Listmania!
The Classics (So Sayeth KMU)
Blood on the TracksBlood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.75
Wipes the floor with almost anything i've ever heard. The Master at his best.
Ready for the HouseReady for the House by Jandek
Buy used from: £3.26
The Enigma that is Jandek begins here and goes on and on - like soap opera only interesting.
DoolittleDoolittle by Pixies
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.93
Quite staggeringly good rock'n'roll package - it all comes together here.
Kind Of BlueKind Of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: £6.89
Incredibly useful tool for setting a certain mood.
Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith)Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith) by Various Artists
Buy new: £75.99 / Used from: £38.42
From here you can go anywhere and do anything - and looks very nice too (cept i spilt tattoo ink on mine)
Texas TroubadourTexas Troubadour by Townes Van Zandt
Buy new: £13.48
Fail to see how anyone could better some of the songwriting in this set. Only really hits the highs sporadically but is still better than most
Horses in the SkyHorses in the Sky by Silver Mt. Zion
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £6.00
Not heard anything produced in the last ten years or so that matches this. Only band that's really impressed me live for a long while too.
Glenn Gould: A State of Wonder - The Complete Goldberg VariationsGlenn Gould: A State of Wonder - The Complete Goldberg Variations
Buy new: £11.49 / Used from: £5.99
Feels like he's connected to what he's doing in a way few are -though on the interview disc he comes across as a bit of a pillock so probably best to rest your coffee on that whilst taking in the rest
The DriftThe Drift by Scott Walker
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.90
The apex of a most singular body of work - hard to see where he can go from this but i'm sure that's been said of him before.
SwordfishtrombonesSwordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.81
Not come across anyone who has been consistantly vital over a whole long career in music - this tops the rest though.
Rum Sodomy And The Lash (Remastered & Expanded)Rum Sodomy And The Lash (Remastered & Expanded) by The Pogues
Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £4.20
Shane's big idea comes together.
Death Chants Breakdowns and Military WaltzesDeath Chants Breakdowns and Military Waltzes by John Fahey
Buy new: £9.98
A great great musician.
Screamin' And Hollerin' The BluesScreamin' And Hollerin' The Blues by Charley Patton
Buy new: £52.48 / Used from: £104.05
A staggering package and fitting tribute to both Mr. Patton and Mr. Fahey who's big idea this was.