Σύμφωνα με το Open Culture, πίσω στο 2003, ο David Bowie έψαξε στην εντυπωσιακή συλλογή του από 2.500 βινύλια και επέλεξε τους πιο αγαπημένους του δίσκους, οι οποίοι θεωρούσε ότι «θα μπορούσαν να αλλάξουν την φήμη σας».
Η λίστα περιλαμβάνει 25 LP και εκτείνεται από την απαγγελία και το θέατρο μέχρι την κλασσική μουσική και από το underground rock μέχρι το άγνωστο psychedelic folk.
Δείτε ολόκληρη την λίστα παρακάτω και διαβάστε αυτούσιο το κείμενο του εισαγωγικού σημειώματος που την συνόδευε και φέρει την υπογραφή του ίδιου του Bowie.
Οι 25 Αγαπημένοι Δίσκοι του David Bowie:
1. The Last Poets — The Last Poets
2. Shipbuilding — Robert Wyatt
3. The Fabulous Little Richard — Little Richard
4. Music for 18 Musicians — Steve Reich
5. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground
6. Tupelo Blues — John Lee Hooker
7. Blues, Rags and Hollers — Koerner, Ray and Glover
8. The Apollo Theatre Presents: In Person! The James Brown Show — James Brown
9. Forces of Victory — Linton Kwesi Johnson
10. The Red Flower of Tachai Blossoms Everywhere: Music Played on National Instruments — Various Artists
11. Banana Moon — Daevid Allen
12. Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris — Cast Album
13. The Electrosoniks: Electronic Music — Tom Dissevelt
14. The 5000 Spirits of the Layers of the Onion — The Incredible String Band
15. Ten Songs by Tucker Zimmerman — Tucker Zimmerman
16. Four Last Songs (Strauss) — Gundula Janowitz
17. The Ascension — Glenn Branca
18. The Madcap Laughs — Syd Barrett
19. Black Angels — George Crumb
20. Funky Kingston — Toots & The Maytals
21. Delusion of the Fury — Harry Partch
22. Oh Yeah — Charles Mingus
23. Le Sacre du Printemps — Igor Stravinsky
24. The Fugs — The Fugs
25. The Glory (????) of the Human Voice — Florence Foster Jenkins
Σημείωμα:
“There is really no way to do a list of my favorite albums with any rationality. I do only have about 2,500 vinyls. There is a possibility there. I’ll look through the albums and pull together a list of those I have re-bought or am in the process of re-buying on CD.
I have little time, and there are just too many to sort through. So, I’ll keep pulling stuff out blindly
and if it’s too obvious (Sgt. Pepper, Nirvana) I’ll put it back again till I find something more interesting. A lot of the rock stuff I have is the same as everyone else’s, and I have so many blues and R&B albums that it would topple over into trainspotter world if I went that route.
O.K., no rules then. I’ll just make ’em up as I go along. I’d say half of this list below is now on my CD racks, but many are finding impossible to trace. The John Lee Hooker album, for instance, or The Red Flower of Tachai Blossoms Everywhere. I have done the only thing possible and burned them to CD myself, reduced the cover art down to size, and made reasonable simulacrums of the originals.
If you can possibly get your hands on any of these, I guarantee you evenings of listening pleasure, and you will encourage a new high-minded circle of friends, although one or two choices will lead some of your old pals to think you completely barmy.
So, without chronology, genre, or reason, herewith, in no particular order, 25 albums that could change your reputation.”
ΠΗΓΗ:http://www.rocking.gr/news/david-bowie-25-favorite-vinyls-lp-list/29159