This is soooooo difficult. How to pick only 5 ?
1) I have to have something classical - Dido & Aeneas. The recording by the English Chamber Orchestra with Anthony Lewis conducting & Janet Baker singing Dido. Dido's lament is guaranteed to bring a tear to my eye every time.
2) BB King. Which one ? I love almost all of dear old Riley King's output. I guess it'll have to be "Completely well" as it has "the thrill is gone" on it - probably my favourite BB King song.
3) Aretha Now. An old favourite, snapped up as a secondhand bargain for 50p in my local Oxfam when I was a student . If you want soulful, it doesn't get much better than the wonderful Aretha Franklin.
4) Desmond Dekker. "The Israelites". I always loved Desmond's music & his energy, he was a wonderful man too. When he came & played at my Uni, after the gig he came into the Union bar and bought some of us students a beer. He then lectured us on how lucky we were to be getting the opportunity to study, and that we should all make the most of our good fortune.
5) Bob Marley Exodus. Again, so hard to pick which of his albums, Exodus is one of Bob's more laid back offerings, every track a classic.
