What albums do you always own?

John Prine - John Prine  

Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

Wanted! - The Outlaws (Willie, Waylon, Tompall, Jessie)

17-11-70 - Elton John

Southeastern - Jason Isbell

I never get sick of this one. I was jamming it out while cutting grass last weekend.

GameboyRMH said:

I've never bought an album twice...most I haven't even bought once thus I also never need to move formats, just move files. I only buy DRM-free digital albums.

Kids these days will never know the pain of having a favorite album on vinyl but only having a tape player in the car. And then when car CD players became affordable enough to replace the cassette player......

In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :

1988RedT2 said:

In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :

I think I have that exact cassett player in my basement. It is probably older than I am. I might grab it and hook it up for reasons. 

I have a small cardboard box that fits about a dozen CDs almost perfectly and stays in my van most of the time since I still like CDs for road trips. About a half-dozen or so that don't get rotated:

Iron Maiden - Live After Death

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of Seventh Son

Iron Maiden - Dance of Death

Iron Maiden - Book of Souls

Megadeth - Peace Sells

Dire Straits - Making Movies

Concrete Blond - Free

mtn said:

1988RedT2 said:

In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :

I think I have that exact cassett player in my basement. It is probably older than I am. I might grab it and hook it up for reasons. 

The Dragon was the Holy Grail of cassette decks back in the 80's.  I'd half like to have one.  They still bring decent money on ebay, and I hear some parts are even still available.  If you get tired of it, you should sell it to me for 20 bucks plus shipping. 

Edit:  Wow.  Been a while since I checked prices.  Seems like sellers are wanting a couple grand for a nice, working one.  Hundreds for a broken one.

Jethro Tull - Best of Tull - MU

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Led Zeplin - III

Boston - Boston

This is just off the top of my head. I have numerous others in vinyl & CD and others in cassette & CD and others in vinyl & cassette. A few years ago the family got me a record and cassette player that records to CD. Have done a few albums/tapes to CD, have a lot more to do. Just time consuming as you have to sit next to it and hit next track button at the end of every song or else it comes out as one long song. Some of my vinyl would be very hard to find in CD. Like this one is very good. Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. All star cast. Richard Burton as narrator, Justin Haywood, Phil Lynotte for example.

Don't laugh...

Insane Clown Posse - The Great Milenko

Garth Brooks - Double Live

Musical tastes change, but those two have been around in my cars in some form (CD, USB, burned disks, etc) since they were released.  

You'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands.

In reply to Ian F :

A well-worn TDK SA-90 exists somewhere in this house that was always in my roadtrip case.  One side was Making Movies.  The other was Love Over Gold.  Great stuff.

93gsxturbo said:

 

Garth Brooks - Double Live

 

While not one of my all-time favorites, this one does seem to resurface about once every 3-5 years for me and will live on repeat for a month or two.  

93gsxturbo said:

Don't laugh...

Insane Clown Posse - The Great Milenko

Garth Brooks - Double Live

Musical tastes change, but those two have been around in my cars in some form (CD, USB, burned disks, etc) since they were released.  

I admit, i went back and listened to milenko recently. For like a week straight. I dont know what it is, but that album works. 

Descendents-Sommery

Nirvana-Nevermind

Operation Ivy-self titled

Sabbath-All of them

Zeppelin-All of them

Any and all Mike Ness/ Social Distortion

And more. I love tunes

Bat out of Hell.

Zep. 1,2,3,4,PG, ITTOD.

Neil Diamond

also Rush's self-titled debut album.   Vinyl x2 because i wore out the first one, then homemade cassette copy, then bought on CD, which has been ripped and is in my ears right. berkeleying.  now.  

In reply to AngryCorvair :

I love that album too. Of course I love all their stuff afterwards through Signals(and bits & pieces afterwards), but their first album really stands out as a true power-trio rock masterpiece. 

Clash - London Calling

The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw - Paul Butterfield Blues Band.  My introduction 50 years ago to Chicago electric blues.  That sound, with horns (I'm a sax player) in a period when virtually nobody used a sax, was mind blowing.  I've played many different styles of music, but that is my very favorite.  I'm a big fan of all blues, but that album is my favorite.

Pretty much anything I download once, since it just gets moved to larger and larger HDs as time goes on.


This reminds me I need to buy a working stereo for the ram since the cassette player E36 M3 the bed.

Mndsm said:

93gsxturbo said:

Don't laugh...

Insane Clown Posse - The Great Milenko

Garth Brooks - Double Live

Musical tastes change, but those two have been around in my cars in some form (CD, USB, burned disks, etc) since they were released.  

I admit, i went back and listened to milenko recently. For like a week straight. I dont know what it is, but that album works. 

Milenko works because its produced well, entertaining, and doesn't take itself too seriously.  I am not a Juggalo or a real big ICP fanboi, but that CD always makes me smile. 

codrus said:

When I get home from work, I think I'll put that CD on and put the title track on repeat. Really berking loud.

codrus said:

Strange coincidence, listened to this on my way home for lunch. Get back to work thinking "what a great album". Great minds....

Purchased in multiple formats.