20 MORE Records Every Collector Should Own PART 2! Intermediate Recommendations! 

I own 15 of the 20. You should do some more of these lists. Perhaps 20 “must have albums” from a particular decade or a specific genre. I’d like to know what albums you’re listening to that were released in the 21st century.

I’ve been a drummer for 60 years l believe I was born with an absolutely love for all forms of music I don’t know of anyone who hates music if they are out there... I don’t want to meet them ! Music is spiritual,motivational,inspiring,flat out fun to play and consume keep the vynl alive !!! Thanx

Cold Fact is such a beautiful record and the story behind it makes it perfect. The documentary is a truly heart warming thing to watch

I think anyone who's even a little bit into Jazz should have a couple of Charles Mingus albums in his/her collection.

The lists are rather "English" centered; here are some other recomendations: Jacques Brel: Olympia 64 (if only for the song 'Amsterdam', the intensity is rarely topped by any other musician or group) Serge Gainboug: Bonnie And Clyde (What the French call Yéh Yéh) Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandöh (if you want to get into the 'Zeuhl' side of prog) Neu: Neu! (Krautrock classic) Kraftwerk: Autobahn or Trans Europa Express (well, the pioneers of almost all things electronic) Can: Tago Mago (Krautrock classic) Ennio Morricone: A Fistful of Dollars (Per un Pugno Di Dollari) or Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) Os Mutantes Os Mutantes (Tropicalia/Psych) Various Tropicália Ou Panis Et Circencis (one of the (if not the) first album(s) documenting the Tropicalia movement with a.o. Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, etc) And some that not have made the cut (yet?) The Sonics: Here Are The Sonics (before The Stooges, MC5 and others there were the Sonics; Garage Rock/Protopunk) The Wailers: Catch A Fire (Reggae) Charles Mingus: Ah Um (Post Bop) Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation John Coltrane: Giant Steps or My Favorite Things (Post Bop, Giant Steps are originals, My Favorite Things are standards, an easier way to get into Coltrane) Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda (Spiritaul Jazz at its finest) Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius (landmark album, if only for reimagening the role of the bass) JB'ss: Doing It To Death (Funk) Sun Ra: Space Is The Place (for those who want to get into far out jazz) Pharoah Sanders: Karma (Spiritual jazz) The Specials: The Specials AKA (Ska)

I’m happy to agree with all the recommendations on both videos. My addition - CAN “ Tago Mago”.

That Hawkwind album is incredible!

I think Remain in Light by Talking Heads is a great album to check out for people who are just beginning to expand their music tastes. Great album choices for this video though.

Loving the lists, as someone who basically forgot to keep up listening to new old stuff, this is giving me loads of shortcuts....and the Cymande album....what a gift brother!!! Thank you, I owe you......

love this series - getting turned on to some great sounding albums, appreciate the care and effort you put into this!

After watching many of your "Psych Pick" videos, you finally mention HAWKWIND! Saw them in 1974 with Lemmy. 3rd row dead center trippin' on Purple Haze. Mind Blown.

Love this list. All Things Must Pass is one of my favourite records of all time. Thanks for the video.

All of those records are great!! What tickled me was when you held up "Let It Be" by the Replacements. You took me back to a day in 1984 that was my best single trip to a record store. On the same receipt were "Let It Be", Husker Du's "Zen Arcade," and "Double Nickles on the Dime" from the Minutemen. A glorious, life changing day for this old boy.

Thanks for putting the album name and title on screen. I snapped a bunch of screen shots from your first video. So glad you did this series. Townes Van Zandt and Funckadelic were unknown to me and they’re now on my want list. Great stuff!!

You got me with this list; I've never heard of Cymande. But the rest of the list is amazingly in tune with much of my interests

My hidden gem nobody seems to know much about, Ron Wood's "I've Got My Own Album To Do" ...just a killer record with Mick and Keith all over it. Also the original "Mystifies Me" covered by Son Volt on their "Trace" album.

Zappa's 'Hot Rats' and 'Chunga's Revenge' are my favourite albums of his, so glad to see them mentioned! The later stuff you mentioned, especially in finding difficult to get into, is when he seemed to have a greater jazz influence; occasionally classical

Man, you have great taste!! This is a fantastic list!

