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I don't think I could come up with that many. Twenty yeah, but 144? 
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Apr 16, 2020 - 2:03 AM
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MusicMad
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I cant't believe it ... looking through that collage of covers, Thor, ... there are at least a dozen which I've purchased. I never thought we had so much in common!  That said, the albums are unlikely to be my choice of favourite by the given composer/performer ... or indeed be one of the 144 chosen subjects ...
And I imagine the number 144 was chosen because it makes a nice rectangle 12 x 12 (as opposed to 10 x 14 with 4 odd ones ...)
I've no idea how to make such a collage and I struggle with the concept of the "one album per artist" limit.
But some of mine would be:
The Last Valley (1971) - John Barry ... my favourite score, bar none
... but the limit means I must now omit another 100 or so albums which would feature
The Return of the (Magnificent) Seven (1966) - Elmer Bernstein ... yes, a re-recording but it plays so wonderfully well and was my first purchase of this iconic score
Sneakers (1992) - James Honer
Excitement (1970) - Ron Goodwin
Fear Is the Key (1973) - Roy Budd
Where Are You? (1957) - Frank Sinatra/Gordon Jenkins
Symphony #4, Op.98 (1981) - Brahms/Kleiber/VPO
The 1920s & The 1930s (1985) - Gershwin/Tilson Thomas/LA Phil
Wonderland by Night (1961) - Bert Kaempfert
Film Music (1974) - Nino Rota/Carlo Savina
Big Western Movie Themes (1969) - Geoff Love ... does this mean I can't choose Manuel & The Music of The Mountains, too?
Day by Day (1956) - Doris Day/Paul Weston
Symphony #6, Op.68 "Pastoral" (1971) - Beethoven/Böhm/VPO
Symphony #04 (1979) - Mahler/Karajan/BPO
Violin Concerto, Op.8 "Le Quattro Stagioni" (1969) - Vivaldi/Michelucci/I Musici
Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012 (1961) - JS Bach/Fournier
Medicine Man (1992) - Jerry Goldsmith
... etc. ...things to do ...
Mitch
Edit: must add ... of course!
Piano Concerto #3, Op.30 (1985) - Rachmaninov/Bolet/Fischer/LSO
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) - Marty Robbins
At Carnegie Hall (16Jan38) (1938) - Benny Goodman
High Society (1956) - Cole Porter (hah!)
Paint Your Wagon (1969) - Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
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Let's see how many I can come up with and am glad to see a few albums I had something to do with in Thor's list.
In no particular order, and these were all on their original releases - these are not only albums that had an impact on me, but were played over and over and over again):
The Moldau (Eugene Ormandy - with other pieces)
Fantasia on Greensleeves (Adrian Boult, with other pieces)
Bell, Book, and Candle
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
Vertigo
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (cast album - my first musical)
Take Five Brubeck
Points on Jazz (Dave Brubeck ballet played by Gold and Fizdale)
Days of Future Passed
Bill Evans with Symphony Orchestra
Conversations With Myself Bill Evans
Gypsy (cast album)
Gypsy (soundtrack)
Whoop-Up (cast album)
Bells Are Ringing (soundtrack)
Spartacus (soundtrack)
Elmer Gantry
Inside Daisy Clover
Rachmaninov Second Symphony (Adrian Boult circa 1970)
Subways Are for Sleeping (cast album)
West Side Story (cast album)
West Side Story (soundtrack)
The Music Man (soundtrack)
Introspection IV (weird album with Johnny Gunn and Don Ralke)
Flower Drum Song (cast album)
Flower Drum Song (soundtrack)
Flower Drum Song (Morris Nanton Trio - began my love of jazz covers of shows)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (cast album - the entire play)
The Crucible (Robert Ward opera - happily available on Kritzerland)
Anyone Can Whistle (cast album)
A Patch of Blue (the soundtrack album I played most)
To Kill a Mockingbird
The White Album The Beatles
A Tramp Shining Richard Harris doing Jimmy Webb
Sail Away Randy Newman
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
Hotel (soundtrack)
Ben-Hur (box set soundtrack)
El Cid
King of Kings (box set soundtrack)
