Any Audiophile recording of The Planets?

This has always been a question on my mind for a number of years. I have the original Previn on EMI ASD 3002, and the Decca and London Mehta. I purchased the EMI because I love the music and TAS gave it such a great review. Then a few years later TAS (HP) raved about the London (then the Decca) version with Zubin Mehta and so I was curious about the performance and sound and purchased both. Well, I agree with Rushton.....but I will be more emphatic: the EMI is the ONE!!!! The EMI Previn is better then the Mehta (I have not heard the others recently) by a good degree. Yes the Metha is very good, but the Previn has the sound (great bass and breath) and a wonderful performance.

Years ago on public radio / on Sat.am / they would select a composition-- they would start out with 5 or so versions. They would play say 3-4 mins. of the first movement by each conductor; drop one version off and explain the differences for each. Then move on to the next movement and do likewise. It was the best of times back then and I miss that show. Guess who always lost out for going to slow for the slow movement and to fast for the fast movements?? (Lenny and Herbie.) Lenny was always good for Mahler esp. w/ the NY PO.

I think sometimes the TAS weighs too much on people's minds..

RWD: I agree with you, the Previn is the performance of this music I keep coming back to, and I far prefer it to Mehta, Boult or Susskind. I've not heard the Dutoit.

Jeffreybehr: the Previn is multi-miked, as were all the "two Christophers" recordings. And while I vastly prefer the early Decca engineering, I find the Previn such a superior performance that I'll tolerate the multi-miking, which in any event I don't find nearly as severe you describe. Some of the late recordings of Solti/CSO by J. Kenneth Wilkinson for Decca were far more eggregiously multi-miked (and Wilkie is one of my heroes). In any event, the capture of instrumental timbre and inner detail on the Previn EMI recording is superb.
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Are you guys referring to the HMV's mono version of Boult's The Planets?