Least compressed

I agree with Midnight Oil's Earth Sun and Moon. I use that as my reference disc, especially Song 7, which has some of the best slam ever. I also like Neil Young's "Eldorado" and "Complex Sessions" (two "to the trade" CDs that can be found on eBay), Booker T's Potato Hole (amazing production), Willie Nelson's Teatro, Santana's first album (in original vinyl--can turn that one to "10"), Paul Kelly's May 1992 and his recent downloadable "A - Z",

'While I like Led Zeppelin and Aerosmith very much,both bands put out some of the worst recordings ever,especially when transferred to cd.'

I must be listening to a different Led Zep........

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I have seen the quality of their vinyl vary sharply. Hard to hear master quality sound on the middle period stuff like Houses of the Holy. I think the DVD was a major milestone in sound, and I am awaiting the remixed albums on vinyl. Like AC/DC and the Beatles, Led Zep controls their vault and the tapes are said to be kept in good working order under the direction of Jimmy Page, so we could see something equal to the Beatles Remasters. As for now, they are not great shakes in recording quality. I especially dislike the reissues, with the exception on the II album which had better sense of range than the original albums I have heard.

Hi Bongo,
I have all original vinyl pressings of Led Zep as and when they came out many years past, plus nearly all off their cd's,
back in the UK.
I have not listened to zep vinyl for 20 years or so, so cannot remember to the recording quality of the albums,
I have bought a year or so ago 'The Complete Studio Recordings' cd box set, and I find it all rather well recorded and can be cranked as and when the mood strikes without hurting the ears with bad sounds, and certainly nowhere near as bad as Tpreaves suggests.
How can anyone say 'The Crunge' sounds bad on the Houses of the Holy box set cd?
I do not know if the box set is remastered or not, not that I care either as it sounds all good to my ears.