Our Desert Island Eight Discs!
Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 10 August 2007
Our Desert Island Eight Discs!
To kick this off. Mine are
[1] Bach B Minor Mass, conducted by George Enescu
[2] Bach Goldbergs Variations, played by Helmut Walcha
[3] Beethoven String Quartet, opus 135, in F, played by the Adolf Busch Quartet
[4] Beethoven Eroica Symphony, played by the Philharmonia conducted by Otto Klemperer [Mono recording from 1954 or 1955?]
[5] Haydn Te Deum Laudamus, sung by the Boys Choir in Vienna
[6] Haydn Symphony No 103 in B flat. Concertgebeau Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis
[7]Schubert "Great C Major Symphony" BBC SO under Adrian Boult [live on BBC Legends from a Prom Concert in 1969].
[8] Mozart Piano Concert in C Minor. Edwin Fischer [piano solo], London Philharmonic under Laurence Colingwood.
Only eight please or the lists might become impossibly long if we chose everything we loved!
Kindrest regards from Fredrik
To kick this off. Mine are
[1] Bach B Minor Mass, conducted by George Enescu
[2] Bach Goldbergs Variations, played by Helmut Walcha
[3] Beethoven String Quartet, opus 135, in F, played by the Adolf Busch Quartet
[4] Beethoven Eroica Symphony, played by the Philharmonia conducted by Otto Klemperer [Mono recording from 1954 or 1955?]
[5] Haydn Te Deum Laudamus, sung by the Boys Choir in Vienna
[6] Haydn Symphony No 103 in B flat. Concertgebeau Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis
[7]Schubert "Great C Major Symphony" BBC SO under Adrian Boult [live on BBC Legends from a Prom Concert in 1969].
[8] Mozart Piano Concert in C Minor. Edwin Fischer [piano solo], London Philharmonic under Laurence Colingwood.
Only eight please or the lists might become impossibly long if we chose everything we loved!
Kindrest regards from Fredrik
Posted on: 17 August 2007 by Whizzkid
I seem to have upset a few of the more sensitive types so in future I will try to put up a tongue in cheek smilie rather than a simple happy smilie next time I have a wry observation, here is a new set of irony from me.
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Fragile
Patti Smith - Horses
Small Faces - Ogdens Nut Gone
Television - Television
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Jean-Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields
Krafwerk - Trans Europe Express
.
Dean..
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Fragile
Patti Smith - Horses
Small Faces - Ogdens Nut Gone
Television - Television
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Jean-Michel Jarre - Magnetic Fields
Krafwerk - Trans Europe Express
.Dean..
Posted on: 17 August 2007 by droodzilla
some nice choices there Dean - can't argue with Patti, Television and Kraftwerk (although, I would have picked Computer World).
Posted on: 17 August 2007 by Guido Fawkes
Good choices Dean - the two that stand out for me are Trans Europe Express and the wonderful Ogden's Nut Gone Flake.
There is a certain irony about being on a desert island a singing Wouldn't it be nice to get on wiv me neighbours.
ATB Rotf
There is a certain irony about being on a desert island a singing Wouldn't it be nice to get on wiv me neighbours.
ATB Rotf
Posted on: 17 August 2007 by Whizzkid
Droodzilla,
It has to be Trans Europe for me because the first twelve inch record I ever bought was Planet Rock (Afrika BamBaataa) which samples Trans Europe Express. That's early Hip Hop to the masses.
ROTF
I saw a documentary on Ronnie Lane (Mr Unlucky) and saw some footage of Small Faces and luckily enough Get Back Records have reissued Ogdens on 180 Gram Vinyl in a copy of the Original packaging and I think its bloody marvelous especially Lazy Sunday, deserves its status, a template for many bands afterwards.
By the way getting a quality HiFi has made me just want to try out Music from all era's and styles at the moment its New York New Wave and Prog Rock this explains the Yes, Floyd, P Smith, and Television
Dean..
