The previous post is still open for business, Crivs, but striking while the iron is hot, which 10 albums would you choose to take to a desert island? Is that an easier or a harder task? In fact, let's add DVD movies - which ones would you choose? And don't worry, you'll have the required solar powered equipment you need in order to play them.
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The Best Of Blondie - Blondie (the first music cassette I ever bought)
ReplyDeleteLet It Be - Beatles
The Beatles 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) - Beatles
The Visitors - ABBA
Greatest Hits Vol 1 - ABBA
South Park (Movie Soundtrack)
Cabaret (Movie Soundtrack)
Blue - Simply Red
Handel's Water Music/Royal Fireworks Suite
Solar Power - Lorde
Planet Of The Apes (1968 version)
The Haunting (1963 version)
Jason And The Argonauts
The Holly And The Ivy
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Dracula (1957 Hammer version)
Carry On Up The Khyber
Steptoe And Son
King Kong (1933 version)
What, no 1976 Likely Lads movie, CJ? I'd better start thinking of my choices now.
DeleteKid, I love all those '70s movie adaptations of British sitcoms so I could have chosen any of them.
ReplyDeleteIt'll definitely be going on my list, CJ. Out of all the comedy TV shows that were made into films, The Likely Lads is the best in my not-so-humble estimation. (And Barry Norman agreed with me.)
DeleteI thought this post would be more popular than the previous one, but going by the amount of responses I was clearly wrong. Anyway, here are my top 10 albums and movies. Incidentally, double albums are acceptable.
ReplyDelete1) James Bond 10th Anniversary Soundtrack album. John Barry, various artists.
2) 40 Golden Greats. Jim Reeves.
3) Superman The Movie Soundtrack. John Williams.
4) Mary Poppins Soundtrack. Sherman Brothers.
5) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Soundtrack. Sherman Brothers.
6) Nat 'King' Cole Greatest Love Songs.
7) The World Of James Bond Adventure. Roland Shaw.
8) 12 Songs Of Christmas. Jim Reeves.
9) Shepherd Moons. Enya.
10) Shadowlands. k.d. lang.
1) An Inspector Calls.
2) Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein.
3) Live & Let Die.
4) The Likely Lads.
5) Superman The Movie.
6) Batman.
7) Gladiator.
8) The Producers. (Musical version.)
9) The Searchers.
10) Galaxy Quest.
Kid, I bought the cassette of Enya's Shepherd Moons when it came out. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteIts been a busy workday so below is a quick list of some of my favourite LPs and movies – I’m sure I missed a few that I should have added :
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Aliens
Close Encounters of the 3rd kind
Matrix
Interstellar
The Thing (1982)
Goodbye Mr Chips
Till
As good as it gets
The Intouchables (not the Sean Connery movie)
Up
LP’s
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
Diamond Dogs – David Bowie
Transformer – Lou Reed
Velvet underground - Velvet underground
Highway 61 revisited – Bob Dylan
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Bridge over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
Parallel lines – Blondie
Never mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
Whats going on - Marvin Gaye
Yeah, nice, innit, CJ.
DeleteJust remembered I'd meant to include Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel, McS, though I like Bridge Over Troubled Water as well. I've got all their albums, in fact.
DeleteLps
ReplyDeleteClear Approach - Trillion
Close to the Edge - Yes
Fulfillingness first finale -Stevie Wonder
Leftoverture - Kansas
Pieces of Eight - Styx
Thick as a brick - Jethro Tull
Christmas album - Jethro Tull
Double Trouble live - Molly Hatchet
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Demons and Wizards - Uriah Heep
Movies
The Wicker Man
Carry on Camping
Carry on Regardless
Deep Red
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ask a Policeman
A Stitch in Time
Psycho
Suspiria (70s)
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein
Although I recognise most of the artists, AL, none of the titles ring a bell with me. Shows how clued up I am about music, eh?
DeleteABBA Gold ( I haven't got it, but a 'catch-all', for separate albums ! )
ReplyDeleteBrotherhood of Man 20 no 1 hits ( I can't remember the exact title! )
Echoes of Gold
Themes & Dreams
The Concert in Central Park ( lots for your money!)
