What CDs to buy

Charles Mingus Tijuana Moods (RCA Victor) – even if you're not a dedicated jazz fan. Terrific album and recording.

+1 for Sting's "Ten Summoner's Tales".  Superbly written, played and recorded.

+1 for "Jazz At The Pawnshop".  I've got the 3-CD anniversary edition - marvelous.

Most any Steely Dan will sound good.  Always very well-produced music.  I like "Two Against Nature".  "West of Hollywood" is a great song, one of my reference tunes.  Donald Fagen's "Kamakiriad" is also a stellar recording, nominated for Album of the Year, FWIW.

Norah Jones' "Come Away with Me" was very well done, also a great collection of songs.  Won a Grammy for best engineered album, FWIW.

- Rodney Crowell: The Houston Kid. A perfect album.

- The Notorious Cherry Bombs (Rodney Crowell, Vince Gill): s/t. Joyful singin’ and pickin’!

- The Johnny Staats Project (Bluegrass super-session): Wires & Wood. Virtuoso musicianship.

- Iris DeMent: The Way I Should.

-        "           : Lifeline.

-        "           : Sing The Delta.

-        "           : The Trackless Woods.

-        "           : Workin’ On A World (due out Feb 24th).

Why on CD? ’Cause they have never been available on LP (except for promo-only copies of The Way I Should, one copy of which I own).

Good evening all, wanted to share my first experience with new HiFi CDs

Got a couple Blue Note XR24 from Elusive Disc

Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk

Stanley Turrentine - Look Out!

I have been listening to them quite a bit and on these two examples, they sound better than streaming them from Qobuz.  The gain is much higher on Qobuz so have to match the volume and ignore that initial loudness impact.  

I don't have either of these on vinyl for comparison.  

I am enjoying getting reconnected to CDs and look forward to trying more.  There is lots of great feedback on this thread so will take some time reviewing, streaming the music and then shopping for the ones I like.