Best Sounding Classic Rock Cd's


Hi guys, new audiophile here and first time posting. As I improve my system I like to demo it to my friends. I know it’s hard to beat vinyl but I have found some CD’s that are well mastered and produced.

Hugh Laurie: Didn’t it rain and Let them talk.

Ronnie Earl: Grateful Heart and Steve Winwood: Back in the high life.

I’m looking for some recommendations on some Classic Rock CD’s or Blues, that are well mastered and produced.

I know you guys would be the ones to ask, Thanks Jim

 


jimzzz
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I think that once you've admitted you're a vinylholic you're not going to be able to convince yourself any cd is as good to the ear.  That said, there are trade offs for convenience. One doesn't always want to be running to flip vinyl while cooking or entertaining, so the cd changer is my trade off in that situation and I agree with the comments on the improvements made in most of the remasters and the phenomenal job Bluenote has done with late 1950s jazz recordings. I'm happy most of my vinyl is still in good shape from the late 1960s on.
I'm hoping for a continued rekindling of hybrid sacd issues because to my ear they seem to bridge the gap and only need to be changed half as quickly as lps.  But when I really want to hear the old rock or classical music sound its fullest, even the sacd seems to be wanting. 
What is truly sad is how much money I wasted on just the opposite of what you're looking for. So many of the early CDs sound so flat that I can't bring myself to listen to them unless I just don't have the vinyl.
Has anybody had much luck buying second hand vinyl? I've bought a dozen or so but I never can understand how the sellers, although highly rated, could classify them as Mint or Near Mint. Often I find I'm taking about an ounce of dust out of the grooves before I play them and the snap, crackle, and pops drive me crazy.

Lindsey Buckingham's Out of the Cradle.  You could say he knows his way around a recording studio.