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Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise...

Wondering what the general consensus would be here.  What five Blues LPs would you pick to showcase your sound system’s strengths to another Blues lover?  Not so much interested in “historically important” discs here as much as Blues on vinyl that just sounds fantastic enough to prompt one to wear out an expensive cartridge/stylus on...
Thanks in advance.  Just getting into the genre myself via the various streaming radio feeds and never seem to catch the names of artists/titles so I don’t have a list of my own, but I’m drawn to great Blues guitar sounds and unforgettable lyrics which let the listener know, unmistakably, that the singer has, “walked the walk”...
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bdp24
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A rereading of the above made me realize I inadvertently implied Muddy's Folk Singer is on Audioquest. It is not; it's original release in 1964 was on Chess Records, but the reference version is the reissue on Mobile Fidelity.

Backing Muddy are Buddy Guy (guitar), Otis Spann (piano), Francis Clay (drums), and Willy Dixon (upright bass, as well as one of the album's producers), a super-group if there ever was one!

whoopycat
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From a pure SQ standpoint, the best blues album I've heard is the Lightnin' Hopkins album Goin Away SACD on Analogue Productions.  Incredible sound.

I do love that Gatemouth Brown Pressure Cooker album mentioned above.

For guitar tone, give me the Natural Boogie LP by Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers.
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racamuti
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   John Campbell- "One Believer" very dark blues with exceptional sound quality!
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islandmandan
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I'll add Robert Cray Band, "Live Across The Pond"
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slaw
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Sonny Boy Williamson "Keeping it to Ourselves"  AP
Played it recently and the SQ is outstanding!
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