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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
musicbuff
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Keith Jarett - "Sun Bear" Set
The Residents - first 13 LPs
The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
The Beatles - "The World's Best" Rare German import
The Rolling Stones - "Around and Around" German import
Dick Hyman / Ruby Braff - "Fats Waller - Heavenly Jive"
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
sealed psych treasures from the sixties.....chocolate watchband on tower, lothar and the hand people, all the 'international artist' label stuff, golden earring(s) on capitol....yada yada
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oregonpapa
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Here's a couple:

1. "Little Band, Big Jazz" by The Conti Candoli All Stars. Crown Records. The red vinyl sounds better than the black. Its also available on CD. This is West Coast jazz at its very best. Recorded in 1962, this record will have you shaking your head in wonder over both the performance and sound quality.

2. Jazz In The U.S.A. by Dave Brubeck's quartet. Yeppers, Its mono ... but when you hear Paul Desmond's sax on this album, you'll be asking yourself; "who needs stereo?"
mario_b
147 posts
 
Harry James - "Comin' From a Good Place" - Sheffield '77
Dorati - "Rhapsody" - DSO - Mercury - Ken Wilkinson '77
Tim Buckey - "Greetings from L.A." - Warner Bros. '72
David Bromberg - "How Late Ya Play Till?" - Fantasy '77
Getz,Gilberto,Jobim - Verve '64
Bo-Diddley - "Go Bo-Diddley" Chess '59
Solti - Verdi's Requiem - London '68
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
Beatles - Abbey Road (Original EMI import pressing from ca 1971)
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (EMI SQ import from 1973)
Pink Floyd - Meddle (EMI import from 1973)

All of the above purchased at the Harvard Coop, Harvard Sq, MA in the early 70s back when they had a tremendous import section. I was a high school kid with limited budget but knew these were important pressings. These records all rock out with some of the best dynamics of any recordings released by Classic, Acoustic Sounds or others.
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