My Top 5 Desert Island Recordings

James Tanner · « **on:** 2 Jan 2011, 05:46 am »

Hi Folks

Please list your all-time top 5 favorite recordings

James

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 07:27 am »

Jimbo, you have got to be kidding (to me). I'll give you my top choice at the moment; Bella Bartok Les Quatuors- Quatuor Vieg (Astree). Just beautiful sound and depending on the volume control I am amongst the players or a few feet in front of them. Very intimate, life size, and alive. Thanks.

Ozi · « **Reply #2 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 12:14 pm »

Hard to choose between my 3000 albums, but here are some I like very much for a long time:

Wishbone Ash - Argus (MCA)
Out Of Focus - Palermo 1972 (Garden Of Delights)
Perigeo - Abbiamo Tutti Un Blues Da Piangere (RCA)
Soft Machine - IV & V (Columbia)
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear (Atlantic)
Yusef Lateef - Detroit (Atlantic)
King Crimson - Lizard (Universal)

Happy New year,
Oz

john1970 · « **Reply #3 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 01:47 pm »

Difficult to choose especially because my musical interests range from classical, rock, and jazz. However, here are my top 5 favorite recordings:

1) Beethoven Symphonies 1-9 Gunter Wand RCA
2) Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
3) U2 Actung Baby
4) Pat Metheny & Anna Maria Jopek Upojenie
5) Norah Jones Come Away With Me

Cheers,

John

1oldguy · « **Reply #4 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 02:18 pm »

Top 5 mmmmm......

1.Jimi Hendrix ....Hey Baby/New Rising Sun
2.Walter Rossi....Silent I Wait
3.Alice Cooper....You And Me
4.Steve Perry.....Foolish heart.
5.The Carpenters....Just about any thing by The Angelic Voice,If pressed I would say Superstar.

sfraser · « **Reply #5 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 02:48 pm »

Mishka - Above the Bones
Van Morison - Moondance
Neil Young - Massey Hall
Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
Billie Holiday- Last Recording

Elizabeth · « **Reply #6 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 03:09 pm »

LP MilesDavis "Bitches Brew"
LP (set) Carl Orff "Die Kluge"
LP Mozart "Extante Jubilate" with singer Emma Kirby
CD Uakti "aguas da amazonia" (composed by Philip Glass)
LP (set) Rossini 'Barber of Seville"
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If I was stuck on a desert island with a nice system and only FIVE items, those are the five chosen items. I chose items I can listen to over and over and over...
and never get sick of.
I could easily choose more music, but five it is.

AVnerdguy · « **Reply #7 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 04:01 pm »

Blue In Green - Bill Evans
Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
Central Park West - John Coltrane
Can't Hardly Wait - The Replacements
Stolen Moments - Amahd Jamal

Laundrew · « **Reply #8 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 04:27 pm »

Abney Park ~Lost Horizons~
Persephone ~Home~
Joy Division ~Permanent~
~~The Last Dance ~whispers in age~~~ er... The Last Dance ~whispers in rage~
Black Heaven ~History~

Be well...

David C · « **Reply #9 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 04:53 pm »

Joni Mitchell - Miles of Isles
Loggins & Messina - Full Sail
Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin
Bruce Springstein - The Wild, the Innocent and the E street shuffle
Bob Dylan - Bood on the Tracks

Cheers
David

drummermitchell · « **Reply #10 on:** 2 Jan 2011, 06:21 pm »

Diane Schuur-Deedles Blues(double grammy #1 for 9 monmths Billboard jazz)
Shahin & Sepehr-Ode to a friend
Tzik-Love Ya
Robert Michaels-Cafe Allegro
Gino Vanelli-Rhythm of Romance

Stu Pitt · « **Reply #11 on:** 3 Jan 2011, 04:08 am »

Stuck on a desert island with 5 recordings? Very simple...

One on how to make a sail boat out of desert island materials
One on how to sail
One on how to navigate
One on survival skills while building said sail boat
And one on survival skills while sailing - pretty sure the open sea won't be easy

But I'll play along and never get off the island...

Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Pearl Jam - Vs.

Pretty tough to come up with only 5. Didn't want to cheat and use box sets or greatest hits albums. Metallica's Ride the Lightning was the first and easiest choice. Master of Puppets has a few songs that ate better than anything on Ride, but there's a few tracks I skip on it. There's not a single track I ever skip on Ride.

With only 5 albums to bring, forget sound quality! Then again, sound quality has rarely if ever determined what music I buy.

1ZIP · « **Reply #12 on:** 3 Jan 2011, 06:29 am »

Well the first choice would be an instructional CD on - How to make beer from native vegetation.

Then for music -

Jennifer Warnes - The Well
Ray Montford - Shed Your Skin
Schubert - Sym. #9 in C major
Beethoven - Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor"
John Gregorius - Heaven and Earth

1oldguy · « **Reply #13 on:** 3 Jan 2011, 03:03 pm »

My Top 5 in Video Format,AKA Youtube.

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtSzhAJZSVk
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2j6ub2x1fU
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UQ6tLKaZaQ
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-A8MSEB9rg
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJmmaIGiGBg

If I could sneak a 6th is would be this.
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw_1iUh72hY
It has great harmonies,loads of drum fills( I love Drums),great sax,and all around great song recorded very well even by today's demanding standards.

95Dyna · « **Reply #14 on:** 6 Jan 2011, 08:45 pm »

I agree with Elizabeth in that the five would have to be complex and intellectually stimulating pieces to keep from getting bored. You didn't mention whether there is any food or water on this island so it could be a moot point. Anyway, here goes:

Beethoven-Symphony in D minor #9-NBC Symphony Orchestra-Arturo Tocaninni and the Robert Shaw Chorus 1952

Beethoven-Symphony in D minor #9-Philadelphia Orchestra-Eugene Ormandy-The Mormon Tabernacle Choir-1973

Beethoven-Syhmphony in D minor #9-Berlin Philharmonic-Wilhelm Furtwangler-Bruno Kittel Choir-1942 remastered 1990.

Beethoven-Symphony in D minor #9-Cleveland Orchestra-Christoph Von Dohnanyi-Cleveland Chorus-1991

Beethoven-Symphony in D minor # 9-Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus-Otto Klemperer-2010.

Memorizing every note and deciphering the subtle and nuanced differences in these interpretations would keep me occupied for the rest of my natural life

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Napalm · « **Reply #15 on:** 6 Jan 2011, 09:01 pm »

Quote from: Stu Pitt on 3 Jan 2011, 04:08 am

One on how to make a sail boat out of desert island materials

Why would you want to leave the island?

Nap.

eclein · « **Reply #16 on:** 6 Jan 2011, 09:03 pm »

1) YES- "Close To The Edge"
2) Pat Metheny Group- "Pat Metheny Group"-my white album
3) Steely Dan- "Gaucho"
4) Pink Floyd- "Dark Side Of The Moon"
5) Gary Numan- "Hybrid"

Ozi · « **Reply #17 on:** 6 Jan 2011, 09:17 pm »

Quote from: Napalm on 6 Jan 2011, 09:01 pm

Why would you want to leave the island?

Nap.

Best post so far, congrats!

Oz

Stu Pitt · « **Reply #18 on:** 8 Jan 2011, 02:49 am »

Quote from: Napalm on 6 Jan 2011, 09:01 pm

Why would you want to leave the island?

Nap.

I have a beautiful wife and daughter at home. If they could come and we'd all be content, that would certainly change things a bit.

Jungle Jack · « **Reply #19 on:** 8 Jan 2011, 03:00 am »

Hello,
1) The National: Boxer
2) Beatles: The White Album
3) Sparklehorse: Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (still cannot believe this is the name of a album)
4) Radiohead: In Rainbows
5) Rolling Stones: Aftermath UK Version
Cheers,
JJ