Desert Island discs II

[jww]

For this question, I propose the following list for you all to provide for each of us to examine and discuss:

You are stranded on a desert island (alone), but with a home, electricity, food, etc... and with YOUR ENTIRE A&M COLLECTION of lps/cds/videos/cassettes and the like. Can you think of any other music (what other music ?) that you would like to have with you? Perhaps 5 to 10 cds/lps that you would have to narrow down to to accompany you and the A&M collection on your journey. (Try to avoid compilation sets here, but if you can't, you can't -- just no "the entire Sinatra Reprise Collection Box Sets, etc.. )

(Plus, we get to see other artists that we each like outside "the family"

J- ...awake when the world sleeps...

 

[jww]

Here a few to chew on, as I break and make the rules:

5 Box set to take, < 5 discs each:
1) Beach Boys Box
2) Elvis 70s Box
3) CSN Box
4) Yes-Years Box
5) Byrds Box



5 Jazz single discs to take:
1) Art Blakey Freedom Rider
2) Lee Morgan Carumba
3) Charles Lloyd Canto
4) Wayne Shorter Soothsayer
5) Andrew Hill Point of Departure
-- subject to change tomorrow.... J-
(Don't sweat this to much, it's just for fun, you can always add to them tomorrow... )

 

[Rudy]

Today's picks (along with a couple of long-time favorites):

1. Jean-Luc Ponty: Life Enigma
2. Steely Dan: Two Against Nature (or Aja)
3. Pat Metheny Group: Speaking Of Now
4. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Real Deal: Greatest Hits Vol. 2
6. Burt Bacharach: Look Of Love box set
7. Cal Tjader: Greatest Hits CD (combines the two Fantasy LPs)
8. The Animals: Best Of The Animals
9. Brian Setzer Orchestra: The Dirty Boogie
10. Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail

This list is seasonal--in the winter, I tend to listen to less of the rock music and slip into more jazz or instrumental.

If I slip into my home-brew CD mode, I'd substitute some of these with the following:

• 3-CD Pat Metheny Group compilation
• Brian Setzer Orchestra best-of
• 2-CD condensation of all four Stevie Ray Vaughan studio albums
• 4-CD Jean-Luc Ponty compilation
• Rolling Stones Ultimate Hot Rocks (combines almost all of the tracks from Hot Rocks and More Hot Rocks on two CDs)
• Peter Gabriel "best of"

Tomorrow? Don't ask.

-= N =-

 

[snapcrotch]

Top 5 A&M:
SP-3002- A.C. Jobim-Wave
SP-3013- Tamba 4-Samba Blim
SP-3019- Milton Nascimento-Courage
SP-3031- A.C. Jobim-Tide
SP-3032- Paul Desmond-Bridge Over Troubled Water
SP-3035- Edu Lobo-Sergio Mendes Presents

(Okay, that's six. Such an abundance of riches, courtesy of A&M.)
With these, I'm talking about involuntary goose-bumps, hair-o-the-arm standing straight up, and sound clips that play in my mind during moments of joy and exhilaration. These LPs are life-changing, life-affirming, and life-fulfilling. We connected from the first encounter.
As a resident of this Desert Island metaphor -- a destination with or without electricity -- just give me these. I promise I won't need anything else.

Adding 4 more to make the Top 10:
SP-3001- Wes Montgomery-A Day In the Life
SP-3023- Quincy Jones-Walking in Space
SP-3024- Paul Desmond-From the Hot Afternoon
SP-3034- Roger Kellaway-Cello Quartet

Now I'm getting verklimpt. Please...talk amongst yourselves.

 

[snapcrotch]

Okay, here's my 5 Desert Island A&M Rockers (punk and classic):
SP-3123 Procol Harum-A Salty Dog
SP-4302 Lee Michaels-Fifth
SP-009 Buzzcocks-A Different Kind of Tension (on IRS)
SP-70020 Magazine- Magic, Murder, and the Weather (on IRS)
SP-4802 Squeeze-Argybargy
They absolutely dispell any brief notions of a mis-spent youth.

 

[Captain Bacardi]

Nothing like a desert island with all the fixin's. My list would include:

Don Ellis - Tears Of Joy
Frank Zappa - Live At The Roxy And Elsewhere
Beatles - Abbey Road
Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Bill Bruford - One Of A Kind
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
Stevie Ray Vaughn - In Step
Chicago - II
Little Feat - Waiting On Columbus
J.J. Johnson - J.J. Inc.


Capt. Bacardi
...one day away from vacation online...

