Don, the "comparison" was all done in fun. I just came to the realization that for me personally, these are probably MY favorite two albums, and I was curious about what other people on the list thought about them. Marcel, it is interesting why we all have "favorites." Some of mine are: Joe Cocker "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," the first album I ever bought, and it has that amazing version of Dylan's "Girl From The North Country" by Joe and Leon Russell. Allman Brothers "Live At The Fillmore," talk about staying power, this album still amazes me. In my search for the perfect electric blues music, I realize I've had it since I was 16 years old. Woodstock "Film Soundtrack," Santana's "Soul Sacrifice, nuff said! Seriously, it's a historic record. Joni 'Hejira," Memories of my youth (I was 16 when it came out), and of hearing "Song For Sharon" for the first time on the radio and being more interested in hearing the song instead of kissing my girlfriend. Joni "Blue," the one Joni album I always reach for (before Hejira). The sensitivity, the sparseness, the lyrics, one of the greatest albums about the ups and downs of love and relationships (similar to BOTT, a lot of which concerns itself with lost love, I think). The Clash "Sandinista," I know, I know it should have only been a double album. I waited in line on a hot NYC sidewalk all day with my friends to get tickets for their shows at Bonds Casino in Times Square before they recorded this album. I was their opening night and I think the next to last night (they played 10+ shows). They have said the album was recorded in 3 weeks shortly after playing the shows, and has a lot of NYC feel to it (which is special to me), parts of it were also recorded at Hendrix's "Electric Ladyland" studio in Greenwich Village (also special). But the real memory for me, was driving down to Greenwich Village the night the album came out (at certain record stores there, you could buy the British Import of the album weeks before it cam out in the US) to buy it, and driving up Central Park West afterwards past the throngs of peoples who were holding a vigil outside of the Dakota where John Lennon had been shot only the night before. I won't bore anyone any longer.... Mitch NP - Nothing, my sister-in-law who is visiting is sleeping in the next room!
