soundtrack expanded

[captmojo]

If this has been done before, I apologize in advance.

The question--If stranded on a desert island with power supply and a suitable media playing device, which would be the only two music albums you could not feel you could go on without?

1) Allman Brothers Band-"Live at the Fillmore East"

2) The Beatles-"Rubber Soul"

[mapei]

OK, this is my quick, instantaneous answer. I reserve the right to modify it upon thought and consideration:

1. Van Morrison - A Night in San Francisco (1995), chosen because it's a double, and also perhaps the best live album I've ever heard (with apologies to the Allmans)

2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1967?) - a perfect record.

[merry]

Why two and not one, or five, or ten? Since double albums are apparently allowed, what about boxed sets?

OK just kidding. This would be a tough choice whether it was two or ten.

[dukemomLA]

Okay...only two...what agony

Bonnie Raitt -- Nick of Time
Beatles -- Revolver

Come on...PLEASE let us list more than two!

[accfanfrom1970]

Springsteen - Born to Run
agree with Pet Sounds, Beach Boys

[micah75]

1) Slim Whitman --- Una Paloma Blanca: The Best of Slim Whitman

2) Engelbert Humperdinck ---- Release Me


Can we throw in a 45 along with the 2 albums? If so, I would go with "Nowhere Man" by The Beatles.

Trivia: In 1967, Engelbert Humperdinck's rendition of "Release Me" kept The Beatles' "Penny Lane" from reaching the coveted #1 slot in the U.K.

[captmojo]

Okay...only two...what agony

Bonnie Raitt -- Nick of Time
Beatles -- Revolver

Come on...PLEASE let us list more than two!

Go to five or more if you want.

[mapei]

3. Van Morrison - No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
4. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
5. U2 - The Joshua Tree

[hc5duke]

1. The Dark Side of the Moon
2. Wish You Were Here
3. Obscured by Clouds
4. "Best of"* Led Zeppelin
5. "Best of"* Lynyrd Skynyrd

* If "best of" is cheating, I'll go with Physical Graffiti and and Second Helping

[wilson]

1. The Band--The Last Waltz (four disc if it's allowed, two will do if not)
2. The Beatles--Sgt. Pepper (probably not actually their best, just my favorite)
3. The Allman Brothers--Live at the Fillmore East
4. The Grateful Dead--Europe '72
5. Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers--At the Ryman Auditorium [Nashville, TN]

A few people have mentioned Emmylou around here in recent days. If you like her and you don't have album #5 on this list, go buy it, like, yesterday. Seriously. NOW.

[mapei]

Great choices. #4 is definitely my favorite GD album. For inexplicable reasons, I never became a Beatles fan, but love all your others.

[wilson]

For inexplicable reasons, I never became a Beatles fan, but love all your others.

Do me a favor...Buy Abbey Road. Listen to it three times in a week. Then tell me you aren't a Beatles fan.
I bet you can't do it.

[captmojo]

Do me a favor...Buy Abbey Road. Listen to it three times in a week. Then tell me you aren't a Beatles fan.
I bet you can't do it.

I had to select "Rubber Soul" for nostalgic reasons and I limited myself to two.

[captmojo]

I need to add the entire catalog of Tab Benoit.

[TillyGalore]

1. Jimmy Buffet's Feeding Frenzy.
2. Boston's Third Stage

Jimmy is just so laid back and if I'm going to be on an island I want Jimmy.

My sophmore year in college I listened to Third Stage over and over and over again and again and again. I don't know what it is about that album that I enjoy so much. Perhaps it was a bridge from my youth to adulthood. Or maybe it reminds me of college and all the fun I had.

[EarlJam]

1. Jimmy Buffet's Feeding Frenzy.
2. Boston's Third Stage

Jimmy is just so laid back and if I'm going to be on an island I want Jimmy.

My sophmore year in college I listened to Third Stage over and over and over again and again and again. I don't know what it is about that album that I enjoy so much. Perhaps it was a bridge from my youth to adulthood. Or maybe it reminds me of college and all the fun I had.

I loved the first three Boston albums, including Third Stage. "Cool the Engines" is a great get-fired-up song. Sad about Delp dying last year. Dude had some pipes.

-EarlJam

[TillyGalore]

I loved the first three Boston albums, including Third Stage. "Cool the Engines" is a great get-fired-up song. Sad about Delp dying last year. Dude had some pipes.

-EarlJam

I'm feeling a big crying session due in the very near future. Will probably pull out Third Stage to help me through.

[dukemomLA]

Since I've been 'given permission' by the host of this thread to list more than my original two, here's the following:

Elton John -- greatest hits
Vivaldi -- four seasons
James Taylor -- Sweet Baby James
Joe http://www.dukebasketballreport.comh...llreport.comer -- One Night of Sin
Lyle Lovett -- with his Big Band
Mozart Sonatas
Neville Brothers -- Yellow Moon
Bodeans -- Home

And, again, sooooo many more.

[Karl Beem]

Emmylou Harris - Bluebird
The DUMB CD

[mapei]

Do me a favor...Buy Abbey Road. Listen to it three times in a week. Then tell me you aren't a Beatles fan.
I bet you can't do it.

That is certainly the best of the bunch IMO! I don't DISlike them, BTW - they just never became a favorite. Cheers.