I am in the process of moving houses. I am leaving england for good and heading back to greece (!). I wish I was a child of the modern downloadable music era having all my music collection in a single hard disk... but when I started buying into music we still had vinyl records, you know those that weigh a ton and scratch easily. All in all I have around a thousand items (vinyl and CDs) to carry back to greece with me. Many donkeys will be required <g>

Looking at my music collection though, it is well worth it. There are 20+ years of memories good and bad. Like a good wine cellar, there are many flavours from classic jazz, through dance and even heavy metal. There's good musical quality throughout, but a few gems just stand out. Individual, innovative, a joy to the ear and soul, I want to share with you these best of the best albums. In no particular order then we have:

CONNOISEUR. To accompany wine tasting sessions.

• Keith Jarret - My song
• Miles Davis - Kind of blue
• Wayne Shorter - Speak no evil
• Grant Green - Matador
• John McLaughlin - Belo horizonte
• Miroslav Vitous - First Meeting

COOL DUDE. Chill out department.

• Kreidler - Kreidler
• Bill Laswell - Hear no evil
• Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
• St Germain - Boulevard

LEFTFIELD. A bit off the beaten track.

• Barre Phillips - Mountainscapes
• Tuxedomoon - Holy Wars
• Lester Bowie - I only have eyes for you
• Jack DeJohnette - New directions
• Dave Holland Quartet - Extensions
• Tom Waits - Big time

HOOLIGAN'S CORNER. For the motorcyclist in you.

• The Cult - Love
• AC/DC - Powerage
• Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
• Soundgarden - Down on the upside
• Paw - Dragline

TOP OF THE TOPS. My (very biased) top of the pile.

• John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette - Gateway
• Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker
• Bugge Wesseltoft - Moving
• Jan Garbarek - Dis
• Egberto Gismonti - Solo

Shockingly, the above list doesn't include leona lewis, girls aloud, beyonce and such trolls <g>. What's your top of the pops?

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