Establishing a common analog listening bias

Dertonarm
I think your concept is a good one ,you mentioned this on another thread and I for one would participate.

I'm thinking out loud, a possible fly in the ointment....If it gets off the ground I'm confident you will hear from those with original first release or a better re-pressing that smokes the currant re-issue used for evaluation.
This will have to be established first.

I see already Viridian has brought this point up.

May I give an example of easily available , no contest good sound, better than original, not expensive and that many of us already have ? I think of Tin Pan Alley from Stevie Ray Vaughan's album Couldn't stand the weather from Pure Pleasure records. Everybody has it, don't you ?
Jean.

In jazz I suggest 2 wonderful reissues from Analogue productions that everybody has (must have): Art Pepper meets The Rythm Section and Waltz for Debby from Bill Evans. Not expensive and widely available, sound to die for.
Jean.

I suggested Alison Krauss "so long so wrong"
If you got side two, 3rd (last) cut going fine, you got something going... :-)
Then let us know what you use also.
A.

Dear all, to once again clarify the point:

These "agreed upon records" are about to establish a common ground for sonic evaluation and correspondence only!!

We need "records which everyone has access to for normal prices".

I have over 900 first pressings (... most of them first stamper..) in Jazz and classical from 1958 to 1968 - however I would never ask for including original vintage pressings here.
This is completely off point.

These records shall only serve to create - well: again.. - a common ground.

These shall not form the core of a collection, but shall reflect all aspects of recorded music and all aspects (..positive..) of recorded music sound.

Nothing else.

This package shall serve to create a solid ground to improve communication and make statements and sonic experiences one makes/have easier understood by other members.

So far I have seen several good proposals - each of them can serve here well.
And - yes, the originals sound "better" - but it doesn't matter at all in this context.

I believe we have a great chance here - and it might as well work for the digital fraction too.