New Vinyl Setup
Hello all I am about to purchase my first "proper" turntable etc (Rega P2) would like to get back into vinyl, any absolute musts for my collection?
Musical taste is varied from Soft Rock, Popular, Jazz, Country and Classical so would appreciate your top 5's if possible.
Thanks
Charlie, thankyou for responding, I will purchase the above and feed back once my setup is complete, once again thanks
Love over gold --- Dire straits.
Texas Flood --- Stevie Ray Vaughan ( 180 gm )
Catch a Fire --- Bob marley and co ( 180 gm )
Slave to the rhythm --- Grace Jones
Whos next --- The Who.
There ya go , a good mix there and all great recordings. 
Floyd Droid, thankyou very much. Most of my stuff is on cd so this will be a chance for vinyl to wow. Off to start hunting the albums now:-) have a good start
1. Slayer seasons in the abyss
2. Tool lateralus
3. Metallica Master of puppets
4.suicidal tendencies lights camera revolution
5.Guns N Roses appetite for destruction
...now those are my 5 first 3 of the top for sure but from there it was difficult
4-b Tool Anemia
5-b Metallica Black
Jazz - modern or trad? Look at Time Out by Dave Brubeck for the former, and maybe an Acker Bilk & Band(early 60s is best) for trad... Also, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is a must.
Mike_Schmidt:1. Slayer seasons in the abyss
2. Tool lateralus
3. Metallica Master of puppets
4.suicidal tendencies lights camera revolution
5.Guns N Roses appetite for destruction
...now those are my 5 first 3 of the top for sure but from there it was difficult
4-b Tool Anemia
5-b Metallica Black
Soft rock, jazz, classical , country. Nice one mike,that made me smile.
well if nothing else floyd droid there "classics" eh eh get it classics without the cal!!! ah its dry but its there. Got to have some fun once in a while LOL
Absolutely mike,things can tend to get a bit serious on here at times. Some good albums you chose mind. 
Why not duplicate if you can your favourite cd's on vinyl, i have some dubious sounding vinyl copies of favourite albums but no better on cd in fact worse but i prefer vinyl anyway, i will say that most albums on the A&M label are very nice indeed so take your pick of Supertramp, The Captain and Tenille, Ozark Mountain Dare Devils, Quincy Jones and the man himself Herb Albert.
Five suggestions:-
1) U2 - Zooropa
2) Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution
3) Phil Collins - Face Value
4) Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
5) Pink Floyd - Meddle
floyd droid:Love over gold --- Dire straits.
Texas Flood --- Stevie Ray Vaughan ( 180 gm )
Catch a Fire --- Bob marley and co ( 180 gm )
Slave to the rhythm --- Grace Jones
Whos next --- The Who.
There ya go , a good mix there and all great recordings.
Listening to Love over Gold now, extremely good call floyd droid. More albums next month 
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Blue Rodeo-Five Days In July
Talking Heads-Remain In Light
NRBQ-All Hopped Up
Big Black-Songs About *******
Lee Morgan-The Sidewinder
Thanks totomatic looking forwards to eventually adding these to my collection.
on a separate issue anyone got any good cheap ideas for vinyl storage, or will two shelves placed at the appropriate distance suffice.
True Blue:on a separate issue anyone got any good cheap ideas for vinyl storage, or will two shelves placed at the appropriate distance suffice.
I dare you to mix up some lilac and zest yellow ones (!)....
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1) summerteeth - Wilco
2) Katy Lied - Steely Dan
3) Pink Moon - Nick Drake
4) Absolute Torch & Twang - kd Lang
5) Greatest Hits - John Denver
6) The Pretender - Jackson Brown
In their own way these are all fantastic albums, especially on vinyl.
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