What is the best album, or CD that you've ever owned?

[forktender]

For me, no questions asked.
Post a link if you can.
I've most likely said this before, if I could only listen to one album for the rest of my life, it would be this, by a long shot.

 

[bill ace 350]

Exile on Main Street.

 

[gmc2003]

Chris

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Be hard to pick one but I do love B B King Deuces Wild. He plays with a different artist on every song.

 

[normanaj]

That's a tough one for me. Being someone who loves metal and Maiden I'd have to go with their live album Live After Death.

 

[Chasdev]

Mark Knoffler and Emmylou Harris.

 

[mr_whipple]

For me, no questions asked.
Post a link if you can.
I've most likely said this before, if I could only listen to one album for the rest of my life, it would be this, by a long shot.

Exile on Main Street.

I refuse to pick a best of anything, but you two tossed out two of my all time faves.

 

[chef k-dude]

Yea, that's a tough one. I have been stripping songs off of albums and making compilations since I was a kid with one of those cassette players with one speaker and the buttons all on one end...anybody remember those? The 1970s called and it wants its technology back!

For me, it has to be an album that you can listen all the way through and absolutely dig it all. Sooo many albums and I know I'm not remembering many that are very listenable all the way through, but one album always comes to mind: Bob Marley Exodus

I'm a hard rock guy, but there is a special place in my soul for Marley...and real roots reggae. Not the Pop stuff. Exodus is a cassette tape I bought, actually in Kingston Jamaica, where Marley is from. I bought it in a smelly, sketchy, Rasta run shop in the middle of town. Was there for business, not vacation; our ship lost an engine and we had to wait, docked in the port for the part to arrive. We had time on our hands...in Jamaica!

During a stressful period later in my life, I went back to that tape over and over after getting home from work, having a drink and a smoke. When I pressed play, I would be so uptight from life and spitting nails. By the end of the last song "One Love/People Get Ready" my stress was nearly gone.

 

[gmc2003]

Yea, that's a tough one. I have been stripping songs off of albums and making compilations since I was a kid with one of those cassette players with one speaker and the buttons all on one end...anybody remember those? The 1970s called and it wants its technology back!

Ah, I remember those. Also we tried our darndest to record songs off the radio. Our success rate was next to nill.

Chris

 

[MJB05615]

I remember those old Cassette players. I too tried many times to record off the Radio.

 

[JLeonard]

Ah, I remember those. Also we tried our darndest to record songs off the radio. Our success rate was next to nill.

Chris

Dang DJ was always stepping on the intro or the ending of the songs!

The very first album I had was KISS "Detroit rock city". Dad had a big console stereo with a 8 track and a turn table and a receiver (remember this was mid 70s). I played that album so many times mom got to know the songs and would sing them along with me! Eventually they got me a good set of headphones so they could watch TV in peace! Thinking that was the beginning of my hearing loss.

Jim

 

[gmc2003]

Dang DJ was always stepping on the intro or the ending of the songs!

The very first album I had was KISS "Detroit rock city". Dad had a big console stereo with a 8 track and a turn table and a receiver (remember this was mid 70s). I played that album so many times mom got to know the songs and would sing them along with me! Eventually they got me a good set of headphones so they could watch TV in peace! Thinking that was the beginning of my hearing loss.

Jim

Ha, My mom didn't care for RnR music. So we had to play our albums in the basement play room so she didn't have to hear them. Kiss Detroit Rock City was that an album or just a song?

Chris

 

[garyinmd]

Marshall Tucker Band, Searching for a Rainbow album, not sure how to copy a link.

 

[gmc2003]

This thread reminds me of an essential piece of equipment for all cars in the 70s. Especially those being driven by youts.

 

[gmc2003]

Marshall Tucker Band, Searching for a Rainbow album, not sure how to copy a link.

Highlight and copy the threads link. Then just paste it in your post.

Chris
I should have said copy the URL

 

[chef k-dude]

Ha! was that to fish the tape out of the player when they got stuck?

Detroit Rock City is a song on the album Destroyer

Yea, those danged DJ's always talked over the intros and outros...It bothered me but didn't stop me...I have always been obsessed with full control of my music. Hated having to skip the needle (had a couple turntables in my life and still have a more modern one!) or fast forward the tape to skip songs I didn't like. Life with music is so awesome today...total control if you want it.

I used to record entire sitcom audios on that old tape player and would listen to them on trips. They were all old reruns I had seen several times already so I could picture the video in my head!

 

[gmc2003]

Ha! was that to fish the tape out of the player when they got stuck?

Yup, spin the tape back into the cassette when they were eaten by the player. Which happened often.

Chris

 

[JLeonard]

Ha, My mom didn't care for RnR music. So we had to play our albums in the basement play room so she didn't have to hear them. Kiss Detroit Rock City was that an album or just a song?

Chris

Kiss was the band....that was the song....Destroyer was the album. My memory gets worse as I get older. My ultra religious aunt saw I had the album and began bombarding me with tracts about "evil music" and backwards masking. Of course that caused me to double down on my music and actually got hooked on more bands that were listed in those tracts!!!

Jim

 

[JLeonard]

This thread reminds me of an essential piece of equipment for all cars in the 70s. Especially those being driven by youts.

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I used one of those to wind the cassette back in more than I ever did in school!!!

Jim

 

[gmc2003]

My ultra religious aunt saw I had the album and began bombarding me with tracts about "evil music"

I'm pretty sure Led Zeppelins "Stairway to heaven" is supposed to have some type of devil praising message in it when you play it backwards. I never tried so I don't know, but it was a big rumor back in the day.

Chris