Themes For Superheroes (mfp)
Rumours
Now That's What I Call Music 2
Handel's Water Music ( good call, Colin - I've got that, too! )
Another Page - Christopher Cross
Night Moves
Star Wars
Close Encounters
The Big Sleep
Farewell My Lovely
Rumble Fish
The Hill
Superman 1
El Cid
Merlin - Sam Neil
This is very rough - just off the top of my head. The final one might have been a mini-series, I'm not sure. Those included, I'd definitely bung in Shogun, too!
Phillip
I've got that MFP Themes For Superheroes too, P. I'll likely have Handel's Water Music as well, seeing as how I've got loads of classical albums.
DeleteThere's a sister tape, 'Star Wars & Other Space Themes' - did you have that too, Kid?
ReplyDeletePhillip
If I ever had the album it would've been the vinyl LP, but I don't have it now - if I ever did. I had the MFP Bond album which, when it was first released, had a painting of Roger Moore on the cover, though this was later painted over to make his front look like his back. They ruined it, but it must've been a copyright issue.
DeleteOh - The Concert in Central Park's Simon & Garfunkel ( which I failed to type), in case anyone doesn't know!
ReplyDeletePhillip
I forgot about The Cat & The Canary and The Ghost Breakers - two excellent scary movies with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.
DeleteKid - I had a 70s tape entitled 'Big Bond Movie Themes', but gave it to a friend who was a Bond fanatic, into adult life.
ReplyDeletePhillip
If it was by MFP, it would've been the cassette of the LP I had. (Might still have it.)
DeleteHandel's Water Music and his Music For The Royal Fireworks are often lumped together on the same CD which is why I listed them as a single album. Andrew L mentioned The Wicker Man which I'd forgotten about and which is a fantastic film ( I last saw it on BBC iPlayer in December 2023).
ReplyDeleteWhen you think about it, CJ, limiting the list to only 10 movies is far too restricting. 50 would be better. As for music, I've got the 65-part 'The Great Composers' series (the last 15 were operas), plus many other individual CDs.
DeleteIt's really hard to tie down fav music etc. A lot depends on the situation for example, if It was a list to relax to I would add things like Griegs piano concerto in A minor etc, if it was music that reminds me of being a kid it would contain mostly bubblegum pop from 65 to mid 70s like Middle of the Roads Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep etc Still most folk (apart from me) that replied had similar tastes such as theme tunes, ABBA etc
ReplyDeleteI chose the ones on my list mainly for the memories they conjured up, McS, and what albums I could remember without looking through them. I like Mahler, the album with the theme used for the movie Death In Venice.
DeleteI have that soundtrack, lovely stuff, is it Mahlers Agagietto Symphony no 5?
DeleteNot sure, McS, as it isn't to hand at the moment. One of the tunes is used for the Castrol GTX ad. I'm not great at remembering their actual names, I usually identify them by which TV ad they were used for. I'll get back to you on that.
DeleteThe album is called Symphonic Excerpts, Featuring Themes From Visconti's Film 'Death In Venice'. played by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Rafael Kubelik conducting. The tracks are Symphony #5 in C sharp minor, Symphony #7 in E minor 'Song of the Night', and Symphony #3 in D minor 'A Summer Morning's Dream'. The series was later released on CD, though not all the recordings were played by the same Orchestras. I last remember listening to this specific record around 40 years ago, though I played a cassette of it I had in the late '80s or early '90s.
DeleteKid - Yes, it was MFP, as was my Handel tape, too. MFP often meant Woolworths bought, methinks.
ReplyDeletePhillip
Woolworths and Boots record department for me, P. I'll have to take a look one day and check how many MFP LPs I have.
DeleteI'm amazed I haven't included anything by Elvis Presley even though I've owned several greatest hits albums by Elvis.
ReplyDeleteI've got a few Elvis albums too, CJ. You should give his Gospel albums a try - not to get 'religion', just to hear some great music.
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