Great list! There's so many. I'd have a hard time reducing it down to my top 100! 👍

Thank you sir i have a PHD in hip hop but the last 2 years ive took a deep dive into rock, jazz , blues, electronic, and pop and i havent looked back since and i love your choices! Thanks

Some of the more garage/artsy stuff like MC5, Velvet Underground and Zappa are artists I need to immerse myself in. The goal this year in general is to appreciate the classics I haven’t gotten to yet and these videos do point out some notable ones to check out. Take care Dillion and stay safe!

Cold Facts! That Doco you mentioned got me into him.. then i find out my dad has a first pressing!

Nice list. Amen re: George Harrison; word for word!

Great recommendations dude. I'm supposed to get Lee Morgan's "The Cooker" delivered tomorrow. I psyched!

Loving the videos , getting me through isolation!!

Ooooh I see Cactus, Budgie, and Dust in the background!

Hot Rats is one of my favorite albums! Bought the box set earlier this year which is an incredible listen and look into the creative process. Shows Peaches en regalia from a piano demo all the way to the finished project etc. Has a 30 plus minute track called Big Legs which is Gumbo Variations unedited

That’s funny you showed Rodriguez. I showed that record yesterday in my Blind Islind contest entry video. Great choices. I still need Big Star. I have the cd and that’s one that I want an OG of. I should just buy the reissue. The record that I really need is that Dennis Wilson over your shoulder. That is essential and I haven’t found a clean copy of it yet. So freakin’ good. Cheers, Brian🍀

Great video as always. Thanks for the post. Cheers from southern WV.

Great choices. I highly recommend "Taj Mahal" "Natch'l Blues".

Ooooh, I'm peeping those records behind you and I like what I'm seein'. Budgie's Squawk, Dennis Wilson, Cactus...good stuff!

Great list. Rodriguez was also very popular in Australia back in the day, and still is. He toured here a few years ago. His rare 'live' LP goes for around $250.

MC5 was one I thought of when you put out the request for input.

Man I love your lists! Thank you. When digging for jazz records, the 3 labels to look for are: Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside.

My musical tastes were already eclectic enough, then I stumbled across your 20 Records videos. As I watched them, my iTunes library grew, as will my vinyl collection. Some of your jazz favorites were already my jazz favorites. One album by one of our favorite artists that I didn't see mentioned springs to mind - Miles Davis's Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud soundtrack.

nice list..never knew about the VU air brush story... even though i only own 6 from this list .....i keep hearing about and have been selling many of these classic for years.....I just haven't heard them yet....so much music so little time...keep up the good work !!

Man I just found your channel and I love it. This video alone is worth the sub! Undercurrents is absolutely killer. I am streaming it now having never heard it and I can honestly say it is the first jazz album that grabbed me right away. All the others I like have taken multiple listenings to get in to. I have listened to a few others that I will be picking up as soon as possible. I wish I was able to travel to the US right now so I could buy as many of these as I can from you! Cheers!

Enjoying the videos m8 really comes through how much you enjoy the music

Once again, great recommendations! Once again, also great records behind you- like that Betty Davis on the bottom

I hope you have properly stocked up on all of these records at the store when you finally can reopen. I would really like to have the Emmylou Wrecking Ball in vinyl. Love Betty Davis. Any VU is essential, I learned that in my early 80s. I would love to find an Emerson cover but the bank account may not appreciate it.

Great selection! So glad you included American Beauty, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and John Prine. Those are some great country-ish records that are often discredited by rock fans.

Great video! I recently got into vinyl and I'm slowly building a collection. After your last video I streamed a few albums on your list and Television's Marquee Moon, which had been on my radar for years blew me away. I recently ordered some records from my local record store and unfortunately Herbie Hancock's Headhunters was sold out but I have a copy of Marquee Moon on it's way. I'm sure I'll have a bigger list after this video. Thanks.

Hey thanks a lot for this video. I dig a lot of music and I’ve never heard of a few of these. Can’t wait to listen. Thanks!

Back in the day when I had good Hi-Fi, I remember the song "Blood on the Rooftops" blowing my mind. It always seemed to me that the first few post-Gabriel Genesis albums had superior sound to most of my collection and sounded so good cranked. Maybe I'll invest in a decent system just to hear that again!

Charles Lloyd “ Forest flower” incredible jazz featuring Keith Jarrett, jack de johnette Cecil Mcbee. Also Kevin Ayers

Your eclectic taste in music is refreshing and admirable. Really enjoy your videos.

