randyhersom Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 I've got some downloads to burn before cutting back my eMusic subscription, so I'd be interested in hearing some top 10 Sony (any genre) and top in print obscurities. I'll throw out a top ten to get things rolling 1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 2. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. (The first three albums are very close) 3. Robert Johnson - Complete Recordings 4. The Clash - London Calling 5. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 6. Kate Bush - Aerial 7. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller 8. Santana - Lotus 9. Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits 10. Earth Wind and Fire- All 'n' All In Print Obscurity - Jeff Tain Watts - Citizen Tain Of course the bottom twelve million are any disk that went out intentionally infected with Sony's infamous Rootkit computer trojan. Quote
mjzee Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Wow, what a task. Sony/Columbia has always been one of the premier labels, and now it also includes RCA. So choosing 10 is like throwing stones in the ocean, it won't even make a blip. Having said that... I was never much of a fan of Blood On The Tracks. Try two of his more obscure albums from the mid-80's: Knocked Out Loaded and Down In The Groove. Actually, I was never much of a Springsteen or Kate Bush fan either. Perhaps my opinions won't be so relevant to you! And, of course, I don't know what you already own. HAVING SAID ALL THAT... Mingus Ah Um Mingus Dynasty Miles: Agharta, Pangaea, Get Up With It Alberta Hunter - Remember My Name Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce Arthur Blythe - Lenox Ave Breakdown The Ken Burns Jazz series is great for the individual artists Do they have the Bud Powell RCAs? Chantal Kreviazuk - Under These Rocks and Stones (if you like Kate Bush...) Dexter Gordon - Live At Carnegie Hall (great late Dex, including duels with Johnny Griffin) Don Byas/Bud Powell - A Tribute To Cannonball CTI's! Lambert, Hendricks and Ross Shakti with John McLaughlin Mahavishnu Orch: Between Nothingness and Eternity Monk Live at the It Club ...to name a few Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Tempted to list a bunch of Okeh titles, but I'll be a good boy. Quote
Niko Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 somehow although i can see the importance of those columbia albums there are relatively few that i actually listen to... current top 5 Mingus Ah Um Leonard Cohen - Death of a Ladies' Man Bob Dylan - Desire Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde Miles Davis - Round Midnight Quote
captainwrong Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 I'm looking forward to snagging Bud Powell's Portrait of Thelonious before I cash out. Quote
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