OK, for all you compulsive list makers out there, here's my challenge.

The rules: Let's say that for the rest of your life, the only music you can listen to is what you choose for this list -- the classic desert island scenario.

You can choose any 50 albums you want. All will be specially prepared and presented in pristine form in the format of your choice, so the quality of the media is not in question (although the quality of the original recording may be a consideration). This is about the music.

No compilations, please. No best-ofs or greatest hits. Double and triple albums are OK, even box sets, if that's how the material was originally released (e.g., Keith Jarrett's Sun Bear concerts, George Harrison's All Things Must Pass), but no box set compilations, UNLESS the box set was all previously unreleased material. Remastered albums with extra tracks are fine.

In addition to the 50 albums, you may choose 50 random tracks, also in your format of choice. This makes it unnecessary to put an album on your list just because there's one song you absolutely have to have, and allows you to include singles. It also allows you to previously unreleased tracks from compilations. The tracks can be any length. If you want to include an entire side of an LP because it has no visible division between individual songs, be my guest.

So, 50 albums, plus 50 individual cuts. If you're in, take your time and get it right.

50 is a lot more realistic and reasonable than the usual 10 in these DID lists. I'm going to take my time and get back to you. I'd want the singles compiled on CD, though, 45's wear out - even on desert islands.

That's why I thought it would be interesting to do a really big list this time. Imagine the singles (or single album tracks) are in any format that makes you happy. Format is no object.

Okay, here goes, I bent the rules a bit to include the singles-heavy Spector and Bacharach box sets.

50 albums:

Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Ella Fitzgerald - Pure Ella
Benny Goodman - The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
Charley Patton - Beg, Scream, and Holler (box)
Bessie Smith - The Collection
Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (box)
Bobby Blue Bland - Two Steps From the Blues
Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
Johnny Burnette and the Rock'n'Roll Trio - Rock'n'Roll Trio
Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry is on top
Little Richard - Little Richard
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
Little Richard - Little Richard Volume 2
The Crickets - The "Chirping" Crickets
Gene Vincent - Bluejean Bop!
Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys - SMiLE
The Beach Boys - Today!
The Beach Boys - Summer Days and Summer Nights
The Beach Boys - Friends
The Beach Boys - Surf's up
The Beach Boys - Sunflower
The Beach Boys - Holland
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Burt Bacharach - The Look of Love (box)
Phil Spector - Back to Mono (box)
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
The Checkmates Ltd. - Love is all we Have to Give
Del Shannon - Little Town Flirt
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Santana - Caravanserai
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The Millennium - Begin
Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News
Marvin Gaye - What's Going on
Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on
Lorraine Ellison - Introducing Miss Lorraine/Heart & Soul
Lorraine Ellison - Stay With me
Lorraine Ellison - Lorraine Ellison
The Temptations - The Temptations Sing Smokey
James Brown - Cold Sweat
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' on

50 singles and album tracks:

Frankie Morales - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine
Replacements - Johnny's Gonna die
The Mamas & the Papas - California Dreamin'
Spinners - I'll be Around
Baby Washington - It'll Never be Over for me
The Isley Brothers - Why When Love is Gone
The Drifters - There Goes my Baby
Marty Robbins - El Paso
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
Yardbirds - Mister, You're a Better man Than I
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
The Who - My Generation
The Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
Four Tops - Reach out I'll be There
Martha Reeves & the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
Paul Simon - American Tune
Louie Ramirez - Barrio Nuevo
Frankie Lymon & the Teen-agers - Why do Fools Fall in Love?
Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs - Stay
The Dakotas - The Cruel sea
Pete Rodriguez - I Like it Like That
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Xavier Cugat - Sway
Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony - The Hustle
Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop
Jorgen Ingmann - Apache
Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann - Dansevise
BLC - I Don't Wanta go
The Rocksteady Crew - (Hey you) the Rocksteady Crew
Ray Conniff Singers - Beyond the Sea
Petula Clark - Downtown
The Ventures - Hawaii Five-Oh
Dick Dale & the Del-tones - Miserlou
The Chantays - Pipeline
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the sky
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack
Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Lovin'
Luther Ingram - If Loving you is Wrong
The O'Jays - I Love Music
Malo - Suavecito
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
Jack Nitzsche - The Lonely Surfer
The Hollies - Bus Stop
James & Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet
The Animals - We Gotta get out of This Place

Added Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings (box), which I forgot.

