"Must-have" SACDs Out There

be careful comparing the cd layer of an SACD hybrid disc to the SACD layer. i have found that a 'pure' redbook CD often outplays 'redbook' playback on hybrid SACD's? if this is done with marketing purposes in mind, or just 'sloppy' mastering as seeing the SACD layer to be the method of choice on these discs, i cannot answer, but i've found it interesting comparing redbook CD's to the redbook layer on SACD of the same title. as for must own SACD titles, i would add:

michel camilo's live at the blue note

Here are some of my favors. All of them are great performances and terrific recordings.

All SACDs from First Impression Music (FIM), particularly:
Audiophile Reference IV SACD (if you are going to buy only one from FIM, buy this one)
Autumn In Seattle
River Of Sorrow
Jazz At The Pawnshop

Yo-Yo Ma Solo (Sony)
Ray Brown Super Bass Two (Telarc)
Film Music Of Jerry Goldsmith (Telarc)
Mccoy Tyner Quartet: New York Reunion (Chesky)
Paquito D’Rivera:Tropicana Nights (Chesky)
Mark levinson:Live Recordings Volume 1 (Red Rose)
Chet Baker:Chet (Analogue Productions)
Fitzgerald & Armstrong:Ella & Louis (Universal/Verve)
Hilary Hahn: Bach Violin Concertos (Universal/DG)

Picking up on jh2os's thread, on multichannel disks, is the SACD Stereo mix kind of a minimum requirement that may not get the same level of attention and qualty as in stereo only SACDs? I guess it makes sense that stereo only SACDs would in general be better then the multi/stereo versions. Is the stereo mix different on SACD and redbook or is it just SACD that is different.

I would recommend elusivedisc.com for SACDs. My favorites so far include Patricia Barber's Nightclub, Terence Blanchard's Let's Get Lost, Yo-Yo Ma's Obrigado Brazil, Ray Brown's Soular Energy, Murray Perahia's Goldberg Variations,Wynton Marsalis's London Concert and Hilary Hahn's Brahms Violin Concerto. Diana Krall's new disc is also on SACD.
John Dean

I would like to add that Elusive Disc.com is a great source for SACDs. I have found that the Redbook layer on SACDs to be better than the Redbook only discs. I've assumed that the process in manufacturing the SACDs is better than the Redbook replication process. My favorite SACDs are the two Anne-Sophie Mutter Discs, the Allison Krause discs, and the Al DiMeola disc "Night in San Francisco."