# Who doesn't own these albums? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2000, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888 "2000-03-17T05:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/41 "2000-03-17T15:45:00Z")
Don’t have Sgt. Pepper’s. Personal tastes-- Beatles suck, Stones rule… * * * _…send lawyers, guns, and money…_ ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/42 "2000-03-17T16:41:00Z")
I was born in 1980, and I have all those albums. Also, everyone of my generation owns at least two of the following–The President’s of the USA’s debut album, “Tragic Kingdom” by No Doubt, the first Alannis Morissette (sp?) album, and the Wallflowers. Does anyone think these will be the albums we mention 20 years from now? (By the way, I own the Wallflowers and the Pres. CDs.) ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/43 "2000-03-18T06:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by voguevixen: > \*\*I’m guilty of all three, of course I own the entire works of ELO, with the exception of the first album, _No Answer_. Ahem, my birthday IS coming up, though…used vinyl is fine! 😉 > \*\* Ahem, I own them all, including _No Answer_ on vinyl and most of them on CD since then. I’ve even got some box sets with non album tracks like _Julie Don’t Live Here Anymore_. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/44 "2000-03-18T06:18:00Z")
_Dark Side_ – yup, have owned it on vinyl, cassette and now CD _Led Zep IV_ – old vinyl copy lying around somewhere _Sgt. Pepper_ – nope, never much cared for them Liverpudlian nancy boys * * * …but when you get blue, and you’ve lost all your dreams, there’s nothing like a campfire and a can of beans! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/45 "2000-03-17T19:18:00Z")
Well here I thought I was going to be original in saying the only one I have is “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, but a bunch of people are ahead of me. What are the other essential albums of rock’n’roll? I’ll mention these (strangely enough, they’re in my collection! :)) Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks The Clash – London Calling ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/46 "2000-03-17T19:26:00Z")
**AW:** Yep, THOSE three I’ve got. How about Bob Dylan’s _Highway 61 Revisited?_ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/47 "2000-03-17T20:00:00Z")
Essential: Who’s Next Let it Bleed (the Stones’ best) Workingman’s Dead Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse (aka Urban Spaceman) by the Bonzo Dog Band Lights in the Night (Flash and the Pan) The Beatles Led Zeppelin IV Procol Harum’s first album 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus (Spirit) Meddle (Pink Floyd) The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle (Springsteen) Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround (Kinks) Aqualung Third (Soft Machine) * * * “What we have here is failure to communicate.” – Strother Martin, anticipating the Internet. [www.sff.net/people/rothman](http://www.sff.net/people/rothman) ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/48 "2000-03-17T20:08:00Z")
From my generation (class of '95): Metallica, The ‘Black Album’ Nirvana, _Nevermind_ Pearl Jam, _Ten_ A bit older: AC/DC, _Highway to Hell_ or _Back in Black_ Black Sabbath, _Paranoid_ * * * TMR “Give myself a mullet, hook the Flowbie to the Kirby…” ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/49 "2000-03-17T20:11:00Z")
None of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sake\_Samurai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sake\_Samurai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sake_Samurai)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/50 "2000-03-17T20:59:00Z")
Led Zeppelin IV is great, I sold my vinyl a while ago (hard up for $$) and have 3 out of the 4 CDs of the boxed set, which has most of the tunes from IV, so that sort of counts. I am still entranced by the Battle of Evermore: it’s probably the best song they ever wrote. I bought the Dark Side of the Moon just last year and I think I’ve listened to it four times: two times tripping my head off and two times with the Wizard of Oz synched up. In my high school days I had a good friend and guitarist who would listen to the album all day, so it was always in the background (along with the Dead) whenever I went over. I remember ripping it off the player one afternoon and hiding it in my bass drum - my friend was a total mess until he finally found it - strange the power that album has over dopers. I absolutely despise the Beatles. I wouldn’t dream of purchasing anything from those purveyors of mundane musical mediocrity. In my circles it seems that everyone has three slightly different CDs: ## Slayer’s Reign in Blood Helmet’s Meantime Black Sabbath’s Paranoid Yet to be reconciled with the reality of the dark for a moment, I go on wandering from dream to dream. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/51 "2000-03-17T21:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Diane: > **What about Frampton Comes Alive? Everyone I knew back in the old days had that one.** Wore out my copy on the family’s Radio Shack phograph/8-track system while playing air guitar every morning before the school bus. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/52 "2000-03-17T21:29:00Z")
