Radiohead – OK Computer
The Beatles – Revolver
and
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

Holy shit it iss lunchtime…Sweet.

Exile on Main Street

Self Portrait – Bob Dylan
Metal Machine Music – Lou Reed

Sgt. Pepper. No question. The fellas at their height of greatness

All Things Must Pass- George Harrison.

While not my favorite album or artist, there’s so much jamming and collaboration (George, Clapton, Ringo, etc.), must have been a great time.

Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Pink Flyod- Dark Side of the Moon
Rage Against The Machine- Battle Of Los Angeles (so maybe I could prevent the best band of my generation from parting ways)

Milli Vanilli

Stevie Wonder-”Innervisions”,”songs In The Key Of Life”,”A Time To Love”

Beatles-”A Hard Day’s Night”

Mary J. Blige-”What’s The 411?”

New Radicals-”Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too”

D’Angelo-”Brown Sugar”

1)Neautral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane…wonder how the hell they came up with stuff….2) Godspeedyoublackemperor- Slow Riot- how the hell they came up with that sound 3) Sigur Ros- AB album…how they hey did they do that 4) Nick Drake- Pink Moon- just witnessing that would be great 5)dan malloy- ups and downs of life and everything in between- see how a musican records without fluff

Exile on Main Street
In The Wee Small Hour
The Beatles

Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde

that way i can say that i witnessed the creation of the greatest album ever made

Pink Floyd – Dark Side (duh)
Radiohead – OK Computer
Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime

Anything by Earth,Wind& Fire

Anita Baker-”Rapture”,”GYTBTIG”

” Stephanie Mills”-Home

Al B. Sure!-”In Effect Mode”

Van Halen-”1984″

The Mighty,Mighty Bosstones-”Let’s Face It”

No Doubt-”Tragic Kingdom”

TLC-”Oooooh…”,”C razySexyCool”,”Fanmail”

Aaliyah-”Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number”

The Who’s Tommy.

RATM-”Battle Of Los Angeles”

Limp Bizkit-”Three Dollar Bill,Y’all”

Beck-”Mellow Gold”,”Midnite Vultures”

N.E.R.D.-”In Search Of…”(Version 2)

Revolver- The Beatles
easily one of the greatest cds ever. the ideas and creativity flying around in that studio would have been amazing.Finally being able to see George Harrison come out of his shell and write some amazing songs and watching John come up with “Tommorow Never Knows” would have been awe inspiring.peace

Led Zep – I (awesome) II (recorded while on tour) IV (do I have to explain?) Presence (just to hear Achiles last stand firsthand)

Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the deaf and Rated R, maybe even desserts session 9 & 10, with PJ Harvey.

Tool – Ænima

Caifanes – El silencio

Bob Dylan – Higway 61 Revisited
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles – Please Please Me (one 13 hour session)
Cream – Disraeli Gears
Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold As Love
Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet

Pink Floyd – The Wall
Joy Division – Closer
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Radiohead – OK Computer
David Bowie – Low
Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

Ya, ya ya….OF COURSE:

Revolver or Sgt Peppers, Exile on Main St, Pet Sounds, Layla

….But less obvious yet STILL would be awesome to see them being recorded …

Achtung Baby- Totally different direction for U2…basically the band pissed and heartbroken and wandering around Berlin in the late 80’s. I think the best rock album to come out in the past 20 years.

The Chronic, Dr Dre- I have an image that the recording of this
was a lot like the parties they have in thier videos. Extremely sharp yet loose, casual and fun.

Double Fantasy, John Lennon/Ono- Lennon’s rebirth from “retirement” would have been cool to witness.

Hon Mention:
Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins
The Velvet Underground and Nico

Marianne, I mean fairygodmother, just one more please:
Sigur Ros – ( )

Led Zeppelin 1

the velvet underground – the velvet underground and nico.

Pink Floyd-Wish you were here: Would love to have been in the studio when Syd Barret dropped by.
Beatles-Revolver:no need for explanation.
Nirvana-In Utero
Zepplin-IV
Tool-AEniem a
Weezer-pinkerton
Eagles-ho tel California-flame on if you will,but would have love to seen that come together.
Jimi Hendrix-Are you Experienced?

Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
TOOL – Lateralus

“chinese democracy”-GNR

but i would like to be there back in 96 before it was a completely different band.

oops i did it again. Britany

(What’s the Story) Morning Glory
Zeppelin IV
Nevermind
Rubber Soul/Sgt. Peppers

miles davis – kind of blue

The Beatles – Revolver

Toss up between Sgt Pepper & Dark Side of the Moon

any Green Day record

Also, Led Zeppelin IV

for a musical experience, ‘marquee moon’ by television; for a fat-ass party, ‘be here now’ by oasis.

