My Favourite Things
Rob Lo sounds out his musical century.

Compilation in the nation (cheating already)... 1. 'Metalheadz presents Platinum Breakz' 2 'Funkadelic Finest' 3. 'Super Bad - Souled Out Hits of the 70s' 4. 'Great Original Performances' (1923 - 1931) - Louis Armstrong 5. 'Club Reggae'

Strings of life... 6. '10th Symphony' - Mahler 7. 'The Rite Of Spring' - Stravinsky 8. Edgar Varese 9. 'Turangalila Symphony' - Messiaen

Drum 'n' bass ... 10. Art Blakey 11. Clyde Stubblefield 12. Elvin Jones 13. Billy Higgins 14. Tony Williams 15. Don Moye 16. Malachi Favors 17. Larry Graham 18. Bootsy Collins 19. Charlie Mingus 20. Charlie Haden 21. Kim Clarke 22. Jimmy Garrison 23. Ron Carter 24. Michael Henderson

Life is a song worth singing... 25. Rogers & Hart 26. Cole Porter 27. George & Ira Gershwin

Picture these... 28. Elmer Bernstein 29. Ennio Morricone 30. John Barry 31. Bernard Herrmann 32. Lalo Schifrin

Peace... 33. 'Love Train' - The O'Jays 34. 'Harvest For The World' - The Isley Brothers 35. 'Wake Up Everybody' - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

The write stuff... 36. 'Psychotic Reactions And Carburetor Dung' - Lester Bangs 37. 'As Serious As Your Life' - Val Wilmer 38. 'Ocean Of Sound' - David Toop 39. 'Mystery Train' - Greil Marcus 40. 'Black Music' - Leroi Jones

People it's bad... 41. 'I Need Some Money' - Eddie Harris 42. 'Nuclear War' - Sun Ra 43. 'Anarchy In The UK' - Sex Pistols 44. 'Alabama' - John Coltrane 45. 'Ball Of Confusion' - The Temptations 46. 'What's Going On' - Marvin Gaye 47. 'Shape Your Mind To Die' - Leon Thomas 48. 'For How Much Longer...' - The Pop Group 49. 'Strange Fruit' - Billie Holiday

Cooking up my brain... 50. The Ram Trilogy 51. 'Terminator I & II' - Goldie 52. No U Turn 53. Ed Rush & Optical

Motor City magic... 54. Tamla Motown 55. Derrick May 56. Carl Craig 57. Robert Hood 58. Underground Resistance

Once upon a time in the South West... 59. 'Blue Lines' - Massive Attack 60. 'Maxinquaye' - Tricky 61. 'Dummy' - Portishead

One great DJ album shock!... 62. 'Endtroducing' - DJ Shadow

Spiritual unity ... 63. Albert Ayler

Anger is holy... 64. 'Learning To Cope With Cowardice' - Mark Stewart + Maffia

Let's rock!... 65. 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' 66. 'For Your Pleasure' - Roxy Music 67. 'Public Image' - Public Image

Nightclubbing... 68. Bats In The Belfry 69. The Cutting Edge 70. Giant Steps. 71. The Rumpus Room

Treasure island... 72. 'Innervisions' - Stevie Wonder 73. 'There's A Riot Goin' On' - Sly & The Family Stone 74. 'Giant Steps' - John Coltrane 75. 'Ah Um' - Charles Mingus 76. 'Thermonuclear Sweat' - Defunkt 77. 'The Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra' 78. 'The Shape Of Jazz To Come' - Ornette Coleman 79. 'What's Going On' - Marvin Gaye 80. 'Be Thankful For What You Got' - William DeVaughn 81. 'Genius Of Modern Music' - Thelonious Monk 82. 'Songs For Swingin' Lovers' - Frank Sinatra 83. 'Jazz' - Tony Bennet 84. 'I'll Take You There' - The Staples Singers 85. 'Urban Bushmen', The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Dancing in outer space... 86. 'Thrust' & 'Man-Child' - Herbie Hancock 87. 'Star Trek' - The Vulcans 88. 'Mothership Connection' - Parliament

Royalty... 89. Duke Ellington

The chosen few ... 90. James Brown 91. George Clinton 92. Lee Perry 93. Frank Sinatra 94. Ornette Coleman 95. Charles Mingus 96. Jimi Hendrix 97. John Coltrane 98. Sun Ra 99. Charlie Parker

The chosen one... 100. Miles Davis

© Rob Lo 1999