I have, and listen to, all three on a very regular basis. My friends frequently remind me that music was produced after 1986 - and still is to this day. But, I think that that’s just an UL. 😉 For all of you who responded with “before my time” and “my parents have those”, here’s a cyber slap for you ::slap:: ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/53 "2000-03-17T21:37:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Billdo: > **Dark Side was my first CD. Zep IV I had on vinyl, but never got on CD. And my dad had an _original_ Sgt. Pepper’s LP that he got when it first came out (and which I put some serious mileage on).** He still has it, numbnuts! And since you wore my ears out listening by listening to it over and over, I never felt the need to have my own copy. The other two, I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/54 "2000-03-17T21:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Trout Mask Replica: > \*\* > From my generation (class of '95): > Metallica, The ‘Black Album’ > Nirvana, _Nevermind_ > Pearl Jam, _Ten_ > \*\* I’m Class of 80 and I have those. 🙂 * * * You turn me on. But maybe it’s because I just spent 20 years in the jungle, getting it on with anything I could attract with a piece of fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/55 "2000-03-17T21:46:00Z")
DSOTM. Check. Sergeant Pepper. Check. Led Zep IV. Nope, but I want it. * * * You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted, then used against you. With love from the poster voted as having the **"Most Confusing Username"** ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/56 "2000-03-17T21:48:00Z")
I have DSOTM and every other Pink Floyd album except the collections. I also have the boxed set. I adore Pink Floyd and can’t think of a band that I like more than them. I REALLY REALLY LIKE a handful of Led Z. songs, but can’t stand the rest. Therefore, I own a “greatest hits” type album of thiers. My husband really likes the Beatles but I only like a few of their songs. I don’t know if he owns that one or not, but I sure don’t. * * * – From an actual catalog: “Disco balls create an enchanting, dazzling effect of light shafts, adding movement and glamour to any occasion” _the Abrams’ bris was certainly memorable_ O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/57 "2000-03-17T22:04:00Z")
## DSOTM and IV, yes. Sgt. Pepper, no. “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Muscular Dystrophy Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/58 "2000-03-17T22:08:00Z")
Nope, none of them. Used to borrow my dad’s copy of all three though…maybe I should get my own. (And yep, my dad’s copies were all on vinyl.) * * * Winner, SDMB’s Biggest Chat Addict “Only two things that’ll soothe my soul - cold beer and remote control.” ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/59 "2000-03-17T23:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Rilchiam: > \*\*…Does anyone here **not** own all three?.. > \*\* Not only do I not own any of those, but I don’t have any cd’s, tapes, 8-tracks, or LP’s from ANY of those bands. I’m sort of embarrassed to admit that once I bought The Wall, but it got stolen & I never replaced it. I may have had a led zep disk at one time, but I don’t even remember which one. ## But I’m 100% beatles-free. ## Oh, what’s that? So now you say life sucks? Well 99% of it’s what you make of it… So if your life sucks, YOU suck! Joe\_Cool ---
**Author:** ![Lawrence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lawrence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawrence)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888/60 "2000-03-18T02:19:00Z")
In high school I had all three–Pepper, DSOTM, LZIV. I suppose they’re all still somewhere in my parents’ house and probably dusty and unlistenable by now. The albums I notice almost everyone I know owning are Van Morrison’s Greatest Hits, London Calling, something by the Stones, something by the Pogues, something by the Grateful Dead, and something by Dylan. I know several people who own something by AC/DC, something by El Ultimo de la Fila, or something by Radio Futura. The presence of the Spanish bands is due to location, of course. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-own-these-albums/14888.md?page=4)