WARNING: this post has nothing to do with Managerial Economics

If your music-loving friend lost all his music in a fire, what would you purchase to replace it? Here is a list compiled by Willy Stern's friends:

• R.L. Burnside. "Come On In."
• Bruce Spingsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town!
• George Thorogood and the Destroyers (first album)
• Bob Marley, Exodus
• The Clash, "London Calling"
• Elvis Costello, either "My Aim Is True," "This Year's Model," "Armed Forces" or "Get Happy"
• Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue" or "In a Silent Way"
• Bob Dylan, "Blonde on Blonde"
• Ella Fitzgerald, "Best of the Verve Songbooks Vol. 1"
• Van Morrison, "Astral Weeks" or "Moondance"
• Frank Sinatra, "Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely" or "In the Wee Small Hours"
• Bruce Springsteen, "Born to Run"
• "Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration" (50 songs on 2 discs -- essential)
• Stevie Wonder, "Innervisions"
• Robert Earl Keane's 'Gringo Honeymoon,'
• Lyle Lovett's 'Road to Ensenada,'
• Jerry Jeff Walker's greatest hits
• Screaming Blue Messiahs' 'Bikini Red.'
• Travelling Wilburys' Vol. 1 & Vol. 3.
• Delbert McClinton: Fortunate Few
• Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
• Stevie Winwood: Back in the High Life
• Santana: Smoot
• Ali Farke Toure, "Talking Timbuktu"
• Keith Jarrett, "The Koln Concerts"
• Van Morrison, "Astral Weeks" and "Into The Music"
• The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
• Al Green, "Greatest Hits"
• The Jayhawks, "Hollywood Town Hall"
• The Pretenders, "Greatest Hits'
• Bonnie Raitt,"Angel From Montgomery"
• Muddy Waters, "Hard Again"
• Beach Boys "Endless Summer"
• Getz/Gilberto (music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, sung by Astrud and Joao Gilberto, sax by Getz)
• Ella & Louis (the Ella Fitzerald & Louis Armstrong recording, on Verve)
• Solo Monk (Thelonious Monk)
• Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"
• The Essential Chet Atkins
• Chopin played by Arthur Rubinstein
• rust never sleeps - neil young & crazy horse
• kiko - los lobos
• anodyne - uncle tupelo
• the essential jimmie rodgers
• rain dogs - tom waits
• automatic for the people - r.e.m.
• screaming for vengeance or british steel - judas priest (in case he likes to head bang!)
• blue horse - the be good tanyas
• green river - creedence clearwater revival
• within a mile of home - flogging molly
• #1 record/radio city - big star
• modern sounds in country and western music - ray charles
• shepherd moons - enya
• the velvet underground - the velvet underground
• trace - son volt
• pink moon - nick drake
• a charlie brown Christmas, vince guaraldi trio
• light of the stable, emmylou harris.
• Junior Brown's, “Greatest hits”
• Miles--kind of blue
• Monk--solo
• Beatles--white
• Son Volt--trace
• Lambchop--is a woman
• sex pistols--never mind the bollocks.
• Resphigi: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1: I. Il Conte Orlando: Balletto (Simone Molinaro) only the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with Neville Marriner conducting on EMI digitally remastered in 1996.
• Richard Pryor: That Nigger's Crazy. Not really music in the strict sense, but your friend needs it.
• O'Jays: Back Stabbers.
• Bob Marley and the Wailers: Legend
• Fela Kuti: Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense.
• the soundtrack to coens' movie 'oh brother where art though?'
• dandys rule ok by the dandy warhols
• consolers of the lonely by the raconteurs
• space wrangler by widespread panic
• simple things by zero 7
• Time Out-- Dave Brubeck
• Gordon-- Bare Naked Ladies
• Greatest Hits-- Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble
• Lovers Rock-- Sade
• Negotiations and Love Songs-- Paul Simon
• Just Another Band from LA-- Frank Zappa
• The Way It Is-- Bruce Hornsby and the Range
• How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb-- U2
• Let it Bleed-- Rolling Stones
• Hot Tuna-- Hot T
• Ray Charles (probably a greatest hits album, but make sure it contains "America the Beautiful")
• Charles Brown, One more for the road
• Grateful Dead: Skull & Roses
• Medeski Martin and Wood: Shack Man
• Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
• Thelonious Monk: Underground
• Los Lobos: Colossal Head
• COUNTRY NEGRO JAM SESSIONS (Arhoolie)
• PINEY WOOD BLUES -- Big Joe Williams (Delmark)
• ROLLIN' STONE: THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION -Muddy Waters (MCA)
• CHARLIE PATTON: FOUNDER OF THE DELTA BLUES (Yazoo)
• Forthcoming (Spring 2011) HOWLIN' WOLF 3-CD Collection (complete to 1960) (Hip-O)
• Elvis (Sun sides)
• Sam Cooke (Night Beat)
• Allmans Live @ The Fillmore East
• Nighthawks - Open All Night (hard to find, no doubt)
• NBRQ - Stay WIth We: Best of NRBQ
• Whiskeytown - Pneumonia
• Subdudes - Annunciation
• Robinella - Solace for the Lonely
• Bruce Cockburn - Nothing But a Burning Light