Top 3 best LPs in your opinion/collection?
Joey_V
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Simple question - looking for ideas or just to expand my options.
Top 3 best sounding LPs of your collection - in your opinion?
Just list 3.
Top 3 best sounding LPs of your collection - in your opinion?
Just list 3.
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Sticking more or less to one genre...but sort of predictable.
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out -
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - MOFI One-Step
Alan Parsons - iRobot - MOFI UHQR
Blood, Sweat and Tears - MOFI One-Step
I also have a number of Analogue Productions, Impex and Craft recordings that are pretty close but the 3 above not only sound best they are also some of my favorite artist/albums.2 Channel Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II, 2 REL Carbon Limited, Norma Revo IPA-140B, Lumin U2 Mini, VPI Prime w/SoundSmith Zephyr MIMC, Modwright PH 150, Denon DP-59l w/Denon DL-301MKII, WAY Silver 3 Ana+ Speaker Cables, WAY Silver 4+ Interconnect Cables, AudioQuest Niagara 7000 w/Dragon and Hurricane Power Cables -
Best *sounding*. Obviously my{ears:space:equipment}
Anner Bijlsma – 6 Suites A Violoncello Solo Senza Basso (RCA)
Joe Pass - Virtuoso (Pablo)
The Atomic Mr. Basie (Columbia) -
Steely Dan - Aja (CISCO pressing; I've had a couple other pressings that are not nearly as good)
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (Analog Productions pressing)
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (MoFi 45RPM 2LP pressing)"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
I’ll second that Brothers In Arms mentioned above. I’ve commented on it before. Pretty much any Knopfler vinyl is excellent but that MoFi 45 RPM excels fer shur.
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Side 2 (or sides 3 & 4 with the 45RPM) is one of my all-time favorites.I’ll second that Brothers In Arms mentioned above. I’ve commented on it before."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
Top 3 Louis Armstrong records LPs?Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R
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Hard choices. Some mentioned already, so......
Anne Bisson – Blue Mind, two LP's 45RPM pressing, # 527 of 11K.
Jazz at the Pawnshop, Proprius Swedish pressing.
Madeleine Peyroux – Careless Love, Half-Speed, Stan Ricker, MFSL pressing # 912.
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The Highwaymen - Highwayman - Columbia Records
A surprisingly great album. I am far from even a casual country fan but this record has been a go-to demo staple for me.
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - Columbia
So many good artists that joined in on this one.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia
I mean...come on...it's Miles ****** Davis.
"Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip -
The Highwaymen - Highwayman - Columbia Records
A surprisingly great album. I am far from even a casual country fan but this record has been a go-to demo staple for me.
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories - Columbia
So many good artists that joined in on this one.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - Columbia
I mean...come on...it's Miles ****** Davis.
One of my favorite albums!Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp | -
Oops... the Miles Davis album, I mean.Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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These are all great to very good (IMO of course), the last one of Oscar Peterson is not his best work but he's a great jazz pianist. My tastes in music are diverse. 60's-70's rock, 1960's US and British Psych., Blues, Jazz, Classical, Big Band, even some Country. The lower left Gershwin Living Stereo is great. Was going to add The Beatles, but they're a given for most. Wanted to add Joni Mitchell's "Blue" too. Too many other great one's to list.
The Gershwin album was redone by Analogue Productions in 2014. On LP and SACD:
https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/91655/Arthur_Fiedler-Gershwin_An_American_In_Paris__Rhapsody_In_Blue-Hybrid_3-Channel_Stereo_SACD
So was Stardust and My Favorite Things:
https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/125079/Willie_Nelson-Stardust-45_RPM_Vinyl_Record
https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/168565/John_Coltrane-My_Favorite_Things-180_Gram_Vinyl_Record
CSN awaiting new pressings and SACD from MOFI:
https://mofi.com/products/crosby-stills-and-nash-crosby-stills-and-nash-ultradisc-one-step
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Agree on "Blue". Always been one of my favorites for style and sound.Yep, my name really is Bob.
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Three that I really like that have not been mentioned yet:
1. Jethro Tull, Songs from the wood
2. Kaleo, A-B
3. Foreigner, 4Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp | -
Sound:
SaraK - Waterfalls
Diana Krall - (pick one..) but I'll go with The Girl In the Other Room
Leinsdorf - Wagner Die Walküre on Sheffield
Honorable Mentions
Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall
DSOTM - one of the Anniversary Repressings
Alison Krauss Union Station Live MFSLI plan for the future. - F1Nut -
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Anything by Mazzy Star.
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Great recs
Now I’ll add it to my list of things to check outMagico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R -
Joey, were you just looking for vinyl records here?"This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
"Sometimes I do what I want to do. The rest of the time, I do what I have to." - Cicero, in Gladiator
Regarding collectibles: "It's not who gets it. It's who gets stuck with it." - Jimmy Fallon -
I'll second Troy's "The Girl in the Other Room" by Diana Krall. It's totally different and beyond any of her other albums.
I'll join many of you on that MoFi "Brothers In Arms" by Dire Straits. When I was younger, I would use songs from this album (CD/Cassette) as motivation for the crew at the start line of my sailboat races.
I will add "Stardust" by Willie Nelson as one of the most relaxing and beautiful albums I have heard. It's like hearing a sunset."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"Anger is just anger. It isn’t good. It isn’t bad. It just is. What you do with it is what matters.
You can use it to build or to destroy. You just have to make the choice. Jim Butcher
Harry / Marietta GA
