Expanding My Music Collection

[ubergeek2012]

It has occurred to me recently that there are a few types of music that I enjoy listening to, but very rarely hear because I don't actually own any of it. Therefore, I'm looking for suggestions of albums to pick up to cover a few genres. So if any of you out there in LJ-land are a fan of one of these genres and know a good album to fill a hole in a music collection, speak up.

In no particular order:

Swing
Punk
Blues
Ska

Comments

[psiko2001.livejournal.com]

What's Ska?

[gillan.livejournal.com]

Punk - The Dwarves

[ubergeek2012.livejournal.com]

Is that an album, a band, or both?

[gillan.livejournal.com]

Band.

[revelsofthedead.livejournal.com]

Punk - Me First and the Gimme Gimme's.

Blues - Jimi Hendrix, "Red House Blues"

Swing - Benny Goodman

[ubergeek2012.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska

I'm thinking more towards what they're calling the third wave.

[ubergeek2012.livejournal.com]

So should I just pick one of their albums at random then?

[ubergeek2012.livejournal.com]

Besides Jimi, do those bands have only one album out?

[revelsofthedead.livejournal.com]

Benny Goodman is a contemporary of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, etc. There's alot out, just look for a greatest hits thing.

Me First has, I think, 2 albums out. Check the first one for punkish covers of old 50's songs.

[gillan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but uh don't look them up at work. Their subject matter is vile.

[jp7010.livejournal.com]

Punk - No Use For A Name, Lagwagon.. I guess both could be considered "light punk", but, they were some of my favorite bands when I started out in the genre.

Ska - Less Than Jake, though cliche, I still listen to them every once in a while. The Mad Caddies had a couple good songs, not that I remember the names of the good ones...

[robnj.livejournal.com]

Punk and ska are two of my favorite genres. These will not necessarily be what I consider to be the my favorite of their respective genres, but they are influential and/or easy to find. And all very good. They are Band, Album.

Ska: The Specials, The Specials. The English Beat, I Just Can't Stop It. Operation Ivy, Energy.

Punk: The Clash, London Calling. The Sex Pistols, Nevermind the Bollocks. Sleater-Kinney, One Beat.

[kungfudwarf.livejournal.com]

Alright boyo, it all depends on the style of punk you want but here are some of my favorites and ones that I sugest to anyone

The Damned, The Dwarves, The Misfits, Minor Threat, The Ghouls, Tiger Army, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Circle Jerks, Black Flag(the best album is The First For Years album), Rancid, The Boils, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, NOFX, The Casualties, Municipal Waste.

I could go on....ALOT longer, but thats a few, most of the bands have MANY good albums, most of which have good songs on.

For SKA:

Operation Ivy, Energy, Link 80 are REALY good, I cant think of any others right now, but if you are in REAL nead of more ska send me an email and I can dig up some for ya

Blues:

Even if many call him classic rock I LOVE Eric Clapton.

Swing:

Stray Cats, Brian Setzer and thats all i can think of off the top of my head...