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i said nt...but, mine vote is for miles davis relaxin', not sure which issue
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The British vinyl pressings are outstanding, in your face soundstage and bottom heavy.
- Malcolm McLaren/Trevor Horn: Duck Rock
- Malcolm McLaren/Trevor Horn: Soweto EP
- Herbie Hancock: Rockit MegaMix EP
- Miles Davis: Agharta
- Chicago Transit Authority: CTA (first Lp)
- Various Prince EPsOut there:
- Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express
- Kraftwerk: Tour de France 2003 EP
Might have answered variously for this, some ECM / Pablo Jazz, DG classical recordings, multiple rock offerrings. However, to my surprise, this past w/e picked up my tops for pure vocal luxe; '50s recording of Pat Boone on the "Dot" label "Stardust" in fairly decent shape. Startling vocal quality..... who knew?
Was the Stardust in mono or stereo?
A few (non-audiophool) favs off the top o’ my head with great sound:Tom Waits – Foreign Affairs; Heart of Saturday Night; Small Change; Blue Valentine. Mine are all white label promos.
Shawn Colvin – Steady On
Allan Holdsworth – Road Games; Sand; Atavachron; Secrets
Bruford – Feels Good to Me; One of a Kind
Pentangle – Open the Door
King Crimson – Larks Tongues in Aspic
Getz/Gilberto
Bibel Gilberto – Tanto Tempo
At least a few of you have mentioned "The Nightfly".
The 1st time I played it, I immediately knew that it was digital. I believe that I can smell digital from miles away.Having just played it again, I can honestly say that the audio is definitely lacking. I do like Donald Fagen, though.
Just checked the cover. Never read it carefully. Never read much at all very carefully. Digital.
Now, my old Santana album sounds fantastic.
Seth
Forever Analog
It does have a bit of a glare to it, but I find it to be one of the most transparent, liquid and full sounding recordings I've ever heard, even if it is a bit analytical.
IBSmiester
Open Your Ears....
Yeah, but it's "nice" digital....
Anything that Eddie Kramer did with Hendrix (Axis: Bold Is Love is a current favorite) is outstanding, and way ahead of its time.
My most recent "dang!" came from Orhestre Mondial des Jeunesses Musicales on Musicus (MS2-45101), a 45 rpm of various classical pieces recorded in 1976 'round about the Montreal Olympics. Best sonics out of the old table in quite some time.
nt
.., and any Hyperion (w/ Tony Faulkner, engineer) LP for larger scale recordings.
nt
Sorry, but even though this is a decent recording, it wouldn't be in my top 50 for sound quality.
My pressing of Aja sounds great -- I use it for tuning my rig.You're not listening to the MCA, are you? If you are, you should know better.
Since I see from your two posts, both critizing someone elses choice, that you are a self-considered expert. I don't find your posting as to your selection. Perhaps you would grace the great unwashed masses with your top recording so we can all take pot shots at your choice as well. Better yet, why don't you give use a glimpse at your top 50 choices. I happen to like It's a Beautiful Day's first album. Give me your best shot.
But I'd have to go with Sheffield II, The Missing Link . The music might not be all that great, but the mastering and engineering are top shelf.
Out of the rest--parts of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Dream , and the second Will The Circle Be Unbroken set; Romeo At Julliard by Don Dixon; Thelonius Monk's Brilliant Corners is a good example of how great mono can sound; someone down below mentioned El Rayo-X and I'll drink to that one, too; Party of One by Nick Lowe; and one LP that never gets notice for SQ but is excellent nonetheless is Greg Kihn's Kihnspiracy .
There are quite a few others, too many, really, to list them all here.
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.....sublime all analogue and valve recording, I believe one take with no overdubbing straight to 2 track. Fantastic blues......
Belfonte at Carnegie Hall, Pig Eye Jazz vol. II (Insight Records), any of the VTL jazz series
Possibly the best recording of the double bass I ever heard; my bass sits right here in the same room and that LP sounds just like real thing (only Todd Phillips doesn't suck...) Perfect soundstage, levels all just right- it honestly sounds just like sitting in a live jam. God- just pulled it out and was reminded my copy cost me $.33 !A few others cross my mind:
Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense"
John Mclughlin "My Goals Beyond" original Douglas LP
Rounder; Sugar Hill; Kaleidoscope: Whatever the label, I’ve never heard a Tony Rice LP that didn’t sound incredible.
