Top 5 cd recordings of all time?

I would like to buy cds that are recorded exceptionally well. Can you give me your recommendations of the 5 best cd recordings that you have heard? I particularly enjoy Jazz, New Age, and the Oldies. Thank you.

hawaiikid10-30-2001 9:49am

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brianw Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 373 posts 10-31-2001 at 02:19am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I hope that the CD copy of "For Duke" is as good as the vinyl copy. As far as CD goes, the Heart Live CD from 1996, the live Eagles and some of the releases from Fidelis are VERY good.
high-desert-audio Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 18 posts 10-31-2001 at 04:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Here are my nominees for five top jazz cd's: 1. Jeremy Davenport on Telarc 2. Monty Alexander "Echoes of Jilly's" 3. The Charlie Byrd Trio "au courant" 4. Leroy Vinnegar "Walkin' the Basses" 5. The Alan Broadbent Trio "Pacific Standard Time" Here's a bonus in the country division: Merle Haggard "If I Could Only Fly" highly recommended even for non-country fans. Beautifully recorded.
ben_campbell Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,169 posts 10-31-2001 at 12:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hard to argue with Floyd also Steely Dan's entire output is great musically and in terms of production,the MCA remasters from '99 onwards are superior to the previous CD versions. Early Roxy Music stuff too now available on HDCD. David Sylvian's recent Everything and Nothing compilation. Also the Queen early stuff still stands up. PJ Harvey's Songs From The City,Songs From The Sea-great modern rock recording. Most old Jazz recordings sound great due to the simplicity of the actual recordings, most things by Miles,Coltrane,Mingus and Monk etc. There are too many great recordings to isolate into 5. Ben
abstract7 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 541 posts 10-31-2001 at 02:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I have to agree with Mejames on the Pink Floyd. The Harvest import is much better if you like that album. Here are five recordings that I think are superbly recorded: 1. Charles Lloyd, the Water is Wide 2. Steve Davis, the Quality of Silence 3. the Goldberg Variations, performed by Ito Ema on M*A 4. Euforia on Mapleshade 5. Shoji Yokouchi, Greensleeves on Cisco These are all Jazz except for the third one, which is so exceptional I highly recommend it.
stereokarter Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 185 posts 10-31-2001 at 05:59pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Mikey Fremer would say that there are none! However, here are mine, in no particular order: Tanita Tikaram...Lovers in the City Emmylou Harris...Wrecking Ball Gladiator...soundtrack, full volume! Paul Simon...The African Concert (LD) Laura Smith...Between the Earth and My Soul

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