Added the single Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop, which I forgot.

Added the track Louie Ramirez - Barrio Nuevo, which I also forgot.

Thanks, Googa. Wow. A smattering of recordings from the 70's, and nothing newer, unless I'm missing something.

My favorite pick: "Suavecito" by Malo. Love that song. Actually, I probably like the b-side ("Nena") even better. The're both in the running for my singles list.

As I work on my list, I'm surprised how much of it is from the 60's and 70's. I like (and buy) a lot of current stuff, but when it comes down to what's essential to me, it's mostly from that era.

I'm also surprised at how much great music I'm going to have to leave off.

My list is coming soon.

50 Albums

America
Rubber Soul – The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
Abbey Road – The Beatles
Radio City – Big Star
Black Cadillac – Rosanne Cash
Again – Buffalo Springfield
Chicago Transit Authority
V – Chicago
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Déjà Vu -- Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
If I Could Only Remember My Name -- David Crosby
Graham Nash/David Crosby
Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
Songs for a Hurricane – Kris Delmhorst
Bryter Layter -- Nick Drake
Pink Moon -- Nick Drake
Unhalfbricking – Fairport Convention
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
Souvenirs – Dan Fogelberg
You Were Here – Sarah Harmer
All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
1983 – Richie Havens
Staircase – Keith Jarrett
Music -- Carole King
The Northeast Kingdom – Cheri Knight
Forever Changes – Love
Alone Together – Dave Mason
Blue – Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell
Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
Moondance – Van Morrison
New York Tendaberry -- Laura Nyro
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession -- Laura Nyro
The Pretenders
Frosting On The Beater – The Posies
Give It Up – Bonnie Raitt
Bavarian Fruit Bread – Hope Sandoval and Warm Inventions
Abraxas – Santana
Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts
Bookends – Simon & Garfunkel
Can’t Buy A Thrill – Steely Dan
Countdown To Ecstacy – Steely Dan
Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills – Manassas
Sweet Baby James -- James Taylor
Mud Slide Slim -- James Taylor
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere -- Neil Young
Harvest -- Neil Young
After the Gold Rush -- Neil Young


50 Single Tracks

Everyone I Meet Is From California – America
Ventura Highway – America
No Matter What – Badfinger
Stealing Rosemary – The Bangles
Good Vibrations – Beach Boys
Ticket to Ride – The Beatles
Paperback Writer --Beatles
Rain – Beatles
Revolution – The Beatles
Musher – Bettie Serveert
Fountain of Sorrow – Jackson Browne
Turn, Turn, Turn – The Byrds
Lover of the Bayou – the Byrds
Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? – Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Lee Shore – David Crosby (demo, from the box set “Voyage”)
Song With No Words -- David Crosby (live, from “Voyage”)
My Favorite Mistake – Sheryl Crow
Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
Wear Your Love Like Heaven – Donovan
One Less Bell To Answer – Fifth Dimension
Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology) – Marvin Gaye
These Eyes – The Guess Who
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
Bus Stop – The Hollies
Today – Innocence Mission
Crystal Blue Persuasion – Tommy James and the Shondells
Embryonic Journey – Jefferson Airplane
It’s Too Late -- Carole King
Eight Miles High – Leo Kottke
That’s The Way – Led Zeppelin
Saturday Clothes – Gordon Lightfoot
California Dreamin’ – Mamas and Papas
Woman of Heart and Mind – Joni Mitchell
Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp – Laura Nyro
Blackpatch – Laura Nyro
Sweet Thing – Rufus
I Saw the Light – Todd Rundgren
Hello, It’s Me – Todd Rundgren
The Fairest of All Yarrow – Kate Rusby
Scarborough Fair – Simon & Garfunkel
Night By Night – Steely Dan
Change Partners – Stephen Stills
You’re Not the Only One I Know – The Sundays
Bang A Gong – T. Rex
I Say A Little Prayer – Dionne Warwick
Above the Clouds – Paul Weller
Roundabout – Yes
On The Way Home – Neil Young (live, from “Massey Hall”)
Leave Me Be – The Zombies

