In Reply to: Follow-up on Furtwangler's Tristan und Isolde posted by George S. Roland on October 25, 2016 at 07:36:31:
It is true that the best sound is on the original EMI issue ALP 1030-35, however, as jdaniel says, they are hard to find and can be pricey. Alas, I only have three of the six discs, but they do sound great:
The next best option might be the earliest US issue, on RCA LM 6700 (I am not alone in this assessment). Sound is very close to the original EMI. Not hard to find or expensive, but it may take a little persistence to find a really clean copy. I believe that the Angel issue in the blue/green box only came in a blue label US pressing, made by Capitol, and any of the various EMI issues is a better option than that.
Edits: 10/25/16
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- Another option - vinyl phanatic 13:08:00 10/25/16 (0)