 | Ziggy Stardust: 30th Anniv (Bonus CD) by David Bowie
Buy used from: $14.36 Bowie's magnum-opus.I was fourteen years old when I first heard this album way back in 1972. The world has changed an awful lot since then. Not so this album. Wonderful. Vital.
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 | Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $3.65 Dylan at the top of his game. Great songs. The vocals are a tour - de force; both plaintive and venomous alike. ' Tangled up in Blue ' in particular, cuts like a knife.
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 | Forever Changes by Love
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.31 An evocation of Los Angeles in 1967. Love, peace, war, hate...it's all here. Arthur Lee is a shamanic genius. Come and get it.
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 | Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $5.26 The best Led Zeppelin album by a country mile. Try to stay perfectly still when listening to ' Bron - Y - Aur ' Stomp. Impossible.
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 | Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison
Buy used from: $2.85 Classic Van Morrison; heart and soul in every line. A truly great singer ; and brilliant musicianship to boot. Essential.
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 | Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy by The Who
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.79 English whimsy, mod - bop rockers, psychedelic mind - benders. Mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Exhilirating stuff ! ( as John Peel might have once said. )
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 | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
Buy used from: $29.00 The Madcap's finest hour. Hugely influential, and undying proof of the legend of Roger ' Syd ' Barrett. Rest in peace, Diamond.
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 | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band
Buy used from: $7.48 A heady fusion of folk and psychedelic sensibilities, furnished with masterful instrumentation. Magical. ( And..one of the best album titles ever. )
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 | Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $3.38 With a portfolio of Gene Clark and Roger Mc Guinn originals, and a handful of Dylan covers , this was and still is the proto-type folk-rock album. Quintessential Byrds.
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 | Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones
Buy used from: $18.13 The Rolling Stones; when they really were ' The greatest rock n' roll band in the world. ' Dirty, snidey, sneering , and all - conquering. Kick your shoes off and get on this !
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