It took me awhile to get this list together but its been a busy summer filled with a lot of great album hunting. Camp Bestival was a real treat and along with Vintage Festival (held simultaneously) it was the first CAS foray in festival-land. I am happy to say both festivals went over incredibly well. People were able to rest there weary feet, bodies (and oftentimes head) in our sonic oasis and chill out listening to one of their favourite albums or, in many cases, an album they had never before heard on an amazing sound system. We had comments like “That blew my mind!” and “Hearing that fabulous cello line in ‘Eleanor Rigby’ – I could have wept with the sheer beauty of it.”
Now we’re getting ready to do it all again at Bestival next week. Click here for our full album line-up which features headline artists like Brian Wilson, PJ Harvey and DJ Shadow. We also selected albums in honour of this year’s Bestival theme – ‘Pop Stars, Rock Stars and Divas’: Fleetwood Mac, Prince, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Grace Jones and Amy Winehouse. Hope you can join us.
In the meantime, check out this list of albums suggested by the Camp Bestival attendees. It has some of the usual greats along with a lot of new suggestions (from The Congos to The Dead Kennedys). Another great read…
Spirit – 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Can – Ege Bamyasi
Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air
John Cale – Paris 1919
Incredible String Band – 5000 Spirits
Portishead – Dummy
Kare Bush – The Kick Inside
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
Led Zeppelin – IV
Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
Congos – Heart of the Congos
Dire Straits – Love Over Gold
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Nirvana – Nevermind
Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones
Santana – Abraxas
Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt – A Meeting by the River
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
David Bowie – Low / Heroes
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Camel – Stationary Traveller
Dire Straits – Making Movies
Paul Schwartz – Aria 3: Metamorphosis
Santana – Supernatural
Led Zeppelin – II
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Talking Heads – 77
Joni Mitchell – Blue
Genesis – Foxtrot / Selling England by the Pound
Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
Leftfield – Leftism
Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
The Blue Nile – Hats
Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
Magazine – Secondhand Daylight
Radiohead – The Bends
Pink Industry – Low Technology
Neil Young – Harvest
The Eagles – Long Road Out of Eden
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Tim Buckley – Starsailor
The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
Bill Fay – Time of the Last Persecution
Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing at Baxter’s
Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
Laura Nyro – New York Tendaberry
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach – Painted from Memory
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
KLF – White Room
The Doors – The Doors
Jean Michel Jarre – Revolutions
Daft Punk – Discovery
Sparks – Kimono My House / No. 1 in Heaven
Moody Blues – The Days of Future Passed
George Harrison – Cloud Nine
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Depeche Mode – Ultra