It has to be Trans Europe for me because the first twelve inch record I ever bought was Planet Rock (Afrika BamBaataa) which samples Trans Europe Express. That's early Hip Hop to the masses.
ROTF
I saw a documentary on Ronnie Lane (Mr Unlucky) and saw some footage of Small Faces and luckily enough Get Back Records have reissued Ogdens on 180 Gram Vinyl in a copy of the Original packaging and I think its bloody marvelous especially Lazy Sunday, deserves its status, a template for many bands afterwards.
By the way getting a quality HiFi has made me just want to try out Music from all era's and styles at the moment its New York New Wave and Prog Rock this explains the Yes, Floyd, P Smith, and Television
Dean..
Posted on: 17 August 2007 by Jet Johnson
......Jeez ...8 and only 8 to pick? difficult isn't in it!
But here goes tonight's 8 ....(tomorrow would be different!)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Television - Television
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
The Clash - Give Em' Enough Rope
Public Enemy - Public Enemy
Oh bu***r I missed out the Ramones! ..a desert island without the Ramones? ....don't think I could stand it ...and by my own rules (only 1 record by any artist) no "Aja" either ....I'd go stir crazy!
But here goes tonight's 8 ....(tomorrow would be different!)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Television - Television
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
The Clash - Give Em' Enough Rope
Public Enemy - Public Enemy
Oh bu***r I missed out the Ramones! ..a desert island without the Ramones? ....don't think I could stand it ...and by my own rules (only 1 record by any artist) no "Aja" either ....I'd go stir crazy!
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by ewemon
quote:Originally posted by Jet Johnson:
......Jeez ...8 and only 8 to pick? difficult isn't in it!
But here goes tonight's 8 ....(tomorrow would be different!)
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Television - Television
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
The Clash - Give Em' Enough Rope
Public Enemy - Public Enemy
Oh bu***r I missed out the Ramones! ..a desert island without the Ramones? ....don't think I could stand it ...and by my own rules (only 1 record by any artist) no "Aja" either ....I'd go stir crazy!
I thought you might list Countdown. Mine are
Jimmie Spheeris- Ports of the Heart
Steely Dan- Preztel Logic
Jackson Browne- For Everyman
Wishbone Ash- Argus
Supertramp- Crime of the Century
Keith Jarrett- Koln Concert
Little Feat- Last Record Album
Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by Ian P
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Elgar - Cello Concerto - (Jacqueline Dupree's)
3. Vivaldi - Four Seasons - Academy of Ancient music with 4 solo violinists
4. Beethoven's 9th - Again Hogwood and his Academy of Ancient music
5. Muse - Absolution
6. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
8. Rory Gallagher - Etched in blue ("Best of" album)
Luxury Item? The QE2
2. Elgar - Cello Concerto - (Jacqueline Dupree's)
3. Vivaldi - Four Seasons - Academy of Ancient music with 4 solo violinists
4. Beethoven's 9th - Again Hogwood and his Academy of Ancient music
5. Muse - Absolution
6. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
8. Rory Gallagher - Etched in blue ("Best of" album)
Luxury Item? The QE2
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by Consciousmess
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. Pink Floyd - Meddle
5. Pink Floyd - Obscured by the Clouds
6. Pink Floyd - Division Bell
7. Pink Floyd - A momentary Lapse of Reason
8. Roger Waters - Radio Chaos
Luxury Item? A hifi.
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. Pink Floyd - Meddle
5. Pink Floyd - Obscured by the Clouds
6. Pink Floyd - Division Bell
7. Pink Floyd - A momentary Lapse of Reason
8. Roger Waters - Radio Chaos
Luxury Item? A hifi.
