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A to Z with CDs

Sticking to one album from each...

Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel
Black Sabbath - Volume 4
Can - Delay
The Durutti Column - First Four
EMF - Best Of
The Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
The Icicle Works - Best of
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk (Red Cone)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (I)
Man - 2 Ozs of Plastic With a Hole Through the Middle
Neu! - Neu!
Organisation - Tone Float
Pink Floyd - More
Quatermass - Quatermass
Renaissance - Ashes are Burning
The Sisterhood - The Sisterhood
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation
Uriah Heep - Salisbury
Van der Graaf Generator - The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
The Who - Quadrophenia
The XX - XX
Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
Zanov - Green Ray
 
A - Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes.
B - Kate Bush, Aerial.
C - Caravan, Land of...
D - Nick Drake, Bryter Later
E - Melissa Etheridge, 1st album.
F - Focus, Moving Waves.
G - Thea Gilmore, Lipstick Conspiracies.
H - Happy Mondays, Pills n Thrills.
I - Indigo Girls, first album.
J - Janis Joplin, Cheap Thrills.
K - Kosheen, Kokopelli.
L - Led Zep, Physical Graffiti.
M - John Martyn, Solid Air.
N - Nirvana, Unplugged in NY.
O - Beth Orton, Trailer Park.
P- Tom Petty, Full Moon Fever.
Q - I've Queen LPs, no CDs. Q magazine compilation s?
R - Josh Ritter, Hello Starling.
S - Patti Smith, Horses.
T - Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh.
U - Us 3, Hand on the torch.
V - Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild.
W - Tom Waits, Heart of Saturday Night.
X - I've an XTC LP, no CDs.
Y - Neil Young, Harvest.
Z - Warren Zevon, The Wind.

And an enormous heap of embarrassing dross.
A -Z of embarrassing albums would be cringe-making.
 
I can manage 25 (no album artist for "x" in either CD or file). Here is a selection of CD artists who do not usually sing in English :) I've got at least one CD for each.

Aikakone
Burlakat
Chisu
Donis
Eliwagar
Frigg
Gjallarhorn
Halogeeni
Inehmo
Jippu
Kardemimmit
Laïs
Me Naiset
Nylon Beat
Rönsy
Puhti
oro!oro!
Sanni
Trepaanit
Ultrabra
Värttinä
Wimme

Yat-Kha
Zalvarinis
 
I can do 24 jazz ones at a pinch - alphabetical firsts listed for each letter

Cannonball Adderley
Sidney Bechet
Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Bill Frisell
Dexter Gordon
Herbie Hancock
Ethan Iverson
Keith Jarrett
Roland Kirk
Eric Legnini
Jackie McLean
Struggling with N unless I can have the Necks or Naked City
Orchestre Nationale de Jazz
Ed Palermo
Q - failed
Sonny Rollins
Pharaoh Sanders
Baptiste Trotignon
Us3
Christian Vander
Kamasi Washington
X - no chance
Larry Young
John Zorn (again)
 
These would be the first CDs I bought by these artists...

Kevin Ayers - Confessions Of Dr Dream
Michael Brook - Cobalt Blue
Can - Unlimited Edition
Durutti Column - Obey The Time
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain...
Focus - Moving Waves
Godley and Creme - Consequences
Hatfield and the North - Hatfield and the North
IQ - Dark Matter
Matt Johnson - Burning Blue Soul
KLF - White Room
Leftfield - Leftism
Mogwai - Young Team
Bill Nelson - Chance Encounters....
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Popol Vuh - Couer De Verre
------------
Ruts DC - Rythm Collision
Spirit - Future Games
This Mortal Coil - Filigree and Shadow
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Wooden Shjips - West
XX - XX
Yello - Flag
Zappa - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
 
