Just in case you know some people on your list who still buy music in compact-disc form, here is a little Gift Shopping Help on Black Friday…and beyond (I do not want to make this a US centric exercise).
Our friends at The Guardian compiled a list of 1000 albums to hear before you die.
It is broken down by letter so you can mine the information leisurely.
Letter A, Louis Armstrong is a known quantity as for A Certain Ratio (new wave funk) and Aztec Camera (happy pop), let me know. Letter D counts DAF (Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft) , B has Brandy…
I will let you find out about the rest of the alphabet.
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