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by DenisA
Absolutely Certain I Think - Box #1
King Crimson - Islands
Blue Nile - Hats
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Kate Bush - Aerial
10cc - Sheet Music
Joni Mitchell - Shaddows & Light
Steely Dan - Royal Scam
Willy DeVille - Miracle
Denis
King Crimson - Islands
Blue Nile - Hats
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Kate Bush - Aerial
10cc - Sheet Music
Joni Mitchell - Shaddows & Light
Steely Dan - Royal Scam
Willy DeVille - Miracle
Denis
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by DenisA
Absolutely Certain I Think - Box #2
Sunhouse - Crazy on the Weekend
Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow
John Mayer - Room for Squares
Richard Thompson - Semi Detatched Mock Tudor
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Ray Davies - Storyteller
The Feeling - Twelve Stops And Home
Christine Collister - Live
Denis
Sunhouse - Crazy on the Weekend
Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow
John Mayer - Room for Squares
Richard Thompson - Semi Detatched Mock Tudor
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Ray Davies - Storyteller
The Feeling - Twelve Stops And Home
Christine Collister - Live
Denis
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by DenisA
Absolutely Certain I Think - Box #3
XTC - Apple Venus; I was listening to this fantastic CD this afternoon & my 3 boxes of 8 were sucked out of my head
The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
Beatles - Abbey Road
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
Beach Boys - Surfs Up
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Antonio Forcione & Sabina Sciubba - Meet me in London
Denis
XTC - Apple Venus; I was listening to this fantastic CD this afternoon & my 3 boxes of 8 were sucked out of my head
The Tubes - The Completion Backward Principle
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
Beatles - Abbey Road
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
Beach Boys - Surfs Up
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Antonio Forcione & Sabina Sciubba - Meet me in London
Denis
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by Jet Johnson
..Okay if DenisA can I can .....Box#2!
.Steely Dan - Aja
Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Glen Phillips - Down To Sea
Flamin' Groovies - Flamingo/Teenage Head
Allman Brothers Band - Live at The Fillmore East
Jimi Hendrix - The Essential Jimi Hendrix
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Black Uhuru - Red
.Steely Dan - Aja
Ramones - Rocket to Russia
Glen Phillips - Down To Sea
Flamin' Groovies - Flamingo/Teenage Head
Allman Brothers Band - Live at The Fillmore East
Jimi Hendrix - The Essential Jimi Hendrix
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Black Uhuru - Red
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by TN
My list:
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim: Elis & Tom
Ennio Morricone: Morricone 2001
Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World
Emmylou Harris: Spyboy
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (Mravinsky)
Grey De Lisle: Homewrecker
J J Cale: Naturally
Van Morrison: Poetic Champions Compose
Elis Regina & Tom Jobim: Elis & Tom
Ennio Morricone: Morricone 2001
Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World
Emmylou Harris: Spyboy
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (Mravinsky)
Grey De Lisle: Homewrecker
J J Cale: Naturally
Van Morrison: Poetic Champions Compose
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by u5227470736789524
John Mayer - Continuum
Bill Deasy - Good Day, No Rain
Michael Stanley - Eighteen
Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
Keith Jarrett - The Cure
Art Farmer/Jim Hall - Big Blue
John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Bill Deasy - Good Day, No Rain
Michael Stanley - Eighteen
Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
Keith Jarrett - The Cure
Art Farmer/Jim Hall - Big Blue
John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Posted on: 18 August 2007 by Guido Fawkes
quote:Originally posted by Consciousmess:
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. Pink Floyd - Meddle
5. Pink Floyd - Obscured by the Clouds
6. Pink Floyd - Division Bell
7. Pink Floyd - A momentary Lapse of Reason
8. Roger Waters - Radio Chaos
Luxury Item? A hifi.
You're not taking Piper or Saucer and no Madcap either - not even a copy of See Emily Play - oh well.
BTW are PF you're favourite group?
ATB Rotf
Posted on: 19 August 2007 by Ian P
quote:Originally posted by Consciousmess:
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. Pink Floyd - Meddle
5. Pink Floyd - Obscured by the Clouds
6. Pink Floyd - Division Bell
7. Pink Floyd - A momentary Lapse of Reason
8. Roger Waters - Radio Chaos
Luxury Item? A hifi.