I don't have that much experience but think that these sound great!
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what it lacks for in content it makes up for in production value.
I've got Mo Fi pressing that 'm sure is wonderful, but I won't know until I out the money together for a new table. I think the music goes far beyond the production.
The music matters more than the equipment!
Funny...I would have said:What it lacks in production value, it makes up for in content. : )
Who could even consider the recording or mixing efforts on the first few spins there? It was so engaging as a musical production that I lost sight of my gear for weeks! It probably got even more playing time in the cars cassette deck.
-Bill
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For $2. It suprised me with its sonics...piano sounds great, huge soundstage. It is also the deadest quiet album I own now out of 700. Even the lead-in groove was so quiet I did a double-take to be sure the tonearm hadn't missed the edge of the album and was just hanging there. Now I wish all my albums were like this....
I love that record...Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still working the problem"
Side one is enough...any cut.Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time. This was a total surprise. It sounds like a different band was playing on the vinyl version.
Michelle Shocked - Short, Sharp, Shocked. Depends on the pressing. A really good one is amazing. "If Love was a Train" is nasty in a really good way.
Rough Mix, Waiting for Columbus, too many to list...sorry.
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Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still working the problem"
One hard record to find!
the 180 analogue production release that is available at most web stores is stunningly good.
Current release is widely available on AP label but unfortunately does not sound as good as the original (numbered limited edition) AP pressing, so seek out an original if you can. If folks are interested I can post an evaluation of the head to head merits of the two (I purchased the newer pressing as a spare recently)
I have an AP test pressing dated Aug '95 that sounds gorgeous. Also have a standard pressing and it ain't too shabby either, but not quite up to the test version.I don't get it; how can a pressing be a "limited, numbered edition" if they just go ahead and press it again when the ”limited” one sells out? I understood limited to mean “once these are gone, that’s it, buddy.” Not “limited ‘till we get around to cranking out another batch.”
Well that's the wonderful world of so called (as you point out) limited editions. For those who are looking to see what they have the original pressings have a silver sticker on the back lower right reading "HQ 180 GRAM SUPER VINYL LIMITED EDITION SEQ. #" and then a 4-digit number. The labels are identical (and both marked "LIMITED EDITION" so what does this mean?!) The lead out grooves are also identical. I've half way convinced myself they must sound identical so went to do the head-to-head and discovered the interconnect on my RHS phone amp has gone out, so that will have to wait, sorry
it is still sealed. Perhaps I should open it and compare
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Mine doesn't have an AP limited edition sticker so it's a later one. I'll keep this in mind and look for one. AP does such a great job on their 45's that I really wish they would do a pressing of Silence at 45.
Don't believe it was ever issued as an LP by anyone other than Analogue Productions
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Hard to beat the bass in that recording!
Sleaze the day!
nt
ever heard - the Analogue Productions LP simply blows it away.
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Hard to say...so many of them...Just finished listening to Charles Ives Orchestral Set No. 2 (First Recording), Morton Gould & CSO - 1967 RCA Red Seal...absolutely limpid...instruments stand out in bold relief.
Cast a vote for Radiohead "OK Computer" Parlophone issue too, though I haven't listened to it in a while.
I can't say which one is the best. I have a handfull that no question sound superb. There's a couple Micheal Franks discs (don't hear much about him around here) that are extremely clean and clear. I have a few instances where a single song on a record is the tops. One that comes to mind is ZZ Top's Blue Jean Blues on Fandango. That song is amazing in it clarity and soundstage. The rest of the record is ho-hum. My Pat Metheny's sound great, I have pretty much all of them up to Travels. Alan Parsons Eye in the Sky is sweet. All of these records are the regular pressings, since I only shop out of the $.99 bins, with the occasional $4.99 foray. Can't say that I have any "audiophile" pressings, but then again you occasionally hear about the hot highs and bloated bass on those things, so I'm not sure I'm missing too much. Now that I think about it....I also have Chuck Mangione's Quartet from '72. The jacket is falling apart and the sleeve ain't much better, but somehow the record makes me stop what I'm doing and just sit there and listen. Between the cracks and pops, the instruments are just "there".
