Your desert island records

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Gahr

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I know a lot of people hate "the world's best records" or "the world's best guitarists" lists. But I actually dig stuff like that. Not because any such lists can be definitive or really valid in any sense, but because it provides other people's points of view and might teach me something or at least give me tips about good music. Lists like this also remind me of being a kid making mixed tapes for my walkman. I could spend hours listening to records, picking out my favorite tunes and copying them to a Memorex, AGFA or BASF tape. I still have a ton of them lying around.

So, what 12 records would you want to have available if you were stranded on a desert island? I had to make it 12 because I wasn't able to decide on just 10... If you can only think of four or five, hey, that's cool too!

The list is subject to change, but at the moment, this would probably be mine (in no particular order of preference other than the first one:

Van Halen: "Fair Warning"
The J. Geils Band: "Live. Full House"
Fleetwood Mac: "Mr. Wonderful"
Fleetwood Mac: "Live in Boston, Vol. 1"
The Allman Brothers Band: "Live at the Fillmore East"
B. B. King: "Live at the Regal"
Freddie King: "The Very Best of Freddie King"
John Mayall's Blues Breakers: "John Mayall's Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton"
John Mayall's Blues Breakers: "A Hard Road"
The Who: "Who's Next"
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: "Watch"

Since the list will never be definitive, there are a few additional albums that would drift in and out, depending on my mood:

AC/DC: "Highway to Hell"
Van Halen: "Van Halen 1" and "1984"
Jeff Lynne: "Armchair Theatre"
Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers: "Natural Boogie"
Taj Mahal: "Taj Mahal"
Taste: "The Best of Taste"

I could name a hundred more, but that would be rather boring for anyone but myself...
 
These come to mind first.

Jefferson Airplane - Pillow and Baxter's
John Mellincamp - The Very Best I Can Do
Rippingtons - Curves Ahead
Spyro Gyra - Best of Spyro Gyra or 20/20
Beethoven - #s 1, 3, 6 & 9
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring and Bald Mountain
QMS - First 2 albums, QMS & Happy Trails
Deep Purple - Shades and Book of Taliesyn
Johnny A - Sometime Tuesday Morning and Get Inside
 
Here is my dozen, plus some. There are many more and it's very hard to narrow down. I have at least 50 LP's on my phone...

Uriah Heep - Live
Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
AC-DC - Back in Black
The Scorpions - Rockers and Ballads
The Clash - Combat Rock
GnR - Appetite for Destruction
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graphitti
J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out

Extras...

Deep Purple - Machine Head
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers...
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Queen - A Night at the Opera
 
Johnny Winter and Live
Grand Funk Live
Alice Cooper Love it to Death
Deep Purple Machine Head
Ten Years After Live in Europe
David Bowie Pinups
Bebop Deluxe Axe Victim
Allman Brothers Brothers and Sisters
Meet the Beatles
Jimi Hendrix Are you Experienced
Cream Disraeli Gears
Doors ( 70s Best of Quadrophonic album, very odd to see a greatest hits like that back then )
 
Wow, all great choices so far.
I'd take 12 of any of the above.
I'd have to have for my list:

Genesis Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Yes Yessongs
Deep Purple Made in Japan
Beatles White Album
Chicago Chicago Transit Authority
Captain Beyond Captain Beyond
Led Zepplin Physical Graffiti
Pantera Cowboys from Hell
Black Sabbath Master of Reality
Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy
Rush All The Worlds A Stage
Mr. Big Hey Man
 
Hackmaster said:
Wow, all great choices so far.
I'd take 12 of any of the above.
I'd have to have for my list:

Genesis Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Yes Yessongs
Deep Purple Made in Japan
Beatles White Album
Chicago Chicago Transit Authority
Captain Beyond Captain Beyond
Led Zepplin Physical Graffiti
Pantera Cowboys from Hell
Black Sabbath Master of Reality
Al Di Meola Elegant Gypsy
Rush All The Worlds A Stage
Mr. Big Hey Man
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Looks like you've been lookin' through my record collection. But seriously folks, many of us here have similar taste in tunes.
 
Sp8ctre said:
...oh CRAP...I HAVE to have at least ONE Alice Cooper!!!
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As a matter of extra facts......................I dig the whole catalog of the original AC band. The only one who has passed was the lead guitar Glen Buxton. I even like Muscle of Love album. I got the original record with the weird cardboard packaging with all the extra goodies it came with. I was fortunate enough to find the actually CD ( a German pressing ) which sounds just as good or better than the record.
 
Leave it to me to have to Metal this island up a bit......

AC/DC - Powerage
AC/DC - Back in Black
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Ozzy - Blizzard of Oz
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet
Yngwie - Marching Out
King Diamond - Abigail
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather
Megadeath - Countdown to Extinction
Accept - Compilation
Rush - Moving Pictures (or Hemispheres, I'll decide while I'm packing)
 
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