Desert Island Disc

[Colin_S]

As we've all gone musical, here's my offering.

If you were to be stranded on a desert island and could only take one album with you, what would it be?

My offering: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

When I first got this album I would regularly listen to it on a set of headphones, late at night and lying on the floor in front of the fire. Some years back I was in bed in a hotel room in the middle of winter with the heat up high and this was played, in full, on the radio. In next to no time I had drifted off back home to that cosy spot in front of the fire. I still never tire of hearing it despite it being some 30 years old.

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[1114C]

Music and sailing together - it gets no better

Blue Nile - Hats for me

Do find the new one a bit disappointing but maybe it will grow

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[billmacfarlane]

Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart as after 30 odd years I'm still trying to figure it out. Alternatively the Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell as I could listen to her voice for ever.

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[Solitaire]

Showing my age, but the Moody Blues still do it for me! But I'd also take with "In the Summer Time" by Mungo Jerry. Bings back great memories of a cracking year in 6th Form! In fact, I've instucted for it to be played when I pop me clogs! By then of course I trust the record will be at least 90 years old/forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[Peppermint]

Re: Miles of Aisle\'s

Joni Mitchell's first live album, it's a double. Furry Sings the Blues and Clouds.

Road Tested by Bonnie Raitt would come second.

Latest offering would be Maroon 5.

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[StugeronSteve]

Academic question I'm afraid. The ship would have gone down long before I'd have made up my mind.

I would probably cheat and take my boxed set of Brahms' symphonies, the sheer power of the music would see me through. Then again maybe Messiah, coz if that ain't proof that there is a God, nothing is. Much as I love Dark Side I feel uncomfortably familiar with too many of the lyrics. Could be "Zepp III", coz "Since I've Been Loving You" is one of the strongest tracks that I've ever heard, and the rest of the album isn't bad. Lindisfarne "Nicely Out of Tune", or why not Peter Gabriel's "Secret World Live", or.....

Glug, glug, glug......

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[Cotillion]

Depends what day I'm marooned but either Mozarts Jupiter, Snap by The Jam, Best of Cream or Motown Chatbusters Vol 3.

kim

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[FullCircle]

Thought about it for a while....

War of the Worlds, Jeff Wayne (and others!)

2nd choice? Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky, performed live by Emerson Lake & Palmer

Jim

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[StugeronSteve]

Taking the Moodys with me would not be a good idea, too many happy memories that would help the loneliness to drive me bananas. Question of Balance, EGBDF, Seventh Sojourn, all a bit dated, but still great to listen to.

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[StugeronSteve]

Re: Glug, glug, glug......

Hold the lifeboat, I've decided after all:- Rambling Syd Rumpo (Doyen of the Folk Singers) 40 Warbles.

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[Sybarite]

Mozart's Laudate Dominum.

John

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[tome]

Sound track from South Pacific

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[robp]

After long and deep thought of all that wonderful music that I've heard. Classical, Jazz, Blues, Rock, House, Hip Hop, Folk etc etc I think it would have to be the Sugababes - yes definitely the Sugababes.

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[LeytonC]

oooo, the agony of choice - Think i would select 'The Verve - Urban hyms' very cool album indeed.



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[Dave_Snelson]

The Beach Boys: hopefully to incorporate their greatest album "Pet Sounds" - so I guess that would have to be the "20 Golden Greats" album. Great memories of being on a boat in '66 and I just generally like the "surfing sound".

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[plombier]

Pink Floyd - top man.

Why not take all their discs - would go down very well with some of those "strange" plants that are supposed to exist on desert islands ;-)

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[BrendanS]

If just one album, that has to be listened to over and over.....probably Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, or Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos.

Though I'd probably have Van Morrison's greatest hits, Lizzie West's Holy Road, 'It's a Cool, Cool Christmas' - fantastic album by various indie artists, The Velvet Underground and Nico, or any Billie Holliday or Nina Simone 'best of ' album, as standby's

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[Althorne]

Would have to be early Beach Boys or Jan and Dean for me. Oooh those summer nights on a beach.............

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[ShipsWoofy]

What a killer question.

I first thought of Wish you were here, or Quadraphenia, but then thought about an album I have played over and over since being a kid (was in parents collection).

So it has to be without doubt

Led Zepplin II

(today anyway)

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[janeK]

has to be Van Morrissons 'Astral weeks' which I now have on a 2nd copy on LP as the original was bought when it first came out and well used, Tape and CD.

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