Desert Island Discs

Call Me the Breeze - JJ Cale (Bold)
4th Movement of Beethoven's 9th
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (live) - Allman Brothers Band
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
Shine on you crazy diamond - Pink Floyd
First movement of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2

Luxury: Solar powered Naim 500 System into Audovector Si6 Avantgards

Book: The Complete Works of James Lee Burke

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
Pink Floyd - Time
Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Bob Dylan - Shooting Star
Ian Brown - Solarize
Dire Straits - Industrial Disease
Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon
The Charlatans - Tremelo Song

PS I'd accept the complete works of Shakespeare but would happily have several religious novels to burn as firewood.

Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
And You and I - Yes
The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
Because - The Beatles
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Mercy - Cannonball Adderly Quintet
Beethoven's 9th Symphony (with my great great grandpa's lyrics...)
Summer Wind - Frank Sinatra

Luxury item - What Chris said, plus Wilson Sophias and a top of the line TT

Book: How to survive on a desert island

Luxury item : solar powered naim based headphone system with stax headphones and 552/555 cd player.

Book : Encylopedia of Star Charts

music (8 disks, not tracks ) :

Beethoven Symphonies Gardiner/ORR (5 disks)
Bach Partitas and Sonatas for Violin - Perlman (2 disks)
Stravinsky Pulcinella Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky (2 disks) - 1 too many, sorry.

May i have some details on the "luxury item" exact meaning?

It seems to be entirely up to the castaway Gian. In theory you cannot choose anything which would help you to escape from the island (eg a Sunsseker!) or to give you shelter whilst there. John Major (former UK Prime Minister) chose the Oval Cricket Ground!

So i'm gonna take a carton of fags.
For the rest i count on memory.

And a lighter.

quote:

Originally posted by Mat Cork:
1 Little Wing - SRV
4 Terraplane Blues - Robert Johnson

Book - Kinky Friedman Crime Club

Good choice although I think I would choose Jonas Hellborg or Gil Evan's version of Little Wing

Lemmings - Van Der Graaf Generator
River Song - Red House Painters (Mark Kozelek)
Symphony No.5 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
No Quarter (at Earls Court 25th May 1975) - Led Zeppelin
Shhh/Peaceful - Miles Davis
Parabol/Parabola - Tool
Cherokee Lane - Tangerine Dream
Know Where to Run - Orbital

Book: 'Polaroids from the Dead' Douglas Coupland
Luxury: My cat (if allowed) I can live without some things, but I am completly lost without a cat.

Very hard to miss out on Yes, Underworld, Kraftwerk and Dead Can Dance.

Funny, I disliked John Major as prime minister, but since then he has done one thing after another to impress me, The Oval Cricket ground is an excellent choice as a luxury, although I do prefer Lords. Headingley has been spoiled with the new stand.

Probably be different if I'm asked tomorrow

Save My Soul - Wimple Winch
You Sold the Cottage - Martha and the Muffins
National Brotherhood Week - Tom Lehrer
My Sergeant Major - George Formby
Working Class Millionaire - Richard Digance
Gilderoy - Shirley and Dolly Collins
The Pilgriming Vine - Basia Bulat
Song from the Bottom of a Well - Kevin Ayers and the Whole World

I've assumed the complete works of HMHB are available to me by default.

This week
.....Bodishattva - Steely Dan
Little Johnny Jewel - Television
Locomotion - John Coltrane
Nubian Sundance - Weather Report
Hallelujha - Jeff Buckley
Blitkrieg Bop - Ramones
You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Bros
Something In The Air - Thunderclap Newman

...Luxury Item - A case of the finest cuban cigars
...Book - The God Delusion Richard Dawkins

Hard on Me (live) - Richard Thompson
Starless - King Crimson
Smart Kid - Porcupine Tree
Desire As (acoustic) - Prefab Sprout
Last Chance Texaco - Christine Collister
Skeletons - Rickie Lee Jones
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Spinning Around The Sun - Sunhouse

Luxury Item - Mellotron
Book - Mellotron Instruction Manual