FAVORITE LP'S OF 2011

You might also want to try This Thread for a few more suggestions on the same topic without the limitation of vinyl as the medium. There are plenty of the suggestions that are available in vinyl, I suspect.

Here are two that caught my eye in a thrift shop box and then my ears:

Gershwin Live - Michael Tilson Thomas and Sarah Vaughn
The Peacocks - Stan Getz Presents Jimmie Rowles

Both have excellent music recorded and pressed beautifully.

Wilco - The Whole Love
Tom Waits - Bad As Me

The Twilight Singers "Dynamite Steps"

Ryan Adams "Ashes and Fire"

I've bought maybe 40 to 50 lp's this year and the same number of c.d.'s, along with my subscription to Music Matters Blue Note 45 rpm re-issues, with my favourite being Art Blakey - 'Like Someone In Love'.
I'm thinking that the Frank Sinatra on MoFi were the best re-issues, especially 'At the Sands'.
Dianne Krall, 'Doing All Right - in Concert' was the best live recording.
Merle Haggard, 'I am what I am' best all new release.
Most disappointing new release, Madeleine Peyroux 'Standing on the Rooftop'.
I managed at last to get a couple of Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate recordings on vinyl, which complement their c.d. releases, especial mention is 'Heart of the Moon' if you can find a copy - African Blues at it's best.