25 Fave Records- Then and Now
25 Fave Records- Then and Now
Here's a list (in no particular order) of 25 recordings that were either influential, uplifting or stirred some kind of memorable emotion both when I first heard them and even today! I could have easily kept going but thought I'd keep it to 25. As you'll see some (but not all) are guitar-centric.....I like a wide variety of music. What's yours?
1. Otis Redding -Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
2. Van Halen -(pretty much all VH)
3. Missing Persons- Spring Session M
3. K. D. Lang- Ingenue
4. Little Village- Little Village
5. Edie Brickell- Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
6. Stone Temple Pilots- Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop
7. Judas Priest- Screaming for Vengeance
8. Shelby Lynne- Just a Little Lovin'
9. Robbie Robertson- Robbie Robertson
10. Zebra- debut
11. The Neville Brothers- Yellow Moon
12. Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger
13. The Meters- Rejuvenation
14. Johnny Vidacovich- Mystery Street
15. Don Grolnick- Hearts and Numbers
16. Michael Brecker- debut
17. Mike Stern- Time in Place
18. Frank Zappa- Live in New York
19. Scott Henderson- Dr. Hee
20. Wes Montgomery- The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of
21. Ry Cooder- Paradise and Lunch
22. Leon Russell- Best of Leon
23. David Lee Roth- Eat Em and Smile
24. Dio- Holy Diver
25. Dr. John- Gris Gris
I love this website! Loved pondering songs that have been with me for the long haul and that have had the needle lifted repeatedly and the black "rewind" button pushed 'til its color faded to grey.....
Madman Across the Water Album- Sir Elton- Suspicious Minds- Sir Elvis 
All the songs from both Tom's- (especially Breakdown and TJ's album, The Lead and How To Swing It - In The Dark- Billy Squier Give a Little Bit- Supertramp Long C
L Woman- The Hollies Black is Black- Los Bravos Back in Black- AC/DC, You Shook Me All Night Long FM-Steely Dan Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground- Willie Django & Jimmie- Willie & Merle Soul's Core Album- Shawn Mullins-(especially Lullaby and Shine) Burnin' For You- Blue Oyster Cult Limelight- Rush Let it Be Me- Glen Campbell & Bobby Gentry Fallin' In Love- Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds By Your Side- Sade Nothing Like a Woman- Vince Gill Sweet Emotion- Aerosmith Memphis Train- Buddy Miles Absolutely everything recorded by Peter Frampton - especially Penny For Your Thoughts............
It's fun to read everyone's lists! Just compiled a list of my records that I have listened to and/or still listen to more than the others. I stuck to one record per artist:
1. Prince and the Revolution: Purple Rain
2. Fitz and the Tantrums: Pickin' Up the Pieces
3. Yes: 90125
4. Daryl Hall & John Oates: Along the Red Ledge
5. Golden Smog: Down By the Old Mainstream
6. Chicago IX
7. The B-52s: Whammy
8. The Beatles: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Genesis (self-titled)
10. Diane Coffee: Everybody's A Good Dog
11. Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine
12. The Spinners: The Very Best of the Spinners
13. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Paper Mache Dream Balloon
14. Daryl Hall: Three Hearts In the Happy Ending Machine
15. Dave Pirner: Faces and Names
16. Level 42: Level Best
17. Split Enz: History Never Repeats: The Best Of Split Enz
18. Tears For Fears: Tears Roll Down (Greatest Hits 82-92)
19. Various Artists: Rock Instrumental Classics Vol 4.: Soul
20. Orianthi: Believe
Just a few I love.
Coldrift ( group from my hometown) Long Time Coming
JJCale and Eric Clapton- After Midnight
The Cult: Fire Woman
Greg Allman and Jackson Brown: Melissa
Neil Finn: Don't Dream It's over
The Tragically Hip: All songs
Streetheart: Tin Soldier
Eric Clapton: Layla
Bob Seger : Mainstream
Tommy Shaw & orchestra: Crystal Ball
U2: Ordinary Love
Led Zeppelin: Tangerine
Barstool Prophets ( group from my home town) Sunshine so fine
Daryl's House episode #83 Tommy Shaw
Dire Straits- Industrial Disease
Elle King- Under the Influence(live at WFUV)
Doug and the Slugs- Tom Cat Prowl
Daryl's House Chris Daughtry-September
Nickleback. Most of their music.
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin I, II, IV
Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
The Beatles, The White Album
The Eagles, The Eagles Greatest Hits,
Boston, Boston
Toto, Toto IV
Foreigner, Double Vision
Daryl Hall & John Oates, Abandoned Luncheonette
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Rush, Clockwork Angels
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Miles Davis, My Funny Valentine and ESP
Larry Carlton, Sleepwalk
Carole King, Tapestry
Pat Metheny, 80/81
Steely Dan, Aja
Average White Band, AWB
Blood, Sweat & Tears, Blood, Sweat & Tears
Michael McDonald, If That’s What It Takes
Ambrosia, Ambrosia
Journey, Escape
Chris Botti, Italia
Kenny Loggins, Celebrate Me Home
CSNY, Dèjá Vu
Steve Miller Band, Fly Like an Eagle
Making this list reminds me of how much I love the music of the 70s and 80s
Shane - very nice to see the forums up and running. As a kid growing up I always loved "live" albums - seemed to give me some sense of the energy. And after a year of not hearing live music I need it back in my life - right ?
Some memorable ones for me:
- Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
Larry Carlton - Mr 335 Live In Japan
Humble Pie - Performance Rockin The Fillmore
Neville Brothers - Live At Tiptina's (yes big Neville fan)
Jeff Beck With The Jan Hammer Group Live
Edgar Winters White Trash Roadwork
Woodstock
Nighthawks - Live At The Psyche Delly
Little Feat - Waiting On Columbus
Emerson Lake Palmer - Welcome Back my friends
The Band - Last Waltz
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 74
Yes - Yessongs
The vinyl is gone but the memories are forever.
Singles happened first for me, usually on a battery powered AM radio or on any one of the 70s TV variety shows, these are tatottoed on my brain:
Classical Gas (Mason Williams)
Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell)
Feels So Good (Chuck Mangione with the most excellent Grant Geissman)
Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers)
Breezin' (George Benson)
My Sweet Lord (Harry on that gorgeous slide)
Real guitarists! On the radio!!!
EDIT: Too many dead brain cells, and of course:
Also Sprach Zarathustra (John Tropea, Ron Carter AND Stanley Clarke)
Kinda late to the game but here goes.....
1.) Little Feat- Waiting for Columbus
2.) The Smiths- Meat is Murder
3.) Joni Mitchell- Heijra
4.) Dr John -Desitively Bonnaroo
5.) Kiss Alive 2
6.) Earth Wind and Fire- All n All
7.) Jeff Buckley - Grace
8.) Anders Osborne- Comin Down
9.) John Martyn- Small Hours
10.) Talking Heads-Remain in Light
11.) The Gaturs - The Gaturs
12.) Gary Numan -Telekon
13.) Down- Nola
14.) Herbie Hancock- Flood
15.) The Meters- Cabbage Alley
16.) Zebra- Zebra- huge lp for me love it Shane!!!!
18.) Gene Vincent- Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps
19.) Led Zeppelin- Presence
20.) Ozzy Osborne- Diary of a Madman
21.) John Coltraine- Giant Steps
22.) Doyle Brahmhall II and Smokestack - Welcome
23.) David Gilmore - Live at Dansk
24.) The The- Mind Bomb
25.) Cat Stevens- Mona Bone Jakon
These have all hit me in the musical solar plexus at one time or another and another......