10 records you must have?

[JoeE SP9]

I've been looking for an original copy of Superfly for some time now. You'ld think it would be an easy find in an inner city neighborhood in America. Not!

I can see what you mean, just had a look on Ebay and there is only one worth looking at: Superfly on Ebay

Mine is a re-issue, some 180gram so called highfidelity pressing...but it sounds not to bad.

Thanks for the tip. One of the neighborhood folks came over this morning
with 2 copies one in excellent and the other in good condition. They both have the original paper liner. I had a standing offer around here of $20 for a good (by my standards) copy. I was presented with the two this morning for $25. I'm going to run them both through my RCM before I try them.

[kandersen]

Wow, A lot of you guys like Floyd's Animals. Whenever I ask people if they like it I usually just get strange looks. I am definatelyhome here.

I'm not a big PF fan, but Animals is a great album! Definitely my fav PF album. Have it on nice quality vinyl also

[__mark__]

Off the top of my head,

Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Jane's Addiction - Ritual Del Lo Habitual
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Portishead - Roseland NYC
The Orb - U.F. Orb
Global Communication - 76:14
Janos Starker - Bach: Suites for Solo Cello
Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear
Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump

Not on many best of lists but I love them all for different reasons. Variety.
Partly chosen because the vinyl releases are leagues above their CD counterparts.

[Axlinscotland]

I know I'm late but here is my selection from my 26 years old point of view:

Pink Floyd - DSOTM
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Grateful Dead - Worksman's Dead
Pink Floyd - Meddle
The Beatles - Revolver
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
AC/DC - Back in Black

Sorry those are eleven, can keep going though..

Pearl Jam - 10
Metallica - Metallica
Rage Against the Machine - RATM
Saunders/Garcia - Live at Keystone (BTW can someone recommend me something on this style??)
The Doors - The Doors

etc
etc

Cheers

[davidsss]

I must admit I do find it a bit strange how a lot of people are nominating Animals for Pink Floyd. 25 years ago I was a huge fan, not so much now, but, if I recall correctly, the songs on Animals are a bit of a mix of songs they had written a couple of years earlier, such as Raving and Drooling, and songs written for that album. The older songs were renamed to fit with the Animals title. I always thought it was good but not great. Maybe I should listen to it again, it has been probably 20 years.

DS

[Mitchell]

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.
Queen- A Night at the Opera
Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell
The Who - A Quick One/Happy Jack
Led Zeppelin - II
The Beatles - SPLHCB
U2 - Rattle and Hum
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Iron Maiden - Somewhere Back in Time

This is a hard task... If I would picked these yesterday they probably wouldn't have been the same.

[psi_athos]

Led Zeppelin - IV
Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced (UK edition, only because it has Red House)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
AC/DC - High Voltage
The Clash - London Calling
Cream - Disraeli Gears (had to have something with Eric Clapton on this list)
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (only because Live at the El Mocambo doesn't exist on vinyl)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
BB King - Live at the Regal (if I can only choose one....)
Zeca Afonso - Cantigas do Maio (portuguese iconic record from 1971, revolutionary stuff at the time for a country under a 40+ year dictatorship)

A pretty generic list, but what can one do...
And I agree with davidsss, Animals??? Why, because liking DSOTM or The Wall is too mainstream?
(Just kidding, of course...)

[D.]

In no particular order:

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Psychedelic Furs - Mirror Moves
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
AC/DC - Powerage
The Who - Who's Next
Alice Cooper - Special Forces
Echo and the Bunnymen - Echo and the Bunnymen
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

Limiting it to 10 forces some great albums off the list, but I could live with these 10.

I have all but PJ's Stories... on vinyl. Really need to find a reasonably priced copy!

[nabil]

Der Ring des Nibelungen-Karl Böhm Bayreuth festival (I'm counting as one recording because I can)
–Das Rheingold
–Die Walküre
–Siegfried
–Götterdämmerung
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Joni Mitchell-Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Steely Dan-Katy Lied
Genesis-Selling England by the Pound
Michael Hedges-Breakfast in the Field
Bob Dylan-Blood on the Tracks
Phil Keaggy-The Master and the Musician
The Who-Quadrophenia
Friday Night In San Francisco Live-Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia, John McLaughlin

[Chapter24]

The Beatles - Revolver
The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Doors - Strange Days
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Joy Division - Closer
Love - Forever Changes
Led Zeppelin - III
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

[awty]

Cause there is just too much UK/USA content, I'll just pick Australian music from my collection and as most of my stuff is early 80s thats what it will be.
In no particular order.

The Church - Blurred Crusade
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The first Born is Dead
Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood
The Reels - Quasimodo's Dream
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah
Lime Spiders - Slave Girl
Hoodoo Gurus - Stone Age Romeos
Models - Cut Lunch
The Saints - I'm Stranded
Midnight Oil - Place Without a Postcard
Ups & Down - Sleepless
Hunters & Collectors - Hunters & Collectors

[ighten]

Here goes.. I'll probably look at in an hour and think it needs changing..

Porcupine Tree.. in absentia
Rush.. Moving Pictures
Radiohead.. the bends
David Bowie.. Hunky Dory
Brice Springsteen.. The River
Alsion Krauss.. Union Station Live
Beatles.. Abbey Road
Jeff Buckley.. Grace
Opeth.. Blackwater Park
Rita Coolidge The ladys not for sale

[flavio81]

In no order at all, and i'll limit it to Rock, Soul and Jazz

Miles Davis - Pangaea OR Dark Magus OR Live-Evil
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats AND Roxy & Elsewhere
Joni Mitchell - Any record
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life, Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale
Magma - Mekhanic Destruktiw Kommandoh
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 1
John Coltrane - A love Supreme
Nina Hagen - Nina Hagen Band

[RondineSr]

Here are my ten must haves. I picked these because I find myself playing them and enjoying them most on my system.
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac ( I prefer this to Rumours)
The Who - Quadrophenia
ZZ Top - Fandango (just good ole kick a Rock and Roll, specially Heard it on the X)
Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station (Great sounding Quality recording on 180g)
Ventures - Surfin' (mono)
Brian Setzer - Guitar Slinger
Joe Jackson - Night and Day
Pink Floyd - Animals (of course WYWH and DSOTM, Division Bell)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everybody knows this is Nowhere
Steely Dan - Royal Scam (almost any Steely Dan sounds great)

Had to add this.. Alan Parsons - I Robot (or any APP for that matter)
This could be a list of 100 must haves.. it's so hard to just pick 10/11..