Best sounding Hard Rock


Though it is not the main genre I listen to these days, I cut my teeth on the hard rock of the 70's and 80's.

I still like a good sesh of RTFOing, so it is with great delight that today I purchased Queens Of The Stoneage's Lullabies To Paralyze on vinyl.  The sound is beyond the pale.  It's a Music On Vinyl reissue, and is unbelievably quiet and smooth in tracking.  I am a fan of QOTSA but have never heard this album quite like this until now.

What are your picks for great sounding hard rock or metal?  My first preference is vinyl but this is by no means a requirement in your recommendations.

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How about some Motorhead:                       Bomber                                                             March Or Die                                                   1916                                                                  Rock N Roll                                                     Orgasmatron                                                   No Sleep Till Hammersmith                          Lemmie said: " We are not Metal. We are Rock N Roll" !!!                                              
Maybe not Hard Rock in the strict meaning but...

Black Mountain  "In The Future"
brian davison- every which way-mercury- (former drummer for The Nice, set up 1 off band after Emerson left; great vocals by Graham Bell, sounds like old Traffic, blues shouter hard rock, good sound, not big $);
blast furnace- s/t- danish polydor- buy the RSD reissue from Denmark, original pressings are $$$- great mix of psych and melody;
lucifer’s friend- german philips- zeppy sabbath, with hues of deep purple and heep vocals- classic proto-metal; don’t bother with the universal reissue;
first 4 sabbath albums- UK vertigo swirl- $$$$, but if you buy the early WWA releases, they used the metal parts from the Vertigos, check the deadwax, a fraction of the cost of the Swirls;
scorpions- lonesome crow- brain- the second german issue on metronome with the small brain logo is a fraction of the price of a first pressing
Tull- Benefit & Aqualung- steve wilson remixes- cheap, benefit actually sounds better than any other issue due to remix; the Aqualung is close to the best sounding at a fraction of the price of the more recherché copies;
Opeth -Damnation from Deliverance and Damnation (twofer) also a Steve Wilson remix (Deliverance is classic Opeth, crunchy vocals, Damnation is more lyrical, prog + metal sound and my preference);
Mountain-Climbing- Bell Records- usually marked RL or LH in the deadwax, either is fine, condition is the key-most are trashed;
Little Feat- Waiting For Columbus-Warners- TML in the deadwax
captain beyond-s/t- capricorn- lenticular cover
alice cooper- love it to death- straight records- the earliest pressings on Zappa’s straight records label sound better than the later versions with the green warner label- difficulty is condition;
alice cooper killer-warner- EU reissue with CB (Chris Bellman) in the deadwax (these may also be available in Canada)
lynyrd skynyrd-sounds of south/mca- some have been reissued; the pressings vary in sound quality, but are generally good, worth owning all the pre-crash records;
king crimson- Toronto 2016- well recorded live concert- covers most of their best known work- far cheaper than original early islands for the ’70s material or if on digital, get the Wilson remixes of the early albums, particularly In the Court, which was not a great recording but has some great songs.
truth jeff beck-UK columbia/emi- first or second UK pressing- sonically far better than domestic Epic label pressings;
hendrix in the west- uk polydor- has the long version of Red House- decent sounding; french barclay sets have decent sounding UK version of Are You Experienced at a fraction of the cost of original UK;
taste- on the boards- uk polydor- rory gallagher’s band
free- all of the early albums- island UK- now pricey,
leaf hound- growers of mushroom- forget the vinyl, stupid money, the see for miles CD issue from the early ’90s was made from the tapes- it is like Zep 1.5;
bowie- man who sold the world-first japanese pressing- mick ronson, hardest rocking bowie, good sound.
Enough for now. Lot’s more out there. Most of these are old copies with exceptions noted.