Thinking about the importance of music in my life, and the discs that ALWAYS move/inspire/rock/soothe me... You know, the all-timers, the ones you always enjoy. Let's see...
Almost all 60's Dylan, except Self Portrait and New Morning, all British Beatles releases, 1st Stones, then the four that began with Beggars Banquet and ended with Exile On Main Street, Some Girls, Are You Experienced (British or US), After Bathing At Baxters, Astral Weeks & Moondance, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere & After The Goldrush & Harvest Moon (Neil Young), Fleetwood Mac & Rumors, Wailin' & Catch A Fire & Live 75 (Bob Marley), Sex Pistols, Ramones first four, London Calling (Clash), Remain in Light (Talking Heads), Shoot Out The Lights (Richard & Linda Thompson), Blackheart Man (Bunny Wailer), Protection & Mezzanine (Massive Attack), Operamania (unbelievable 5 disc compilation), Pinkerton and Green (Weezer), War & Achtung Baby (U2), The Pearl & White Arcades - lots of Harold Budd/Brian Eno/Jon Hassell ambient-y stuff, Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys compilation, Stanley Brothers compilation, Chopin's Nocturnes played by Idil Biret, Omana Wapi (Franco & Rochereau), Carter Family compilation, Secondhand Sounds (Herbert), The Jayhawks, Eric Satie's music, Debussy played by Gieseking, Bach's cello sonatas, Smithsonian compilation, Arhoolie 40 year compilation, Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Vol 1-13, Louis Armstrong Hot Five/Hot Seven compilation, A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)... not to mention faves like Soul Coughing, Iggy Pop, Los Lobos, Muddy Waters... or the times when I'll just marvel at the harmonies of the Beach Boys (these guys were all under 24 at their peak!) or the Bluegrass Boys... yeah...music...
Almost all 60's Dylan, except Self Portrait and New Morning, all British Beatles releases, 1st Stones, then the four that began with Beggars Banquet and ended with Exile On Main Street, Some Girls, Are You Experienced (British or US), After Bathing At Baxters, Astral Weeks & Moondance, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere & After The Goldrush & Harvest Moon (Neil Young), Fleetwood Mac & Rumors, Wailin' & Catch A Fire & Live 75 (Bob Marley), Sex Pistols, Ramones first four, London Calling (Clash), Remain in Light (Talking Heads), Shoot Out The Lights (Richard & Linda Thompson), Blackheart Man (Bunny Wailer), Protection & Mezzanine (Massive Attack), Operamania (unbelievable 5 disc compilation), Pinkerton and Green (Weezer), War & Achtung Baby (U2), The Pearl & White Arcades - lots of Harold Budd/Brian Eno/Jon Hassell ambient-y stuff, Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys compilation, Stanley Brothers compilation, Chopin's Nocturnes played by Idil Biret, Omana Wapi (Franco & Rochereau), Carter Family compilation, Secondhand Sounds (Herbert), The Jayhawks, Eric Satie's music, Debussy played by Gieseking, Bach's cello sonatas, Smithsonian compilation, Arhoolie 40 year compilation, Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Vol 1-13, Louis Armstrong Hot Five/Hot Seven compilation, A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)... not to mention faves like Soul Coughing, Iggy Pop, Los Lobos, Muddy Waters... or the times when I'll just marvel at the harmonies of the Beach Boys (these guys were all under 24 at their peak!) or the Bluegrass Boys... yeah...music...