Your opinions on these cds that I've never heard

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I am interested in buying these following cds, I have never heard these, I don't care what condition I get them in. Any reviews on these? I enjoy all types of music, except for teen pop, country and hard hard death metal. My favorites are Delta blues, mountain bluegrass and alternative rock. Thanks for the help

any 3 Doors Down
any American Folk Blues Festival
any Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (heard the song Sinister Minister, like it)
any Howlin Wolf
Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson
Best of Mariachi from Mexico
Bill Monroe 1934-1954
any Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
Brian Marshall and the Tex Slavik Playboys Texas Polish Roots
any Cadillacs (on Goodfellas soundtrack)
any Cake
Chieftains Collection
Chris Cornell Euphoria Morning
any Chris Thomas King
Chuck Berry Blues
Clash the Singles
Cold Mountain soundtrack
Complete Million Dollar Session (Elvis, Johnny Cash...)
any Creed
Crow soundtrack
Crumb soundtrack
Cure greatest hits
Cypress Hill Smokeout
Desperado soundtrack
Duran Duran greatest hits
Eric Clapton Riding with the King
Essential Al Green
Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983
Fight Club soundtrack
Flatt and Scruggs greatest hits
any Foggy Mountain Boys
any Foo Fighters (big fan of this band, never got an album of theirs though)
From Dusk Til Dawn soundtrack
any Hank Williams III
any Heroes of the Blues
any House of Pain
any Jelly Roll Kings
any Jack Johnson
any John Hartford
Johnny Cash Unchained, Unearthed
Junior Kimbrough You Better Run
any Leadbelly
Led Zeppelin Remasters
Louisiana Hot Sauce Creole Style (name of the cd)
Luscious Jackson Electric Honey
any Martin Scorcese Presents the Blues
Not the Same Old Blues Crap
any OAR
O Brother Where Art Thou Im A Man of Constant Sorrow
Outkast Speakerboxxx/Love Below
Pearl Jam live cds
Pigpen Bring Me My Shotgun
any Queens of the Stone Age
Ralph Stanley Classic Stanley
Ramones Mania
Rolling Stones Forty Licks
Roots Phrenology
any Rory Gallagher
Simon and Garfunkel Hits
any Staind
Stanley Brothers Hits
Stanley Brothers Im A Man of Constant Sorrow
any Sublime
Temple of the Dog
Thin Lizzy Jailbreak
Tupac Shakur Better Dayz
Twisted Willie Tribute to Willie Nelson
any Van Morrison
Very Best of Sting and the Police
Woody Guthrie House of the Rising Sun
any Yonder Mountain String Band
 
I've got basically every blues, bluegrass and country album that you mentioned there. can't go wrong with any of them!

on that list, for blues, I'd start with the martin scorscece presents... box set. its kinda like an instant collection.

quite an eclectic list you have there, I like it! :)
 
I saw the box set and almost bought it, but there are cds from different musicians, then you have compilations of different areas of the blues, it is very hard to keep track of all of it, I spent an entire afternoon on www.allmusicguide.com tracking down all of the MSP cds, any suggestions to start off on?
 
I am trying to stick to delta blues, although Stevie Ray Vaughn's music has turned me onto Texas blues. I'll check those artists out, thanks. BTW, I like Chicago blues too, but I prefer down home delta blues, prefer to listen to the guys and gals who have just gotten off of work and are singing and picking on the front, or back, porch.
 
Any Chieftains albums, especially the ones that they did with the flutist James Galway are to be recommended.

I liked the Cold Mountain soundtrack.

The only Van Morrison album that I have is this one: Irish Heartbeat, with The Chieftains, and I love it.
 
Led Zep remasters is a must buy bar none.

I'm a big fan of Pearl Jam too, they're the only survivors of the grunge wave of the 90's worth listenning. and if you like them then Temple of The Dog is a must have too, Pearl Jam on instruments with Chris Cornell on vocals, this album is in my top ten list of all time.
you should also check Audioslave (and Soundgarden while you're at it), Cornell is THE best voice around these days... :)
 
if you want delta blues have a look at the Robert Johnson Complete Recordings. its a 2 disc set, good stuff. you also can't go wrong with Leadbelly.

A good friend of mine suggests that you search for the Shanachie Yazoo labels. This one is totally new to me so I will be looking around for artists on this label myself. He tells me that Shanachie Yazoo is the Rhino Records of delta and classic blues and put out many compilations.

And then there is Alan Lomax. He did an incredible amount of recordings of blues singers all over the country (and other places as well) back in the 30s and 40s. His recordings are in the Library of Congress. IF you can find any of them they would be worth buying for the historical value alone. IIRC he did several albums worth of delta blues singers.

Hope this helps! :)
 
Start listening to the Grateful Dead, start with their studio stuff, can't be more than a dozen, then get into the live Dicks Picks sets, some of the greatest music never to be played again. :( miss ya Jerry
 
Senate said:
Led Zep remasters is a must buy bar none.

