What's Top 5 Favorite Albums/CD

[Eccie Addict]

Olivia- DarthMaul ain't gonna like you giving Ike credit for this "great" thread.....lol

[gman44]

Originally Posted by helen

this thread is too hard, i can't pick 5 all-time albums! so this is a list of what i'm listening to now:

1. anything by susan tedeschi
2. digging amadou & mariam's welcome to mali album
3. sam cooke's greatest hits
4. aretha franklin's " "
5. lots of new birth brass band

I like Sam Cooke too and did you know that Sam Cooke was the person who discovered Aretha's amazing voice and got her signed?

[caramelqtee mila]

Thanks Kerwil i love Austin im sure they do have some great record stores. Mojo no Frostwire I actually lived in a generation where we enjoyed going out to listen and buy music. I have an Itouch and all that but i miss the actual event of shopping in the store for music. EA Cactus is still around?

[DarthMaul]

Originally Posted by geniusman

I like Sam Cooke too and did you know that Sam Cooke was the person who discovered Aretha's amazing voice and got her signed?

Sam Cooke actually was the creator of "Soul" music!

[Sisyphus]

Originally Posted by OliviaHoward

Miley Cyrus – Just kidding. I had to look up how to spell her name


Great thread Ike!


Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
AC / DC – Back in Black
Squeeze – East Side Story
Stevie Ray Vaughn – Texas Flood
Paul Simon – Graceland
Led Zeppelin – IV
U2 – Rattle and Hum
I could go on all evening

LZ-IV & PF-DSotM make my classic rock list. Squeeze-ESS make my alt list. U2-R&H belong in there...lol...somewhere! So does Auchting, Baby...Joshua Tree...and Boy. So MANY lists...so little time...

Originally Posted by geniusman

I like Sam Cooke too and did you know that Sam Cooke was the person who discovered Aretha's amazing voice and got her signed?

He did, indeed. And Brother Marvin got Frankie Beverly & Maze signed...amongst others. Marvin's willingness to battle Barry Gordy for control of his own sound & a label of his own to discover/develop other artists arguably saved soul music when the sound was beginning to stagnate in the early 70s

Originally Posted by DarthMaul

Sam Cooke actually was the creator of "Soul" music!

Now, now...I don't know that I'd go THAT far! Without a doubt, his recording of, "A Change Is Gonna Come" STILL makes all the hair on my body stand up!

But, Smokey...Barry Gordy...and the Funk Brothers had as much to do with it as Sam. BUT...lol...that's an argument worthy of a couple of cigars and many...MANY scotches at Downing Street some night...preferably between sets of live music!!

[caramelqtee mila]

Sisyphus you are a man after my own heart. Frankie Beverly and Maze is one of my favorite groups and live performers as well.

[Eccie Addict]

Mila- No it isn't I used to go there a lot. The old Bookstop that was next door is gone too. Lots of memories in that shopping center for me.

[Sisyphus]

Originally Posted by caramelqtee mila

Sisyphus you are a man after my own heart. Frankie Beverly and Maze is one of my favorite groups and live performers as well.

At your service, 'mam! "I Wanna Thank You!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_6VaCG3tUE

[Seedy]

I'm going to jam 5 more on here too:
Journey- Escape
Edgar Winter-Jerry Lacroix. Roadwork
The Who- Who's Next
The Boss- born To Run
Black Sabbath- Paranoid.

[Eccie Addict]

Mila- I forgot about CD Warehouse on Jones Rd. There used to be more of them but now there is only one left in Houston.

http://www.cdwarehouse.com/stores.html

[Valerie]

Kasabian-West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Fiona Apple- When The Pawn
Air-Moon Safari
Radiohead-Greatest Hits
The Doors-Greatest Hits

[helen]

Now, now...I don't know that I'd go THAT far! Without a doubt, his recording of, "A Change Is Gonna Come" STILL makes all the hair on my body stand up!

But, Smokey...Barry Gordy...and the Funk Brothers had as much to do with it as Sam. BUT...lol...that's an argument worthy of a couple of cigars and many...MANY scotches at Downing Street some night...preferably between sets of live music!!

wait. did someone say downing street? love that spot! have been jamming to mr. cooke all week-- gimme some "ain't that good news" "what a wonderful world" "sad mood" etc etc anytime!

don't even get me started on aretha-- um best cover of eleanor rigby, ever? yes!

[JoeCanGo]

Originally Posted by Eccie Addict

Where is Hastings.....I used to go to Evolution Record Store on the east side of town where I grew up when I was a kid but I don't think they are around anymore.

My 5..... This list is ever changing
Usher- any
Savage Garden- I think there were only 2 and both were good
2 Pac- Greatest Hits 2 disc
Temptations- Greatest Hits
George Strait- 50 #1's

EA, The Hastings I go to is in Lake Jackson, not sure if there are any in Houston or not. I also go to the one in San Marcos everytime I'm in town. Not sure if anyone used to go to the old Texas Tapes and Records in Pasadena on Spencer. That place was Bad Ass. I used to go there for record signings for different groups and they had all the import stuff that you couldnt get anywhere else. They had a big head shop area, T shirts, Albums, Pics, and all kinds of memorabilia. That was my favorite store growing up.

[Eccie Addict]

There just isn't many individual places to go in Houston anymore. The cd warehouse that used to be on shepherd used to be really good. Wharehouse music was a huge music chain store for a long time but it's gone. Crazy how everything is Internet these days....

[kerwil62]

Originally Posted by Eccie Addict

Mila- I forgot about CD Warehouse on Jones Rd. There used to be more of them but now there is only one left in Houston.

http://www.cdwarehouse.com/stores.html

Guess you gotta go to San Antonio since they have EIGHT locations there!