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Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list

I've been listening to some of my favorite recordings this weekend and was wondering what others on Audiogon felt were there favorites. We have all seen the Stereophile "Records to Die For", The Absolute Sounds recommended list, Music Directs' list, The Golden Ear, etc. now I'm hoping to assemble the Audiogon "Recordings To Die For". Please list your five favorite recordings, the ones you listen to over and over or play for friends. I would assume the sonic quality is excellent in that this is an audiophile site. The performance and enjoy ability should also be excellent. Please leave your top five, even if they are already chosen so we can discover the very top for the Audiogon listeners. ALSO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CRITICIZING OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE YOUR FAVORITES!

August 2002: I have compiled a summary and a full printer-friendly list of all of the recommendations below.
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artg
362 posts
 
many many great items isted here. I add only two:

1. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard (JVC XRCD version)

2. Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summitt: The master takes (remastered cd version)

whether you like jazz or not, these are ABSOLUTELY must owns.

BTW, Uncle Meat, I just ordered the Levin CD, thanks for the tip, and it suprises me you didn't list any ZAPPA!
artg
362 posts
 
oh, i forgot this one:

Jeff Buckley - GRACE
duratek
18 posts
 
http://www.papabear.com/pbindex.shtml

Here's a link to what was described for Tony Levin, there a few 30 second sound bites on site, I just ordered a copy, because it is VERY different.

Since I upgraded my amp to the Theta Dreadnaught II, the GREAT recordings now stand out, and this should be pretty cool.

To get a well recorded disc, IMHO I would purchase a CD for that reason, even if it wasn't a "favorite" recording for its content. My selection of ULVER Perdition City would fall under that heading. I'll have to rethink my collection and come back with a few more that might fit this category of UNIQUE sounding discs.....Recent Mathew Shipp would fall into that, even though Jazz.....nebula like in some of its sounds...

Duratek
duratek
18 posts
 
Dr John "Auntha Zone" Gravelly soulful tight Louisianna funk

Roxy Music "Avalon" CLASSIC!

Best performance of a song live "Doors Essential Rarities track 14 "The END"
rockethouse
42 posts
 
Chris Whitley's Living with the law (his debut) and Terra Incognita (3rd cd)are IMHO both recordings to die for, Whitley is one of the best singer/songwriter/guitarist's to come out of the last decade and these two offerings indeed place him up there with the greatest musical poets of all time. The first is a ballardy national wood/steel guitar cd and the second is a little more electric rock with both having a country feel (not in the comercial way). Whitley is prolific is his use of alternate guitar tunings for both acoustic and electric. Please give this musician a chance, some of the most infectious music I have come across.
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