Live at the Fillmore - Allman Brothers Band
Cheap Thrills - Janis Joplin / Big Brother & The Holding Company
Wheels of Fire - Cream
perhaps the question should be, what 3 albums have you listened to the most in your life.
Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are?
No opera or rap in the three must haves. Sorry.
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@jasonbourne71 I find myself agreeing with you today. This is new. 😀 Off the top of my head: Kind of Blue Allman Bros - Fillmore East Dead - Europe 72 - Bickershaw Festival
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Grand Hotel - Procol Harem Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat Third choice is really hard, so have to list a few Will the Circle be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Heavy Weather - Weather Report Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter - Joni Mitchell School Days - Stanley Clarke So many others I would want in my library of 100; they may not be the best recordings, but I find them significant in the story of music, and can listen to them over and over which I what I want in a library of 100. |
group 1 Abbey Road - The Beatles Axis: Bold As Love - Hendrix Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra group 2 Beggars Banquet - Stones Dark Side of the Moon - Floyd Moondance - Van the Man Group 3 Blue - Joni American Beauty - The Dead Blonde On Blonde - Dylan group 4 (Blues only) Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells Paul Butterfield Blues Band - 1st album Mississippi John Hurt, Today! |
As usual, lots of great suggestions by some serious music lovers and audiophiles. 1. Everly Brothers. A Date With The Everly Brothers. (Well recorded. Touching and emotional. Country and Blues crossover to equal Rock n Roll. One can hear where The Beatles, The Beachboys were influenced and “got” there sound. IMHO. 2. A Clockwork Orange soundtrack. Well recorded. Excellent intro to Classical music for those of us who were not exposed much.
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Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (his best material & sonics) Fleetwood Mac, Eponymous, 1975 (ditto) Pink Floyd, Dark Side (material -- Floyd sonics are consistently fine) Counting Crows, August and Everything After (abundance) Neil Young, After The Gold Rush (abundance, emotional range) Ramsey Lewis Trio, Pot Luck (a heaping platter of magic) |
Now that you have a lot of peoples favorites or suggestions ( I gave suggestions because my favorites would not necessarily be your favorites ) you have to now consider pressings . So here are a few thoughts from my experiences . For rock I like Japanese and German pressing in general , the English/Great British ones can be good if you find one without a lot ot background noise , Reprise is a good label So is London and Abbey Road . For classical I am limited in experience to Chicago Symphony Pressings , RCA Living Stereo , Decca/London ffrr and Mercury Presence , for Jazz Blue Note , for Folk Vanguard . I like fidelity of the new re-releases at 45rpm as well as the double vinyl 33rpm releases ( like Dire Straits " Brothers in Arms " ) . All of these are available within reason whereas the MOFI original and the new Ultra Disc are Ultra expensive , as are the Classic pressing ( great fidelity but so so quietness ) the same with Chesky . While all this is just my opinion it is some to start thinking about .
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"I find myself agreeing with you today" is a good example of why the music related threads tend to be more enjoyable (and civil) then the equipment related threads. +1 for Jeff Buckley - "Grace;" I can't believe I forgot that one. While not a universally loved & respected album (or critics choice), I can't imagine not having "Argus" by Wishbone Ash in my collection. |
I’m ashamed I didn’t remember the 1st Moody Blues album, when they were a Piano Based Blues Band with Denny Laine singing. Many are aware of the Justin Hayward Era, but this is how they came to fame. Moody Blues, Go Now, Go Now, song, showing USA version of LP Sleeve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN2fOgfFnDo Whole Album on youtube, different sleeve image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcgY1kWDzqk&list=PLZ-KH7o-aD2hFPcuUog_mStKaFD9ud_3-&index=1 I’m lucky to have found 2 copies on R2R tape at great prices years ago The Piano benefits most from the Tape Format. btw, I'll Go Crazy was written by James Brown, here, 1960, with the Famous Flames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twa3WQk2fgk
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Not sure how relevant that is, as the same could be said for an "original, genuine pressing" of Kind of Blue, Pet Sounds, Allman Bros. at the Fillmore East, Blue Train, etc. As there was no reference to cost in the question and there are always avenues for finding good bargains on anything if one is diligent. |
Most albums of great music are available in very decent digital versions, so it is not that essential to hunt down a vinyl version. But, in some cases, the original vinyl release is quite a bit better than anything else. This particularly true with jazz and specialty recordings that were done direct-to-disc. These are some of my picks: Dave Brubeck-Take Five (original, 6-eye Columbia recordings sound better than anything that followed). Bill Berry Allstars-For Duke (fantastic direct-to-disc recording) David Peabody-Americana (obscure recording that was not reissued digitally that sounds amazing). Duke Ellington-Blues in Orbit (6-eye Columbia original. Another recording not surpassed in reissue. Sony though well enough of the recording to make it among the first SACDs issued, but even that was not as good as the originsl0
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@deroy Who's Next ,Dark Side ,Allman Bros. At Fillmore East
I can’t argue with that list - all excellent albums! |
I own many of the LPs suggested and agree they are great records. However, my criteria for 3 must have LPs would need to take into account how they actually sound of a good system. Many of the LPs I grew up loving, get very little play today as they just weren't recorded very well to start with. So classic LP's that also sound great: Junior Wells - Come On In This House Joshua Redman - Elastic (/Brain Blade's drumming is fantastic throughout) Jimmy Smith - Dot Com Blues |
@norton Don't hear a lot about Climax Blues Band. Always liked them. Recently picked up a nice box set (Amazon) containing their first 5 recordings. Put out by the Esoteric Recordings label. Going back to 1969 for the first two records, it's very impressive the use of soundstage. Some great engineering. |
IMHO; ROCK / POP; 1) BOWIE; HEROES 2) JAPAN ;GENTLEMEN TAKE POLAROIDS 3) 801; LISTEN NOW JAZZ; 1) JEAN LUC PONTY; A TASTE FOR PASSION 2) JOHN SCOFIELD; BLUE MATTER 3) KENNY BARRON; SCRATCHAL CLASSICAL; 1) SIBELIUS; SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN E MINOR 2) SATIE; GNOSSIENNE 1 3) MUSSORGSKY; NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN
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