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What are the treasures in your vinyl library?

They don't have to be the collector's items, necessarily. I'm just asking, what is your short list of LPs in your personal library that you prize the most (maximum 5)?

I'll start:

Diana Krall: "From This Moment On" from Classic Records, mastered on a tube cutter

Buddy Rich: "Class of '78", Direct-to-disk recording of my favorite drummer leading the best incarnation of his band

Muddy Waters: "Folk Singer", not MFSL or German pressing or original pressing or anything fancy, just a Chess/MCA 1987 reissue LP that puts you in the room with Muddy

I also have a 35mm Everest recording of Mozart woodwind sonatas that I picked up at St. Vincent DePaul for $1. It's old and a little ragged, but that 35mm mag tape really puts the players right there in the living room.
johnnyb53
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audioblazer
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1.Richard wagner The Ring Decca pressing. Beautiful box set
2. Airto Moreira & The God of The Jazz- Killer Bees B&W Music
3. Tea For The Tillerman Cat Stevens UHQR
4. Joan Baez Diamond & Dust in the bullring- No woman No cry, kept me enthrall most nights
5. Miroku Ryusuke Seto Zen Label

Most rare, difficult and pretty expensive if u can find it. Happy Listening
hevac1
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My acetates of Boston, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac & others.
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philjolet
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Cmo-I was just reading in Guitar Player magazine that the Beatles recorded Sgt Peppers in two different sessions one for mono and one for stereo and they are a little different I imagine the same is true with the ones you mention.
stilljd
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Treasures? Who knows? But changed what I listened to.

From when I was younger.

Dave Mason - "Is Alive" and "Dave Mason"
Dead - "Europe 72", "Skull & Roses", and "Mars Hotel"
Who - "Who's Next"
POCO - "A Good Feeling to Know"

Middle Age

REM - "Murmur"
U2 - "Under a Blood Red Sky" and "Joshua Tree"
INXS - "Shabooh Shoobah"
Bronski Beat - "Age of Consent"

Old Age

?

Just inherited 75 or so old discs. Anxious to dig in and see if there are any new treasures.

Jim S.
cmo
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Philojet-

I don't think they were recorded seperately, but they were mixed seperately (not just a stereo summed mono). Some of the versions differ slightly in content too.

From interviews I have read and heard George Martin gave the mono's much more attention and relevance than the stereo mixes.... IMHO the mono's sound significantly better than the stereo versions up until around the White Album.... Trouble is, I haven't been able to find/afford all of those old mono records. Anyone want to make a donation?
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