Mutiny on the Bounty (box set soundtrack)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (soundtrack)
The Sand Pebbles (soundtrack)
Stop the World - I Want to Get Off (cast album)
The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd (cast album)
A Thurber Carnival (cast album)
Beyond the Fringe (cast album)
Damn Yankees (cast album)
South Pacific (cast album)
The Parent Trap (Disney album)
Peter Gunn (TV album)
Mr. Lucky (TV album)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (soundtrack)
Hatari (soundtrack)
One-Eyed Jacks (soundtrack)
The Great Movie Thrillers Bernard Herrmann doing Hitchcock
Promises, Promises (cast album)
Cabaret (cast album)
Micky One (Eddie Sauter - soundtrack - with Stan Getz)
Symbiosis Bill Evans/Claus Ogerman
Wildflowers (Judy Collins)
Widescreen (Rupert Holmes)
The Barbra Streisand Album
People (Barbra Streisand)
Funny Girl (cast album)
Hello, Dolly (cast album)
The Most Happy Fella (cast album - boy what an impact it had on me)
The Trouble With Angels (call me crazy but I love it)
The Blue Max (soundtrack)
David and Lisa (soundtrack)
The Trial (soundtrack - for years I was the only one I knew who had the full album)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story/On the Waterfront Suite (Leonard Bernstein)
Irma La Douce (soundtrack)
Exodus (soundtrack)
The Cardinal (soundtrack)
Hollywood's Greatest Themes (Percy Faith - for years the only recordings of Splendor in the Grass and Too Late Blues - and beautifully done, maybe the greatest movie theme album in history)
Hollywood Premiere (Don Costa - another brilliant movie theme album)
The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann
The Impressionists (Phase 4, Herrmann does Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Honegger, etc.)
Lazy Day (Spanky and Our Gang)
Thriller (Pete Rugolo)
The Fantasticks (cast album - life changer)
110 in the Shade (cast album)
Company (cast album)
Follies (cast album)
Promises, Promises (cast album)
A Little Night Music (cast album)
Pacific Overtures (cast album)
Sweeney Todd (cast album)
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (Copland, with Benny Goodman)
Symphony No. 2 (Romantic) (Howard Hanson, Hanson conducting)
The Towering Inferno (soundtrack)
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (soundtrack - two-disc set from France)
The Young Girls of Rochefort (soundtrack)
Once Upon a Time in the West (soundtrack)
Stavisky (soundtrack)
Sweet Charity (cast album)
Wildcat (cast album)
Bye Bye Birdie (cast album)
Around the World in Eighty Days (soundtrack)
The Doors (The Doors)
Anyone Who Had a Heart (Dionne Warwick)
Here I Am (Dionne Warwick)
The Windows of the World (Dionne Warwick)
What's New, Pussycat (soundtrack)
Bookends (Simon and Garfunkel)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
Goldfinger (soundtrack)
8 1/2 (soundtrack)
Two for the Seesaw (soundtrack)
Providence (soundtrack)
Casino Royale (soundtrack)
Road Song (Wes Montgomery)
Down Here on the Ground (Wes Montgomery)
A Day in the Life (Wes Montgomery - the three Wes albums are amazing)
Cast Your Fate to the Wind (Vince Guaraldi Trio)
Pepe (soundtrack - it just is)
On Your Toes (studio cast album with Jack Cassidy and Portia Nelson)
Fanny (soundtrack)
Take Me Along (cast album)
No Way to Treat a Lady (soundtrack)
West Side Story (Stan Kenton)
Yanks (soundtrack)
Top Film Themes 64 (Ray Heindorf - addicted)
Walk, Don't Run (soundtrack)
Little Bird (Pete Jolly Trio)
Li'l Abner (soundtrack)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (soundtrack)
Autumn (Norrie Paramor - may be the first album I ever bought with my own money)
The Hungry Years (Neil Sedaka)
The Mason Williams Album (Mason Williams)
The Swimmer (soundtrack)
Scent of Mystery (soundtrack)
Chinatown (soundtrack)
Play Bach (Jacques Loussier Trio)
Our Man in Hollywood (Henry Mancini)
The Shearing Piano (George Shearing)
The Caretakers (soundtrack)
Walk on the Wild Side (soundtrack)
Gate of Dreams (Claus Ogerman)
La Creation du Monde/Suite Provencal (Darius Milhaud, Munch conducting)
A Taste of Honey (Bobby Scott)
Big Fat Brass (Billy May)
Windy (Astrud Gilberto)
I do believe that's 144.