Added the album The Millennium - Begin, which I also forgot.

Added the single The Beach Boys - Don't Worry, Baby, which I also forgot - should have numbered them!

Nice lists, Greg. You do like your singer-songwriters, don't you? There is one track from the 80's ((Hey You) the Rocksteady Crew) and one from the '90s (Return of the Mack) on my list.

I like a lot of stuff, but it's the singer/songwriter/CSNY type stuff that really gets me the most, I guess.

I have to admit there's a lot of stuff on your list that I've never heard of. I'm having a good time looking stuff up. Found a video on YouTube of some god-awful 70's disco band doing "Apache," complete with scantily-clad dancing girls in fake Native-American garb. Have you seen that? If that song means anything to you, maybe you shouldn't.

Yes, I watched that video on a TV show, apparently it's got a cult following all over the world. I think it's a riot. But I wouldn't want to own the music!

I hope to tackle the album part as soon as I have a couple spare hours. The singles will be harder; I don't have any database of every song I own!

I just started a quick run through my cd data base. Just from a very quick run through of A - J I'm at 70 albums........... I'm going to have some serious pruning to do. Can we please use box sets?? Pretty Please??

OK, here it goes...........

I couldn’t get it down to 50, so here’s my top 60.. Before I edited my list, the original list had 125 albums. If I was really doing MY personal D.I. list, there would be lots of box sets & best of’s, but I mostly followed the rules. I did go with a few “2fer” reissues, & early Duke Ellington was only on compilations (pre-LP days), so I chose the 24 cd RCA box set. This is really hard for me to do without best of’s & box sets… GRR. It would also be different tomorrow.

Top 60 Albums

1. Blue Oyster Cult Secret Treaties
2. Bruce Cockburn Circles In The Stream
3. Bruce Cockburn In The Falling Dark
4. Byrds Untitled/Unissued
5. Country Joe & The Fish Electric Music For The Mind & Body
6. Crosby,Stills & Nash (1st s/t)
7. CSNY 4 Way Street (2 Cd's)
8. CSNY Deja Vu
9. Dan Fogelberg Captured Angel
10. Dan Fogelberg Home Free/Souvineers UK 2fer
11. Dan Fogelberg Netherlands
12. Dan Reed Network 1st
13. Dave Mason Is Alive
14. David Bowie Ziggy Soundtrack 30th Anniversary Limited Ed (2 cd)
15. David Bowie David Live ( Expanded 2 Cd's )
16. David Bowie Ziggy Stardust (30th expanded 2 cd)
17. David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name (CD DVD Remaster)
18. Deep Purple Made In Japan (2cd)
19. Duke Ellington Centenial Collection (RCA 24 CD Box)
20. Duncan Browne Wild Places / Streets Of Fire 2 fer
21. Eric Andersen Blue River
22. Fish Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
23. Grateful Dead Reckoning (expanded 2 cd)
24. Grateful Dead Live (Skull & Roses)
25. Guess Who Live At The Paramount
26. Ian Tamblyn When Will I See You
27. Jackson Browne Late For The Sky
28. Jackson Browne The Pretender
29. James Gang Live In Concert
30. Janis Joplin In Concert
31. Jefferson Airplane Volunteers (expanded
32. Jefferson Airplane After Bathing At Baxter's (Expanded Remaster)
33. Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced (Expanded)
34. Joni Mitchell Blue
35. Joni Mitchell Court & Spark
36. Joni Mitchell For The Roses
37. Lisa Loeb Firecracker (Japan with 2 bonus)
38. Lisa Loeb The Way It Really Is (Japan bonus track)
39. Lou Reed Rock 'N' Roll Animal (Expanded Remaster)
40. Maria McKee Life Is Sweet
41. Marillion Clutching At Straws (2 CD)
42. Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes
43. Mott The Hoople Mott
44. Neil Young Live At Massey Hall
45. Paula Cole This Fire
46. Ralph McTell Ralph, Albert & Sydney (Live)
47. Richard & Linda Thompson Pour Down Like Silver (Expanded UK)
48. Sarah Masen Carry Us Through
49. Sarah Masen Self Titled
50. Sarah McLachlan Solace
51. Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
52. Shari Ulrich Long Nights
53. Shawn Colvin A Few Small Repairs
54. Spirit Live At The Rainbow 1978
55. The Tubes 1st/Young & Rich (UK 2fer)
56. Tori Amos Little Earthquakes
57. Traffic Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
58. Wendy Waldman The Main Refrain
59. Wishbone Ash 1st
60. Wishbone Ash Argus Deluxe (2 cd UK)