Well, if you're PF mad and also into Roger Water's solo career surely on a desert island you should have "The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hicking" if only for the album art...
Posted on: 20 August 2007 by pe-zulu
quote:Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:
I shall not be the first person interested in music, who has lost interst because of the is trend. Any read anything from pe-zulu [for one example], here in recent months. I know why, but that is how the Forum is going, and as was said elsewhere, the Forum is only as good as it contributors' postings...
Fredrik
I have to point out, that my low activity doesn´t reflect lack of interest, but lack of time.
Newer-the-less my desert island eight CDs are:
Bach; Art of fugue / Helmut Walcha
Bach: Art of fugue / Gustav Leonhardt (second recording for DHM)
Bach: WTC / Gustav Leonhardt
Bach: Partitas for harpsichord / Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Bach: English suites / Alan Curtis
Bach: Clavierübung III / Walter Kraft
Bach: Cello suites / Ralph Kirschbaum
Bach: Brandenburg-concertos / Hans Martin Linde
There are very many other pieces of music, I would like to bring with me to the desert island -especially in the categories of medieval and renaissance music and baroque organ music, but time has shown me, that I in the end always return to Bach.
Posted on: 24 August 2007 by AndyH 54
Let's give this a try.
Johnny Cash American Recordings
Bob Dylan Time out of Mind
Gillian Welsh Time the Revelator
Kate Bush Sensual World
Joni Mitchell Hejira
Tom Waits Blood Money
Johnny Cash A Hundred Highways
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
There that wasn't too difficult.
Obviously it would be different tomorrow but some would be there anyday I did a list, particularly the Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash American Recordings
Bob Dylan Time out of Mind
Gillian Welsh Time the Revelator
Kate Bush Sensual World
Joni Mitchell Hejira
Tom Waits Blood Money
Johnny Cash A Hundred Highways
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
There that wasn't too difficult.
Obviously it would be different tomorrow but some would be there anyday I did a list, particularly the Johnny Cash
Posted on: 24 August 2007 by u5227470736789439
Dear Poul,
Sorry to put words in your mouth. It was pleasure to read your post! I bet I could choose eight Bach, and no I have not noted beyond the fact that the eight are Bach!
Then I will have a look and see if there is much co-incidence in choices!
Otherwise, this thread appears much better than when I post to it!
ATB from Fredrik
[Safely back from Poland, and the most amazing Wedding - not mine - and incredible three day party]!
Sorry to put words in your mouth. It was pleasure to read your post! I bet I could choose eight Bach, and no I have not noted beyond the fact that the eight are Bach!
Then I will have a look and see if there is much co-incidence in choices!
Otherwise, this thread appears much better than when I post to it!
ATB from Fredrik
[Safely back from Poland, and the most amazing Wedding - not mine - and incredible three day party]!
Posted on: 24 August 2007 by Ian G.
Might as well join in this pointless exercise 
Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Mozart Piano Concerto nr 20 - Haskil&Fricsay Rias Symp. Orch
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Bob Marley - Exodus
Pink Floyd - Animals
The Best of Jacquline du Pre - EMI
Joe Jackson - Night & Day
Joni Mitchell - Miles of Aisles
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Mozart Piano Concerto nr 20 - Haskil&Fricsay Rias Symp. Orch
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Bob Marley - Exodus
Pink Floyd - Animals
The Best of Jacquline du Pre - EMI
Joe Jackson - Night & Day
Posted on: 24 August 2007 by u5227470736789439
Dear Ian,
Having fun is in reality pointless, but I reckon it is the meaning of life!
I am a slow learner, but better watch out now, more than half way through! Fred
Having fun is in reality pointless, but I reckon it is the meaning of life!
