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I'm a big fan of Richard Thompson's post-Fairport catalog. I consider Pour Down Like Silver, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Hokey Pokey, and Shoot Out the Lights all to be essential albums. While it's true that solo years have been spottier, there are some highlights. For example, Mirror Blue is a great album.I also enjoy the Acoustic Classics collections, both excellent. He's still a vital live performer, too. We saw him open for Jason Isbell a couple of years ago and he was in great form. |
10 more personal favorites
Marvin Gaye - in our lifetime
Sade - diamond life (in reality i'd pick every Sade. just perfect records, undefeated discography imho)
The best of john fahey on takoma. maybe i just lucked into an especially nice copy but this record is the closest to "he's literally right there in front of me" i've ever gotten from an acoustic guitar lp, and i've got a few
Los Mirlos - los charapas de oro
Badfinger - straight up
Black Flag 82 demos bootleg lp
Ahmad Jamal - tranquility
Mingus Black Saint and Sinner Lady
Gato Barbieri - latinoamerica vol. 1
Don Cherry - brown rice
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Very informative. Most people listen to pop, so be it. ;)
Zappa is god! |
pengun, Zappa would fart in your face for that comment. Zappa is an American Composer!
@waltersalas, people who have never seen Richard do one of his solo performances have no idea how good a guitar player he is and he is amazing. He is also a blistering electric guitar player. In 40 years he only made two Albums I could do without., Henry the Human Fly and Sunny Vista. He has 26 releases and this does not include the Fairport records. It should also be noted that he writes all his own songs.
I have another record to add to the live performance list I totally forgot about. Return to Forever Returns. Chick Corea RIP. An amazing performance by an amazing band and an amazing recording! Does not get much better. |
Impossible! But here’s a go…
The Kinks - Village Green
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Big Joe Turner - Rock & Roll (Atlantic Original)
Hank Williams - Greatest Hits
That said, after watching the first two episodes of the new series with Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin, I’m reminded how one couldn’t go wrong just bringing Beatles records to the desert island… |
Definitely, first on the boat would be:
1. A Date with The Everly Brothers (this LP influenced them all- Beatles, Beach Boys…)
2. Beethovens Ninth
3. Nashville (soundtrack)
4. Santana (first LP. Difficult to find a well recorded copy)
5. Thelonious Monk
wish I could take a few more. Sometimes life isn’t fair. |
Out of 6,000 LPs? Really a useless question. The choices change from month to month, depending on mood, though I suppose some remain near the top most of the time.
Nevertheless here goes, with 11:
- Sandy Denny: The North Star Grassman and The Ravens
- Tim Buckley: Live at The Troubadour
- Laura Nyro: New York Tendaberry
- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (I have a dozen interpretations of this)
- Frederick Rzewski: Coming Together
- Jefferson Airplane: After Getting Stoned on Acid (After Bathing at Baxter’s)
- Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln: We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
- John McLoughlin: Devotion
- Henryk Gorecki: Symphony #3
- Aaron Copeland: Appalachian Spring
- Mark Almond Band: eponymous |
In no particular order, but 5 of my favorites so far... I've purchased about 100 records since my wife bought me a record player last Christmas and haven't listen to them all yet. Probably will feel differently once I listen to some others.
PJ Harvey; To Bring You My Love
Desaparecidos; Read Music/Speak Spanish
Nine Inch Nails; The Downward Spiral
Underworld; Beaucoup Fish
Odesza; In Return |
I know I’m supposed to like Richard Thompson.
And I do, as a person.
I listen to his work on his own, rarely.
I listen to his work with Fairport once a month.
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All you rock n rollers! Educate your mind and get some jazz! |
Joe Jackson - Night and Day
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Chicago Transit Authority
Lionel Ritchie - Can't Slow Down
Yes - Fragile
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Royal Ballet RCA 6065-45
Art Pepper, Meets the rhythm section APJ 010-45
Pink Floyd, Dark Side 30th Anniv. Ed. 2003
Carole King, Tapestry Classic Record 45rpm.
The Who, Live at Leeds, Classic Records |
Music: Dark Side of the Moon; Maynard Ferguson, Live In New York; Zappa, Apostrophe/Overnight Sensation. Jean Pierre Rampal: Jazz for Piano and Flute.