Great channel mate. I have 2 original vinyl pressings of Jo Jo Gunne featuring Jay Ferguson from Cali band Spirit. My favourite is their first self titled album from 1972 and the second one is Bite Down Hard from 1973 with keyboard added. Then they recorded with the Asylum label. After a few ordinary follow up albums the band broke up in 1975. Great early California hard driving bluesy rock with no frills from a band formed in the wake of the Led Zep tours of the US. ''Big Chain'' is a remix of their first album after they reformed in 1992 and recorded the remix in 2005 with Blue Hand recording label....for my taste it was slightly over produced and lacked the rawness of the '72 original but still a tasty LP. I was lucky to get them back in the '70's as I live in Australia. Cheers from Oz.

Richard and Linda Thompson's "Shoot Out the Lights" has many characteristics of an essential collection item. First, it's a great album. It was recorded when the Thompsons' marriage was breaking up and has an amazing balance of beauty and tension. Second, it has an interesting press/print history and many variations exist. Third, it's an excellent introduction to bootleg collecting--many of the songs on the album were originally engineered Gerry Rafferty. Those recordings were never officially released and have a much different character than the official versions.

Man I just love these videos, you’re so engaging. The great thing is I have many of these records but equally there are quite a few I don’t and by watching your videos these are all going on to my want list. Surely you’ve got yourself a series here. a couple of suggestions that spring to mind; Spirit “Twelve Dreams of Dr Sardonicus”, ZZ Top “Deguelo”. As for “All Things Must Pass” being the greatest Beatles solo album you’re darn right there. We demand a third video. Keep up the great work 👍

Started collecting vinyl a couple of years ago, I have around 1000 albums now. I picked up that album Cold Fact by Rodriguez, current reissue, after watching this video and WOW!!! I can't stop playing it. Thank you South Africa, Australia New Zealand and every where except his own home, if it wasn't for you none of us would know about this album or this talented artist. A real shame we did not appreciate his talents here in the states. Just want to say I appreciate these videos please keep up the good work. I have added a few more to my want list as well watching your channel, I'm always looking for new albums to check out. so thank you man

An artist in thr jazz realm that is a must hear: Gabor Szabo. His albums, Dreams, and Bacchanal are amazing

Wow. Great stuff. I must admit i don’t listen to much anymore but noted the Emmylou Harris album cover and thought wouldn’t it be cool if something by Gram Parsons was mentioned and boom you showed Sweetheart of the Rodeo, one of my favs back in the day. How do you decide what to listen to with such a vast collection? Thanks for your enthusiasm and love for music and life.

Appreciate this! Can you add a list of them on both so we can go back in the future & check? Thanks!

I'm really getting tempted to get into Vinyl after binging your videos.

Lets put the record straight: Rodriguez was just as big in Australia and New Zealand. South Africa did not discover him alone.He even recorded a live album in Australia back in the seventies. It's on RU-vid. I'd also like to mention two other artists that most, not all, but most American missed, back in the 70's. That's J J Cale. He was huge in Australia, everybody had one or two of his albums in their collection. The other was Tim Buckley's album, "Greeting from LA." A bulletproof, flawless album.

Had no idea about the cover of the Velvet Underground. Very cool lol. Love that Beefheart. Dropout Boogie has long been one of my favorite cuts lol!!! So fitting having Betty Davis in the background and showing that Bitches Brew considering the influence she had on Miles during that time. So many great picks here.

Excellent list, Dillon. Damn, dude. I was gonna say The Replacements too! I’m fortunate enough to own a 1st press NM copy of American Beauty still in the shrink. It may not be super valuable, but it’s one of the gems of my collection just due to the fact that I’ve never seen a cleaner copy and love The Dead, but also love punk and jazz too. Ya can’t pigeon yourself into one genre of music, cuz you’ll just miss out on too much! Dillon, are you familiar with The Dukes of the Stratosphere? It’s actually one the band, XTC’s many aliases. I’d definitely classify it “pop psych”, but it came out in the late 80’s (can ya still even call it that?), but it could’ve easily come out in the 60’s. I’d never heard of em before, but I came across a copy of their second album signed by the singer, Andy Partridge. The guy I bought that collection of like 3K records from is a close friend of Andy’s, so it obviously makes total sense. I’ll be in touch with you soon, Dillon, cuz I’m sure you’d be interested in some of the more collectible albums I’ve come across, and I’m sure you’ve got some I’d love to own too. 🎶👍🔊🙂 Thanks for the excellent vid, man! Great choices.

