 | There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone
Buy used from: $5.70 Looking at the Devil, grinning at his gun.
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 | Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.36 Breathtaking. Really.
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 | Fun House by The Stooges
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $1.42 Apparently, Iggy will stick it deep inside ('cause he's loose).
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 | White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.86 Pick a Velvets album, any Velvets album. F it, go buy the boxed set (Peel Slowly And See).
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 | Night Beat by Sam Cooke
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $6.14 The greatest soul album EVER. Buy this AND Live At The Harlem Square Club. Today. Today.
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 | Funk Power 1970: A Brand New Thang by James Brown
Buy used from: $5.44 Everything The man did in the studio in 1970. Mighty mighty.
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 | Up for the Down Stroke by Parliament
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.39 Freaky Deaky.
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 | Horses by Patti Smith
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.50 Respect the architect. Patti is a true believer.
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 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You/Including Respect by Aretha Franklin
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $2.64 I never loved a 400 pound woman who sweats when she talks the way I love Aretha Franklin.
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 | Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.10 Still wicked after all these years.
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 | Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.18 The nice Miles - for nasty, try Bitches Brew, On The Corner or Jack Johnson.
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 | Soul Alive (Dlx) by Solomon Burke
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $5.29 Alongside Sam Cooke's Live At The Harlem Square, this is the finest live soul record ever recorded
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 | Dreaming My Dreams by Waylon Jennings
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.95 The sensitive Waymore. Also, check "Honky Tonk Heroes" & "Waylon Live".
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 | Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $7.24 Do I really need to tell you about this record? Also, Highway 61 is pretty much essential.
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![Young Americans [ECD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514mFRC56IL._SL75_.jpg) | Young Americans [ECD] by David Bowie
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.99 Bowie's best.
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 | New Lee Dorsey by Lee Dorsey
Buy used from: $52.99 You can buy pretty much any Lee Dorsey album and be happy - this happens to be my favorite
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 | The Meters by The Meters
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.78 Now THIS is nasty. Greasy. Fonky like a mother.
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 | Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $0.48 Try and find the demos for this record too - they're dynamite.
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 | Songs for Distingué Lovers by Billie Holiday
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.56 If you want a comp, try Lady in Autumn. If you feel like dropping a bunch of cash, get Complete Verve.
God bless the Lady
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 | The Best of Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes, Vols. 1-2 by Dorothy Love Coates & the Original Gospel Harmonettes
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $5.49 Almost makes me want to go to church.
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 | Complete Imperial Recordings by Snooks Eaglin
Buy used from: $34.00 Find this, steal this, do whatever you have to do.
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 | Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $3.84 My only problem with this record is it's too short.
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 | Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $2.49 Another guy where you could pretty much pick any Otis album and say: "this is the best one". Dictionary Of Soul, Sings Soul Ballads, The Soul Album, Love Man, every damn thing the man ever recorded. This is a good place to start though.
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 | Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones
Buy used from: $15.38 The greatest Rock N Roll Album ever. That's all there is to it.
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 | New Orleans Piano by Professor Longhair
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.84 Ah, The Professor.
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 | I'm Still in Love with You by Al Green
Buy used from: $19.98 Like Lee Dorsey, you really can't go wrong with any of Al Green's first 6 albums (or the boxed set)
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 | Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers by Sam Cooke & the Soul Stirrers
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $9.19 There is a God (too bad he was murdered in a cheap motel)
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 | The Complete Hank Williams by Sr. Hank Williams
Buy new: $98.97 / Used from: $84.49 The King of country music. Dead in the back of his Cadillac.
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 | The Chess Box :Muddy Waters by Muddy Waters
Buy new: $28.47 / Used from: $23.99 Muddy is the mack.
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 | Howlin Wolf: The Chess Box by Howlin' Wolf
Buy new: $28.47 / Used from: $22.99 As amazing for Hubert Sumlin's guitar work as it is for the Wolf's otherworldly vocals.
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 | The Chess Box by Bo Diddley
Buy used from: $22.00 The single most underrated singer/songwriter of all time.
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 | The Complete Recordings by Robert Johnson
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $9.99 I think he and Satan used to be friends.
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 | The Specialty Sessions
Buy used from: $49.95 Ain't nobody allowed to wear feathers & sequins 'cept the Beauty.
Shut up.
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 | The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 by Various Artists
Buy new: $99.98 / Used from: $75.53 Actually worth every dime.
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 | The Birth Of Soul : The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959 by Ray Charles
Buy used from: $32.94 The best era of Brother Ray's long career.
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 | The Complete Upsetter Collection by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Buy used from: $57.79 The real Wailers - before Island records, before Peter & Bunny left. Back when they were God-like. Also, check Complete Wailers 1967-1972.
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 | Arkology by Lee "Scratch" Perry
Buy new: $49.98 / Used from: $24.00 Without a doubt, my favorite schizophrenic working in Jamaican music today.
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 | The Doo Wop Box by Various Artists
Buy new: $69.98 / Used from: $39.95 Can't get enough doo wop. Some of the greatest music ever made.
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 | From Nashville to Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters by Elvis Presley
Buy used from: $35.00 It was tough to pick between this and the 50's box - both are indispensible.
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 | The Chess Box :Chuck Berry by Chuck Berry
Buy new: $28.47 / Used from: $27.46 A word of advice to the ladies: Don't use the bathrooms in Chuck Berry's restaurants. DO buy this (or "The Great 28" if you don't feel like spending the loot for the box).
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