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Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list

I've been listening to some of my favorite recordings this weekend and was wondering what others on Audiogon felt were there favorites. We have all seen the Stereophile "Records to Die For", The Absolute Sounds recommended list, Music Directs' list, The Golden Ear, etc. now I'm hoping to assemble the Audiogon "Recordings To Die For". Please list your five favorite recordings, the ones you listen to over and over or play for friends. I would assume the sonic quality is excellent in that this is an audiophile site. The performance and enjoy ability should also be excellent. Please leave your top five, even if they are already chosen so we can discover the very top for the Audiogon listeners. ALSO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CRITICIZING OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE YOUR FAVORITES!

August 2002: I have compiled a summary and a full printer-friendly list of all of the recommendations below.
click here to view summary
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jjwa
69 posts
 
-SARAH BRIGHTMAN "TIME TO SAY GOOD BYE" (this is not even the best track)
-KIRAN AHLUWALIA "KASHISH ATTRACTION" (pure female vocals)
-ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM "JAZZ MASTERS #13 (a greatest hits)
-SHAWN PHILLIPS "SECOND CONTRIBUTION" (great recording)
-LEONARD COHEN "SONGS OF LEONARD COHEN" (great music)
-KEITH JARRET "KOLN CONCERT"
-SANTANA "ABRAXIS"
-NEIL YOUNG "AFTER THE GOLD RUSH"
-DAVE BRUBECK "TIME OUT"
ldatlof
35 posts
 
In no particular order:
#1 John Coltrane - Blue Train
#2 Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
#3 Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
#4 Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks Volume 18 (HDCD)
#5 The Radiators - Live at The Great American Music Hall (also HDCD but it is not mentioned on the disk or artwork)
r_burke
212 posts
 
This may have been posted already, but I'm too lazy to check every post.

Open fire, Two Guitars - Johnny Mathis the remastered version - listen before you laugh
mknowles16
101 posts
 
Who would laugh at Johnny Mathis? He is a great singer and has had an extraordinarily long and productive career.

BTW-I have read that as a collegian in 1954, he posted a high jump record of 6' 5-1/2" which was about 2 inches short of the then existing Olympic record.

He was often referred to as "the best all-around athlete to come out of the San Francisco Bay Area." How's that for the singer of "Chances Are"!
slingshot
55 posts
 
Rebecca Pidgeon, The Raven. Bought this a few years ago and listened to it once. It was recorded in 1994 and was transferred to SACD hybrid by Chesky a few years ago. When I purchased my SACD player about six weeks ago, I listened to it as it was the only SACD I owned. What a revelation! Finest sound I have ever heard including all of my vinyl. It sounds sensational in CD Redbook also. Wendy's Style Shop, cut 10 is my favorite. I listen to it over and over just to hear the sound quality. My family is going to have me committed pretty soon. Spanish Harlem is good too but a little too much reverberation. For the first time I have heard drums sound like real drums. The are other great songs on this recording also.

Another great recording is Allison Krauss and Union Station Live. New Favorite is my favorite cut. Holographic sound.
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