I just did a count, I'm a bit surprised but if box sets were allowed I'd only be adding 10 & pulling about 15 single cd's.

This was harder than I thought it was going to be. I thought 50 and 50 it's a snap! But I left out an awful lot, changed it several times and if I thought about it more the list would change again. This is the list of the moment:
Albums
1. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
2. Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
3. Grateful Dead – Fillmore West Box
4. Grateful Dead – Steppin’ Out with the Grateful Dead
5. Grateful Dead – Movie Soundtrack
6. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
7. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
8. The Band – Last Waltz (DE)
9. Neil Young – Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
10. Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps
11. Paul Simon – Graceland
12. Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
13. Rolling Stones – Exile on Mainstreet
14. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
15. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
16. Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
17. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
18. Miles Davis – Agharta
19. Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
20. Ornette Coleman – Dancing in Your Head
21. Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch
22. Clash – s/t UK
23. Clash – London Calling
24. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
25. Velvet Underground – Banana
26. Velvet Underground – Loaded
27. Lou Reed – The Blue Mask
28. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
29. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
30. Charles Mingus – Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus
31. Thelonious Monk – At the Five Spot
32. Beatles – White Album
33. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
34. John Coltrane – Complete Live at the Village Vanguard
35. Duke Ellington – Blanton/Webster Band
36. Duke Ellington – All-star Road Band
37. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
38. Louis Armstrong – Hot Fives and Sevens
39. Who – The Kids Are Alright
40. Van Morrison – Moondance
41. Van Morrison – St. Dominic’s Preview
42. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On?
43. Don Cherry – Complete Communion
44. Mahler – Symphony No. 5 – Bernstein
45. Mahler Symphony No. 9 – Bernstein
46. Strauss – Der Rosenkavalier – Solti
47. Wagner – Der Ring des Neibelungen – Solti
48. Bach – Goldberg Variations – Gould
49. Byrd/Gibbons – Keyboard Music – Gould
50. S/T – The Harder They Come