 

[Rudy]

Your selections are about as widely varied as mine. But just from the sheer number of recordings I own, I couldn't imagine taking only 10! Now, if I were set afloat in a boat with a fully-loaded Pioneer PD-F1009 300-CD changer...NOW we're talking! (And yes, I'm half tempted to get one of those eventually! )

-= N =-

 

[Dave]

I take it this is a Non-A&M Desert Island list? Or a Desert Island Non-A&M List?

I'd like to be stranded with:

1-- Gabor Szabo HIS GREAT HITS on impulse!

2-- Gabor Szabo MAGICAL CONNECTION on Blue Thumb

3-- Russ Giguere (Former member of The Association) Hexagram XVI on Warner Bros.

4-- Denny Doherty (of Mama's & Papa's) WHATCHA GONNA DO? on Dunhill/abc

5-- Barbra Streisand STONEY END on Columbia

6-- Sergio Mendes & Brasil '77 LOVE MUSIC on Bell

7-- Claudine Longet WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN on Barnaby

8-- Vikki Carr MISS AMERICA/ONE HELL OF A WOMAN...her 2 Best Columbia Albums on 1 Golden Collectibles CD

9-- Andy Williams RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD/GET TOGETHER...2 Col. LP's on 1 Golden Coll. CD

10-- Clint Holmes PLAYGROUND IN MY MIND on Epic (My Vinyl Copy, though also have on Golden Collectibles CD, too )

Dave

...My List also Subject To Change...

 

[Dave]

OK, if I were allowed to change THESE Desert Island Discs, I guess they would be:

1-- Gabor Szabo JAZZ RAGA on impulse! ...forgot THIS is the first Szabo LP I dropped the needle on; Great Sitar and Drums played by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie...

2-- Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood NANCY & LEE AGAIN on RCA ...Better than First Effort on Reprise; should be reissued on CD; "Big Red Balloon" is my favorite track...

3-- Fire & Rain LIVING TOGETHER on 20th Century ...The Incredible Male & Female Duo of Manny Freiser and Pat McCarron; Better than 1st effort on Mercury, 'cept for a couple o' good songs; also have different version of one song on Double Sided Promo '45' ("Make Love To Me") only SHE sings on...

4-- Gary McFarland TODAY on Skye ...Best LP by Vibist & sometimes Hummer & Whistler ...

5-- Roberta Flack FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE on Atlantic ...Still a Classic...

6-- Nick De Caro ITALIAN GRAFFITI on Blue Thumb ...still have copy I bought new some Seven Years Ago...

7-- Claudine Longet WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING on Barnaby ...just as good as previous Barnaby set...

8-- Roxy Music COUNTRY LIFE on Atco ...not a big Roxy fan, but I like this one, welllll...for SOME particular reason...

9-- Elvis Presley ON STAGE 1970 on RCA ...just for his great version of Del Shannon's "Runaway"...

10-- Dusty Springfield CAMEO on Dunhill/abc ...the island can get a lil' lonely at night...

Dave

Think THIS list will be it for D/I 2...

 

[William]

First and foremost, numero uno: Getz/Gilberto on Verve. Although it's a something of a cliche to name this as a "desert island disc," it lives up to the hype... I'm surprised no one has mentioned this record yet. I guess "Girl From Ipanema" is overplayed, but the album as a whole must be one of the most beautiful LPs, if not THE single most beautiful LP, ever committed to vinyl. IMHO of course.

The remaining nine (subject to change without notice, etc.):

Jazz Impressions Of New York (Columbia) - Dave Brubeck 4tet
Return To Forever (ECM) - Chick Corea
Skylark (CTi) - Paul Desmond
Moonbeams (Riverside) - Bill Evans
What's Going On (Motown) - Marvin Gaye
Shadow Of Your Smile (Verve) - Astrud Gilberto
Speak Like A Child (Blue Note) - Herbie Hancock
Jobim (MCA) - A.C. Jobim
Kansas City Sessions (GRP) - Lester Young


OR, alternately: I'll live without any music if I'm allowed to take Penelope Cruz, Laetitia Casta, and/or Eva Herzigova to the island instead. In fact, I think I'd prefer that... keep the records!


- William

 

[Rudy]

First and foremost, numero uno: Getz/Gilberto on Verve. Although it's a something of a cliche to name this as a "desert island disc," it lives up to the hype...

I still think I'd rather be stranded with a 300-CD changer. I'd hate to leave something like this behind!

OR, alternately: I'll live without any music if I'm allowed to take Penelope Cruz, Laetitia Casta, and/or Eva Herzigova to the island instead. In fact, I think I'd prefer that... keep the records!

Good point!

-= N =-

 

[Harry]

Only five, huh?

Forgiven, Not Forgotten - The Corrs
Talk On Corners - The Corrs
In Blue - The Corrs
Kaleiodoscope World - Swing Out Sister
Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance

Harry
...thankful he gets to take his Corrs albums, online...