Here's one for Reggae - unfortunately my copy of Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails in Dub doesn't count as it's a figment of my vivid imagination:oops:
Horace Andy - Dance Hall Style
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Culture - 2 Sevens Clash
Dillinger - CB200
Ethiopians - Engine '54
George Faith - To Be A Lover
Ricky Grant - I Love Rastafari
Derrick Harriott - Riding The Roots Chariot
Gregory Isaacs - Extra Classic
Lintron Kwesi Johnson - Forces of Victory
King Tubby - Dub from the Roots
Bunny Lee - Dreads Enter The Gates with Praise
Jackie Mittoo - Champion In The Arena
Niney The Observer - Microphone Attack
Johnny Osbourne - Truths & Rights
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown
Q
Max Romeo - War In A Babylon
Earl Sixteen - Studio One Showcase
TeTrack - Let's Get Started
Scratch the Upsetter - Super Ape
Viceroys - At Studio One: Ya Ho
Wailing Souls - Firehouse Rock
X
Yabby You - Conquering Lion
Tappa Zukie - MPLA
 
Marchbanks said:
I can do 24 jazz ones at a pinch - alphabetical firsts listed for each letter

Cannonball Adderley
Sidney Bechet
Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
Duke Ellington
Bill Frisell
Dexter Gordon
Herbie Hancock
Ethan Iverson
Keith Jarrett
Roland Kirk
Eric Legnini
Jackie McLean
Struggling with N unless I can have the Necks or Naked City
Orchestre Nationale de Jazz
Ed Palermo
Q - failed
Sonny Rollins
Pharaoh Sanders
Baptiste Trotignon
Us3
Christian Vander
Kamasi Washington
X - no chance
Larry Young
John Zorn (again)
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Damn - I have Quintette du Hot Club de France! But it was filed under Reinhardt...

I’ll probably find a X now filed under Kenny G. (Joke.)
 
A Guy Called Gerald - Essence
Ballboy - A Guide For The Daylight Hours
Calexico - Edge Of The Sun
Daft Punk - Homework
Eddie Flashin' Fowlkes - Black Techosoul
Fat Freddy's Drop - Based On A True Story
Garbage - Garbage
Half Man Half Biscuit - Achtung Bono
I Am Kloot - Sky At Night
J Dilla - Donuts
Kelis - Kaleidoscope
Laura Cantrell - Not The Tremblin' Kind
Macy Gray - On How Life Is
Nathan Haines - Squire For Hire
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
Quantic - Apricot Morning
Radiohead - The Bends
Saturday Looks Good To Me - Fill Up The Room
Tall Ships - Impressions
Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman
Jean Jaques Perry & Luke Vibert - Moog Acid
Warpaint - Warpaint
Xentrix - Shattered Existence (on compact cassette)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
-- No Z :( (but I'm going to steal my Dad's ZZ Top - Tres Hombres CD!)
 
I'll just go with the first CD for each letter, regardless of whether I actually like it or not. The ones with asterisks are ones that were given to me at gigs:

Dave Alvin - King of California
Syd Barrett - Opel
*Chris Cain - Somewhere Along the Way
The Dandy Warhols - The Dandy Warhols
*Ronnie Earl - Blues Guitar Virtuoso Live in Europe
Fabulous Thunderbirds - Roll of the Dice
*The Amy Garland Band - Plays Well With Others
Darryl Hall - Sacred Songs
Richard Johnson - Creatures of Habit
*Kevin Kerby - The Secret Lives of All Night Radios
The La's - The La's [sic]
Magic Cropdusters - Magic Cropdusters
Nilsson - RCA albums box set
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Maceo Parker - Live on Planet Groove
Lou Reed - Original Album Classics box
Salty Dogs - King of Broken Hearts
T. Rex - 5 Classic Albums box
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
*The V-Roys - All About Town
*Phillip Walker - Working Girl Blues
X - Los Angeles
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle [sic]

So "I" is the only letter I'm missing.
 
Yank said:
I'll just go with the first CD for each letter, regardless of whether I actually like it or not. The ones with asterisks are ones that were given to me at gigs:
So "I" is the only letter I'm missing.
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Can Recommend:

Inspiral Carpets - Life
I Am Kloot - Natural History
Idles - Joy As An Act Of Resistance
INXS - Kick


...can't go wrong with an Ink Spots compilation on Hallmark or Music For Pleasure for that matter.
 
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