Whats on your turntable tonight?

@slaw, you have a very good memory ;-) . Yes, I recently saw that old post, and at that time felt most "Rock" albums weren't of sufficiently high recorded sound quality to justify an audiophile reissue. I still feel that way, but the qualifier "most" is the key.

Sometimes a reissue reveals recorded sound quality masked in the album's original version; Analogue Productions Beach Boys LP's are one such example. While not now sounding like a direct-to-disk LP, the AP LP's sound drastically better than the originals. I've been listening to Pet Sounds, Smiley Smile, and Sunflower since their original release (I was for many years obsessed with the unreleased Smile, and have multiple bootlegs of the recordings to prove it), which suffered from mediocre sq (terrible in the case of Smiley Smile). The AP BB LP's are well worth their price, and I'm very happy to have them.

@mammothguy54: I love Carnival Of Life! That was the first Lee Michaels album I heard, and subsequently went to see him live at The San Jose Civic Auditorium in the Summer of '68. He was the opening act for Steppenwolf, just he and drummer Frosty. Lee had a row of Vox Super Beatle amps all across the back of the stage, and his B3 sounded awesome! Unfortunately, after the first song a roadie came out with a cup of water (I assumed ;-) and set it on the organ. The cup immediately tipped over, the water pouring down into the organ's electronics, shorting them out. That was the end of Lee's set! :-(

My friend and I stayed for Steppenwolf, and for the first and last time at a live show fell asleep. Not a good live band.

@grey9hound   Great Post!   I understand your enthusiasm, I really do.  Will check out that music - it’s not familiar.  Great post.  

Speaking of The Yes Album, I have the Friday Music 45 rpm box and it sounds great! There's bass on that lp I never knew before.

Rock of Ages, I just recently acquired the RL pressing of this record. It has everything on it you would expect from him. I have a another original pressing, no comparison. It is one of those records where their were a lot of chef’s in the sound kitchen. You just need to spend the time to find the right one. I spent a long time looking for the two Led Zeppelin records he mastered, finally found them a couple of years ago. A sonic revelation, actually had bass.

Various Artists - FM.  I picked up a replacement for this because I dropped it and scuffed up side 4 pretty badly.  The other 3 sides are NM.  3 out of 4 ain't bad?