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richardh

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Posted: June 09 2014 at 01:25

Aphrodite's Child - 666

ELP - Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends, Ladies and Gentlemen...

Yes - Close To The Edge

King Crimson - Red

Rush - Different Stages

Mike Oldfield - Incantations

Kate Bush - The Hounds Of Love

Tangerine Dream - Purgatorio

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Posted: June 08 2014 at 22:31

Just eight?

Ozric Tentacles- Jurassic Shift
Rick Wakeman- Myths and Legends of King Arthur
Yes- Relayer
Jon Anderson- Olias of Sunhillow
Camel- Dust and Dreams
Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun
Genesis- Seconds Out
King Crimson- Lark's tongues in Aspic

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Posted: June 08 2014 at 20:45

presdoug wrote:

Whittlled down to 8 albums, these are my favorites, they are records I never tire of-"Life is short, but art is long."

Very true. It was Sergei Rachmaninov who said "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music."

“Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov

presdoug

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Posted: June 08 2014 at 20:39

1) Helmut Koellen-You Won't See Me
2) Triumvirat-Illusions On A Double Dimple
3) Dzyan-Time Machine
4) Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond
5) Dirk Steffens-The Seventh Step
6) Libra-Musica e Parole
7) Triumvirat-Spartacus
8) Colosseum Live

Whittlled down to 8 albums, these are my favorites, they are records I never tire of-"Life is short, but art is long."

Edited by presdoug - June 14 2014 at 09:32

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Posted: June 08 2014 at 17:58

1. Pink Floyd - Pulse (it has DSOTM and songs from various albums)
2. Camel - A Live Record (including Snow Goose and some great songs from their classic era)
3. Petrus Castrus - Ascenção e Queda (my favourite concept album and also because I wouldn't want to forget my language Big smile

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4. Steven Wilson - The Raven
5. Supertramp - Crime of The Century
6. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
7. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
8. King Crimson - ITCOTCK

Another that would be appropriate to the situation:
David Gilmour - On An Island LOL

Edited by Meltdowner - June 08 2014 at 17:59

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Posted: June 08 2014 at 16:31

1: Gong : Live ETC
2: Hawkwind: Astounding Sounds
3: Robert Wyatt: Comicopera
4: Tangerine Dream: Ricochet
5: Siouxsie and the Banshees: The Scream
6: Kate Bush: Aerial
7: Soft Machine: Third
8: Throwing Muses: The Real Ramona

Because I would need some variety at least but 8 albums is afar too little:

9 would be The Ramones: I'ts Alive on standby in case one of the others gets injured.

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Posted: June 08 2014 at 12:59

Basically just 8 albums you'd take to the "desert island" and why. In no particular order:

1. Genesis - Trespass (favourite album, 'nuff said)

2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (something simple and reassuring)

3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (also a fitting title, but very relatable and loving too, with some angry outbursts)

4. Buckethead - Look Up There (great album to look up to the stars at night time)

5. The Who - Quadrophenia (something a bit heavier, some great sea links, and most importantly 82 minutes long!)

6. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (another album that would be reassuring and relaxing)

7. The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed (a bit of variation, nice to have some classical in there)

8. Iamthemorning - ~ (great to listen to on the beach, away from everything)

Other shouts for me include "Agaetis Byrjun", "Islands", "The Geese And The Ghost", "Dark Side Of The Moon", "Ommadawn", "Rock Bottom", "Zeit" and "Tales From Topographic Oceans".

As always, thanks for any feedback! Big smile

Edited by Xonty - June 08 2014 at 13:03