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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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Just received well over 100 LPs from my father's collection ranging from vintage mono from around 1950 to pre-digital early 1980s. Very broad range of stuff. I have only a vague idea what treasures are buried in there, but will get back to you on that.

Of my own collection - love drummer Ed Thigpen's "Out of the Storm" and "The David Grisman Quintet". If you're in the mood, the original London pressing of The Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed" is pretty great.

PS - I have Laurie Anderson's Mr. Heartbreak and haven't listened to it for about 20 years. even on my much more rudimentary system of that time, I could tell it was well recorded - have to dig it out.
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I have an import London pressing of The Stones "Let It Bleed". Very nice! Probably far and away the best Stones recording I have in any format.
psacanli
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23 as new Chet Atkins 50's/60's albums.
sirspeedy
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For anyone wanting some fabulous,and almost tongue in cheek,early stereo era "classics",look for many of the COMMAND label discs.Especially Enoch Light series stuff.These discs were recorded by the Mercury LP team of Piros and Fine,with sound that will enthrall many "fun music" lovers(some were recorded in Carnegie Hall)!Very inexpensive,and these would be great to re-issue.
Best of luck,and leave me some.
nkj
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Wow,

I thought I was the only one that appreciated Laurie Anderson's Mr. Heartbreak. We used to play it 20 years ago amongst a group of friends while "testing" our systems. Gravity's Angel and Sharkey's day are favourites. Peter Gabriel's background vocals are haunting on this one. I still play it regularly. Another good one is Bruce Cockburn's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws .The Candadian True North label had some really good recordings including some of Carol Pope's stuff try: Avoid Freud....
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