Establishing a common analog listening bias

Hi,
yes, I guess we need an attempt to 'level the paying field' (pun intended).

"Folk Singer" as mentioned, also some possible synergy with digital, yes?

Now, 'Folk Singer' on UltradiscII UDCD 593 STEREO sounds very good, so it does on CHESS records HDR 1001, yet a typical item to be in favour of vinyl, in my system.

B U T, now lets look at some others:
- 'Sometin' ELSE' on UltradiscII UDCD563 sounds crap, to put it bluntly.

- 'Kind of Blue' Columbia COL 4606032 (CD, prod. by Teo Macero) is just as bad, and makes me wonder what everyone would want to rave about? Yet, having heard some more recent re-mastering, it's much better.
(Surely it must have been re-master 1 million time by now...)

Artistic performance is somethin' else :-) but NOT the sound of it. We will have those issues to 'weed out' else we are headed for some chaos.

One more for 'flavouring' is DECCA SXL 2248 'La Boheme'. I have the DECCA 'wide silver band', alas made in SA!
No idea if the 'Made in England' item is any better as far as plain old groove noise and tape hiss goes?

It is VERRRY dynamic and in places wants to dismantle your drivers! Horrific test for massed instruments, voice(s) et al. But as I said, groove noise --- bad news in deed.

Axel

Maybe we can post links to where these easy to find records can be bought?

Dear All, again:

- only CURRENT available NEW records.
NO vintage first pressings - NO super limited edition high-price reissues (4-set 45 rpm etc).
It is NOT going for the absolute best sonic version, but for a common base.
We need an easy available to everyone for NORMAL price record.
If the recording is available on CD too ( even if that medium is dead and gone by 2011.....) - even better.

Cheers,
D.

Right,
I vote for:
- A. Krauss 'so long so wrong'
- Santana (MFSL re-issue) 'ABRAXAS'
- Mussorgsky 'Pictures at an Exhibition' (Classic, LSC-2201) Reiner CSO
- Rachmaninov 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini' (Classic LSC-2430) Reiner CSO

May I add some ideas about that?
Forget those "Audiophile " Pressings (or the most ), they have nothing to do with the real thing, or Reissues, their high frequencies are lost in general.
These pressings are nice to have, sound good for most Systems, but they do it in lower class C Systems, too. These records don't go with the better Systems, they level everything. The only exception I know is the 1. LSC series from Classic Records when Wilkinson was hired for checking the process.
When someone has no idea about that, try to learn and don't list records which are better saved in the "Records To Die From" List
I list a few which are easily to get in 2. Hand market for little money too

Some of the good - normal- ones:

AC/DC ( Bon Scott ) High voltage Atlantic 1//1,2,4 2//1,2
Cash, Jonny American Recordings American 9455201 1//1,3,7
Eagles Hell Freezes Over Geffen 24725 2//1,2 3//3
Scruggs, Earl Nashville's Rock Columbia CS1007 1//5,6 2//3,4
Wassermann, Rob Duets MCA 42131 1//3,4 2//1

Classic Records
Bruch Scottish Fantasy - Heifetz RCA LSC 2603-45
Gounod / Bizet Faust - Carmen RCA LSC 2449-45
Walton Facade Suite RCA LSC 2285-45

Soundtrack Paris, Texas Warner 925270-1 1//1,2,3,4,5,6 2//1,2
Soundtrack The Graduate Columbia OS 3180 "360 Sound"

They can show the "Real thing", AC/DC has an enormous upper headroom...