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Desert Island albums...
#31
Elvis Costello's "spectacle" is very good, im pretty sure you can buy the series on dvd.
he is in a small studio setting and a special guest artist comes out,
Elvis interviews him or her about their life, career, and they end up dueting a few tracks
through the hour long show...
hes had everyone from Springsteen, Bacharach, Lou reed, Diana Krall to Allen Toussaint on the show.
his interviews are good because its musician to musician.

Jools Holland Show.
I think you can buy a compilation boxset of bits from his shows...
again, a one hour show, filmed in a studio with audience,
he'll usually have five performers on, theres usually a 'legend', a seasoned artist,
a new one who may have only had a couple of albums, a newly signed artist maybe
releasing their first album, and something foreign to mix things up.
the artists all take it in turns to perform in front of the other artists and the audience.
Jools, usually jumps on piano and plays with one of the artists on the show.
and theres usually a small five minute interview with one artist.
incidently, Nick Cave holds the distinction of appearing on his show more than any other artist,

if you want a serious music interview based interview show I recommend the Elvis Costello,
if you want something more lighthearted with an eclectic mix of performers I suggest Jools.

im not sure if you have one of the pay-tv/satellite-tv networks but both shows appear on those.
I used to have one of them, but it got too many repeats and commercials after a while so I got rid
of it....and I miss those sorts of shows now.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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#32
my god what a choice


Revolver the Beatles
Meddle Pink Floyd
A trick of the tail Genesis
Wish you were here Pink Floyd
Stand up Jethro Tull
Egg Egg
Nucleus Nucleus
The Yes album Yes
Everybody knows this is nowhere Neil young

its a difficult choice I have about 4000 albums

if it has to be 10 albums those are the choice

here are some more id like to have


The soft machine vol 2 soft machine
nobody can stop us Robert Wyatt
Rock bottom Robert Wyatt
Civil surface Egg
Relayer Yes
Neffertiti Miles Davis
Arthur or decline and fall of the british empire the kinks
thousands on a raft pete brown and piblokto
harder faster April wine
In Rock Deep Purple
never forever Kate Bush
new boots and panties Ian Dury and the blockheads
to our childrens childrens children The Moody Blues
cheap thrills big brother and the holding company Janis Joplin
two heads are better than one pete brown and graham bond
Van Halen 2 Van Halen
Rocka Rolla judas priest
whos next the who
Tommy the Who
vanilla fudge vanilla fudge
look at yourself Uriah heep
very eavy very umble Uriah heep
cricklewood green ten years after
Steppenwolf live Steppenwolf
down the road Stephen stills manasssas
Crosby stills and nash 1st album
Dja vu Crosby stills and nash
spooky 2 spooky tooth
the royal scam steely dan
five leaves left Nick Drake
ars vita longa brevis the nice
elegy the nice
ELP Emerson lake and palmer 1st album
led zeppelin 1st album
mad shadows mott the hoople
hopes and fears keane
employment the keiser chiefs
cycladelic jonny moped
electric lady land jimi Hendrix experience
tubeway army 1st album
genesis the gods
trespass genesis
traffic 1st album
Cressida 1st album
the black album the damned
goodbye cream
sing brother sing edgar broughton band
all together now Argent


theres loads more in reality id take my whole collection
America is pregnant with promise and anticipation but is murdered by the hand of the inevitable....(Lee Jackson ..The Nice)
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#33
Mrrusty1 Wrote:theres loads more in reality id take my whole collection
I believe the thing about "desert island discs" is that the lifeboat is so finely balanced that you have to jettison all but ten of your collection, or whatever the specified number is, otherwise the lifeboat will sink, taking you and your entire collection down with it.

For reasons never explained, the number of albums appears to be independent of whether they are single or double albums, or whether they are vinyl, CD, cassette or whatever. Funny things, lifeboats.
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#34
My alternative light-hearted desert island ten, chosen so as to be appropriate for the situation:

David Gilmour - On an Island
The Fixx - Reach the Beach
The Beatles - HELP!
The Beach Boys - Surf's up
Bread - On the Waters
Split Enz - Time and Tide
Jimmy Buffett - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
Paul Kelly - So Much Water So Close to Home

and one that might be a bif of a downer:

David Bedford - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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#35
Excellent.....
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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#36
An interesting list Bob! I will have to check out some of the lesser known albums for me! Thanks!
bob_32_116 Wrote:My alternative light-hearted desert island ten, chosen so as to be appropriate for the situation:

David Gilmour - On an Island
The Fixx - Reach the Beach
The Beatles - HELP!
The Beach Boys - Surf's up
Bread - On the Waters
Split Enz - Time and Tide
Jimmy Buffett - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
The Waterboys - This Is the Sea
Paul Kelly - So Much Water So Close to Home

and one that might be a bif of a downer:

David Bedford - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
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#37
SteveO Wrote:An interesting list Bob! I will have to check out some of the lesser known albums for me! Thanks!
You do realise that second list of mine was posted tongue in cheek?
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#38
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Velvet Underground - Self-titled
Neil Young - Decade
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
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#39
the doors - the doors
fields of the nephilim - the nepilim
joy division - closer
david bowie - the man who sold the world
deep purple - the fire ball
the sisters of mercy - the first and the last and the always
the cure - pornography
sentenced - the gold white light
69 eyes - blessed be
h.i.m. - darklight

and so on ...

... Keep your 'lectric eye on me babe
Put your ray gun to my head ...

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#40
CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:I just tried to pick albums that aren't all the same genre so I have a variety because if I have only ten to listen to for
God knows how long I want music for different moods.

Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Johnny Cash - San Quentin
Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Elvis Presley - 70's Masters
George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell


Great list of albums. Close to what I would choose
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