Audiogon "Recordings to Die for" a complete summary


Just in case any of you were wondering if I had a life at all, I hereby offer evidence proving that I definitely have no life. I have spent more than 100 hours listing in alphabetical order the submissions to my thread "Audiogon Recordings to Die for." The full list is thirteen complete pages in nine point type single spaced. I estimate people have made more than 600 different suggestions. Not a bad shopping list. Below is a summary of the most often recommended recordings. For this summary I have combined all vinyl and digital listings along with reference to record labels. On my overall list I have broken them out separately. I would like to thank all those who have made suggestions and encourage each of you to continue making more recommendations as you discover other pieces worthy of this list. I also would like to commend all of you for sticking to the rule of only posting music and not comments toward peoples recommendation. "Audiogon Recordings to Die for" is a great asset to us all, keep up the great work.

Updated 31 July 2000

16 Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"
5 Patricia Barber "Cafe Blue"
5 Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms"
4 Eva Cassidy "Live at Blues Alley"
4 Stan Getz &Joao Gilberto "Getz Gilberto"
4 Jacintha "Autumn Leaves" the songs of Johnny Mercer
4 Steely Dan "Aja"
4 Steely Dan "Two Against Nature"
4 Muddy Waters "Folk Singer"
4 Roger Waters "Amused to Death"
3 Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Session"
3 Dire Straits "Love Over Gold"
3 Dire Straits "On Every Street"
3 Peter Gabriel "Us"
3 Lyle Lovett "Joshua Judges Ruth"
3 Pink Floyd "Dark Side Of The Moon"
3 Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here"
3 Sting "Nothing like the Sun"
3 The Who "Who's Next"

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Original Thread (post your 2D4's)

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One of the best stock pressings I have every heard is the original ATCO release "Trafalgar" from the Bee Gees. Brilliantly recorded and pressed. If you can find it NM, grab it. If you don't like the Bee Gees, you may find you do a little and the sonics are amazing.
Sonny Rollins- way out west. Pink Martini- hang on little tomato. Fiest- let it die..... And yes my favorite of all time. One I NEVER EVER see. Pearl jam- no code( just try it). MIles smiles!!!
Charley Haden & Pat Methany,"Beyond the Missouri Sky"; Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers; blue note 4003-"Moanin'" Charles Mingus, "Ah Uhm". And John Prine: anything.
the new second album by Manu Katche "Palyground" is a stunner...even better than his astonishing debut "Neighborhood" album

These recordings changed or influenced my life:
King crimson/In the court of KC-zasvetilo mne do tajemneho sveta
Sparks/Kimono my house-pocatek poznani ze i pop muze byt vkusny a ze na svete jsou asi i nejake sexualni uchylky
Suzi Quatro/1 -aceptovani zeny v tvrdem rocku,nasledovala Joan Jett
Roxy Music/1 - art pop rock
Led Zeppelin 3-
Queen/A night at the opera
Frank Zappa/Sheik Yerbouti -navedla mne k mistrovi
Janis Joplin/Cheap Thrills
Genesis/The lamb lies down on Brodway
Yes/Close to the edge
Police/Regatta de blanc-otevrely se nove hranice
Sex Pistols/Never mind the bollocks-revoluce
Jean Michel Jarre/Oxygene- spolu s Mikem Oldfieldem mne unaseli do jineho sveta a hodne romantickeho
Black Sabbath/Paranoid-War of pigs neboli nalet na Vietnam jak jsme ji nazyvali mluvi za vse
Deep Purple/In rock - Chils in time dale nabudila na hardrockovou muziku
Jethro Tull/Aqualung- jejich image a hudba mne facinovala a tak jsem chodil v takovym dlouhym hacafraku
Can/Ege bamyasi-objev pionyru a zjisteni ze je co objevovat
This Heat/Deceit-opet novy druh hudby a jake
Tangerine Dream/Zeit- vesmir
Plastic People of the Universe/Egon Bondy-vzor jak vzdorovat
Project Pitchfork/Dhyani-introdukce do temneho elektronckeho industrialu
Kraftwerk/Man machine- prvni seznameni s elektronikou v ciste forme
Guru Guru/Ufo - sileny prilet Ufounu v podani nemecke legendy,ta ve mne zakotvila zajem o krautrock(byl by to lepsi soundtrack k filmu Blizka setkani 3 druhu)
Suicide/1-
Ac/dc/Back in black-hardrockove posunuti
The flying lizard/1-alternativni-experimantalni pop
Pere Ubu/Ther modern dance - pochopeni jak vznikl Prazsky vyber
Coil/unnatural history-horor v hudbe
Ultravox/Vienna-trochu elegance do zivota
Bob Marley/Legend-optimismus ve srabu
Anglagard/Hybrys- obnoveni zajmu o progrock coz bylo velse plus
Mike Oldfiel/Tubur bells tak jko JMjarre
Porcupine Tree/Stupid dream-jako Anglagard
Einsturzende neubaten/Haus der luge- postupne zvykani na noizove zalezitosti a elektroniku
Nirvana/Nevermind-poprask kolem
Velvet Underground & Nico-Heroin
Radiohead/Ok Computer- rozbyti mytusu o nechopnosti napodobit velke vzory ze 70 let
Pink Floyd/Wish you were here-co na to rict
Foetus/Hole- absolutni narez v 8o letech kdy bylo dost mrtvo nahudebni scene
Iron Maiden/1-pokracovani Deep Purple
The residents/Mark of the mole-obskurno na nejvyssi urovni,ale nadherne
John Zorn & Masada/Bar Kokhba- probudili ve mne zajem o jazz a klezmer
Sun Ra/Atlantic-to same jako Zorn ale misto klezmeru tam je vesmir jako objekt
Death in June/The corn years- death folk,nadherny atmosfericky folk s prednasenim apokalyptickych textu tak jako Current 93
Nick Cave/Let love in
Sonic Youth/Goo
Jimi Hendrix/live in Woodstock