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Some time ago on an episode of The John Laroqette Show on TV, John was talking with a friend about music. He asked his friend if she were going to be stuck on an island for the rest of her life and could only take three albums, what would they be. I don't remember what his friend said, but one of the three John would have taken would be Miles Davis Sketches Of Spain.
Although that particular one of Miles is definitely in my Top 10, the three I'd take would be Miles Davis Kind Of Blue, Pearl Jam's Ten and k.d. lang's ingenue. That last one is a close call with either Melissa Etheridge's Yes I am or Donald Fagan's The Nightfly.
So what three would you take with you? It's an interesting question to ponder. All I can say is I'm glad CD's don't wear out like vinyl LPs or I'd be on my third of fourth copy of many of mine.
Here's a current list of my CD library that was last updated September 2, 1996:
(* indicates some of my favorites)
Artist Title
10,000 Maniacs mtv unplugged The Animals The Best Of The Animals Basia London, Warsaw, New York The Beatles A Hard Day's Night *The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club The Beatles White Album - Disc 1 The Beatles White Album - Disc 2 Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Ozawa/Boston Symphony Boston Third Stage Boston Boston walks on David Bowie Let's Dance *Jackson Browne Lives In The Balance The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out Jimmy Buffet Fruit Cakes Eric Burdon and The Animal The Best of... 1966-1968 The Byrds 10 Essential Tracks Wendy Carlos Switched On Bach Cincinatti Pops Star Tracks Eric Clapton Unplugged Eric Clapton August *Eric Clapton Journeyman Eric Clapton Slowhand Eric Clapton The Cream Of Clapton Joe Cocker Unchain My Heart Phil Collins But Seriously Phil Collins Both Sides Phil Collins No Jacket Required Crash Test Dummies God Shuffled His Feet Robert Cray Strong Persuader Cream Goodbye Creedence Clearwater Revival Chronicle Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young So Far Byron Olsen Sketches of Miles Miles Davis The Best of... Capitol/Blue Note Years *Miles Davis Sketches of Spain *Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Miles Davis 'Round About Midnight Miles Davis Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet Miles Davis The Columbia Years 1955-1985: Originals / Moods (Disc 3) Miles Davis The Columbia Years 1955-1985: Standards / Originals (Disc 2) Miles Davis The Columbia Years 1955-1985: Electric (Disc 4) Miles Davis The Columbia Years 1955-1985: Blues / Standards (Disc 1) *Dire Straits Dire Straits Dire Straits On Every Street Dire Straits Brothers In Arms *The Doors Best Of The Doors - Disc 1 *The Doors Best Of The Doors - Disc 2 Don Dorsey Bachbusters Bob Dylan Biograph - 1 Bob Dylan Biograph - 2 Bob Dylan Biograph - 3 The Eagles Their Greatest Hits Eagles Hotel California Eagles Hell Freezes Over Electric Light Orchestra ELO's Greatest Hits Emerson Lake and Palmer The Best of ELP *Melissa Etheridge Yes I Am *Melissa Etheridge Never Enough *Melissa Etheridge Brave and Crazy Eurythmics Greatest Hits Eurythmics Be Yourself Tonight The Fabulous Thunderbirds Roll of the dice Donald Fagan New Frontier (CD Video) Donald Fagan Kamakiriad *Donald Fagen The Nightfly Fine Young Cannibals The Raw & The Cooked Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night Flim & The BB's Tricycle Kenny G silhouette Genesis Invisible Touch Genesis We Can't Dance Genesis Abacab MC Hammer Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em Herbie Hancock Future Shock George Harrison Cloud Nine Heart Bad Animals Jimi Hendrix The Ultimate Experience Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Don Henley The End Of Innocence Hootie & the Blowfish Cracked Rear View Indigo Girls Swamp Ophelia Indigo Girls Strange Fire Indigo Girls Nomads - Indians - Saints *Indigo Girls Indigo Girls Chris Isaak Forever Blue Jean-Michael Jarre Rendez-vous Billy Joel Greatest Hits - Volume II Billy Joel The Bridge Billy Joel River Of Dreams Billy Joel Greatest Hits - Volume I Elton John Live in Austrailia Elton John Greatest hits 1976 - 1986 Elton John Greatest Hits Elton John Made in England The Kinks Greatest Hits Earl Klugh/George Benson Collaboration Earl Klugh Whispers and Promises Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way *k.d. lang ingenue k.d. lang Shadowland k.d. lang Absolute Torch and Twang Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III *Annie Lennox Medusa Brent Lewis The Primitive Truth Huey Lewis and The News Fore! Huey Lewis And The News Sports Madonna True Blue The Mamas & The Papas 16 Of Their Greatest Hits Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire V Mannheim Steamroller Fresh Aire VI *Dave Matthews Band Under The Table and Dreaming Dave Matthews Band Remember Two Things Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards