 | The Incredible Jazz Guitar by Wes Montgomery
Buy used from: £24.97 His use of octaves make it sound like 2 guitars being played at once. Ranges from bop to blues
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 | Agharta by Miles Davis
Buy new: £7.98 Not for the faint hearted, but worth it for Pete Cosey's playing alone
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 | Moonbabies by Planet X
Buy new: £8.48 / Used from: £6.08 "Sickest intrumental band ever" indeed, Mr. Sherinian.
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 | In the Nightside Eclipse by Emperor
Buy used from: £7.50 The only black metal album I like, even if they are just another bunch of Church-burning neo-nazi nutters!
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 | Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 I actually prefer this to Highway 61 Revisited. Don't get me started on that over-blown over-rated Blonde On Blonde nonsense.
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 | Legendary Tales by Rhapsody
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £6.99 The coolest and yet nerdiest band since Rush. This is their best, if only because it doesn't have all that awful naration!
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 | Live And Dangerous by Thin Lizzy
Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.43 Improves on the studio versions in ever single way. A master piece of live late-70s Metal...
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 | Unleashed in the East: Remastered by Judas Priest
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £3.95 ...As is this. Their 70s studio work was good, but suffered poor production. Hear them here in all their heavy glory.
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 | Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 "Pathétique" by Berliner Philharmoniker Herbert Karajan
Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £8.20 No.6 is the obvious highlight, but check out the second movement of no.4.
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 | The Inner Mounting Flame by John McLaughlin
Buy new: £6.87 / Used from: £4.27 Jazz-rock which actually rocks! I guess Liquid Tension Experiment weren't so original after all...
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 | The Dock of the Bay: the Definitive Collection by Otis Redding
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £2.65 There's probably better compilations out, but this is the one I have. If only he'd lived a few more years.
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 | Liszt - Piano Concertos; Piano Sonata by London Symphony Orchestra
Buy used from: £4.66 Some idiot coughs all the way through the sonata, but that's only a small irritation.
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 | Mothership Connection by Parliament
Buy used from: £5.98 Downright fun. A bit of a guilty pleasure of mine, but if you can listen to Handcuffs without giggling you have no soul.
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 | I Feel Free - Ultimate Cream by Cream
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.49 Their albums are very inconsistent, so get a compilation to hear Clapton before he become a boring old fart.
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 | Absolutely the Best by Leadbelly
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £7.77 Where Did You Sleep Last Night is, hands down, the creepiest song I've ever heard.
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 | A Studio Chronicle 1940-1948 by Charlie Parker
Buy new: £13.28 Some Charlie Parker compilations (*cough*KenBurnsJazz*cough*) have terrible sound quality. This one doesn't for the most part.
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 | Holy Diver by Dio
Buy used from: £1.90 Did you know he made his first recording in 1958???
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 | Shostakovich - Complete Symphonies
Buy new: £29.39 / Used from: £26.85 Miserable Russian guys are awesome! This guy had a reason to be miserable, he lived under the Stalin regime after all.
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 | Deloused in the Comatorium by Mars Volta
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £3.93 Such a shame Frances The Mute turned out to be a pile of crap...
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 | Electric Ladyland by Jimi Hendrix Experience
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £6.25 Finally, Jimi himself! All his stuff is essential, but this was his finest moment.
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