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Really tough question that always gets asked........I'm tempted to pick a nice mellow classical album like Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, but as far as prog probably ITCOTCK or an early Genesis like Trot or Cryme.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I'd probably pick something frightening to fend off dangerous critters or possible pirates.
I'm thinking either Current 93's Dogs Blood Rising or some Celine Dion.
Celine should do the trick.

you'd need to make sure you took a good pair of ear plugs as well though
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Points: 1008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2014 at 00:57
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by CPicard 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. 

 
With a few battery powered CD players and a good stock of the best lithium chloride batteries (and somewhere reasonably cool to store them) it should be possible to keep a means of playing the album for 20 years or so.
 
However, I might even get fed up with Yessongs if I had nothing else to listen to for 20 years.
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I'd probably take Islands by King Crimson for the sake of conceptual symmetry. Anything else and I would go mad repeating "why didn't i take islands? why didn't i take islands?"
Also cuz i love that album and it would be prefect on an island
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Early Celine Dion has been reported to cause serious nosebleed and Tourette's syndrome-like behaviour.
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

I'd probably pick something frightening to fend off dangerous critters or possible pirates.
I'm thinking either Current 93's Dogs Blood Rising or some Celine Dion.
Celine should do the trick.
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I'd probably pick something frightening to fend off dangerous critters or possible pirates.
I'm thinking either Current 93's Dogs Blood Rising or some Celine Dion.
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Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No.5 conducted by Herbert Von Karajan with the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra.
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I think I'd take something by Kate Bush and sing along to it continously until all the animals on the said island got together and took me somewhere else.
 
And if there were no animals on this island, I'd take The Beatles - the only album I can think of with enough diversity to keep me interested in it.
 
And a solar powered MP3 player to play it on.
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I'd take along my Zune and some type of generator so I could have them all.  I mean really, if you are talking an LP, without a proper setup to play it on, you couldn't listen to it.  Without a power source even a digital music player will run out of juice.  Not to mention you are going to die unless you have fresh water and food.  What the hell is the point?....


Edited by Slartibartfast - November 13 2014 at 06:31
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Talking Heads - Remain in Light
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2014 at 23:24
Realistically, impossible to answer.
Whilst on holidays in The Bahamas, I listened to Gilmour's 'On An Island', on an island ....
But I think today I would take Magenta's 27 Club ANYWHERE........(such is my obsession over this album it's a growing concern......)
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Points: 1607 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 12 2014 at 16:30
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Symphony No.5 conducted by Herbert Von Karajan with the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchestra.


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Originally posted by ProgMetaller2112 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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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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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

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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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by Dean 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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Points: 18048 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2014 at 18:31
Originally posted by Dean 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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To be fair, when the concept of "desert island discs" was created portable record players looked like this:
and didn't need electrickery.


Edited by Dean - August 28 2014 at 18:28
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