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Probably could come up with 144 albums as such, but it would be a bit cumbersome to put them all into a collage... especially, as I got work to do... and the weather here is currently a nice, sunny 77°F/25°C.
However, I already discussed with Thor the "one artist" problem (technically, if a Bartók recording by Abbado conducting the London Symphony Orchestra were on that list, you could not list another recording by either Bartók or Abbado or the LSO... so things might thin out relatively quick when you try to go for 144 recordings), but one has to stretch and make the rules to fit as one plays along, I suppose. I don't even know exactly how many composers or artists there are in my collection, but I know it's more than 144. :-)
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Apr 16, 2020 - 3:19 AM
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Thor
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Just going by the photo you included (I'll have a look at the Spotify list shortly), but I didn't know that you liked Steppenwolf, Thor!
I hope you included something by CCR, too.
Yup, COSMO'S FACTORY is on there. Love me some good, ol' school rock'n'roll now and then.
Never thought you were a Roy Budd kind of fellow...a pleasant surprise.
Oh, absolutely. Love him. GET CARTER happens to be one of my alltime favourite movies as well, but FEAR IS THE KEY and MAMA DRACULA are other favourites by him.
Thanks for your list, Bruce! You didn't exactly follow the rules of "one album per artist/composer", but you've got a lot of great stuff there.
And yes, Nicolai, as we discussed on Facebook, you'll have to bend the rules and definitions a bit when dealing with classical albums.
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Apr 16, 2020 - 4:37 AM
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dbrooks
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I cannot list 144 but I will list a few. Thor I will agree with you on a few like: Pink Floyd The Wall,
The Last of the Mohicans, Jurassic Park, Cutthroat Island and Stargate. Soundtracks I will add:
Rudy, Glory, A Fistful of Dollars, Conan the Barbarian (Poledouris), Back To the Future, Beetlejuice, John Carter, Peter Pan (JNH), Rocky, Doctor Zhivago and Quo Vadis. This is all I can think of right now.
Now for Rock, Pop, non-soundtrack: Led Zeppelin IV, Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, AC/DC Back In Black, Temple of the Dog, Cult Sonic Temple, Megadeth Countdown to Extinction, GNR Use Your Illusion 2, Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears, Metallica Master of Puppets, Alice In Chains Dirt, Nazareth Hair of the Dog, Montrose, Van Halen 1984, Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream and The Who, Who's Next. I know there is more but I am running out of time.
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I'm cobbling together a list now. Are compilation albums permitted?
I don't see why not.
PS: However, going strictly by the rules, that automatically limits any featured artist from appearing on any of the other albums.
PPS: I don't think there will be legal consequences if you don't go strictly by the rules.
PPPS: Just go with the flow.
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Apr 16, 2020 - 6:57 AM
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Rameau
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I can't get anywhere near 144 with the rule of not repeating composers (I see quite a few posters have ignored this rule). I'll list some & add to the list as I remember albums.
The Beatles - Rubber Soul. I always loved this one, it has a lovely vibe to it, it's still my favourite Beatles album.
Dimitri Tiomkin - The Alamo. I loved the LP, but with the fantastic new 3-CD rerecording, I'll probably never go back to it.
Elmer Bernstein - The Great Escape. I loved that LP, but I just listen to the fantastic 2-CD original tracks now.
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum - The film soundtrack, I can still remember buying the mono LP s/h from a stall in Shepherds Bush Market. I still really like it, & love the Quartet expanded CD.
Jerry Goldsmith - In Like Flint. I loved this album from the first needle drop, & love it just as much now. It took an age for a CD release, but it does sound great (my old EMI Stateside LP was mono).
The Idle Race - Birthday Party. I loved this early Jeff Lynne effort, I have the "Best Of" CD now.