Every single note of Sixto's music is pure gold👌

John Prime had a private meet and greet at the record store I work at.

Man, your channel is the dopest out there. Only discovered it two days ago, got so much great music I've never heard to check out thanks to you, love the diversity and open minded approach. I'm deep into Love, Forever Changes at the moment, got Karen Dalton, Judee Sill, all the blues mentions, Television and more on deck. I'm a jazz musician and jazz specialist, and i'd like to recommend a few lesser known works from after the music's golden era that seem right up your alley - 1) Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games 2) Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening 3) Bobby Hutcherson - Total Eclipse (and everything else by him on Blue Note). And in case you don't know it, a stone classic from Brazil that Stands toe to toe with anything by the Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd, Bowie, etc: Milton Nascimento & Lo Borges - Clube Da Esquina, psychedelic masterpiece. Keep on doing what you're doing, much appreciated!

What are your thoughts on Isaac Hayes live at the Sahara Tahoe? I love the audience you feel like your there. Also Isacc puts on a show. I wish there was a video or film of that show. Keep up the vids. Your doing a great job.

Thanks for these videos, found out about people and groups I'd never heard of and went looking for. If they caught my attention I was happy to find and buy the CD, often more affordable. Haven't collected records since the 1980s, but still have all my old Vivyl. My most prized record is "Blind Joe Death" which I was able to get John Fahey to sign for me. He asked me what I wanted him to write, I said "what ever" which is exactly what he wrote! My 2nd most prized record is Ra Can Row, which I bought in the early 1980s because of the wild cover, turned out to be a really cool listen, would love a CD version so I don't mess up the record on my old turntable.

Senor Noble, Re: Safe as milk, folks should sample the tunes "Electricity" and "Glad" if that doesn't hook ya, you ain't a fish!!! Big Star- the 1978 UK 2lp first press. Find a clean copy, you get the 1st two lp's for a do-able price. Perfect AAA sound too. I borrowed Replacements Let it be in high school back in 87, he didn't get it back!!! Ha ha ha. I think a bird flew into your beard, better check it.

Great review! LOVE your channel. Your eclectic taste in music mirrors mine. Probably because we play guitar. BTW, Cymande is pronounced SEE-MAN-DAY. And “Bra” is a staple song in 1980’s Club / House Music that was popular in NYC, Chicago and Baltimore. Terrific, but rare record to own first press. CONGRATS!!!

Can I say this: you got impeccable taste, man. I love that your lists (both the first one too) go deep; eclectic. I m pretty sure I have them all. Great music. I have found it...challenging approaching Jazz, and involving it in my life. Like all my friends I have been a Rock music guy; and then got totally into Soul . But those types of music are still of a kind, in a way. Jazz is not asa simple. And I never wanted to listen to Jazz w/o trying to understand just a tiny bit of it. So I really appreciate you knowing your way around the Blue Note label, and some players. I learned something from listening you talk today. BTW did they actually bleep out 'Bitches'?

This is my top 5: Magazine - Real Life Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance The Gun Club - Miami Husker Du - Zen Arcade Wipers - Over the edge

About Beefheart - if you want to get into the sort of style he had on Trout Mask Replica, I suggest first listening to the album he made right after that, "Lick My Decals Off, Baby", it's similar but I think a little easier to digest. You should also check out stuff from his later period, like "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)", it's an excellent album, less wild and experimental then his Trout Matk Replica era material but still quirky and unusual.

Love the Cactus record behind you. Great band.

Great video - both part one and two! Can I make a humble suggestion? Kip Hanrahan - Desire Develops An Edge

Hey Brother - great second installment! A few others I’d add: Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey Alexander’Skip’ Spence - Oar Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day Tim Buckley - Happy Sad Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham Nicks Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime Prince - Dirty Mind Roxy Music - Avalon Todd Rundgren - Runt

Hi Dillon. +1 for the Hot Rats. Love his riffs on that one.

