The CD "Honor Roll"

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited December 2007 in Music & Movies
Collection of some of the best engineered/recorded music:

http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=93/

Enjoy!
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,214
    edited April 2006
    Great read....good to know some of my favorite choices as far as well recorded cd's are on their list.

    The best example that comes to mind is Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense. If you don't own it, get it. Superb digital transfer. This is a benchmark for how it should be done all the time.

    H9
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited April 2006
    heiney9 wrote:
    The best example that comes to mind is Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense.

    Couldn't agree more. Probably my favorite cd. Newly released version is expanded to include the whole soundtrack from the original movie which is also a classic.
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2006
    One of my reference CD's is Steely Dan "2 Against Nature." Talk about a benchmark recording--beautiful.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2006
    Of the CDs on that list that I also own, I must say they are absolutely correct.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2006
    Thanks. I just bought 5 more CDs. Damn you.
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  • adam2434
    adam2434 Posts: 995
    edited April 2006
    Steely Dan and Fagen's 3 solo albums are all top notch recordings.

    Same with all of Lyle Lovett's stuff.

    2 great artists, and reference quality recordings to boot. They spend a lot of the time in rotation at my house.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2006
    What!!! No Michael Jackson??? :eek:
    heiney9 wrote:
    The best example that comes to mind is Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense.
    If you like the CD, you'll love the DVD...

    Interesting list... surprising how many 30+ year old recordings are on there.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited April 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    .. surprising how many 30+ year old recordings are on there.
    That's because some of us can remember them.:D
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  • Gadabout
    Gadabout Posts: 1,072
    edited December 2007
    Looks Like the link at the top of the thread has changed.

    Here is the new one?
    http://www.digido.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=36
    Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid. ..... Frank Zappa
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2007
    Gadabout wrote: »
    Looks Like the link at the top of the thread has changed.

    Here is the new one?
    http://www.digido.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=36

    Thanks I thought I was having my weekly bout of mental retardation!
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited December 2007
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    If you like the CD, you'll love the DVD...

    If you like the CD and love the DVD, you'll play with yourself after hearing the LP! The LP has been listed several places on the asylum as one of "the" LP's to own.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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