Ray Brown’s Soular Energy is at the top. But, there are others. Soular Energy is my absolute reference LP.
@esputnix - regarding your statement
Mainly older recordings, many of them with clicks and pops, that fade into oblivion once the music starts. They are mainly tracks that centers around a vocalist(s) that have ethereal qualities supported by superb musicianship, all captured by sound engineers that really know their craft, to bring you a very life like representation of what was being recorded. Artists like:
There is a simplicity and rawness about their music that makes me return to them again and again and the harmonies of Jethro Tull and Steeleye Span are inspiring - many modern artists could learn from them Few artists today have that same impact - perhaps Ed Sheeran is about as close as it gets. There is one Diana Krall album that brings her into my listening space, complete with piano. It's amazing what a good system and a glass of Single Malt can do :-) These are the artists that I return to over and over, because they make their music interesting each time I listen. I'm sure there are many others. Regards - Steve
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I own about 2500 LPs. So at any given moment there are a few thousand LPs that I have not listened to "lately". Seems to me that every time I pull out a few LPs that are not in regular rotation, I discover another gem. Therefore, it would be utterly impossible to name one favorite. However, one can always bank on Reference Recordings, Sheffield, ECM, Pablo, Contemporary (for jazz), Riverside (for jazz), the latter day version of Impulse ("Jasmine"), and an occasional other oddball and surprising label to provide a memorable listening experience. This is on either of my two audio systems using any of the 5 cartridges and tonearms currently mounted on 5 turntables.
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So many, but these are examples from my listening session today that come to mind (not on LP, but hopefully it’s consistent with the streaming, cd recording quality of these albums)… Peter Frampton - Acoustic Classics Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal - Chamber Music The Toure-Raichel Collective - Tel Aviv Sessions
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The further I come along in this audio journey, the less I refer to my reference albums to check on my system. Reason is I get sick listening to this couple dozen albums over and over again. I much rather play a wider inventory even so it has some sound limitations, because by now I can easily discern those shortcomings and work on my system accordingly. I have been purposely ignoring my reference albums so I can enjoy their music once again down the road. To me life is too short to let my system narrow down my musical experience to a few reference albums no matter how great they sound. |
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@baylinor , +10 to the fourth...;) I have my ’favs’, but will withhold them to myself, for myself. If a stranger was to peruse my ’library’, they would likely be confused to glean the chaff from the kernels that counted... I’ve a lot of that which I return to, to revisit time, place, and space; driven by mood and desire to attempt the improbable. By then, ’appearance’ to that ’show’ ought to be ’live-streamed’ in some fashion, and likely not a ’node buster’ or that would cause a DOS in any case. I’m ok with that....’fringe folk’ are used to that, and wouldn’t deny demise anyway. I’ll work on the programming in the meanwhile.... ;) J |
After 50 years of experimenting with all music genres, a huge collection of spinning discs has crowded my living/music room. Of the many becomes a few... Oysterhead / The Grand Pecking Order Anne Bisson / Blue Mind deluxe edition (holy crap is that recorded masterfully) Haya Band / Silent Sky with singer DaiQuing Tana |
Dear @esputnix : "" recordings that sound best to you? """
I think that this kind of thread is the fifth time that other gentelamns already posted.
Anyway, I own 6K+ LPs so exist severaL "CANDIDATES " TO FAVORITIES OR " BEST SOUND " but if I must to choose one or two definetely these ones are the best recordings ever and not necessarily my favorities but by its really high quality level performance:
Flamenso Fever by M&K label and Drums Sheffield Record by Sheffield Labs label.
By coincidence both recordings are D2D.
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |
Earl Klugh - Finger Paintings UHQR Alan Parsons Project - I Robot UHQR Miles Davis - Kind of Blue MOFI 45 Box set Modern Jazz Quartet- Django 45 (I think Analogue Productions Quality Record Pressing) Stan Getz- Getz Gilberto - Speakers Corner Fleetwood Mac (self titled) - Mobile Fidelity Too many Japanese pressings to name individually, but the Dire Straits first 2 seem to stick out and their Love Over Gold from Pallas Germany Generally speaking, 45s sound great - never been disappointed with one - I guess they take care in all aspects when making them.
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Personally I found Patricia Barber café blue recording too hi Fi, I mean it doesn't sound real for me, it's a bit sci Fi. But it might be my system, anyway, some of my reference recording that gives me goosebumps are this: Sam Cooke / night beat Inti illimani / lugares comunes Sueye Park/ Paganini 24 caprices SACD Ella and Louis SACD Simone kopmajer / live at Heidi Very common but still... Nils lofgren/ acoustic live Jacques lousier/ the best of play Bach SACD Pink Floyd/ the wall and animals
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American Percussion Society, Paul Price – Breaking The Sound Barrier Vol.1 Percussion Urania USD 1007 LP (not the later pressing)The Ramsey Lewis Trio – Down To Earth (Music From The Soil) Verve Records 314 538 329-2 CD (not any of the original stampers) Bonus cut 14 is mono and fantastic
I have 28500 LPs and 7000 CDs to choose from for sonics. Many are outstanding. Most are not. Recording, mastering and pressing is generally the stumbling block for LPs, just mastering for CDs. So many outstanding CDs (jazz and classical) to choose from. Maybe 2,500 LPs as great (jazz tends to be the best, rock the worst).
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Thousands of digital, and hundreds of albums, without any doubt the best recordings i have are digital... by Nigel Stanford.. i know, sacrilegious but are seriously well done... Automatica and Cynmatics will truly test your setup... as far as Lp, another off beat no one ever talks about, Halsey manic is off the hook amazing not one bad song. |