Singles
1. George Clinton – Atomic Dog
2. Sly and the Family Stone – Thankyoufalettinmebemiceelfagin
3. Sly and the Family Stone – Everybody is a Star
4. Paul Simon – American Tune
5. Leonard Cohen – Anthem
6. Leonard Cohen – Everybody Knows
7. Chuck Berry – Johnny B. Goode
8. Buddy Holly – Oh Boy
9. Beatles – Hey Jude
10. Beatles – And Your Bird Can Sing
11. Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes
12. James Brown – I Feel Good
13. Bob Marley – No Woman, No Cry
14. Bob Marley – Redemption Song
15. Janis Joplin – Piece of My Heart
16. Delany and Bonnie – Groupie (Superstar)
17. Counting Crows – Long December
18. Jimi Hendrix – Little Wing
19. Derek and the Dominos – Layla
20. Blind Faith – Can’t Find My Way Home
21. Dusty Springfield – Just One Smile
22. Gladys Knight and the Pips – Midnight Train to Georgia
23. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
24. Clash – Complete Control
25. Clash – White Man in Hammersmith Palais
26. Buzzcocks – Everybody’s Happy Nowadays
27. Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
28. U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
29. REM – Man in the Moon
30. Blondie – Denis
31. Steely Dan – My Old School
32. Muddy Waters – I’m a Man
33. Mississippi John Hurt – Louis Collins
34. Smithereens – Behind the Wall of Sleep
35. Jackson Browne – Before the Deluge
36. Ramones – Sheena is a Punk Rocker
37. Parliament – Flashlight
38. Commodores – Brick House
39. Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
40. Four Tops – Reach Out
41. Tempations – Ball of Confusion
42. Temptations – Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
43. Stevie Wonder – I Wish
44. Aretha Franklin – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
45. Otis Redding – I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
46. Sam Cooke – Change is Gonna Come
47. Byrds – My Back Pages
48. Warren Zevon – Mohammed’s Radio
49. Warren Zevon – Carmelita
50. Warren Zevon Mutineer

A few observations:

1. I made the rules, but I can't enforce them. If you break them, or bend them, you break them or bend them. Consider the rules to be as starting point. Have fun, for god's sake.
2. The album lists are really interesting, but I'm finding the single track lists even more interesting. That's where you get down those odd songs that really hit a sweet spot.
3. Even though it's 50 albums, it takes a lot of pruning if you're a serious collector. The last few cuts I made were very painful. I wanted Tommy Keene (#51) to make the cut so badly. You deserve it, Tommy.
4. I don't have any database -- albums or singles. You just have to dig in and do the work, knowing you'll probably forget SOMETHING.
5. I just saw the Cowboy Junkies tonight, and they were fantastic. How could I possibly leave them off my list entirely? How could I ever look Margo Timmins in the eye and tell her that? HOW? They deserve it, too

Trinity Sessions was one of my cuts, & Caution Horses was thought about.

ALBUMS
1. Aerosmith--Rocks
2. The Band--The Band
3. Pet Sounds--The Beach Boys
4. A Hard Day's Night--The Beatles
5. Rubber Soul--The Beatles
6. Odelay--Beck
7. Parallel Lines--Blondie
8. Ziggy Stardust--David Bowie
9. London Calling--The Clash
10. This Year's Model--Elvis Costello
11. Strong Persuader--Robert Cray
12. Bayou Country--Creedence Clearwater Revival
13. Cosmo's Factory--Creedence Clearwater Revival
14. Marshall Crenshaw--Marshall Crenshaw
15. Layla--Derek and the Dominos
16. Fleetwood Mac--Fleetwood Mac
17. Rumours--Fleetwood Mac
18. Workingman's Dead--The Grateful Dead
19. Are You Experienced?--Jimi Hendrix
20. Off the Wall--Michael Jackson
21. Live at the Regal--B.B. King
22. Tapestry--Carole King
23. Led Zeppelin II--Led Zeppelin
24. Houses of the Holy--Led Zeppelin
25. Forever Changes--Love
26. Pure Pop For Now People--Nick Lowe
27. Superfly--Curtis Mayfield
28. Blue--Joni Mitchell
29. Court and Spark--Joni Mitchell
30. Moby Grape--Moby Grape
31. Moondance--Van Morrison
32. Into the Music--Van Morrison
33. All the Young Dudes--Mott the Hoople
34. Good Old Boys--Randy Newman
35. Nevermind--Nirvana
36. Heat Treatment--Graham Parker
37. Slanted & Enchanted--Pavement
38. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain--Pavement
39. Learning to Crawl--Pretenders
40. Purple Rain--Prince
41. It Takes a Nation of Millions--Public Enemy
42. Murmur--R.E.M.
43. Document--R.E.M.
44. Let It Be--The Replacements
45. Let it Bleed--The Rolling Stones
46. Dig Me Out--Sleater-Kinney
47. Dusty in Memphis--Dusty Springfield
48. Born to Run--Bruce Springsteen
49. Born in the USA--Bruce Springsteen
50. Can't Buy a Thrill--Steely Dan
51. Countdown to Ecstasy--Steely Dan
52. Pretzel Logic--Steely Dan
53. Every Picture Tells a Story--Rod Stewart
54. Marquee Moon--Television
55. Who's Next--The Who
56. Talking Book--Stevie Wonder
57. Innervisions--Stevie Wonder
58. After the Gold Rush--Neil Young
59. Rust Never Sleeps--Neil Young
60. Wild Gift--X