A Clockwork Orange soundtrack - I don't even own this now, but it was tremendously important to me, I went from it to the two Walter (Wendy) Carlos classics played on the Moog to a whole world of classical music.
Francis Lai - Hello-Goodbye soundtrack (LP only). It sounds so groovy...& so French, it always cheers me up.
Jerry Fielding - The Wild Bunch. I loved the LP (I love that mellow opening track, Song From The Wild Bunch, I don't think it's in the film), it plays so well & was very happy when it came out on CD. Of course I have the terrific FSM 3-CD release (which includes the original album), but I kept the CD of the album version & still listen to it a lot.
Kevin Ayers - The Joy Of A Toy. He's first solo album, totally brilliant, & many more were to follow, I'm still listening to them all the time, my all time favourite singer/songwriter.
John Barry - The Last Valley Brilliant, I was beginning to think this LP would never get a CD release.
J.C. Bach - Keyboard Concertos op. 1, 7 & 13. JC was Bach's youngest son who was very famous in London. I just love these concertos, played by Ingrid Haebler. I had the Philips LP box set & have since bought them on CD (I bought a Japanese box CD set, so I can call it one album). J.S. Bach does nothing for me, but two of his sons, CPE Bach & JC Bach are favourites.
John Addison - Tom Jones. Another long time favourite LP, I was very happy to buy the Kritzerland CD release.
Bernard Herrmann - Jason And The Argonauts. My favourite Herrmann, & I think the Intrada rerecording is nigh on perfect.
Hugo Friedhofer - One Eyed Jacks. I had the old LP (mono) for years, & then the Kritzerland release...wow!
Ennio Morricone - Gui La Testa. My favourite western Morricone, I loved the LP for years, but I love the expanded 2-CD release even more
Erich Wolfgang Korngold - The Sea Hawk (& other scores). The first of the Classic Film Scores series.
Purcell - The Fairy Queen, my favourite version of it, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
18th Century Overtures - conducted by Raymond Leppard. A very influential album that introduced me to a lot of favourite composers. There was a volume two, & happily a CD release of the best of the two LPs.
Sparks - Kimono My House. I actually prefer their second & third albums, Propaganda & Indiscreet, but I love this one & I can still remember the excitement when I first played it.
Lalo Schifrin - The Four Musketeers. A big favourite, it's only a twenty minute suite on an album along with a couple of other of his scores (I think it's on Label X), but the music's fantastic & it sounds great (I think it's from the original score recording), I've had it for decades & still listen to it a lot.
Shostakovich - Violin Concerto #1. Ahh, only one work per composer, no symphonies! Oh well, this is the one, it's the recording conducted by his son & played by David Oistrakh on EMI, & they took an age releasing it on CD.
Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy. I love 'em all, but this was the first one I bought.
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century. I loved this in the seventies, I don't have it now, but I have a "Best Of" CD & listen to it a lot.
Arthur Bliss - Cello Concerto. He's gone out of style a bit, but he's still a favourite of mine, & my favourite recording of this is on an EMI 2-CD set along with his Colour Symphony & a lot of other goodies.
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Human Menagerie. A great first album, I love the lot of them.
Rameau - Les Boréades. a three CD opera. I totally love this, I had the LP set & the cassette set & now the CD set, another winner from John Eliot Gardiner.
Handel - Concerti Grossi, Op.6. Quite an old recording from Raymond Leppard (late sixties I think), but my favourite.
Handel - Alcina. I know it's only one work per composer, but I have to have an instrumental & a vocal record. This is the recording of the opera conducted by Richard Hickox & staring Arleen Auger.
Miklos Rozsa - The Knights Of The Round Table. Great score & fantastic 1953 stereo sound on the FSM CD.
Vivaldi - La Cetra. Of course The Four Seasons is terrific, but I prefer this set of violin concertos. A 2-CD set, I've had it for years, played by Monica Huggett & conducted by Nicholas Kraemer all on original instruments, it sounds fab.
Trevor Jones & Randy Edelman - The Last Of The Mohicans. I see a few people have picked this, it's the original album release, I love it, my favourite track, The Kiss.
That'll do for now, I'll come back to it.
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