X – Los Angeles

OK, no one has said it so I will.
‘A Night at the Opera’, Queen

The Who’s “Live at Leeds” album. Can you imagine being in the audience?

Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here

Beatles Revolver

Free “Fire and Water” RIP Paul Kossoff, one of the great guitarists!

The Beatles – The Beatles
Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark

who did marianne faithfully service and at which recording session?…

I agree with I’m outa there. Any Green Day record.

Radiohead-OK Computer, haunted castle magic at its best.

The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts club Band, world’s greatest band at their peak, revolutionized recording in all aspects

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band- Born to Run, GREATEST ALBUM OF THE SEVENTIES

Electric Ladyland…Jimi Hendrix

Songs In The Key Of Life…Stevie Wonder

Kind of Blue…Miles Davis

Fleetwood Mac-Rumors. Family disfunction at it’s finest. Everyone breaking up, sleeping with other people, the drugs. Yup.

The obvious ones I can say are

Beatles – Sgt. Peppers…just to see what revolutionizing the recordig process would look like.
Radiohead’s Ok Computer and Kid A, both amazing. It would be fun because the band didn’t think they were doing anything that spectacular, so it would be fun to watch them accidently make two of the best records ever.

But one I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Smashing Pumpkins’s Melon Collie album. Not as revolutionizing as Sgt. Peppers, but with all that was flying around, and egos as they were, it would be fun to watch Corgan make one of the greatest albums ever while knowingly doing so.

Bob Dylan in 1965. Highway 61 Revisited & Bringing It All Back Home.

Others
-Radiohead- The Bends
-Beck- Sea Change
-Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin
-Sleater-Kinney- Dig Me Out
-Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
-Cat Power- You Are Free

The Doors…The Doors

Layla and other Assorted Love Songs…Derek & The Dominoes

Inner Mounting Flame…Mahavishnu Orchestra

Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Vol. 1 and 2…Ray Charles

The Stooges – Funhouse
RAMONES – 1st Album
Brian Eno – Taking Tiger by Strategy

One Size Fits All…The Mothers of Invention

I Never Loved A Man…Aretha Franklin

London Calling…The Clash

Exile on Main Street

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Licensed to Ill

Any of Johnny Cash’s American Recordings

Never Mind the Bollocks

Bob Marley Live (the one with No Woman, No Cry)

bloodsugarsexmagik- rhcp
californication- rhcp
axis:bold as love- jimi hendrix

Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon
Wouldn’t it be crazy to see all those emotions brought out from scream therapy put to music?

Zuma ~ Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Recording an album high and at a West Coast beach “hut”. Not to mention a guess appearance by Dylan.

The Replacements- Tim.

Exile on Mainstreet (in which, I would afterwards be addicted to heroin: probly worth it). Sgt. Peppers (in which case I’d be an acid guru wandering the street of Toronto: Worth it)

Music From Big Pink-The Band, hanging out at Big Pink would be the coolest ever

Murmur-REM, would just be really exciting

bloodsugarsexmagik- rhcp
californication- rhcp
axis:bold as love- jimi hendrix
kind of blue- miles davis

I’m surprised no one said Motley Crue’s “Shout at the Devil.”

but personally, I’d say either Sgt Pepper or the Downward Spiral.

Chinese Democracy- Guns N Roses.

“It Was Hot We Stayed in the Water” by the Microphones.

Certainly.

Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall
Sgt. Pepper
Relayer-YES
Louis and Ella Together
Great question.

Exile on Main Street – The Rolling Stones

Blood Sugar Sex Magik – RHCP

Legalize it – Peter Tosh

Axis; Bold As Love – Jimi Hendrix

Supernatural – Santana

Appetite For Destruction – G n’R

K-Fed’s album, hands down
-nuff said

The Roots-”Illadelph Halflife”,”Do You Want More?!!!?!!”,”Things Fall Apart”,”Phrenology”

All of Musiq’s albums

All of Jill Scott’s albums

All of Kindred The Family Soul’s albums

Even though we all live in the tri-state area,it would actually make sense for me to drive down there.But screw it,i’d rather just magically appear in the studio with all of them,since this is the case.

All of Erykah Badu’s albums(including magically appearing backstage at her ‘97 tour while her “Live” album’s being recorded)

Raheem DeVaughn-”The Love Experience”

311-”311″,”Soun dsystem”

Elastica-”Elastica ”

Some of Oasis’s particular albums(as long as they don’t fight me,i’m just a fan)

Sublime-”40 Oz To Freedom”,”Sublime”,”Second Hand Smoke”

Ben Folds Five-”Whatever And Ever Amen”

India.Arie-”Acoustic Soul”,”Voyage to India”,”Testimony…”

Alici a Keys-”Songs In A Minor”,”The Diary…”

Particularly some of LL’s albums

All of Jay Z’s albums(no competition with LL since I mentioned particularly some of his compared to ALL of Jay’s albums)

hmm…
Nirvana-Bleach
Nirvan a-Nevermind
any Hendrix ones
Led Zeppelin-Zoso/the un-named one
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
The Clash-London Calling
The Sex Pistols- Nevermind the bullocks…
and many more…

Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys…but I’d have to include the Good Vibrations Sessions

Kind of Blue-Miles Davis
Tommy-The WHO
Mellon Collie-The Pumpkins (all those songs and b-sides…wow)
Rubber Soul-Beatles…always just liked that one best.

Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Dylan: The basement tapes / Desire / Time out of mind
Neil Young:Everybody knows this is nowhere / On the beach / Ragged Glory / Mirror ball
John Coltrane: A love supreme
Traffic: Low spark of high heeled boys
Los lobos: By the light of the moon

The Doors, The Doors

Dark Side Of The Moon
A Hard Day’s Night
What’s Going On
Aqualung

if I had to choose one, it would be London Calling

Inxs-Switch

Allman Brothers Band- Live at Fillmore West
Deep Purple- Machine Head
Motorhead- Ace of Spades
Metallica- Black Album
Any Bob Marley Album
Any Lynyrd Skynyrd Album

The Strokes- Is This It

sgt pepper-the beatles
american beauty-the dead
fillmore west-the allman bros
exile on main st-the stones
crash-dmb

Boys For Pele- Tori Amos

I’d probably like to be at any recording session involving a legendary album. One other place I’d like to be was at Sun Records in the summer of 54 during the moment Elvis did “That’s All Right”. Would have been interesting to see how it was worked out.

CHINESE DEMOCRACY!!! -of course

blonde on blonde
revolver
is this it
exile on main street
the velvet underground and nico
grvieous angel
highway 61 reviseted
basement tapes
the doors
transformer
berlin
pe arl
illmatic
marshall mathers lp
elephent
stainkonia
mode rn times
tommy
music from big pink
planet waves (that albums just okay but dylan and the band are together so what the hell)
back in black
raw power
fun house
the stooges
ziggy stardust
aladian zane
everybody knows this is nowhere
pet sounds
london calling
the band
rubber soul
the beatles
help!
sgt. peppers
plastic ono band
imagine
blood on the tracks
desire
rocks
toys in the attic
maggot brian
begger banquet
let it bleed
abby road
whats goin on
innervisions
talking book
songs in the key of life
stickey fingers
GP
the gilded palace of sin
out of our heads
nashville skyline
appitite for destruction
my aim is true
face to face
this years model
nevermind
nermind the bollocks here’s the sex pistols
armed forces
strange days
dookie
harvest
get your wings
zuma
american beauty
remain in light
more songs abou buildings and food
the clash U.S.
the clash U.K.
sandanista
bringing it all back home
born to run
born in the usa
get behind me satan
white blood cells
let it be
deja vu
black sabbath
paranoid
led zepplin
led zepplin 2
led zepplin 3
led zepplin 4
for your pleasure
country life
license to ill
paul’s boutiqe
the blueprint
late registration
ready to die
life after death
N.I.G.G.A.Z. 4 life
all eyez on me
bleach
in utero
reseaonable doubt
rust never sleeps
boy
under a blood red sky
achuting baby
joshua tree
elvis
elvis presley
from elvis in memphis
highway to hell
new york dolls
too much too soon
white light/white heat
the velvet underground
loaded
fleetwood mac
rumours
lust for life
the idiot
new values
low
hunky dory
slowhand
john weasley harding
another side of bob dylan
hell hath no fury
fresh cream

damn i need a life

It’d be great to go back and be in the studio for recordings of ‘That’s Alright Mama’ or Sgt. Pepper or Zeppelin IV or Dark Side of the Moon. Just being there with your musical heroes, knowing that your witnessing history in the making, even if they don’t.

“Wish You Were Here” Pink Floyd

Let It Be – Beatles (not Replacements)
and
Just to see all the bickering and arguing firsthand. Morbidly fascinating to me.

Fleetwood Mac – Rumors

would i hace a hangover when i got back?
if not, then ‘rumours’. i’d like to see if they actually had the nitrous oxide cannisters and the piles of coke. the tension in the air just had to be palpable.

‘murmurs’ to see if bill berry actually fell down the stairs while recording ‘perfect circle’ (i think that’s the story).

’sticky fingers’, out of pure curiosity.

‘hunky dory’ to see what bowie was wearing when he recorded ‘kooks’.

black sabbath’s first one.

‘toys in the attic’

donna summer’s ‘love to love you, baby’ sessions.

The only album i would love to be in the studio for is The Beatles “Sgt Peppers”

Can’t believe no one has mentioned this yet…

Beach Boys “Smile”.

