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I have a whole bunch of Aussie Country music. I have the Xanadu single and the Greese sountrack. I have the single of the football team I barracked for as a kid. I also have a whole bunch of pre World War II 78's, one of which I can't remember the name of but is quite a dirty little ditty given that it's 90 years old.

I also have Load and Reload!

 

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Oh my god I love this question…

So,  I have a fairly eclectic taste in music, so it’s not unusual for me to go from like Mercyful Fate to Hank Williams to Public Enemy to James Taylor to Incantation, etc etc. I run the gamut.

That being said, if I had to pick something that stands out like a sore thumb it might be the Bing Crosby Christmas album. I don’t listen to old crooner stuff much but I’m a sucker for the Crosby, Martin, Sinatra holiday music.

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Lisa Marie Presley - Storm & Grace (2012) would have to be the album that sticks out the most. Don't even know what genre this would be considered, but I don't have anything else even remotely like it. Never went out and bought it, I inherited the CD from my late wife. But I really like it, still listen to it several times a year at least.

 

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It can be hard to pin my taste down sometimes between all the metal, rock, classical, old blues, punk, and old crooners but this is the only jazz album I own listen to with any kind of frequency.Probably Miles Davis’ Blue Moods. It can be hard to pin my taste down sometimes between all the metal, rock, classical, old blues, punk, and old crooners but this is the only jazz album I own listen to with any kind of frequency.

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Thatguy has extremely broad taste and so nothing I have stands out as anomalous. 

47 minutes ago, RelentlessOblivion said:

Miles Davis’ Blue Moods

I don't have that one, but this morning I was listening to what has been my favourite Miles album for almost 40 years - Get Up With It

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