what is your favorite record of all time?

Teddy Ray Bullard II · Post by **Teddy Ray Bullard II** » 6 Apr 2013 1:38 pm

and why is that??

looking to beef up my vinyl collection, hit me!

William Lake · Post by **William Lake** » 6 Apr 2013 1:49 pm

Genre?

Ford Cole · Post by **Ford Cole** » 6 Apr 2013 5:29 pm

Ray Price's "Danny Boy" album

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 6 Apr 2013 7:26 pm

Might be Tom Waits' Bone Machine or it might be Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On or Donny Hathaway's self-titled LP or Sinatra's Songs For Swinging Lovers....my list of favorite record of all time is long.

admin · Post by **b0b** » 6 Apr 2013 7:48 pm

I can't decide between Buddy Emmons "Emmons Guitar Inc" and The Beatles "Abbey Road". Two masterpieces.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 6 Apr 2013 8:22 pm

Good choices, b0b!

It's probably Rubber Soul or Abbey Road for the early part of my life. Satin Strings of Steel (Byrd) or The Black Album (Emmons Guitar Co.) in later years.

William Lake · Post by **William Lake** » 6 Apr 2013 8:47 pm

Paul Desmond and Ed Bickert, "Live at Bourbon Street"
Not the CD, but the double LP. Two different sessions.
The double LP was never issued on CD. Such a shame.

Tommy Janiga · Post by **Tommy Janiga** » 6 Apr 2013 9:16 pm

Ryan Adams "Gold" and Neil Young "After the Gold Rush" would be my two favorites.

Teddy Ray Bullard II · Post by **Teddy Ray Bullard II** » 6 Apr 2013 11:39 pm

any style is fine! was hoping for some country, but any will do!

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 7 Apr 2013 1:55 am

One candidate would be Dave Mason & Cass Elliot from '71.
Why? Because their voices sound so good together.

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 7 Apr 2013 4:36 am

Well, if we go by how many times I've played an album and bought the album for someone else as a gift, there is only one record: Kind of Blue. Miles Davis.

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 7 Apr 2013 7:56 am

If I could only own one record for the rest of my life, I'd pick Steely Dan's Aja.

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 7 Apr 2013 10:26 am

for me, the akashic record is the most all-encompassing!

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 7 Apr 2013 10:51 am

Stephen Stills' Mannasas double LP would be my choice. Al Perkins perked my ears up quite sometime ago. My second choice would have to be Abbey Road.

Leslie Ehrlich · Post by **Leslie Ehrlich** » 7 Apr 2013 10:51 pm

Gordon Lightfoot's 'Sit Down Young Stranger', recorded in 1970. It was his first gold record and the hit song off it is 'If You Could Read My Mind'. 'Poor Little Allison' is the only song with steel on it.

Dave LaSalle · Post by **Dave LaSalle** » 8 Apr 2013 12:40 am

The White Beatles album and Poco live "Dliverin"

Kevin Lichtsinn · Post by **Kevin Lichtsinn** » 8 Apr 2013 12:52 am

Seagent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 8 Apr 2013 1:48 am

The Shaggs, Philosophy of The World

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 8 Apr 2013 2:32 am

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCxMQpQnU-k

Douglas Schuch · Post by **Douglas Schuch** » 8 Apr 2013 2:50 am

Like everyone, I find this a hard game to play. I agree with some of the choices already offered, but here are three new ones, all old enough that I know I still enjoy listening to them 20 - 50 years after they were released:

Crosby, Stills, and Nash (the original album. I was 12 when this was released, and not much older when I started listening to it. Great tunes that I still love to listen to):

The Bonnie Rait Collection (a double album of her music from the first 15 years. My brother brought home Bonnie's second album when I was maybe 15 and I fell in love with her bottle-neck blues. Hard to pick from her string of excellent albums that followed this one, so the Collection covers all of her best from this period):

Will The Circle Be Unbroken (This album got me listening to musicians whose genre did not include "/rock" in it: Doc Watson, Earle Scruggs, et. al. Truly a classic that deserves mentioning):

So, those would at least make my short list. Jazz, Afro-pop, Axe, and other musical interests came later, and would be another whole list!

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 8 Apr 2013 3:42 am

Buddy Emmons sings Bob Wills for the stellar arrangements and cast of musicians. Curly Chalker, More Ways To Play. Pete Drake, any of his non-talking steel albums. Johnny Gimble's Texas Dance Party.

Greg

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 8 Apr 2013 7:33 am

chris ivey wrote:for me, the akashic record is the most all-encompassing!

?!... what is that?

admin · Post by **b0b** » 8 Apr 2013 7:43 am

chris ivey wrote:for me, the akashic record is the most all-encompassing!

Joachim Kettner wrote:?!... what is that?

just another snide attempt at humor from Mr. Ivey $:\$ If you really want to know, here's the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashic_records. As you can see, it's totally off topic. We will say no more about this.

Greg Cutshaw - I have always enjoyed both of those LPs. Some fine western swing there. Good choices.

William Lake · Post by **William Lake** » 8 Apr 2013 8:00 am

A friend of mine gave me Buddy Emmons sings Bob Wills.
I thanked him, of course, but secretly sneered. Cripes another guitar player who thinks he can sing. Ever hear Lenny Breau sing?

What a surprise. It's really very, very good.
Shows to go ya. don't surmise.

Joe Miraglia · Post by **Joe Miraglia** » 8 Apr 2013 11:08 am

Teddy Ray Bullard II wrote:any style is fine! was hoping for some country, but any will do!

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