Great song. I think the entire studio side of Fandango! is well produced as is the Tres Hombres LP.eso
I was listening to a record I would have never expected to be a great recording, "They Only Come Out at Night" Edgar Winter Group.And most of it is O.K., not anything to call reference quality in any way...until...and that it is the inner most cut on the side...Frankenstein! I watched (NOT listened, WATCHED!!!) Chuck Ruff's sticks travel across his kit! I SAW the kit, all (what could it be, 3' deep, 4' wide?) of it! I saw the sticks contact the skins, IT WAS AWESOME!
These are the momments in an audiophiles life that make all the hours of system matching and upgrades all worth while!What kind of speakers are you running? Drums are so hard to reproduce accurately. I love percussion!
My Sonus Faber Cremona Auditor Wanna Be DIY speaker has just awesome percussion. There are many really great speakers that do justice for drum sets, but you really need a long excursion speaker.
They image like few other speakers do, get strings about as good as anything I've ever heard, and, because the subs are part of the speaker yet "out of the loop", there's upperbass info that gets handled better than with speakers that don't do lows overly well...apparently, it always helps to have separate amps on the subs (while the sub is "part" of the speaker, it has its own 100 watt class D amp, only the towers are driven by my Monarchy SE 100's.Surely not the be all and end all in bass response, but awfully damned good!
Sleaze the day!
These are the momments in an audiophiles life that make all the hours of system matching and upgrades all worth while!What kind of speakers are you running? Drums are so hard to reproduce accurately. I love percussion!
... given that "Frankenstein" ostensibly derived its name from the mode of its construction: snippets of tape were assembled into a performance. Not a process that would engender 'holographic imaging', one would think.
I didn't think ANYTHING else on the record, OR Frankenstein, for that matter, equaled the sound of those drums!
Sleaze the day!
Mine sounds like crap. The bass is just waaaayy too boomy - so much so that I don't listen to it.
Thanks,
Ken
...but in particular: Dafos, Tafelmusik, Berlioz, Rameau.The Harry James and Confederation Sheffields are right up there, too.
MoFi's LA Jazz Choir is fabulous. Wish I owned a copy.
The 45 of Jacintha singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" leaves me weak-kneed and drooling. I'll admit, it might be more than just the sonics.
I agree with all of these, Harry James and Tafelmusik arereference quality discs IMO.
Charlie Byrd - Direct To Disc (45RPM, Crystal Clear Records, white vinyl)
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons with the The Soloists Of Zagreb (On Vangaurd's Bach Guild Label)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (standard, CDN press, still can knock your socks off!)
IBSmiester
Open Your Ears....
...I have heard two of her offerings, both nearly put me to sleep.
Earl Klugh - Solo Guitar
Chet Baker - Chet (A/S remaster)
Ella - Clap hands...
Starker - Kol Nidre...
James Taylor - JT (Another Grey Morning is excellent)
Direct-to-disc:Dave Grusin: "Discovered again" (best recorded cymbals sounds I've ever heard) on Sheffield Labs
Otherwise:
Alan Parsons Project: "Pyramid" on Arista (my pressing is Canadian, so I guess the British one must be scary!)
Best regards,
on cisco/2 45 disc rpm vinyl, thr ecording engineering captures the superior sound of this group, the pressing is flawless. not cheap!
...regards...tr
1. Rickie Lee Jones debut LP orig WB.
2. Chuck Mangione "Feels So Good" MFSL
3. Thelma Houston "I've Got The Music In Me" Sheffield Direct Disc
Henry
Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly" (Quiex II pressing)
Supertramp "Breakfast In America" (I know, common as dirt. Still sounds great.)
Joe Jackson "Body & Soul"
Oscar Peterson "Nigerian Marketplace"
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