Santana's 1st few LPs are still extremely satisfying. Personal fav? 1970s Abraxas. No-filler from the 1st to the very last track (Santana's Samba Pa Ti, Tito Puente's Oye cómo va, Fleetwood Mac's Black Magic Woman, etc). But his debut's also terrific w/ Evil Ways, Jingo & the awesome Soul Sacrifice.

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Fav Beatles LP. Here, they truly began pushing the boundaries of what pop could be. Tomorrow Never Knows : ahead of its time. For No One : quiet masterpiece. Here There and Everywhere. My father has Alzheimer's and music brings pieces of the past back to him. Hearing that song brought him to tears.

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Between late '75 and early '79, Roxy Music took a 3.5-year recording hiatus. And in '76, they released their 1st official live LP (their best one). Really nice to find Pyjamarama here. And the 10-min. version of If There Is Something is worth the price. The band's in good form. Superb live document.

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Can't say I'm the #1 Doors fan. I always preferred lyricists such as Cohen, Dylan, Cave. But Morrison deserves a nod. And any serious rock collection needs a Doors LP. A greatest hits package is nice. But for a studio LP, their 1967 debut remains their best one, IMO. Nearly every track is a classic.

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I bought Zappa's Halloween 77 + 78 box sets yrs ago but never listened to them entirely. Over 210 tracks, nearly 22 hours of music. That's a colossal amount of music. I finally listened to the whole thing recently. Fun for hardcore fans but beginners should look elsewhere to discover the man's work.

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