[uraflit]

keep em rolling! i think rock has made its statement on me now!

 

[krmathis]

Massive Attack - "Mezzanine"
Nils Lofgren - "Acoustic Live"
Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side of the Moon"

 

[meme]

Here are thirteen "EAI" and related recordings. These are some of my favourites from the last few years, all of these are pretty much essential listening to my ears --

Cosmos -- Tears

The Dropp Ensemble -- The Empire Builders

Günter / Halliwell / Wastell -- +minus [First Meeting]

Sachiko M / Sean Meehan

Kaffe Matthews / Andrea Neumann / Sachiko M -- In Case of Fire Take the Stairs

Sean Meehan -- Sectors (For Constant)

Toshimaru Nakamura -- Side Guitar

Toshimaru Nakamura / Sachiko M -- Do

Keith Rowe -- The Room

Keith Rowe / Sachiko M / Toshimaru Nakamura / Otomo Yoshihide

Keith Rowe / Toshimaru Nakamura -- Between

Mark Wastell -- Vibra #2

Otomo Yoshihide -- Ensemble Cathode

 

[Ham Radio Nut]

The Ocean Blue 'CERULEAN'

'Dreampop' at it's best!

 

[meusickfrek]

Los Lobos Kiko

 

[uraflit]

updated listened to list:

- Eagles - Live (WOW!)
- Bon Jovi
- Coheed and Cambria
- Infected Mushroom
- Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
- Jesse Cook
- Arcade Fire
- Jonas Hellborg
- and a lot more i cant remember

... all awesome!!!

 

[Romis]

Depeche Mode - Violator

 

[Pipster]

My turn!!! A random selection but all 'cannot miss' ........

Future Sound Of London (FSOL) - Lifeforms

Cornelius - Point

Nick Drake - A Treasury SACD

Roy Harper - Flat Baroque and Berserk

X2 Crosby Stills & Nash - Deja Vu

Damn.....mind gone blank

 

[tstarn06]

The Who, Live at Leeds (Remastered).
Arguably one of the best live albums ever... This is raw rock and roll, and the band at its best. If you've ever seen the young Daltry, Townsend and Moon play (Entwhistle just hid in the background), this is the ultimate live set. The newer version includes the complete live version of Tommy, so it's a double CD.

Springsteen and the E Street Band, Live at the Hammersmith Odeon.
Released a year or so ago, great live show, also captured the pre-rock star Bruce and the boys.

Asleep at the Wheel: Tribute to Bob Wills
Rocking country swing, not a bad song in the bunch.

The Beatles...When We're 64
I got this collection (some 30-plus songs) from newsgroups, and I can't find it anywhere. It's obviously a bootleg, but it has some of the most unreal cuts of early Beatles, including a demo (voice and guitar) of Harrison singing Something that can bring tears to your eyes. Lucky to have it, but I can't find it listed anywhere. I wonder if that is even the real name, but the songs, they are most definitely real. All seem to be retakes, alternate versions, etc. A treasure for any Beatle diehard.

Where's the Money? Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. Another great live set, but one of the most musical unknown bands.

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.. Frank Sinatra. Old Blue Eye' best studio album.

Groove Armada, The Best Of. A fantastic collection.

Desperado, The Eagles' definitive concept album for courtry-rock.

Lush Life, The Music of Billy Strayhorn (artist is Joe Henderson). Great jazz CD.

Led Zeppelin I...enough said.

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Deluxe Edition)...Lucinda Williams

Bookends...Simon & Garfunkel

There Goes Rhymin' Simon...Paul Simon

Sail Away ... Randy Newman

After Hours...Raul Malo

Easy Rider (Soundtrack), Assorted artists

Dirt Track Date...Southern Culture on the Skids

Mind Control...Stephen Marley

Kaya...Bob Marley & The Wailers

Talking Book...Stevie Wonder

Stop Making Sense (Soundtrack, but see if you can get the complete one, not the truncated version)...Talking Heads

The True False Identity...T-Bone Burnett

Nighthawks at the Diner...Tom Waits (live)

Obrigado and Appassionato..Yo-Yo Ma (two CDs)

 

[eric5469]

Neil Young - massey hall, freedom
Porcupine tree - in absentia, stupid dream, deadwing
lucinda williams - car wheels on a gravel road
cowboy junkies - lay it down
over the rhine - any album
pink floyd - the wall
smithereens - 11

 

[ken36]

Hot August Night - Neil Diamond

 

[uraflit]

bump it!

jazz is now one of my favorite genres! yayyyyy

 

[goosemeister]

nick drake - pink moon
rem - automatic for the people
cowboy junkies - the trinity session
nina nastasia - the blackened air
neko case - blacklisted
jeff buckley - grace
pink floyd - dsotm
beck - sea change
my morning jacket - at dawn

 

[uofmtiger]

Quote:

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.. Frank Sinatra. Old Blue Eye' best studio album.

While it is a fantastic album, I think "...Only the Lonely" is better.

For the other side of the coin, Sinatra's "Songs for Swingin' Lovers" is a favorite.

Anyway, just about every Sinatra album on Capital and several of the early Reprise albums (September of My Years, Jobim, ec..) are necessities for a great album collection.

For blues, it is hard to go wrong with BB King's "Live at the Regal". The Chess Box is a great introduction to many different artists. You will want (at least) the Howlin' Wolf Box, the Muddy Waters Box, and the Little Walter Box after hearing it, though. Magic Sam's "West Side Soul" is also worth checking out. Of course, no blues collection is complete without Robert Johnson.

For soul, look to James Brown's Live at the Apollo 1962, Al Green's Greatest Hits, or the The Complete Stax - Volt Singles 1959-1968.

Since I am not writing a book, I will leave it at that for now...

 

[goldenratiophi]

I don't know why it took me so long to think of this, but no one should ever be without a way of listening to Vince Guaraldi's "A Charlie Brown Christmas."