File Under B

Cafe Society
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I’ve got a lot of time on my hands and a limited amount of space since remodeling the basement. So I’ve decided to (try again) and rip all of my CDs and then put them in storage. Since part of this is 1)put CD 2)wait for metadata to pop up 3)hit “import” and 4) repeat over and over, I had some time to wonder what artists I’m missing (last name first, of course).

Here’s my list of “B” artists so far:
B-52s
Bacharach, Burt
Bad Plus, The
Badly Drawn Boy
Badu, Erykah
Baerwald, David
Baez, Joan
Baker, Chet
Bananarama
Bangles, The
Barenaked ladies
Bartley, Aidan
Bassey, Shirley
Bat for Lashes
Baxter, Tom
Be Good Tanyas, The
Beach Boys
Beastie Boys
Beat Happening
Beatles
Beautiful South, The
Bechet, Sidney
Beck
Bee Gees, The
Bees, The
Bell, Andy
Belle and Sebastian
Belly
Beloved, The
Benatar, Pat
Bens, The
Benson, Brendan
Benson, Rhian
Berlin
Bernhard, Sandra
Berryhill, Cindy Lee
Bessman, Eva
Beta Band, The
Bettens, Sarah
Beulah
Bianco, Matt
Bice, Bo
Big Bad Love
Big Country
Big Daddy
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Pig
Bikini Kill
Bim Skala Bim
Bird, Andrew
Bjork
Black Crowes, The
Black Eyed Peas
Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcyle Club
Black Sweden
Black, Frances
Black, Frank
Black, Gus
Black, Lewis
Black, Mary
Blind Melon
Blink 182
Bliss 66
Bloc Part
Blonde Redhead
Blondie
Bloodhound Gang
Bloom, Luka
Blue
Blue Country
Blue Man Group
Blue Nile
Blue Note
Blue October
Blue Rodeo
Blues Traveler
Bluetones, The
BMX Bandits
Bob and Tom
Bode, Erin
Bogguss, Suzy
Bon Jovi
Bongwater
Bonoff, Karla
Bonzo (Doo Dah) Dog Band
Boo Radleys, The
Books, The
Boom Crash Opera
Boone, Debbie
Booth, Tim
Bootie (mash-ups)
Boppin’ B
Boredoms
Bossacucanova
Bowie, David
Bowling For Soup
Boxing Gandhis
BR5-49
Bradley’s Robert Blackwater Surprise
Bragg, Bill
Brainfog
Bran Van 3000
Branch, Michelle
Brand New
Brand New Heavies, The
Branigan, Laura
Brave Old World
Brave, Dick and the Backbeats
Bravery, The
Breakin’ 2 soundtrack
Breaking Benjamin
Breeders, The
Brickell, Edie
Brigadier, The
Bright Eyes
Brislin, Katy
British Sea Power
Broken Social Scene
Brooke, Jonatha
Brooks and Dunn
Bros
Brothers Creeggan, The
Broudie, Ian
Brown, Greg
Brown, Ian
Brown, James
Browne, Duncan
Browne, Jackson
Brubeck, Dave Quartet
Buble, Michael
Buchanan, Kelly
Buchanan, Roy
Buck 65
Buckhaven, Katie
Buckingham Nicks
Bucklew, Wendy
Buckley, Jeff
Buckley, Tim
Buckner, Richard
Buckshot Lefonque
Burke, Solomon
Burns Sisters, The
Burrell, Kenny
Bush
Bush, Kate
Busters, The
Butler, Richard
Butthole Surfers
Byrne, David

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Be Bop Deluxe
Blue Oyster Cult
Bolin, Tommy
Brand X
Buffalo Springfield

3

Based on the list I think you’ll like all of the following:

Beirut
Bishop Allen
Brendan Benson and the Well Fed Boys

4

Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Band, The
Byrds, The

Shouldn’t that be “Beatles, The”?

5

Smashey and Nicey, on behalf of FabFM, quite lidderally appreciate your own appreciation of this fine band, there mate. Absolutly pop-tastic!

6

The Boomtown Rats

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Film Scores:

Ben-Hur
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Big Chill
The Big Country
Birth
Black Orpheus
Blade Runner
Blue Velvet
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Bride of Frankenstein
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Bugsy Malone

8

Beck, Jeff
Black Sabbath
Boston
Brand X

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Awesome so far! Although, I’m a little embarrassed by not having The Band in my collection.

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Babe Ruth
Bad Company
Bardens, Pete
(Jeff Beck Group)
Beck, Joe
Becker, Walter
Belew, Adrian
Bellaphon
Benson, George
Betts, Dickey (Band) also DB & Great Southern
Big Sugar
Black Label Society
Black Mountain
Black Oak Arkansas
Blind Faith
Blood Sweat and Tears
Bloodline
Bloomfield Kooper (and Stills)
Blue Cheer
Blue Mountain
Blue Murder
Blues Brothers
Boiled In Lead
Bonamassa, Joe
Bramblett, Randall
Bramhall, Doyle (Sr & II)
Brother Cane
Bruford, Bill
Brute
Buckethead
Buffet, Jimmy
Butcher, Jon (Axis)
Butler, John (Trio)
Byrd, Donald

These don’t have to be “Essential”, do they?

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Forgot Jack Bruce. Also, how do you file compilations, like, for instance “Live From Bonaroo”?

And some of the Yardbirds put out a couple of albums under the name Box Of Frogs. Don’t know if they were released on CD or not. There may be a lot of those, I didn’t look at any vinyl.