Yeah, this subject has been hashed through a million times. Well, to make a long story short I have taken on a project that will possibly result in a new record store in my home town. This record store will have probably 800 or so CD's that are always in the catalogue, which I think of as "if I walked into a CD store and they didn't carry that album, I would think they were crap." Beck's Odelay, Beatles Sgt. Pepper, blah blah. Then the store will have probably 300 or so CD's that consists of stuff that has come out in the past 2 years or so that may or not make it to the regular catalogue eventually. Another 300 CD's will consist of hard to find albums, and stuff that is important to this part of the world. For instance, local bands and alot of delta blues and bluegrass. These numbers could change, it is all just guessing from the get-go.
The record store is going to be part of a video rental store that specializes in foreign and cult flicks. We carry a large amount of new releases and such, but the video store really survives on "I couldn't find that at Blockbuster." We also carry a small selection of strange toys, hard to find comic books, and beer.
Taking all of that into consideration, what albums are a necessity in your life? If you think it is an odd album that alot of people don't know about, even better. I will look into everything and run it all past the people working with me on this. The person who previously owned the video store was my uncle who passed away last summer. Before the video thing, he was the co-owner of a record store in town that is now out of business. Before that, he booked bands for a bar in town. Music was an important part of his life, and I really want to make this happen for him. One issue I have is that he was a fan of Ska, Dub and the like which I know next to nothing about. So, if anyone can point me in the right direction with that, very awesome.
The long and short of it? What are your favorite albums?
Edited because word processors have made me forget how to spell.
Edited, Sat May 6 14:28:42 2006 by Katarine