ecstacy James McMurtry Where'd you hide the body *James McMurtry Too Long in the Wasteland James McMurtry Candyland John Mellencamp Dance Naked John Mellencamp Big Daddy John Mellencamp Scarecrow John Mellencamp Whenever We Wanted John Mellencamp Human Wheels Pat Metheny Group Works II *Pat Metheny Group Letter From Home George Michael Faith Joni Mitchell Turbulent Indigo *Joni Mitchell Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm The Moody Blues The Other Side of Life Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Glory Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Nature Recordings Volume III: Thunderstorms Nature Recordings Volume V: Jungle Nature Recordings Volume I: The Sea The New American Orchestra Music From "Blade Runner" The New York Rock & Soul Revue Live at the Beacon Nirvana In Utero *Nirvana Never Mind Nirvana Bleach *Nirvana Unplugged in New York Billy Ocean Suddenly Roy Orbison Mystery Girl Roy Orbison For The Lonely - 18 Greatest Hits Joan Osborne Relish K.T. Oslin Love In A Small Town Papa Doo Run Run California Project Pearl Jam Ten Pearl Jam vs. Pearl Jam Vitalogy Michael Penn March Tom Petty Full Moon Fever Pink Floyd The Wall - Disc 1 Pink Floyd The Wall - Disc 2 Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon The Police Every Breath You Take Jean-Luc Ponty Storytelling Jean-Luc Ponty The Gift Of Time The Pretenders The Isle Of View Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik Lou Reed New York R.E.M. Automatic For The People Lionel Richie Dancing On The Ceiling Lee Ritenour First Course The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (Disc 1) The Rolling Stones Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (Disc 2) The Rolling Stones Dirty Work The Rolling Stones Steel Wheels Sade Promise *Sade Stronger Than Pride *Sade Diamond Life Sade Love Deluxe David Sanborn A Change Of Heart Santana Greatest Hits Santana Viva Santana! - Disc 1 Santana Viva Santana! - Disc 2 Paul Simon The Rhythm of the Saints Paul Simon Graceland Brian Slawson Bach On Wood Soul Asylum Grave Dancers Union Soundgarden Superunknown Spencer Davis Group Best of Spencer Davis Group Spin Doctors Pocket Full Of Kryptonite Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love Spyro Gyra Morning Dance Spyro Gyra Breakout *Steely Dan Steely Dan Gold Stone Temple Pilots Core Barbara Streisand The Broadway Album Swing Out Sister Kaleidoscope World Tchaikowsky Tchaikowsky's Greates Hits, Vol I Toto Toto IV Pete Townsend White City Pete Townsend Psycho Derelict Traffic Traffic Travelling Willburys Volume 3 Tina Tuner Break Every Rule U2 The Joshua Tree U2 Zooropa Us3 Hand on the Torch Van Halen Diver Down Vangelis Themes Vangelis Opera Sauvage Various Encomium - A tribute to Led Zepplin Various Classic Rock 1969: The Beat Goes On Various Classic Rock 1965: Shakin' All Over Various Steal This Disc Various Teldec Classics New Releases Fall 1991 Various Classic Rock 1967: Shakin' All Over Various Classic Rock: Rock Renaissance II Various Classic Rock 1967 Various Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On Various Classic Rock 1966 Various Classic Rock 1968: Shakin' All Over Various Classic Rock 1969 Various Classic Rock 1965 Various Classic Rock: Rock Renaissance IV Various Classic Rock 1964 Various Classic Rock 1968 Various The Very Best Of British Rock - Disk 1 Various The Very Best Of British Rock - Disk 2 Various Miami Vice - Music from the TV series Various Soundtrack from "Beverly Hills Cop" Various Arista's Perfect 10 Rides Again Various Secret Agent File Various Superstars In Digital Various Soundtrack of "La Bamba" Various KZOK Rock & Roll Classics - Vol. I Various Soundtrack of "Ruthless People" Various Classic Rock 1967: The Beat Goes On Various Classic Rock 1966: The Beat Goes On Various Classic Rock 1968: The Beat Goes On Various Classic Rock 1967: Blowin' Your Mind Various Classic Rock: On The Soul Side Various Classic Rock: Rock Renaissance III Various Sampler Volume 3 - Classics Various Soundtrack of "Moonlighting" Various Soundtrack From "Top Gun" Various Gold & Platinum - Vol. I Various Gold & Platinum - Vol. II Various Soundtrack of "Platoon" various Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack (Disc 1 of 2) various Forrest Gump - The Soundtrack (Disc 2 of 2) Stevie Ray Vaughan Greatest Hits Stevie Ray Vaughan In Step *Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky Is Crying Andreas Vollenweider White Wings Andreas Vollenweider Dancing With The Lion Andreas Vollenweider Down To The Moon The Who Who's Better, Who's Best The Who The Who's Greatest Hits Wilson Phillips Wilson Phillips George Winston December Stevie Wonder In Square Circle Stevie Wonder Original Musiquarium, Vol I Stevie Wonder Original Musiquarium, Vol II Neil Young Freedom Neil Young Harvest Neil Young Harvest Moon *Neil Young Sleeps with angels Neil Young Mirror Ball ZZ Top Recycler ZZ Top Eliminator
