Favorites - which of yours have stood the test of time?

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Jaxwired's topic got me thinking. There are lots of artists I discover, think are brilliant, play a lot then consign to the attic.

Which of your favourites have stood the test of time? I'm proposing an arbitrary limit of 5 years, so anything bought after that shouldn't be considered. Also excluded are those artists you haven't played for years, hear on the radio/spotify, play once, think again how good they are, then never play again for years.

My list would include:

Nearly anything classical, but to pick one, I Musici - Four Seasons

Getz/Gilberto - anything really

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking

Oasis - Familiar to Millis

Mari Boine - Eallin

 

[Anonymous]

in no particular order (my older 5 best cd's):

Bob Marley .... Legend

Eric Clapton ... Unplugged

Queen ... Greatest Hits

Cat Stevens .... Best of

America ... Greatest Hits

 

[matthewpiano]

Good topic!

Mine would be...

Liszt - Piano Concertos (Sviatoslav Richter on Philips)

Count John McCormack - Complete Recordings (Naxos - remastered by Ward Marston)

Puccini - La Boheme (Carlo Bergonzi etc. on Decca)

Chopin - Waltzes (Dinu Lipatti on EMI)

Holst - The Planets (Cond. by Adrian Boult on EMI)

Haydn - Nelson Mass (Cond. by Trevor Pinnock on Archiv)

Mozart - Requiem (Cond; by Phillipe Herreweghe on HM)

Schubert - Impromptus & Sonatas (Alfred Brendel on Philips)

Grieg/Schumann - Piano Concertos (Claudio Arrau on Philips)

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 "Emperor" (Claudio Arrau on Philips)

Dvorak - Symphony No.9 'From The New World' (LSO Live)

Moody Blues - On The Threshold Of A Dream, Octave, Long Distance Voyager

Barclay James Harvest - their whole output from the eponymous 1969 album to 1997's 'River of Dreams'.

Strawbs - From The Witchwood, Hero & Heroine, Grave New World, Ghosts, Deep Cuts, and Burning For You.

Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Songs From The Wood, Minstrel in the Gallery

Queen - Queen II, A Day At The Races, A Night At The Opera

Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination

Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief, What We Did On Our Holidays

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman

Ralph McTell - Not Till Tomorrow

Mary Black - No Frontiers

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, 5th Dimension, Notrious Byrd Brothers

Beach Boys - 20 Golden Greats

Beatles - entire output

Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Nat King Cole - The Very Best Of Nat King Cole

Louis Armstrong - everything

Steeleye Span - Below The Salt, Parcel of Rogues, Rocket Cottage, Commoner's Crown, Now We Are Six, Storm Force Ten, Tempted & Tried

 

[Anonymous]

Nice topic !

Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks

Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park

Led Zep IV

Bob Marley - Uprising

Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon

ELO - Out of the Blue

Fairground Attraction - First of a Million Kisses

Carole King - Tapestry

Hue and Cry - Seduced and Abandoned

 

[idc]

Pink Floyd

Yes

Led Zeppelin

David Bowie

The Clash

 

[Anonymous]

Love it! :_

Ultravox

Beach Boys

Dream Theater

Porcupine Tree

Beatles

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Guns n roses - all of their albums

Metallica - especially the black album

My chemical romance - all of their albums

Velvet Revolver - all of their two albums.

 

[Lost Angeles]

In no particular order

Cream - Wheels of Fire
Led Zep - 1, 2, 3 & 4
Black Sabbath - 1, Four & Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Wishbone Ash - Argus, Four & Pilgimage
Lindisfarne - Fog On the Tyne & Nicely Out of Tune
Jethro Tull - Aqualung and Crest Of A Knave
Trapeze - Medusa
Marillion - Script for a Jesters Tear, Misplaced Childhood & Clutching At Straws
Spooky Tooth - The Last Puff
Santana - Abraxas, 3 & Caravanserai
Yes - The Yes Album
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Dark Side of The Moon & The Wall
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive & Wind Of Change
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill & Pretzel Logic
Sting - The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Deep Purple - In Rock, Made In Japan and Burn
David Gilmour - David Gilmour
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak, Bad Reputation, Renegade and Black Rose
Barclay James Harvest - Once Again and Everyone is Everybody Else
Bad Company - Bad Company, Straight Shooter and Run With The Pack
Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl and City to City
Peter Gabriel - So
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping, Pronounced Lee-nerd Skee-nerd, One More From The Road and Vicious Cycle.
The Who - Who's Next
Supertramp - Breakfast in America and Crime Of the Century.
Dire Straits - Dire Straits, Making Movies, Love Over Gold and Brothers in Arms.

Mostly all 70s rock and still playing nearly 40s years later and I've probably missed some.

Matthewpiano if you read this do you play any Stealers Wheel or Gerry Rafferty.

 

[Anonymous]

Lost Angeles .... we have similar taste in music ... I have most of what you have mentioned

 

[Lost Angeles]

dim_span:Lost Angeles .... we have similar taste in music ... I have most of what you have mentioned

Well I did list nearly everyone from the 70s, I missed Free, Audience,10cc, Neil Young and a few more. Unfortunately for you though it probably means you're a similar age to me. The music still stands up though. We went to a music night at my lads school about 5 years ago and there was a year 10/11 3 piece rock band playing tracks from Hendrix and Cream and I sat there thinking I remember Cream and Hendrix playing this when I was their age.