@mammothguy: Bop Til You Drop was the first Pop album recorded digitally. Ry is a fanatic about his recorded sound, and was gung ho on trying the new recording medium. That enthusiasm was extinguished when he heard the recorded results: He hated it!
Ry's search for good recorded sound quality eventually led him to Water Lily Records, home of the recordings of master recording engineer Kavi Alexander. Kavi uses tube microphones and a recorder, all of which contain electronics custom made by tube genius Tim de Paravicini (designer and maker of the excellent EAR Yoshino line of electronics). When Ry heard his first Water Lily LP, he asked "Why don't my records sound this good?" Ry's Water Lily Meeting The River album won Kavi a Grammy for best recording of the year.
@tomic601: Ry Cooder's Jazz album (which Ry now disavows!) is available in a great pressing on Mobile Fidelity. I have an original on WB and the MoFi, which, if you like the album enough to warrant the cost, is quite a bit better. MoFi also offer Ry's Chicken Skin Music, Boomer's Story, and Paradise & Lunch albums, all of which are about to go out of print. Grab 'em while they're still $34.99!
