What is an essential album?  How many albums are essential?  Some may argue every album you own is essential, while others will say no that list can only be 20 essential albums.  John and Jay begin this list with 10 essential albums each.  
Every definition of essential is different and for each collector the list will be different.  Vinyl Ventures loves lists and this kicks off what we hope will be a great discussion and an on-going series.