What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes?

@billpete

Please let me know if you can hear a big difference with the pink label. I would like to get the Analog Productions 45 rpm remaster. The 45 rpm albums that I own have remarkable frequency extension and a much wider image than their 33-1/3 counterparts. But it is a bit annoying having to turn the record over every 2 or 3 songs. However, I bet that the dynamics of TFTT would be amazing! The bass would be huge. TFTT is a perfect candidate for 45 rpm mastering. I can't think of a better candidate. But they are so expensive!

I am into classical, just getting back into vinyl, so the latest vinyl releases from Hyperion suit me, especially their new recording of Beethoven Triple Concerto and their recent vinyl release of the Shostakovich Piano Concertos.  I have used the SACD of the latter for years, especially the slow movement of the 2nd, to judge how much 'air' a system could reproduce.

@flash56 

I will let you know as soon as I have it. Probably a couple weeks out.

I also have some 45rpm remasters. They sound really good but agree, it's a pain to have only 2 songs to a side or so. I have a few 33's that only have 2 or 3 when they have been made into double LP's. Easier to make maybe? Not sure. Just got an Alan Parsons one like that on clear green vinyl. It is really well done.