Just met an interesting guy – tech executive and avant-garde guitarist. We’ve become ‘Facebook friends’ (and LinkedIn friends, etc. etc.) and he had an interesting post up on his Facebook page listing what he felt were the ’50 essential’ albums. I decided to do the same, focusing on somewhat less-known discs that I think people really ought to pay more attention to.<\/p>\n
So after putting together a fast list, I realize that I’m missing two of them (*) and will go order them (used, since I don’t buy new CD’s – thank you for suing your consumers, RIAA!)1. Aimee Mann – Magnolia
\n2. Aretha Franklin – Gospel
\n3. Bad Religion – Suffer
\n4. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
\n5. Blasters – American Music
\n6. Bob Wills – Boot Heel Drag
\n7. Buck Owens – Together Again
\n8. Buddy Holly – Buddy Holly Collection *
\n9. Clash – London Calling
\n10. Copeland – Quiet City
\n11. Dick Dale – Tribal Thunder
\n12. Duke Robillard – Conversations In Swing
\n13. Dwight Yoakum – Guitars, Cadillacs
\n14. Ella Fitzgerald – Gershwin Songbook
\n15. Frank Sinatra – Sinatra-Basie *
\n16. Frank Zappa – Weasels Ripped My Flesh
\n17. Glenn Gould – Goldberg Variations 1955
\n18. Glenn Gould – Goldberg Variations 1981
\n19. Jesus & Mary Chain – Darklands
\n20. John Fahey – Blind Joe Death
\n21. Johnny Cash – American Recordings
\n22. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
\n23. Johnny Winter – Second Winter
\n24. Keith Jarrett – Standards, v 1
\n25. Los Lobos – Band From East LA
\n26. Louis Jordan – Live Jive
\n27. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
\n28. Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
\n29. Neil Young – Harvest
\n30. NIN – All That Could Have Been
\n31. Prince – Sign O The Times
\n32. Randy Newman – Land of Dreams
\n33. Rosie Flores – Rockabilly Filly
\n34. Roxy Music – Street Life
\n35. Ry Cooder – Get Rhythm
\n36. Sam Cooke – Live
\n37. Sarah Vaughan – Roulette Years
\n38. Spinners – Best of Spinners
\n39. Springsteen – Ghost of Tom Joad
\n40. Texas Tornadoes – Texas Tornadoes
\n41. The Band – Music From Big Pink
\n42. The Byrds – Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
\n43. The Kinks – Everybody’s In Showbiz
\n44. The Who – Tommy
\n45. The Who – Who’s Next
\n46. Traffic – Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
\n47. Tuckwell – Mozart Horn
\n48. U2 – Under A Blood Red Sky
\n49. Wes Montgomery – Incredible Jazz Guitar
\n50. X – Los Angeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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