Writer Mike Zwerin recently published some lists in the The International Herald Tribune of recommended jazz and rock music to take with you into the bunker when King Kong has destroyed your city. (In the past these were called desert island records.) The Lewis Music Library already had several of the suggested titles, which ranged from Paul Simon’s Graceland to the Modern Jazz Quartet. More were ordered, and here are some that have recently arrived:
- Beatles. Let it be– naked.
PhonCD P B38 letna - Charles, Ray. The genius of Ray Charles.
PhonCD P C38 gen - Cohen, Leonard. The future.
PhonCD P C66 fut - Dylan, Bob. Gotta serve somebody: the gospel songs of Bob Dylan.
PhonCD P D989 gotta - Faithfull, Marianne. Broken English.
PhonCD P F172 bro - Gaye, Marvin. What’s going on.
PhonCD P G255 what - Lucky Thompson Quartet. Lucky strikes.
PhonCD J T375 lucs - Nelson, Willie. The essential Willie Nelson.
PhonCD F G3701.C6.N454 - Rolling Stones. Sticky fingers.
PhonCD P R651 sti - Rollins, Sonny. The bridge.
PhonCD J R657 bri - Steely Dan (Musical group). Gaucho.
PhonCD P Ste32 gau - Wonder, Stevie. Songs in the key of life.
PhonCD P W845 song