It's wet and misty here - time to resurrect an old classic theme:
Imagine - you've won the National Lottery and decide to flee from the hurly-burly of modern life for a while. Spending a few months sailing on your own around the Caribbean in a luxury yacht. Of course you take your treasured stereo and LP collection with you for company.
Usual story; yacht hits reef in storm and you end up alone on a small island with an ancient wind-up gramophone and FIVE albums you managed to salvage.
Yes - you have a hut, there are fish, fruit, coconuts - you don't have to worry about survival, boredom is the main enemy.
So, what are the 5 (just 5) records you would most want to hear/treasure/listen to over and over again in the long, long time you will be stuck there?
Castaway dilemma
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Castaway dilemma
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Re: Castaway dilemma
Taken me a while to get a choice, but I think I could live with these for quite a while:
Genesis - 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'
Judie Tzuke - 'Welcome to the Cruise'
Klaus Schulze - '... Live ...'
Simeon Ten Holt - 'Canto Ostinato'
Joy Division - 'Closer' (for those sombre moments)
Genesis - 'The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway'
Judie Tzuke - 'Welcome to the Cruise'
Klaus Schulze - '... Live ...'
Simeon Ten Holt - 'Canto Ostinato'
Joy Division - 'Closer' (for those sombre moments)
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Re: Castaway dilemma
I could live out my days with these masters......But could just as easily select another 50 albums.
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Re: Castaway dilemma
I can see it now.
Jammy in a hammock under a palm tree with Peter Tosh in the sunshine....
Jammy in a hammock under a palm tree with Peter Tosh in the sunshine....
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Re: Castaway dilemma
This is a damn sight more difficult than picking your top ten but here goes for todays choices (could easily change tomorrow)
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
Yes - The Yes Album
Mary Black - Speaking with the Angel
Acoustic Alchemy - Natural Elements
Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here
Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
Yes - The Yes Album
Mary Black - Speaking with the Angel
Acoustic Alchemy - Natural Elements
Pink Floyd - Wish you were Here
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Re: Castaway dilemma
Difficult one to be honest, I try:
1. Donald Fagen - the Nightfly
2. Charlie Haden - the art of the song
3. Soft Machine 5
4. George Duke -Brazilian Love Affair
5. Something Classical, maybe Bachs Matthew passion because it is more then two hours of music
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1. Donald Fagen - the Nightfly
2. Charlie Haden - the art of the song
3. Soft Machine 5
4. George Duke -Brazilian Love Affair
5. Something Classical, maybe Bachs Matthew passion because it is more then two hours of music
And jeez Fretless:Judy Zuke! Forgot all about her!
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Re: Castaway dilemma
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Re: Castaway dilemma
Mahler's 8th - Tennstedt
Pink Floyd - Pulse
Tom Russell - Borderland
Harry Chapin - Greatest Stories Live
Gesualdo: 6 Books of Madrigals for 5 voices - Quintetto Vocale Italiano
I could have easily picked 50 or even 500. No Bach, no Tangerine Dream, no Beethoven, no Springsteen, no Beatles, no...well...you get the picture
Pink Floyd - Pulse
Tom Russell - Borderland
Harry Chapin - Greatest Stories Live
Gesualdo: 6 Books of Madrigals for 5 voices - Quintetto Vocale Italiano
I could have easily picked 50 or even 500. No Bach, no Tangerine Dream, no Beethoven, no Springsteen, no Beatles, no...well...you get the picture
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Re: Castaway dilemma
Al Green - Greatest Hits
Audience - House on the Hill
Richard Thompson - Rumor & Sigh
Joe Cocker - Sheffield Steel
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Impossible to choose really, they are right off the top of my head.
Audience - House on the Hill
Richard Thompson - Rumor & Sigh
Joe Cocker - Sheffield Steel
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
Impossible to choose really, they are right off the top of my head.