Best Recorded Vinyl Albums

1. Tears for Fears - Seeds of Love

2. Anita Baker - Rapture

3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side

4. The Eagles - Hotel California

5. Steely Dan - Aja

cool list

Alan Parsons Project - I Robot

Roger Waters - Amused To Death

Steely Dan - ...pick one!

David Gilmour - On An Island

Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Out of my collection the ones I always go to are: (in no particular order)

Jeff Beck: "Guitar Shop"
Roger Waters: "The pros and cons of Hitchiking"
Stevie Ray Vaughan: "Couldn't stand the Weather" but almost all his is killer
Reiner's "Scheherazade"
Joe Jackson: "Night and Day"

I don't have a vinyl rig anymore, but get to enjoy one occasionally at my friend's place. He has one recording that consistently raises the hairs on the back of my neck and is just gorgeous:

The Nutcracker Suite - The Royal Ballet - Ernest Ansermet

From my vinyl days, most memorable are:

Muddy Waters: Folk Singer

Pop Pop - Rickie Lee Jones

Jazz at the Pawnshop (got entirely sick of that record though, but atmospherically/sonically it is excellent)

Scenes from a Childhood - Schumann (someone help me - this was an audiophile version by one of the boutique companies...maybe direct to disc...can't recall the performer or label, but always liked the performance and sonics in reproducing a piano)

Keeping myself away from classical music recommendations for a moment...

Paul Simon, Graceland - Columbia 25447 (yes, it's got a bit of digital edge to it, but marvelously recorded and performed otherwise. Just play "Under African Skies" for a real sonic delight.)

Sonny Boy Williamson, Keep It To Ourselves - Alligator AL 4787

Linda Ronstadt, For Sentimental Reasons - Asylum 60474

ZZ Top, Tres Hombres - London XPS 631 (yes, the Steve Hoffman mastered reissue from Rhino is really good.)

Emerald Forest, Soundtrack - Varese Saraband STV 81244 (outstandingly good)

After the Ball, Joan Morris and William Bolcom - Nonesuch H 71304 (takes me days to get this record out of my head each time I hear it.)
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