Recording quality: Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Band, D to D from Orlando. Sheffield D to D: Harry James, Coming From A Good Place. Sheffield D to D: Thelma Houston, Pressure Cooker. Charles Lloyd: Forest Flower (As far as I remember). |
unreceivedogma, If you hadn't mentioned Baxter's and Sandy you would have been permanently on my sh-t list. Is it RT's dark sense of humor that you don't like? Listen to or watch 1000 years of popular music. Listen to RT play the bass and melody lines simultaneously. Jorma is a brilliant folk guitarist. RT is frigging unbelievable. |
My top fifteen; some are chosen for SQ, some for musical merit over SQ. No Jazz or Classical here...that would be too tough!
The Band - The Band (their pinnacle for both)
Ry Cooder - Jazz (Paradise And Lunch has better songs).
Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge (I'd pick Axis for music, but RB has way better sound)
Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah (Side 1 medley takes all cakes)
Little Feat - The Last Record Album (you want bass?)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame (Apocalypse for SQ)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (Blue for music)
Van Morrison - His Band & Street Choir (Moondance is better, but SQ lacking)
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet (Let it Bleed toss up)
Rod Stewart Gasoline Alley (I have a Polydor set of his 3 1967-1970 LPs on a clean UK pressing)
Talking Heads - Remain In Light (pure genius)
Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Blues (best blues album evah!)
Neil Young - Harvest
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (has it all) |
Many of my favorites have been mentioned...hear are a few more.( pun intended)
Gato Barbieri.Latin America vol 4. Alive in New York
Wayne Shorter/ Milton Nasceimento.
Native Dancer
Don Cherry/ Steve Lacy. Evidence( all Monk tunes)
King Crimson.......Discipline....plus everything else they have ever recorded
Talking Heads. . Remain in Light.....Speaking in Tongues
And not on the turntable, but streaming on spotify, from South Korea, a modern/ ancient group....Lee Nal Chee. Their entire cd is great!!!
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Fly By Night
Tres Hombres
Phenomenon
Montrose
Get Your Wings
Machine Head
Rock & Roll Outlaws
Bridge of Sighs
Sad Wings of Destiny
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Pat Metheny Group
Romantic Warrior
Heavy Weather
The Köln Concert
MF Horn II
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The Snow Goose
Safety In Numbers
Blind Dog at St. Dustans
Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled
Moving Waves |
Making Movies
So What
It’s Like You Never Left
Dark Side of the Moon
Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley
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André Kostelanetz - “Sounds Of Love“
Bill Justis - “Raunchy”
Peter Lauch - “Fischer, Kugel Mädchen”
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - “Whipped Cream & Other Delights”
Art Van Damme - “A Perfect Match”
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Beethoven Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 - Oistrakh
Beethoven Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 - Milstein
Beethoven Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 - Menuhin
Beethoven Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 - Kogan
Beethoven Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61 - Grumiaux
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I started thinking about my favorites and even a top 30 would be difficult but I'll narrow it down to 5 to comply with the thread.
Beatles - White Album
Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
Led Zeppelin II
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Genesis - Foxtrot |
@spiritofradio. I like your thought process. I had the same thing going on but kept the list in my notes. Maybe I shouldn't have.
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Teaser
The Second Foot in Cold Water
Alright on the Night
Hard Attack
Acid Acetate Excursion
Orang-Utan
BullAngus
Captain Beyond
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@tgilb
like your top 5 even so |
Mark Hollis
Spirit of Eden
Ladies and Gentlemen We
Are Floating in Space
Incatare
lachesis • clotho • atropos
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Radiohead - Kid A
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders - Promises
MBV - Loveless (Kevin Shields Remaster) |
Sweetnighter
Ascension
Not for Nothing
Ah Um
AM
Avelon |
Current top 5:
Fleetwood Mac - Future Games
The Good, The Bad & The Queen (self-titled)
Died Pretty - Free Dirt
Mellow Candle - Swaddling Songs
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
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Led Zeppelin I
Derek and The Domino’s Fillmore
Stones Sticky Fingers
Allman Brothers Fillmore
Humble Pie Fillmore
Any of The Beatles, Hendrix, Joplin |
Mijostyn:
Really? Get a life, will you?
