One difficult question!

Abbey Road it was my first record and what started a lifelong journey of Love for Music.

Larry

Tough one. It would either be The River - Bruce Springsteen or Genesis - Seconds Out.

This time I'll choose Seconds Out

Hmmmmmmmmm.

J J Cale "Collected", probably, at this moment!

The Free Story.

Extreme desert island disks - I like it!

Are we allowed a box set?

Not possible, even when I go on a drive of 50 miles I have to have at least 10 CDs to choose from, usually about 30 for longer drives.

But since you asked, my desert island disk (singular) would be Van Der Graaf Generator 'Pawn Hearts'

Jamie

Rush:Signals,cant we have one rock one classical one jazz ect. oh go on.

Jimi Hendrix - "Are You Experienced"

Several good replays, already!

Mine would be Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu.

Or Joanie Mitchell - Blue. I can't decide!!!

Btw, I like to keep the LP version, is that allowed?

JohanR

A difficult choice, but on most days I'd choose Darkness on the Edge of Town by Springsteen.
Alan

Single CD/LP "Unknown Pleasures"
Box set "heart and soul"

A boy can never have too much Joy Division in his life.

Jono

I'm sorry it's just too hard I can't do it. I tend to quite contemporary and rarely play much of my old stuff (as it's on vinyl and I haven't a TT makes that easier) but my favourite albums change week by week. I'm just too fickle

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Originally posted by munch:
I would have to go without.
I cant pick just one

You can't get off that lightly, go on. The house is ablaze, the family and pets are safe. You have rescued your kit. You go back toward your collection as you hear the rafters about to give way.....you can reach just one. What do you hope it is?

Steve

Disraeli Gears, Cream

Mark

Simple, The first album I fell in love with and what spanking cover art designed by the guys at Marvel Comics.





Dean..

Difficult this one probably Deep Purple- Made in Japan

Aladdin Sane..."let's spend the night together " is a fab cover!.

dennis

quote:

Originally posted by munch:
I would have to go without.
I cant pick just one

+1, good we don't have to make this choice.

quote:

Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

quote:

Originally posted by munch:
I would have to go without.
I cant pick just one

+1, good we don't have to make this choice.

Come on MilesSmiles - don't bottle out on this one. What will it be - Kind of Blue, Milestones, MilesSmiles or ......

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Originally posted by Lontano:

quote:

Originally posted by MilesSmiles:

quote:

Originally posted by munch:
I would have to go without.
I cant pick just one

+1, good we don't have to make this choice.

Come on MilesSmiles - don't bottle out on this one. What will it be - Kind of Blue, Milestones, MilesSmiles or ......

It would have to fully express my desperate emotions of only being able to listen to one record - in other words it could only be:

It would be Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for me. Need something to keep me feeling better cause my house just burned down

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Originally posted by John M:
It would be Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band for me. Need something to keep me feeling better cause my house just burned down

... I take your point and ... very good choice.

Difficult - I know every HMHB track off by heart and it is beyond me to pick their best album, so I won't even try and with no home to go to then I might as well go to their concerts.

So instead, I'd take this masterpiece because no sane man (or woman for that matter) could ever tire of hearing it.



Anthems in Eden, the 1969 album by Shirley and Dolly Collins with The Early Music Consort of London directed by David Munrow and featuring Christopher Hogwood It's a set of folk songs with musical arrangements for viols, recorders, sackbuts and crumhorns. There's nothing else like it.

The original vinyl issue has only eight tracks. The first track is the Anthems in Eden song-story lasting 28 minutes and 7 seconds. In 1976, Shirley added six tracks with help from the Albion Band and a new album, Amaranth had the original on one side and new recordings on the flip. The 1993 CD combined all the tracks and lasts 69:56.

My choice is the original vinyl release

1- A Song-Story: A Beginning/A Meeting/A Courtship/A Denying/A Forsaking/A Dream/A Leave Taking/An Awakening/A New Beginning
2- Rambleaway
3- Ca' The Yowes by Robert Burns
4- God Dog by Robin Williamson
5- Bonny Cuckoo
6- Nellie The Milkmaid
7- Gathering Rushes In The Month Of May
8- The Gower Wassail

The traditional songs in the story are: Searching for Lambs, The Wedding Song, The Blacksmith, Our Captain Cried, Lowlands, Pleasant and Delightful, Whitsun Dance and Staines Morris.

The players are

Shirley Collins (vocals)
Adam Skeaping (bass viol)
Roderick Skeaping (rebec, treble and bass viol)
Oliver Brookes (bass viol)
Michael Laird (cornett)
Richard Lee (descant and treble recorder)
Alan Lumsden (sackbut)
Christopher Hogwood (harpsichord)
Dolly Collins (organ)
Gillian Ried (bells)
David Munrow (soprano and alto crumhorn, bass rackett, tenor sordun, treble recorder)
Chorus: Michael Clifton, Ray Worman, John Fordham, Royston Wood, Steve Ashley and John Morgan.

ATB Rotf

Oh what the heck. Prefab Sprout: Steve McQueen. The sparkly re-master with extra acoustic tracks. Nostalgia choice (it brings back fantastic memories) as well as brilliant music.

In fact let's get really tough and make it one track: 'Bonny'.

C'mon guys, a whole album is just too decadent.

Bruce

I dont' know about decadent by my choice of The Stones' Exile on Main St is fairly predictable! And if it's to be one track, then either Tumbling Dice or All down the Line.

Chris