I am a slow learner, but better watch out now, more than half way through! Fred
Posted on: 24 August 2007 by u5227470736789439
Bach Eight!
-B minor Mass.
-Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Minor from Book One [harpsichord].
-Saint Anne Prelude and Fugue [in E Flat for Organ], BWV 552 [organ].
-Marcello Oboe Concerto: Arranged by Bach for Harpsichord, in C Minor [Slow Movement].
-Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
-Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
-Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel Hoch," BWV 769
-"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," [Orgelbuchlein], BWV 639. [last four for organ].
Hey, dear Poul, there is not one cross-over! But tomorrow it would be different!
Kindest regards from Fredrik
-B minor Mass.
-Prelude and Fugue in E Flat Minor from Book One [harpsichord].
-Saint Anne Prelude and Fugue [in E Flat for Organ], BWV 552 [organ].
-Marcello Oboe Concerto: Arranged by Bach for Harpsichord, in C Minor [Slow Movement].
-Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547
-Prelude and Fugue in B Minor, BWV 544
-Canonic Variations on "Von Himmel Hoch," BWV 769
-"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," [Orgelbuchlein], BWV 639. [last four for organ].
Hey, dear Poul, there is not one cross-over! But tomorrow it would be different!
Kindest regards from Fredrik
Posted on: 26 August 2007 by bhazen
Liverpool 8
The Beatles, Abbey Road
The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles, Revolver
George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
The Beatles, Rubber Soul
The Beatles, Let It Be
John Lennon, Imagine
Paul McCartney, Ram
The Beatles, Abbey Road
The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles, Revolver
George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
The Beatles, Rubber Soul
The Beatles, Let It Be
John Lennon, Imagine
Paul McCartney, Ram
Posted on: 27 August 2007 by naim_nymph
On a classic sandy beach and palm tree desert isle, i would choose -
Baroque guitar recital - Julian Bream - BMG
The Study of Love/Gothic Voices - French Songs and Motets of the 14th century - Hyperion
A Strauss Gala - Johann Strauss (1825-1899) - Philips
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol Sir Charles Mackerras London Symph - telarc
Great Mass in C Minor - Mozart - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner - Philips
Requiem Mass K626 (Beyer editiion)- Mozart - Neville Marriner - Decca
Romeo & Juliet (Highlights) - Prokofiev - Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra - Naxos
The World of Comedian Harmonists - "Mein kleiner gruner Kaktus" - ZXY Music
nymph
Baroque guitar recital - Julian Bream - BMG
The Study of Love/Gothic Voices - French Songs and Motets of the 14th century - Hyperion
A Strauss Gala - Johann Strauss (1825-1899) - Philips
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade/Capriccio Espagnol Sir Charles Mackerras London Symph - telarc
Great Mass in C Minor - Mozart - English Baroque Soloists/John Eliot Gardiner - Philips
Requiem Mass K626 (Beyer editiion)- Mozart - Neville Marriner - Decca
Romeo & Juliet (Highlights) - Prokofiev - Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra - Naxos
The World of Comedian Harmonists - "Mein kleiner gruner Kaktus" - ZXY Music
nymph
Posted on: 27 August 2007 by naim_nymph
on a rocky crag desert isle I would choose : >
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner bros
Love - Beatles - EMI
Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan - MCA
Greatest Hits - Neil Young - Reprise
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - EMI
Led Zeppelin - Remasters - Atlantic
No Answer - Electric Light Orchestra - Sony BMG
Careless Love - Madeleine Peyroux - Universal
nymph
(Another day, another sinking ship, another island, I would pick a very different eight...)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - Warner bros
Love - Beatles - EMI
Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan - MCA
Greatest Hits - Neil Young - Reprise
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - EMI
Led Zeppelin - Remasters - Atlantic
No Answer - Electric Light Orchestra - Sony BMG
Careless Love - Madeleine Peyroux - Universal
nymph
(Another day, another sinking ship, another island, I would pick a very different eight...)