Favorite All Time Albums

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:56 pm

Brucom wrote:When Josef Stalin criticized Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, he called it "pornophony."

Good thing Mr. Gore hadn't created the internet yet!

bearphonium · Post by **bearphonium** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:11 pm

Jimmy Buffett, Coconut Telegraph
Eagles, Hotel California
Indigo Girls, All That We Let In
Melissa Etheridge, Skin
Jimmy Buffett, License to Chill
Mozart Horn Concertos, Dennis Brain

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:28 am

Greg wrote:My favs would include(in no certain order):

Dr. John Gumbo
Robert Walter's 20th Congress Heavy Organ
Gene Pokorny Tuba Tracks
Montreal Symphony Alexander Nevsky Suite
Galactic Crazyhorse Mongoose
Emanuel Ax, Isaac Stern & Yo Yo Ma play Shostakovich Trio, Op.67/Sonata, Op.40
Dr. John In the right place
Empire Brass (& Friends) Music of Gabrielli
Lauben Brass Art of the Fugue
Tom Petty Full Moon Fever

Got to go with you on Dr. John.

LoyalTubist · Post by **LoyalTubist** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:58 am

I miss vinyl!

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:50 pm

Chicago I - VII
Blue Brothers Briefcase full of blues
Best of Blood, Sweat & Tears and thier live album
anything with JJ Johnson and kai winding
Count Basie - Straight Ahead
Big Phat band - XXL
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis & Gil Evans - Sketches of Spain
Miles - So What
Howard Johnson- Gravity
Buddy Rich - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Big Swing Face, Burning for Buddy and others
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Various Stan Kenton albums including his christmas album
Also another big band xmas album is "It's Not Just for Christmas Anymore" Kubitz big band
Canadian brass Noel
And Chicago XXV Christmas
Glad An Accapella Christmas
The Bobs - Too Many Santas (OK no more chirstmas albums)

The Antiphonal Music of Gabrieli with Philadelphia Brass, Cleveland Brass and Chicago Brass
Brassed Off Soundtrack - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Oh Good Grief - Vince Guaraldi
Absolute Trombone Michael Davis
Incredibles Sound Track
Best of Sinatra
Ray Charles "Ray" Soundtrack
New York Voices - Sing sing sing

I could go on but you get the idea, I am more of a brass and jazz lovin' guy. go figure..

ken k

dtemp · Post by **dtemp** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:54 am

tubafatness wrote:Here's a sampling of some of my favorite albums:
"Rain Dogs"-Tom Waits
"Mule Variations"-Tom Waits
"California"-Mr. Bungle
"New E***tions" -the Locust, (thought I'd be nice and censor that title a bit.)
"Suspended Animation"-Fantomas
"Early Music"-Kronos Quartet
"The Shape of Punk to Come"-The Refused
"Charms of the Night Sky"-Dave Douglas
"Kid A"-Radiohead
"Panthalassa"-Bill Laswell
"Reign In Blood"-Slayer
"Spy vs. Spy"-John Zorn
"Double Time"-Leon Redbone
"Nostalgia in Times Square"-Mingus Big Band
"Alef"-Masada
"What, Because!"-Ray Anderson
"Destroy, Erase, Improve"-Meshuggah
"Delusion of the Fury"-Harry Partch
"Irony is a Dead Scene"-Dillinger Escape Plan w/Mike Patton
"Sailing the Seas of Cheese"-Primus
"Spiritual Unity"-Albert Ayler
"Blood Mountain"-Mastodon
"Midnite Vultures"-Beck
"Ghost Town"-Bill Frisell
"Vespertine"-Bjork

Two hero points from me. I thought I was the only tuba player who likes this kind of stuff. I'd have to substitute "Medulla" for "Vespertine" though.

d(Patton and Frisell rule)temp

chipster55 · Post by **chipster55** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:30 am

Chicago I & II
Chase
Chase - Pure Music
Maynard Ferguson MF Horn 1 & 2
Boston (the 1st album)
38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Charlie Daniels Band - Million Mile Reflections
Allman Brothers - Idewild South
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
Brothers & Sisters

....just to name a few

ken k · Post by **ken k** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:16 am

chipster55 wrote:Chicago I & II
Chase
Chase - Pure Music
Maynard Ferguson MF Horn 1 & 2
Boston (the 1st album)
38 Special - Wild-Eyed Southern Boys
Charlie Daniels Band - Million Mile Reflections
Allman Brothers - Idewild South
Wipe the Windows, Check the Oil, Dollar Gas
Brothers & Sisters

....just to name a few

MF Horn 1 & 2! God I have forgotten all about those, its been so long since I played them!! I will have to unearth them and see if I remember how to play a vinyl LP....
ken k

kegmcnabb · Post by **kegmcnabb** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:37 am

Zappa/Mothers

If I could only have one album...this is it.

I could make a whole list and demonstrate my extremely sophisticated taste in music

, but I think it is more interesting to hear what people would chose if they could only chose a single album.

dmmorris · Post by **dmmorris** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:19 pm

I'm not gonna contribute, because I can't come-up with a satisfying list of favorites. Different music suits for different moods, and with a library approaching ~2000 titles, it's just too hard. So, what if I could have only one? That's too hard also........ How could I live with only one FZ album? Sure.... Uncle Meat would be near the top for sure...along side of Lather, The Yellow Shark, Freak Out, One Size Fits', and prolly Civ.Phaze III. How could I live with only one album of A.Copland, Miles Davis, Dallas Wind Symphony, Henry Threadgill, David Torn, Arvo Part, Bill Frisell, JSBach, John Coltrane, Nick Didkovsky, Chicago Symphony, Cake, Bill Laswell, Paul Hindemith, Meridian Arts Ensemble, Stravinsky, John Mclaughlin, King Crimson, Sonny Rollins, Vaughan Williams, or even Led Zeppelin ....etc......bla-bla-bla-bla-bla....?

Naw...sorry

...jez can't contribute to this thread.

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:41 pm

I couldn't come up with one favorite out of my collection, either. It's all about my mood when I want some music.

I saw it in someone's list - pretty much anything by the 6 Fat Dutchmen when I want some great tuba.

Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing when it's Friday afternoon and I'm finally on my way home from work.

Miles Davis -Birth of the Cool when I want my smooth jazz fix.

Dave Brubeck - Time Out when I want some feel good jazz.

Kansas - Dust in the Wind when I'm a little depressed and want to wallow in it.

Anything by Mary Prankster when I'm feeling raunchy. (We miss you Mary. )

The usual Stones, Beatles and 60's rock, whatever album it's on.

Anything on any of the Brave Combo albums when I want polka with attitude.

And so on.

It's Friday, now where did I put that mp3 player and the Sultans of Swing?

chipster55 · Post by **chipster55** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:24 pm

MF Horn 1 & 2! God I have forgotten all about those, its been so long since I played them!! I will have to unearth them and see if I remember how to play a vinyl LP....

They're on CD - you can order it from Barnes & Noble.

Steve Marcus · Post by **Steve Marcus** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:13 am

Beatles: White Album and Abbey Road--someday remixed for 5.1 Surround Sound in their original sequence (not altered for Cirque du Soleil)

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky: Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Mendelssohn Club Chorus, on RCA 4-Channel Surround Sound reel-to-reel tape (although I'll happily accept a cleaned-up multi-channel SACD or DVD-Audio of this analog recording)