Diario

My CD collection

Most recent additions in bold...

A
アリス九號. - 祇園盛者の鐘が鳴る (2004)
アリス九號. - 華想夢想紙 (2005)
alice nine. - 絶景色 (2006)
alice nine. - Alpha (2007)

B
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concertos 4, 5, & 6
The Beatles - LOVE (2006)
Björk - Debut (1993)
Björk - Post (1995)
Björk - Homogenic (1997)
Björk - Selmasongs (Movie Soundtrack) (2000)
Björk - Vespertine (2001)
Björk - Medúlla (2004)
Björk - Volta (2007)
Björk - Biophilia (2011)
Sarah Brightman - Fly (1998)

D
Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite (1989)
Dream Theater - Images & Words (1992)
Dream Theater - Awake (1994)
Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons (1995)
Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity (1997)
Dream Theater - Metropolis, Pt.2 - Scenes from a Memory (1999)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Dream Theater - Train of Thought (2003)
Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos (2007)
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"Post your top fifteen bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, your favourite album and your current favorite song."

#1:
Sonata Arctica (4,215)

-Replica
-This same one, along with Gravenimage
-Reckoning Night
-It's been a long time since I've listened regularly to them... but I'll say White Pearl, Black Oceans

#2:
Kamelot (3,449)

-Memento Mori
-A Feast For The Vain (fall in love the first time) / Serenade (the second time)
-The Black Halo
-Mourning Star

#3:
Blackmore's Night (2,461)

-Shadow Of The Moon
-Under a Violet Moon
-Secret Voyage
-Mr. Peagram's Morris And Sword

#4:
Dream Theater(2,405)

-Act I/ Scene Two: II. Strange Déja Vu
-Another Day
-Octavarium and Images and Words
-Breaking All Illusions

#5:
Loreena McKennitt(1,770)

-The Mummers Dance
-The same above.
-The Mask and the mirror
-The Star of the County Down


#6:
Cecile Corbel(1,568)

-Arrietty's Song
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I believe my New Year's Resolution needs to be... "Buy less music".....

Betty Davis: This Is It! (2005 Vampisoul compilation)
Bubble Puppy: A Gathering Of Promises
Cardiacs: Guns
Patricia Barber: Nightclub (signed)
Josephine Baker: Josephine Baker (2CD DCC)
Faith Hill: Cry (DVD-Audio)
David Bowie: 17-Track Album Sampler (EMI promo)
Alex Chilton: 19 Years (Rhino comp - never really bothered to pick this up before but seeing that it has a few Big Star Third tracks - and no other Big Star tracks - made me want to compare these masterings with all the others I have of that album. Plus, it's quite a decent comp.)
Marshall Crenshaw: Marshall Crenshaw (MFSL SACD)
Y Kant Tori Read: Y Kant Tori Read (original Atlantic CD! Quite likely the most valuable item in my collection now, including all the NWW exclusive releases, Stranger Than Fiction comp, etc. I hadn't realized this was originally released on CD as well as LP so I figured if I came across it, it would most certainly be a bootleg version…

Billy Cobham's Glassmenagerie: Stratus
Bernard Herrmann: The Ghost And Mrs. Muir soundtrack
Absolute Beginners original soundtrack
Top Gun original soundtrack (SACD)
Ennio Morricone: Once Upon A Time In The West soundtrack
Quarteto Em Cy: Aleluia 1964-1966
Robert Palmer: Maybe It's Live
Björk: Medulla (DVD-A)
Jeff Beck: Live At BB King Blues Club
Lindsey Buckingham: Songs From The Small Machine (DVD+CD)
Love: Forever Changes
Love: Da Capo
Motörhead: Over The Top - The Rarities
Jean-Michel Jarre: En Attendant Cousteau
Billy Cobham: Live - Flight Time
Pat Metheny Group: Quartet (gold CD)
Swans: The Burning World
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (DCC gold CD)
Peter Gabriel: Security (SACD)
Howard Jones: The 12" Album / Action Replay (3CD box)
Robert Palmer: Live At The Apollo
Sting: Sacred Love (SACD)
Tin Machine: Tin Machine
Pat Travers: Puttin' It Straight / Heat In The Street
Bernard Herrmann: Great Film Music (Phase 4 w/ Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, Fahrenheit 451…

The Blüchunks: Out Of The Mouths Of Babes
ABBA: Arrival (WG)
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant: No Quarter (UK w/extra track)
The Thorns: The Thorns (2CD w/Sunset Sessions)
Harpist K: Vivace
Ibis: Sun Supreme
Prince: The Black Album
Roxy Music: The Atlantic Years 1973 - 1980 (WG)
U2: The Joshua Tree
Steve Bach: Zero Gravity (MFSL)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Elle & Louis (Verve SACD)
Gallon Drunk: Live At Klub 007
Mal Waldron: The Quest
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: The Boatman's Call (CD+DVD deluxe)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part (CD+DVD deluxe)
Humble Pie: Performance - Rockin' The Fillmore
Kylie Minogue: Greatest Hits 87-97 (2CD)
Penetration: Penetration (demos, Peel sessions, live)
Cal Tjader: Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader (Audio Fidelity SACD)
Gunther Becker: Magnum Mysterium (Cybele SACD)
Boston: Boston (SACD)
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested (2CD DTS)
Jean-Michel Jarre: The Concerts In China (2CD)
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25. What is your favorite song by 22?
Trevor Jones; Randy Edelman
The Kiss

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
James Horner
Depends which film of these I've watched sooner: Braveheart, The Mask of Zorro or Titanic.

27. What is your favorite album by 3?
Stratovarius
Destiny maybe. It's their classic.

28. What is you favorite song by 24?
Harry Gregson-Williams
Ibelin

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Helloween
A Tale That Wasn't Right

30. What is you favorite song by 8?
Within Temptation
Towards The End, definitely!

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Leverage
Never.

32. Is there a song by 43 that makes you happy?
Sirenia
No.

33. What is your favorite album by 12?
Brother Firetribe
I don't have this one defined... I just like all of them.

34. What is the worst song by 45?
There's no 45

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy
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Alice Coltrane: Universal Consciousness / Lord Of Lords
Mike Oldfield: Incantations (2011 2CD+DVD Deluxe Edition)
Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge (2010 2CD+DVD Deluxe Edition)
Miles Davis: Tutu (2011 2CD Deluxe Edition w/1986 Nice Festival concert)
Miles Davis: Miles! Miles! Miles! Live In Japan '81 (2CD)
Count Basie: April In Spring (MFSL)
Scott Walker: 'Til The Band Comes In (1996 BGO - I think I have all the CD releases for this album....)
Foetus / Chrome Cranks: Vice Squad Dick EP
Yes: Relayer (German)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends (2CD - JP)
Mike Oldfield: The Platinum Collection (only the first 2 of 3 CDs but it was cheap that way and I was primarily interested in the first two CDs.....)
Mike Oldfield: Amarok
Cymbals: That's Entertainment (been a long time since I bought one of their releases. Kind of weird to find really cheap JP band releases....)
The Cure: Pornography (Australia - thought it said Austria at first)
Babtunde Olatunji: Circle Of Drums (SACD)
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