Give a sample from your music collection

[mvd]

No limit on the sample. Use judgment based on the size of your collection.

Here's a sample of mine (just picking one randomly per artist):

Frank Sinatra - Best Of The Capitol Years
Beatles - Abbey Road
Elvis - Pure Gold
Simon And Garfunkel - The Best Of
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Joni Mitchell - Ladies Of The Canyon
The Bangles - Greatest Hits
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
The Cars - Greatest Hits
Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Luther Vandross - self-titled
The Shangri-Las - The Leader of the Pack
Toni Braxton - The Heat
Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits
Patty Loveless - Only What I Feel
Dixie Chicks - Fly
Garth Brooks - No Fences
George Strait - One Step At A Time
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
R.E.M - Automatic For The People
U2 - Best of 1990-2000
Hole - Live Through This
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Pearl Jam - Ten
Green Day - American Idiot
The Corrs - In Blue
The Veronicas - Secret Life Of..
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room
Avril Lavigne - Let Go
Vanessa Carlton - Heroes & Thieves
Aly & AJ - Insomniatic
Zolof The Rock And Roll Explorer - Schematics
The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The White Stripes - Elephant
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Anna Nalick - Wreck Of The Day
Sheryl Crow - self-titled
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Cindy Alexander - Wobble With The World
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
David Gray - White Ladder
Aimee Mann - Bachelor #2
Rilo Kiley - Under The Blacklight
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Mozart (compilation)
Beetoven (compilation)

[Initech]

1. Here is a list of some of my favorite albums from many different genres:

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1973)
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1971)
Tool - 10,000 Days (2006)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
Miles Davis - The Jack Johnson Sessions Box Set (1966 - 1970)
Black Uhuru - Red (1982)
Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1975)
The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! (1966)
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (2002)
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise & Liberation Of NiggyTardust! (2007)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (2002)
The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath (2008)
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero (2007)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (1970)
Yes - Fragile (1972)
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1969)
System Of A Down - Mezmerize (2005)
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (1999)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence (2002)
The Roots - Do You Want More??!??! (1994)
NWA - Straight Outta Compton (1990)
Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime (1988)
Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
James Brown - The Payback (1974)
Isis - Oceanic (2002)
Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (2005)
Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2001)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
Black Sabbath - The Mob Rules (1981)
Beck - Odelay (1996)

[mvd]

3. Impressive list

Both of our lists are varied, and you have some good rock/alternative/classic rock/R&B on there. :hi:

[malta blue]

4. Black Uhuru "Red" is one of my favorite albums of all time

:hi:

[MrScorpio]

2. Check out my podcasts: All from my music collection

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=MrScorpio%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_audio

[Elidor]

5. With the advent of legal downloads, I go for singles rather than albums

Abdullah Ibrahim & DJ Spooky - Mindif (Trio Version)
Air - Le Voyage De Penelope
Alabama 3 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
Alice In Chains - Angry Chair
Aqua Velvets - A Raymond Chandler Evening
Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday
Bob Marley & The Wailers - African Herbsman
Black Sabbath - Am I Going Insane
Caia - Whose Blues
Charles Mingus - Mood Indigo
Cop Shoot Cop - Everybody Loves You
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
Dido - Here With Me
Dinah Washington - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
DJ Krush - Road To Nowhere
DJ Spooky - Anansis Gambit
Doof - Balashwaar Baksheesh

Fortunately, these are not all on the same playlist. You could probably make a playlist out of them, but it would require some careful thought as to the order.

[grannylib]

6. Here are some of my current favorites:

Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
Split Enz - Waiata
Roxy Music - Avalon
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel
Fleetwood Mac - Mystery to Me
Audioslave - Revelations
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Neil Finn - One All (also released under the title One Nil)

[mvd]

8. I'm seeing quite a few that could have gone on my list

Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Emmylou Harris, Neil Finn, Rolling Stones, etc.

Sarah McLachlan is a biggie that I forgot.