I saw Thompson perform live a couple summers back, at Levon Helm’s place in Woodstock. His son was there performing also.
He did Who Knows Where The Time Goes.
In my humble opinion, he is a great musician and yet his work after Fairport does little to move me.
Music is not just about skill and technique.
Btw, I have a first press copy of Liege and Lief that was autographed by Sandy Denny in the 1970s when Fairport performed at My Father’s Place in Long Island. My girlfriend at the time obtained it in the ladies room during intermission, unbeknownst to me, for a surprise birthday gift.
I’m not really into fetishizing things like autographs, but it was a wonderful gesture by my girlfriend. It sat in my collection for 40+ years, and for some reason I thought: maybe it would be nice to get RT’s autograph next to hers, so I brought it with me.
It didn’t happen. Levon Helm’s staff treated me like I was a leper, … or worse, like a Trump supporter.
Btw, I have about a half dozen RT albums, solo and with Linda. Obligatory, you know? |
Spiritofradio: put a sock in it, will you? He asked for 5. Unreasonable I know. But we don’t need the Library of Congress. |
Hail to the Thief: Radiohead
Abbey Road: The Beatles
Escape: Journey
Breakfast in America: Supertramp
Who’s Next: The Who
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Here is my first post on the site….
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Emmylou Harris - Cimarron
Bob Dylan - mono recording remaster set
The Band - Music From Big Pink
The Pixies - MFSL remasters |
Ryan Adams - Prisoner
Big Star - #1 Record
The Who - Quadrophenia
Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill
Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Highway
Rick Danko - Rick Danko |
not in order, hard to pick'em!
Steely Dan - Countdown to EcstasyMiles Davis - Acsenseur pour l'echafaudArt Blakey & JM - UgetsuDonald Byrd - KofiCharlie Earland - Black Talk
Howard Roberts - Color Him FunkySantana - Live at the Fillmoreok, so it's 6
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I am glad to see Eric Clapton on rj's list. This pathetic excuse for a human being (date rape/dead kids falling out windows) Now his preaching anti-vaxism is ghastly especially after Clapton rushed to get his shots!
This is good because now I do not have to burn the few albums with his name on them - it is OK because I never play them - you can come and get them. Clapton in the top 5? Nonsense. Go buy some Zappa, Beefheart, Joni Mitchell and if you want blues, try Buddy Guy for authentic music. Let me know where to send them. I'll buy the gd stamps. |
The Doors “Soft Parade”
Jethro Tull “Thick as a Brick”
Pink Floyd “The Wall”
AC/DC “Let There Be Rock”
Stevie Ray Vaughn anything with “Tin Pan Alley” |
@tomic601 Our lists have 3 in common--would be a tough choice but i might substitute Van Cliburn and the Chicago Symphony doing Tchaikovsky/Rachmaninoff and I would sub Brothers in Arms for Eva although lacking a female vocalist is tough |
Funny, I listened to both Thick as a Brick and The Wall the other day.
unreceiveddogma, get a life? I think that's a little harsh for a light hearted conversation but, who knows? I can not see your expression. Richard Thompson is certainly not Jeff Beck. I am far from the only one who thinks he is an excellent song writer although he has not done much of substance for a while. Just not your cup of tea which is fine. I suspect you are just another one of those dead heads who's done too much acid;-) |
Only 5 ......Deep thinking required here
GD Europe 72
Pink Floyd wish you were here
Marillion Royal albert hall
Miles Davis kind of blue
Bowie Ziggy Stardust
Should cover most of my moods...but will miss my Genesis, Allmans, Art Blakey on and on....
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since it is only 5, here are mine:
kate bush: hounds of love
nick drake: bryter layter
everything but the girl: amplified heart
skye edwards: back to now
pink floyd: dark side of the moon |
This is really interesting, cool to see a lot of overlap and variety!!
It’s really hard to choose… This has taken a good 30 minutes of thought :)
My top 5, as of today, in no particular order..
Coil - Loves Secret Domain
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 1 & 2
Future Sound of London - Dead Cities
Extrawelt - Schöne Neue Extrawelt
Download - Effector
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Just Like You - Keb' Mo'
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Moving Pictures - Rush
Live Rust - Neil Young
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@wyoboy ya man for sure on Van. |