Learning lots, great stuff

Hot Rats is a masterpiece!!! It's absolutely blasphemous that rolling stone doesn't include it in their 500 greatest albums list

So happy to see Let It Be get recognition. What an awesome album. I would also add: Death - ...For The Whole World To See Melvins - Bullhead Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia Public Enemy - It Take A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain

I just discovered your site brother, and your recommendations are fantastic. I am hip to most every recommendation but some of them like Judee Sill and Cactus are new recommendations for me. I have heard of them, but have no experience listening yet to them… And I see over your head what must be Dennis Wilson, and I forget about such things, and I have added him as well (sorry, Charlie, it was not meant to be!) to my “liked” recommendations on my Spotify premium deal. You, sir, are bringing the best music to light, and are doing great work here, and I truly appreciate you. And subbed, naturally! Thanks! You are like a friend bringing gold and rare jewels to the table, and I don’t have any friends like that, soul brother…

Thanks for another great video and introducing me to Art Blakey and Cymande

Nice to see the Roger Dean art on Badger behind you.

You're lists are awesome! Just started watching your vids. Do you think you can write out your lists in the descriptions?

If you’re into jazz you’d be missing out if you didn’t know about Clifford Brown! I’d check out either Clifford Brown & Max Roach or Study in Brown. Incredible playing from all the cats in that band. Clifford Brown’s trumpet work is unrivaled even today. Just pure hard bop from the master himself. Great recommendations!

Props to having’Pacific Ocean Blue’ in the background, very under appreciated.

American and working mans Dead are my favorite Dead albums. Enjoyed the video my friend. Stay safe

Check out juicy groove first taste, just opened my sealed copy and I absolutely love it!

Pretty Things - SF Sorrow, Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr Zadonicus, Manassas - Manassas, Captain Beefheart - Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot.

Great videos Dillon, love your enthusiasm for vinyl. I sold most of my records a few years ago but there's a couple I wish I'd kept. Barbed Wire Sandwich by Black Cat Bones, great British blues rock and Fully Qualified Survivor by british singer songwriter Michael Chapman. I think the Michael Chapman album can be found quite cheaply but Barbed Wire Sandwich might be harder to find.

Great list. I think I have most of them.

Love your channel man and your recommendations. You should do a Top 20 from the past 20 years.

i checked out stephen stills- manassas, WOW that is a GREAT album, i like that theres a little rock, blues, country. great recommendation.

I'm a new viewer. I really enjoy your videos and your taste in music. All success to your store! (And would really argue with you over that "Electric Mud" inclusion. As you know, there is also a Howlin' Wolf record done the same way. These were the brainchildren of Marshall Chess, Leonard's son, to "psychedelicize" the electric Chicago blues, much as his dad had done earlier in the 60s with "Muddy Waters, Folksinger", positioning Muddy to appeal to the folkies. I once met Phil Upchurch, the great jazz guitarist who played on these records and they embarrassed him. Howlin' Wolf disowned his version and I don't blame him)

Rodriguez was actually huge in Australia bitd. A copy of cold fact got into a DJs hands and he became an overnight sensation. He toured here twice in the seventies and once in the 80s. I grew up listening to him, and was puzzled by the story of the Australian guy finding him, being misappropriated in the south African doco. Check out his live fact album recorded in Australia during his 79 tour

Really appreciate the 2 videos on must own records. As a record store owner, if you have these 40 lps in your shop , how quickly do they sell? Please keep the great videos coming

Lots of greats!

that promo copy of Pacific Ocean Blue in the background 😍😍

New subscriber, these videos are sick

I absolutely love cymande!!!!!

Dylan, thank you! Another great list, you are 2-0 at this point! MC5 Kick Out the Jams is A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT! MC5 and The Stooges, direct line to The Ramones, unquestionably!!!

Sly and the family Stone's "There's a riot going on" is an often overlooked essential in my opinion. It's very trippy and raw yet extremely groovy.

most of them i knew....thx for sharing..

I saw George Harrison in the thumbnail, and I clicked so fast. All Things Must Pass is one of my favorite albums by that man, and I completely agree that it’s greater than anything any of the other Beatles had done. Then again he’s just my favorite.

Don’t own any of those albums, yet, but I have been rocking Cymande for a long time on Spotify. I’ve been pronouncing it Sah, Mahn, Day. Brothers on the slide is a great tune 👌🏼 I’d say the following records.. David Axelrod - The Edge. Capital Records 1966-1970 Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady New Order - Technique Fela Kuti (any, just have some!) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love The Specials - The Specials

I’ve got one for your list... Don’t send me no flowers by Sonny Boy Williamson with Jimmy Page and Brian Auger and the Trinity.. session from ‘65.. great album which I found in a charity shop for 25p when I was about 18.. got me started down the blues road for sure.