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Posted: August 21 2014 at 14:35

Magma – Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogie

Of course this is a live triple cd set. If I only had the option to choose just 1 cd it would be:

Yes - Close to the Edge

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Posted: August 21 2014 at 15:34

Maybe Korean pop group Kara's 'Full Bloom', if nothing else than for the "fap-tastic 52 page booklet that comes with the cd.

Music-wise...I don't know, The Beatles white album covers lots of territorial ground thus it's hard to get bored with a specific genre, although I could also handle some extreme metal compilation for a serious length of time if the bands are all to my taste.

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Posted: August 22 2014 at 09:37

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Yes - Relayer

Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All

Gorguts - Obscura

Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior

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Posted: August 22 2014 at 11:20

Too many to list, though The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd comes to mind.

He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!

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Posted: August 22 2014 at 11:40

The Who Live at Leeds

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Posted: August 22 2014 at 12:16

Pain Of Salvation- The Perfect Element Part 1

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Posted: August 22 2014 at 12:46

It doesn't matter what you take because eventually you will become sick of hearing it. For that reason I refuse to take anything I even remotely like.

I think I'd like to pick A Kind Of Blue, it is just possible that given enough time I could grow to like it but even then it is inevitable that I will soon turn back to abject dislike. Either way, I will then take enormous pleasure in warping it into something useful, like a fruit bowl or a hat to shade the sun.

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Posted: August 24 2014 at 13:02

Probably Field Day (Anthony Phillips), just for its length

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Posted: August 24 2014 at 23:11

If I were stranded on an island and I could only have one album it would be Pink Floyd's The Wall. There's so much music there and enough diversity amongst the songs that I would continue to discover one musical layer after another.

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Posted: August 24 2014 at 23:50

Probably Different Stages

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Posted: August 27 2014 at 12:15

If box sets are allowed: Yesyears (Yes)

If they are not allowed, but a double cd is allowed: Echoes, A Retrospective (Camel)

If only a single cd is allowed: L'Isola Di Niente (Premiata Forneria Marconi)

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Posted: August 28 2014 at 14:32

Hey, just thinking about it... How would one listen to the said record? Is there a CD player, a vinyl player or a cassette player on this island?

YES, IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT QUESTION TO THIS DEBATE!!! Stern Smile

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Posted: August 28 2014 at 18:13

CPicard wrote:

Hey, just thinking about it... How would one listen to the said record? Is there a CD player, a vinyl player or a cassette player on this island?

YES, IT'S AN IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT QUESTION TO THIS DEBATE!!! Stern Smile

Hmm. We could assume that the requisite player was salvaged from the wreckage of whatever form of transportation stranded you on the island. However, without electrickery all of those things are pretty useless, solar or wind generators would be needed. While the construction of primitive generators and batteries is not impossible in a desert island situation, I suspect there would be more pressing demands on your time such as food and shelter. If we assume that these items were portable and battery operated you could use them for a short time while these critical problems were addressed.

Of course if the salvaged equipment were a cassette player then you'd also need head-cleaner, degausser or demagnetiser and an old-fashioned wooden pencil. For CD player I'd not recommend an external DAC in this situation though a player that is protected against sand and salt-spray would be advisable.

However, you can construct a rudimentary phonograph that would not require the use of electrickery out of bamboo, half a coconut shell and a thorn from a suitable tree such as the acacia (or alternatively a spine from a sea anemone). With a little ingenuity you could even power it from a small treadmill operated by a specially trained island critter, suffice to say: turtles would not be the idea choice here.

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Posted: August 28 2014 at 18:22

Yea these questions always crack me up as we are to assume there would be a power plant, cables, wall receptacle and such... on this "deserted island"

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Posted: August 28 2014 at 18:28

To be fair, when the concept of "desert island discs" was created portable record players looked like this:

and didn't need electrickery.

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Posted: August 28 2014 at 18:31

Dean wrote:

To be fair, when the concept of "desert island discs" was created portable record players looked like this:

and didn't need electrickery.

Very true.....I suppose "if it was 1895 and you were ship wrecked...."

But then we would not be able to choose Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Miles Davis......

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Posted: August 28 2014 at 19:01

Catcher10 wrote:

Dean wrote:

To be fair, when the concept of "desert island discs" was created portable record players looked like this:

and didn't need electrickery.

Very true.....I suppose "if it was 1895 and you were ship wrecked...."

But then we would not be able to choose Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Miles Davis......

But you could have The Rolling Stones, Status Quo, Golden Earring and ZZ Top.

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Posted: August 29 2014 at 00:42

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Worn Copy, by Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.
I always cite Can's Future Days as my favorite album, but I'd want something I could listen to every day. The Can album is more of a once a month album.

I love Future Days too, and oddly enough it sometimes makes me imagine being stranded on a desert island, orbiting a black hole...forever

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Posted: August 29 2014 at 07:28

Dream Theater's Train of Thought......the only album that could make me attempt to swim back to land (I can't swim!).

I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there.....

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Posted: September 02 2014 at 08:19

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Hey y'all Tongue

. I've got a question for you. If you were stranded on an island and you could only take one album with you which one would it be?

Camel: The Snow Goose - I first heard this album maybe 34 years ago, I still love it now. Contains almost everything I love about music - except thoughtful lyrics of course...

Perhaps would take the Live Record version (which I heard first) to the desert island instead of the studio version, not sure,

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