Stereo, hi fidility, ultra hifidelity ?

Patrick,
I haven't used vinyl in years but I sure applaud your taste in music.

will

Patrick, about your note for a "good hint": I've personaly spoke with Jimmy Page's recording engineers and they told me that it's very difficult to manage a live recording with Jimmy Page since he's getting too agressive during concert and often forgetting about being recorded starts to hit strings too hard that none would normally do with electric guitar. Alghough I do consider Jimmy Page as an excellent guitar player.

As to your list of recommended recordings I would add the whole ECM label. These vinyls mainly digital but very good mastered. ECM label is for free-, avant- and other kinds of non-traditional jazz. Also bite some EG label recordings too.

Just to clarify my "hint". If you go to a concert and are impressed with how note for note perfect the artist is then that is a very good indication of what one might expect on vinyl. I was not speaking about a live recording.

A great example of this is Neil Young. In my experience his concerts are nearly perfect. Studio time for "the man" is very minimal and it shows in the recordings. Contrast this with Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Their concerts are generally not very acurate compared to the recordings. Stills is the biggest culprit live because of the tendency to add a latin flare to the songs we all know so well. The rest of the group seems to harmonize with the way the song should be sung rather than what Stills is doing. CSN&Y were notorious for multiple sessions to cut a disc. It shows in the vinyl pressings with a lack of depth, dynamics, etc. I have no inside knowledge but I guess this was a source of frustration for Young and therefore he was a "sometimes" player.

The Eagles are a great example of superb live music and very high quality vinyl pressings. I hope I have cleared up any confusion regarding my recommendations. My hope was to read of other great generic pressings that perhaps I don't own.

Happy Listening,
Patrick