What are your “desert island” tapes…the ones you cannot live without?

[Lee]

Crazy hypothetical…

So you are shipwrecked on a desert island but you managed to salvage your stereo, R2R, and a limited number of tapes as the ship was sinking. Which ten tapes did you grab?

Curious about what has the most impact on you by performance, sound quality, or both.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Jimi Hendrix;Bold as love
Carl Orff: Die Kluge
GF Haendel: Messiah. St Martin in the fields/Neville Marriner Elly Ameling
Black Sabbath: Black Sabbath
Bud Powell: The amazing Bud powell
Arne Domnerus: Antiphone Blues
Chopin: Mazurkas/Rubinstein
Chopin: Nocturnes/Rubinstein
Beethoven: Cello sonatas L Hoelscher/E Ney
Monty Alexander Trio Live in Montreux 1977

 

[chet atkins]

Duct tape

 

[Lee]

Duct tape

Never heard of them. Who did the mastering?

 

[DasguteOhr]

Mighty sam mclain, keep on moving
Eva cassidy, songbird
Angelo branduari, il ladro
Yello , flag
Accept, russian roulette
Metallica , and justice for all
Schiller,symphonia
Gamba, rossini overtures
Robert tepper, no easy way out
Rickie lee jones , flying cowboys
@ Lee scotch 3m

 

[marty]

The reason I never got into tape is that most people I know who have tape machines have less than 100 tapes. At $500@ that's a ridiculous handicap and limitation for me to listen to the greatest music of the world. However, I admit that when it's good, it is a damn impressive experience indeed.

 

[Foxbat]

A good audiophile only needs two records: one for bass, and one for female voice. They both only need to be about 15 seconds long.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

a few that come to mind if i need to travel to that outer ring.....

Ben Webster, "Sunday Morning at the Montmartre", 1/4" 15ips
Count Basie, 88 Basie Street, 1/4", 15ips.
Pink Floyd, "Wish You Were Here", 1/4", 15ips
Ilya itin, Debussy "Preludes", 1/2", 30ips..........work parts.
Muddy Waters, Folk Singer, 1/2", 15ips.
Miles Davis, "Friday Night at the Blackhawk", 15ips, 1/4"

 

[kodomo]

There are many non-official tape favorites! Care to share where to get them

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

There are many non-official tape favorites! Care to share where to get them

should I post it in New York Times ?

 

[bonzo75]

should I post it in New York Times ?

zero distortion is a better tabloid

 

[Foxbat]

Duct tape

Best answer.

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

Best answer.

just a stickier tape.....

 

[mikld]

Mighty sam mclain, keep on moving
Eva cassidy, songbird
Angelo branduari, il ladro
Yello , flag
Accept, russian roulette
Metallica , and justice for all
Schiller,symphonia
Gamba, rossini overtures
Robert tepper, no easy way out
Rickie lee jones , flying cowboys
@ Lee scotch 3m

Wow, Metallica - ...and justice for all is their best album. Was the tape a commercial 7.5ips release? or for radio station? how does it stack up against vinyl/cd/cassette reelase? can you actually hear the bass?

 

[adrianywu]

Mvravinsky Tchaikovsky Symphonies 4,5,6 (6 if I can only bring one)
Carlos Kleiber Beethoven symphony no. 7
Christian Ferras Beethoven Violin Concerto
Ricci Sibelius Violin Concerto
Solti Mahler 2nd (1966 version)
Reiner Scheherazade (AP Ultratape)
Ansermet Royal Ballet Gala Performance
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Joni Mitchell Blue

 

[chet atkins]

Plays Back Home Hymns [1962] - Chet Atkins - YouTube

 

[chet atkins]

Caribbean Guitar [1962] - Chet Atkins - YouTube

 

[chet atkins]

Fat Gal~Merle Travis - YouTube

 

[topoxforddoc]

Desert Island Discs allows the guest to choose 8 tracks. The 8 Desert Island Tapes from my personal collection:

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Steely Dan - Aja
George Michael - Faith
Dr Feelgood - Down By The Jetty
Beatles - Sgt Pepper's
The Who - Who's Next
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis

If I could only save one tape, it would be my copy of Down By The Jetty signed by my friend Wilko Johnson. Wilko and I became great friends after his illness and I have many happy memories of the fun times we had together. I spoke at his funeral earlier this month and I will miss him dearly.

 

[Bruce B]

A couple new ones I just found are Bobby Hutcherson - "The Kicker" and tapes from "Old & In the Way"....