Or ANY Guided By Voices album

The Beatles sgt.peppers,Revolver,Abbey roads,and soul.I only travel to observe the masters.

Totally Smile by the Beach Boys. Watching Brian work in person would allow me to die happy.

RATM- RATM
Tool- Aenima
Led Zeppelin- IV
Soundgarden- Superunknown

Beautiful Midnight-Matthew Good
The Wall-Pink Floyd
The Bends-Radiohead
Ride The Lightning-Metallica
The Doors-The Doors

Use Your Illusion I & II – GNR
The Doors – The Doors
In Utereo – Nirvana
White Album – the Beatles
Led Zeppelin I, II, III, IV – Led Zeppelin

Vitalogy-Pearl Jam

Radiohead – Kid A

Nine Inch Nails-The downward spiral\The fragile
Tricky-Maxinque
Fait h No More-Angel Dust
Jeff Buckley-Grace
Pearl Jam-VS.

1. Layla-Such good music, such good partying, such desperation…Allman had just over a year to live, Clapton was near death (although fortunately he avoided it)

2. Astral Weeks-I am a sad bastard what can I say

3. Every Picture Tells a Story/any Faces album-Back when Rod was still really cool, awesome music, and drinking like none other

4. We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions- Just a lot of joy. Oh yeah, and Bruce.

5. Any Drive-by Truckers album

6. The first two albums by The Band

I would want to see Radiohead, but it’d be too damned depressing, even for me.

Didn’t even have to think
Abbey Road

Paris Hilton recording her debut record

ram by paul mcc
and
pink moon

London Calling by the Clash for sure. I’d also would’ve like to been there for the first LIbertines album.

Any of the early classic Backstreet Boy masterpieces

Tonight’s the Night by Neil Young and Crazy Horse

The Chronic – Dr. Dre

It may be cliché but Sgt. Pepper is the only possible answer.

The Doors-The Doors
The Clash-London Calling
Bob Marley-Catch a Fire
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
Rolling Stones-Exile on Main St.

Sgt. Peppers (Beatles)
Highway 61 Revisited (Dylan)
Definitely Maybe (Oasis)

blood sugar sex magic
OR
Jane’s addicition XXX release.

Mr. Bungle s/t

Songs in the Key of Life – by Stevie Wonder, for sure. Genius!

born to run-bruce springsteen and the E street band

VS.-Pearl jam

The Wall-Pink Floyd

Elton John-Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt cowboy

Rubber Soul-The Beatles

Sgt Pepper-The Beatles
The Wall and Dark side of the Moon-Pink Floyd

Cheap Thrills-Janis Joplin
Breakdown-Melissa Ethridge
Back In Black-AC/DC
Ok Computer-Radiohead

There are really too many albums that I would love to have seen happen, But these are the main ones

The Manic Street Preachers-The Holy Bible
Love-Forever Changes
Motorhead-Any of the early stuff with fast Eddie
Alice Cooper-Billion Dollar Babies
David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust

I know im only supposed to pick one, but…

Led Zeppelin (I, IV, Houses of the Holy, and Presence, I know, i am a Zeppelin freak, but who isn’t really)
Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon, duh)
Beatles (Sgt. Peppers, duh again)
Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
Radiohead (OK Computer)

this is both a great question and a mean one. Choosing only one artist is like “Sophie’s Choice.” But an excellent question none the less.

London Calling, Guy Stevens was apprently a drunken madman in the studio, not to mention the music.

And, holy s***, to have been there when Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs was being made…

Blonde On Blonde
The White Album (Beatles)

To whoever said Chinese Democracy: lol. You’d be sitting there a long time.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik: RHCP
Exile on Main Steet/ Sticky Fingers: Rolling Stones
Appetite for Destruction: G’NR
Electric Ladyland: Hendrix
Paranoid: Black Sabbath
Toys In The Attic: Aerosmith

johnny cash-american v
elvis-anything
led zep- iv
faith no more-album of the year or angel dust
and a million more that have been listed

Why has no one said Lonesome Crowded West? that and of course the white album.

The Beatles – Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s, White Album.
Ramones – Ramones.
U2 – The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby.
Wire – Pink Flag.

Rumours-Fleetwood Mac, the 70’s, the coke, the drama.

~any alice cooper record
~the doors-strange days
~pink floyd-the wall
~any balck sabbath when ozzy still sang with them
~my chemical romance-the black parade
~bauhaus-mask
~sister s of mercy~first and last and always
~rammstien-reise reise (or) rosenrot
~green day-39 smoothed out slappy hour

i know i was supossed to pick one, and i tried, but i just couldnt. im big on alot of different types of rock. *shrugs* oh well, some of the best i guess.

Music From Big Pink
Physical Graffiti
Blood on the Tracks
Tumbleweed Connection
Rust Never Sleeps