I'm a big fan of Pearl Jam too, they're the only survivors of the grunge wave of the 90's worth listenning. and if you like them then Temple of The Dog is a must have too, Pearl Jam on instruments with Chris Cornell on vocals, this album is in my top ten list of all time.
you should also check Audioslave (and Soundgarden while you're at it), Cornell is THE best voice around these days... :)
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Soundgarden by far is my favorite band of all time, usually, I could give a crap what musicians do, I was actually sad when these guys broke up. I have Down on the Upside, and their A Sides greatest hits album, I used to have Bad Motor Finger on cassette, I think my A Sides cd is somewhere under a ton of crap in my truck. As for Audioslave, I didn't care for Zack de la Rocha's ramblings/singing when he sang for Rage Against the Machine, but I did like their beats, love Tom Morellos thunderous guitar, and Zack, while his lyrics I didn't like, his style of singing was cool, little bit of hip hop and a little bit of rock n roll. So, naturally, Audioslave is my favorite current band. For dvds and cds, I will usually buy them as cheap as I can, I bought Audioslaves first album on its first day of release. I do that with Offspring albums too (Gone Away is my fave Offspring song as well). Best song off of Audioslaves first cd has to be Like a Stone. I wish that Kim Thayil would guest on their next cd, but his guitar would definitely be drowned out by Morellos!
 
T. Erdelyi said:
Start listening to the Grateful Dead, start with their studio stuff, can't be more than a dozen, then get into the live Dicks Picks sets, some of the greatest music never to be played again. :( miss ya Jerry
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I used to have almost their entire studio cd library, I now have only their first cd, Hundred Year Hall, Workingmans Dead (one of my favorite cds), and I think thats it. I really enjoy their earlier bluesy stuff, and love their bluegrass stuff. I think I am the only deadhead who has never smoked herb!
 
Oh yeah, I have the Robert Johnson set, great blues, especially 32.20 blues, and I have Eric Claptons cover cd of that album. Eric doesn't have the power that Robert had, but Eric still does a damn fine job!
 
Foo Fighters - it's all pretty good, if you only want to get one, get "the Colour and the shape".

Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak". The classic lineup: Lynott, Downey, Gorham and Robertson. The wah-solo that Robertson plays on "Warrior" is one of my favorites. The same lineup appeared on "Live and Dangerous", which - unlike most live albums - is actually extremely good. There is a ton of great playing all over that CD and I highly recommend it. Also, check out "Black Rose" if you want to hear some of Gary Moore's best work ever on the final track "Roisin Dubh". It sends chills up my spine.
 
OK here goes nothing.
any Howlin Wolf: get it (best of CD will give you an over-all perspective)
Bill Monroe 1934-1954: American roots music at it's best
Chieftains Collection: anything is cool
Chuck Berry Blues: He was R&R
Eric Clapton Riding with the King: Get it just because it's EC and BB
Essential Al Green: Al is "soul" personified
Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983: Yes Johnny Cash is essential
Flatt and Scruggs greatest hits: Aside from Monroe these guys were the heat.
O Brother Where Art Thou Im A Man of Constant Sorrow: Excellent
any Van Morrison: Van is the Man
Woody Guthrie House of the Rising Sun: No Woody no Robert Zimmerman

My ADD would not let me comment on every selection but the one thing that impresses me is that these are all artist whose music had/has great depth. But where are Miles, Monk and Trane??? ;) ;)
 
I second Torz' comments concerning Jailbreak. It's a great all-around album; in fact, TBABIT is one of the lesser tracks.

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones' 1st album is great. I love it. Definitely get it.

Based on the strength of your favorite types of music, I must tell you: Go out now, run, do not walk, and buy Leo Kottke's 6 and 12 String Guitar. It is soooo good. If you do not already have it, get it NOW.

I think every aspiring acoustic guitarist should have it in his collection. I'm not an aspiring acoustic guitarist, but I have it because listening to it is so enjoyable.
 
O Brother Where Art Thou Im A Man of Constant Sorrow-is good. I actually performed this song last week thursday. :cool: I F*ed it... Good song though

Three Doors down was my favorite band back in the day, I don't remember which CD of theirs I had, but it had that Kryptonite song and Loser, some others.



I know the I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrw, can be found online. I'm not sure about the any of the other ones. Check out Singingfish.com :cool: (I think it's legal. :confused: )
 
I might add that anything by Woody Guthrie is well worth acquiring. There was a tribute album done by his son, Arlo, where Arlo does a voice-over duet with his father on "This Land Is My Land". Given how difficult their relationship was at the end, what with Woody's Huntington's Chorea and all, not to speak of the difference in politics, the duet brings tears to my eyes whenever I hear it.
 
OK, I guess I should be the one to comment on Best of Mariachi from Mexico...

I am not much into Mariachi Music but this seems to be a good selection, there's lots of Mariachi around, a search in Amazon will get plenty of choices.

For Mexican music I am much more fond of sones, specially Jarocho and Huasteco, and there is much more to know like corridos and boleros.

Amazon has a guide to Mexican music which you may find interesting.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...S/ref=cm_aya_av.sylt_sylt/102-1282250-9940159

About other records, If you like the Chiftains you may also like the Clancy brothers and Cherish the Ladies, there's lots of good Irish music around.

Luis

Edited to add a couple of verses:

Bajo la sombra de un árbol
y al compás de mi guitarra,
canto alegre este Huapango
porque la vida se acaba.
Y quiero morir cantando
como muere la cigarra.

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Land of song said the warrior bard
though all the world betrays thee,
one sword at least thy rights shall guard,
one faithfull harp shall praise thee.
 
Ok well I guess I will weigh in on the rap discs mentioned.
2pac is da bomb, gangstah poet extrordinaire
Cyprus Hill, funky old skool shiznit
House of Pain, um funky but I think it was noteworthy more for the fact that these were white rappers then anything else. The main guy from HOP is now in a thing called Everlast which isn't rap but sort of urban folk with an edge cool stuff.

I don't know much about Speakerbox/outcast but they certainly sold a buttload of discs and seem to be well respected by musicians and hiphoparratzi.
 
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