Best sounding cd's

To my ears......

Keb' Mo' - Slow Down
Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
Diana Krall - Live in Paris
Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue
Patricia Barber - Companion
Particia Barber - Verse
Sting - All This Time
Sting - Soul Cages
Branford Marsalis - Trio Jeepy
Ry Cooder/Ali Farka Toure - Talking Timbuctu
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Any XRCD disc

Many others but these are the ones I can recall from my collection while sitting on the Desktop

You do not need just good sounding CD's, you have to like the music as well to really appreciate the quality sound. You have to get engrossed!

Mapleshade's CDs sound great and the price is right.

www.mapleshaderecords.com

Mark

oops, make that www.Putumayo.com, sorry it's bee a while since I went there.

I've had really good luck with the CDs from Putamaya, www.putamaya.com. All of them I have purchased have been excellent, though they specialize in obscure world music. A very nice alternative to the mass market crud.

Suba- Sao Paulo Confessions
Daniel Lanois - Shine
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairy Tales

Here are three recent live CD recordings with excellent sound and performances:
Bruce Barth -Live at the Village Vanguard
Dr.Billy Taylor- Live at IAJE, NY
Benny Green & Russekk Malone - Jazz at the Bistro

Recently I was very surprised to hear how good the AC/DC remasters sound. Was not expecting that. Let me throw out a few that most of you probably never of.

Gino Soccio Greatest Hits
Masters of Reality {Ginger Baker is on Drums}
Herb Alpert Definitive Hits {20 bit master with tube equipment.
And Al Grey Live at The Bluenote on Telarc.

Jackie Allen 'The Men in My Life'
Carmen McCrae 'Sings Monk'
Doug MacCleod 'Come to Find'
Branford Marsalis 'Trio Jeepy'

everything by steely dan. They obviously take extra care in recording and production.

Any Sara K's recordings (Chesky) will sound neutral

Eva Cassidy "Time After Time" and "Blues Alley"

PAT METHENY GROUP - Letter from Home
BELA FLECK & FLECKTONES - UFO TOFU
HARRY POTTER SOUNDTRACK - J. Williams/London Symphony Orch.
ANDRES SEGOVIA, REMASTERED SELECTIONS - Sony

Hit the archives Canucks. This thread has been done, adnauseam. You'll get a hundred cds to keep you busy. peace, warren

TRACY CHAPMAN - New Beginnings
HUGH MASEKELA - Hope
FOURPLAY - (They are all good)
ACOUSTIC ALCHEMY - (They are all good)