[carlyhippy]

7. This is a very small list of my collection:

ACDC-Highway to Hell
Aerosmith-Greatest Hits
Alice Cooper-Goes to Hell
America-Greatest Hits
Beach Boys-their entire catalogue
The Beatles-nearly the entire catalogue
Blondie-Best of
CCR Live
Cyndi Lauper-12 deadly Cyns
Def Lepard Vault
The Doors greatest hits and the Doors
ELO-Best of
Elton John greatest hits 1 and 2
Foreigner-Head Games and Best of
Grand Funk Railroad-American Band
Guns n Roses-Appetite for destruction
Janis Joplin-Pearl
Jimi Hendrix-3 albums
Led Zepplen 4 and latter days greatest hits
Mamas and Papas Greatest hits
Micheal Jackson-Thriller and off the wall
Molly Hatchet-Flirting with Disaster
Heavy Metal Soundtrack
Olivia Newton John Greatest hits
Pat Benatar Greatest hits
Queen-Greatest hits
Rolling Stones Hot rocks
Sammy Hager VOA and Standing Hampton
Santana Best of
Scorpions best of
Scandal Best of
The Knack-get the knack
Sweet Greatest hits
Van Halen-the whole catalogue
Y&T
ZZ Top-Greatest Hits and Eliminator
Journey-most of their catalogue
Nazareth-Hair of the Dog
Foghat-fool for the city and greatest hits

[Tikki]

9. Most played recently....

Tikki

[mvd]

10. Great to see Amy Rigby there

I'm big on singer/songwriter and pop rock.

The Dollyrots, Jimmy Eat World, and The Donnas are more list-worthy pop-rockers.

[peacefreak]

11. Quick scan...

Joan Baez--First Ten Years
Aztec Two Step
Beatles--White Album
Sandy Denny
Louis Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald
Neko Case
Miles Davis--Kind of Blue
Donovan--Gift from the Flower
Grateful Dead--England '72
Flying Burrito Brothers
Crumb
Julia Lee--That's What I Like
Brandi Carlile--The Story
Mojo--The Roots of Led Zepplin
John Prine--In Spite of Ourselves
Van Morrison--Poetic Champions Compose
Willie Nelson--Teatro
Pleasantville--Soundtrack
Music of the Harlem Renaissance
Django Reinhardt
Emmylou Harris--Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Sky


Oh shit, I'm just an old hippie!

[Mojambo]

12. LastFM makes it EASY.

http://www.last.fm/user/Mojambo/

[stuntcat]

13. kinda random

picks from what I played since this morning:

Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
Ani DiFranco - The Million You Never Made
Rita Coolidge - I Don't Wanna Talk About It
Suzanne Vega - Gypsy
Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
Sonic Youth - Tunic (Song for Karen)
Carpenters - Superstar
Paula Cole - Mississippi
Tracy Chapman - If Not Now...
Lisa Stansfield - Somewhere My Baby Waits For Me
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game
Petula Clark - Don't Sleep in the Subway
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
Antony and the Johnsons - Cripple and the Starfish

today is mostly random and kind of nostalgic. I usually have some show tunes and some classical mixed in, and electronic, and trip-hop :headbang:

[Kali]

14. mostly listen to the local community station

the show right now is a GREAT mix of crazy old stuff "Al Perry's Clambake" Al Perry being a cool local musician as well.

listen here http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/ppr/index.shtml

playlist: http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kxci/guide.guidemain?action=viewPlaylist&playlistID=357277&eventID=1620

Freebo It Goes By Fast Before the Separation
Talkdemonic Sept. With Smith Best Romantic
Bo Diddley You Don't Love Me Bo Diddley
Little Walter It Ain't Right The Essential Little Walter
Bobby Marchan There Is Something On Your Mind Last Kiss
RIck & the Entire World No No No Momerto 14 Deep Funk Pearls
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Funky Broadway Live at the Haunted House
Al Wilson Born On the Bayou Weighing In
Jimmy Smith Respect Respect
BIg John Patton Let 'Em Roll Let 'Em Roll
King Richard & the Knights That's the Way It goes Precision!
Alarm Clocks No Reason To Complain The Alarm Clocks
Little Sammy &the Eldorados Doing the Roach
Gry Lewis & the Playboys Little Miss Go Go Best of
Alice Cooper FIelds of Regret Pretties For You
Black Sun Ensemble Sky Pilot Suite Across the Sea of Id: The Way To Eden