Desert Island Discs-A long running BBC radio show

[Furryanimal]

Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight audio recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would like to take if they were to be cast away on a desert island,
So if you were the castaway what would your choices be?


I’ll be back with mine later.

 

[Furryanimal]

I Comfortably numb Pink Floyd
2 Nantucket Sleighride Mountain
3 Mr Blue Sky Elo
4 A recording of ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue
5 It’s All Coming Back to me Now Pandoras Box
6 Runaway The Corrs
7 Lord Grenfell Al Stewart
8 Memories Earth and Fire

Book The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul Douglas Adams

Luxury Item A waterproof sleeping bag

 

[hollydolly]

WE used to play this game all the time..... over the years my choices have changed a lot.... but I used to love Desert Island Discs....... and room 101 come to that !

 

[Naturally]

Here in the states, I've never heard of that BBC radio show.

I think I could go for a little comfort with a little nostalgia.
A few old country tracks, some classic rock from the late sixties and early seventies, a bit of big-band swing, and one or two quiet instrumental pieces for evenings on the beach.

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Merle Haggard - Silver Wings
The Eagles - Take It Easy
The Allman Brothers - Melissa
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Glenn Miller - Moonlight Serenade
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Brian Eno - 1/1 (from Music for Airports)

Book ?? ... Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
Might be some pointers to survival on a desert island in there.

Luxury item:
A good pocket knife. Nothing exotic, just something reliable like a camping knife, I could use for a dozen little jobs every day.
On a desert island, that seems less a luxury and more like sanity in your pocket.
Besides, I'd rather have that luxury item than a device for playing the 8 songs I brought along for some strange reason.

EDIT: For me, any audio recording would be impractical. The environment and ambiance of a desert island would suffice as serenade.