So here we go.The avatar-less beast known only to a select few returns to make another post
Here are my choices whittled down to a bare 50 and not given too much thought.Please note I have been extremely judicious in limiting each of my choices to only one album by a given artist.This was difficult with personal favourites like The Beatles and the great,great,Jefferson Airplane.If I could never listen to this lot again I would be severely tempted to pour burning hot oil into my ears.

In no particular order ;

1. The Beatles.-Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
2. The Beach Boys.-Pet Sounds.
3. The Mamas and Papas.-If You Can Belive Your Eyes and Ears.
4. Love.-Forever Changes.
5. Simon and Garfunkel.-Bookends.
6. The Byrds.-The Notorious Byrd Brothers.
7. Jimi Hendrix.-Electric Ladyland.
8. Crosby,Stills and Nash.-Crosby Stills and Nash.
9. Nick Drake.-Bryter Layter.
10. Jefferson Airplane.-Surrealistic Pillow.
11. The Rolling Stones.-Let It Bleed.
12. Steely Dan.-Pretzel Logic.
13. Neil Young.-After The Goldrush.
14.Cream.-Diraeli Gears.
15. Michael Jackson.-Off The Wall.
16. Elvis Presley.-From Elvis In Memphis.
17. Aretha Franklin.-I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You.
18. Ray Charles.-Modern Sounds In Country and Western.
19. Quicksilver Messenger Service.-Happy Trials.
20. Moby Grape.-Moby Grape.
21. David Bowie.-Ziggy Stardust.
22. The Grateful Dead.-American Beauty.
23. The Velvet Underground and Nico.-The Velvet Underground and Nico.
24. Dusty Springfield.-A Girl Called Dusty.
25. Carole King.-Tapestry.
26. Pink Floyd.-Dark Side Of The Moon.
27. Marvin Gaye.-What's Going On.
28. Bob Dylan.-Blonde On Blonde.
29. John Lennon.-John Lennon Plastic Ono Band.
30. Fleetwood Mac.-Rumours.
31 Elton John.-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
32. Cat Stevens.-Tea For The Tillerman.
33. Santana.-Abraxas.
34. Paul McCartney and Wings.-Band On The Run.
35 Michel Polnareff.-Polnareff's.
36. Stevie Wonder.-Innervisions.
37. Billy Joel.-The Stranger.
38. Caravan.-In The Land Of Grey And Pink.
39. Fairport Convention.-What We Did On Our Holidays.
40. Renaissance.-Ashes Are Burning.
41.The Lovin' Spoonful.-Daydream.
42. Kate Bush.-The Kick Inside.
43. Massive Attack-Blue Lines.
44. Blur.-Parklife.
45.Blood Sweat and Tears.-Child Is Father To The Man
46. New Musik.-From A to B.
47. Supertramp.-Breakfast In America.
48. Chic.-C'est Chic.
49. Milton Nascimento/Lo Borges.-Clube Da Esquina vol.1
50. Phil Spector.-A Christmas Gift For You.

The whole thing might be summarised as ;And you shall know my name by the trial of albums I have left out.