GREAT idea for a thread , relly makes you look back at what influenced you and where it took you over the years. I have very fond memories of what my parents listened to.. vera lynn..george forby... John Macormack..Pattie Page. The only thing they listened to that I hated was ANYTHING by Bing Crosby. All of this leads me to what I like now and the records I could not live without. They are as follows..... Frankie Armstrongs first album. The Visit by Loreena Mackennit.. Crown of Horn by Martin Carthy....Below the Salt..Steeleye Span//Liege and Lief.. Fairport Convention...For Pence and Spicy Ale..the Watersons.. The first Silly Sisters album ..Anything by Mary Jane Lammond..The Storm by moving Hearts and any kind of mediaeval music.....Oh God, who have I left out...the marvelous Norma Waterson.. Peggy Seeger, Anne Briggs... . Desert Island is a BBc Orig. Looking forward to the rest of this thread.