I boufgt some lp's recently, but can't seem to get my record player working again. Anyhow, these are purchased lp's. Most of'them I've never heard, so any comments on my new possesions? Perhaps some favourites?

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Willy & The Poor Boys - Willy & The Poor Boys (incl. Bill & Charley)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy & The Poor Boys
Bob Dylan - Nasville Skyline
David Bowie - Station To Station
David Bowie - Lodger
Pointer Sisters - Priority (incl. Happy, Waddy as lead guitarist)
Rod Steward - Never A Dull Moment
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
John Fogerty - John Fogerty (Rockin' All Over The World!)
John Fogerty - Centerfield
Yardbirds - Five Live
Yardbirds - The Ritz Collection
Ry Cooder - Into The Purple Valley
Cream - Wheels Of Fire

Any story, recommendations, comments are welcome!

cheers, e.

You really can't go wrong with any of the first 5 or 6 Al Green albums, every one is a classic.
Both Bowie albums, Nebraska and Nashville Skyline are all solid additions.
You should have never asked, because you're about to get my list of indespensible records. Bear in mind, these are only the albums I couldn't imagine the world without, not every album I love. I excluded any various Artist compilations (except for in the box set section). I only listed compilations for groups where albums are hard to come by and/or uneven. There's also a ton of songs that I love that don't really belong to albums per se. It's still a pretty long list and I apologize in advance. Here we go:

Dylan-
Blonde On Blonde
Highway 61

Stones-
Beggars-Exile (including Ya Yas, excluding R & R circus)

Tim Buckley
Look At The Fool

Marvin Gaye-
Let's Get It On
What's Going On
Here, My Dear

Al Green
Green Is Blues
Still In Love With you
Gets next To You
Call Me
Let's Stay Together

Meters
The Meters
Look-Ka Py Py

Gram Parsons
Sleepless Nights
GP/Grievous Angel

George Jones
Cup Of Loneliness

John Frusciante
Niandra Lades & Usually Just A T-Shirt

Dr John
Gris Gris

Van Morrison
Astral Weeks

Solomon Burke
Soul Alive
Home In Your Heart

OV Wright
The Soul Of OV Wright

Staple Singers
Pray On My Child
Gospel According To The Staple Singers

Sam Cooke
Live At The Harlem Square Club
Complete recordings with The SOul Stirrers
Night Beat

Sam And Dave
ANYTHING

Stooges
Every Studio album (there are only 3)

Bowie
Young Americans
Lodger

PJ Harvey
4 Track Demos

Parliament
up For The Downstroke
Chocolate City

Funkadelic
Funkadelic
Maggot Brain
Let's Take It To The Stage

James Brown
Foundations Of Funk (comp)
Funk Power 1970

Sly
There's A Riot Goin' On
Fresh!
Stand!

Doors
Doors
LA Woman
Morrison Hotel

Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Live
plus some kind of comp.

Bessie Smith
Essential (2 CD)

Miles
Cookin'
Kind Of Blue
Bitches Brew
In A Silent Way

COltrane
Giant Steps

Mingus
Mingus Presents Mingus

Billie Holiday
this is a matter of taste (obviously), but I would say you can't go wrong with any of her Verve work (it's later BH, but to me, the best)

The Band
Big Pink
The Band

Merle Haggard
Swinging Doors

Waylon
Dreaming My Dreams
Honky Tonk Heroes

Wailers
Complete 1967-72
Catch A Fire
Burnin'
Talkin' Blues

Max Romeo
War Inna Babylon

Junior Murvin
Police & Thieves

Big Youth
Screaming Target
Dreadlocks Dread

Clash
London Calling
Sandinista

Heptones
On Top
Fattie Fattie

Professor Longhair
New Orleans Piano

Tom Waits
SwordfishTrombones
Rain Dogs
Alice
Blue valentine
Small Change

Otis Redding
Any and everything the man did.
Start with Otis Blue, but you can't go wrong with any legit Otis album

Wu Tang
Enter The Wu Tang
Wu Tang Forever

Led Zeppelin
I, III & Physical Graffiti

Nico
Chelsea Girl
Marble Index

Ghostface Killah
Supreme Clientele

Raekwon
Only Built For Cuban Linx

Talking heads
'77
Fear Of Music
Remain in Light

Lee Dorsey
pretty much any Lee Dorsey you can get your hands on is killer.

Mos Def
Black On Both Sides

Flying Burrito Bros
first 2 albums (Gilded Palace... & Deluxe)

EPMD
Strictly Business

Last Poets
Last Poets

Los Zafiros
Bossa Cubana

Serge ainsbourg
Histoire De Melody nelson
Comic Strip (comp.)

D'Angelo
Voodoo

PE
Fear Of A Black Planet

Pil
Metal Box a/k/a Second Edtion

Patti Smith
Horses

Aretha Franklin
I've Never Loved A Man...
Lady Soul
Aretha Arrives
Spirit In The Dark

Gang Starr
Hard To Earn

Willie Nelson
Red Headed Stranger
Crazy: The Demo Sessions

Lucky & The Lion
Harlem Piano

Louvin Brothers
Satan Is Real

Nas
Illmatic

Biggie
first 2 albums

Isaac Hayes
Hot Buttered Soul
Black Moses

Celia Cruz
Canciones Inolvidables
Mexico, Que Grande Tu Eres

Arsenio Rodriguez
Con La Sonora Matancera

Grupo Folklorico Y Experimental
Concepts In Unity

Plus, some sort of compilation by:
The Impressions
The Drifters
THE COASTERS
The Ink Spots
Dorothy Love Coates
Marion Williams
Sons Of The Pioneers
Bob Wills
The Caravans
Spirit Of Memphis
Ann Peebles
CCR
Mahalia
Supremes
SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Martha & Vandellas
Marvelettes
Shirelles
Joe Tex
James Carr
Desmond Dekker
Patsy Cline
John Lee Hooker
Booker T & The MGs

Box Sets
Hank Williams Complete Recordings
Robert Johnson Complete recordings
Little Richard Complete Specialty
Fats Domino legendary Imperial Recordings
Muddy Waters chess Box - also, Rollin' Stone & Folk Singer
Howlin' Wolf Chess Box
Bo Diddley Chess Box - also, Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley & Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger
Chuck Berry Chess Box
Elvis Complete 50's Masters
Elvis 60's Masters
Stax Complete Singles Vol 1
Lee Perry Arkology - also, Roast Fish Collie Weed & Cornbread & Super Ape
Sam Cooke The Man Who Invented Soul
Velvet Underground Peel Slowly and See (complete recordings [sort of])
Rolling Stones Singles Collection (London Years)
The Doo Wop Box (the first one)
Phil Spector Back to Mono
The Story Of Jamaican Music
Sounds Of The South
Ray Charles Birth Of Soul

I'm sure I've left a ton of stuff off here - this was just off the top of my head. I am already prepared for a deluge of "who cares?" posts. Somebody may care, some kid might get turned on to something they wouldn't have otherwise looked at.
Keith Richards did this for me - sent me in country, gospel and reggae directions I might not have gone in. I hope somebody reads this and maybe heads down a road they would have driven right past.




Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2005-12-15 19:47 by cosmoprim.