Your favourite recording label?


Is there a a label you have found pretty much infallible? I mean by this, you could buy any CD or record and know you will enjoy it, both for the music, most important and recording quality. I am not including here, reissue labels like Speakers Corner. We are talking of new recordings and music

I have found a number which nealy hit that mark. In no particular order, Linn, Waterlilly, ECM and Opus 3.

My top pick is without a doubt, the German label Stockfisch. That is partly because they major on Singer, Songwriters, a genre I love. My favourite artists on the label are;
Sara K
David Munyon,
Allan Taylor
Eugene Ruffulo
Chris Jones
There are other excellent artists to and good compilations you could start with. My favourite of all, Sara K "Waterfalls"

So do you have a favourite label?
david12
Rpeluso, Capitol had the Beatles, the Beach Boys and Dean Martin, among others.
I'll tell you David, Stockfisch certainly does a wonderful
recording job and it's always nice to have something that
justifies the amount of money spent on a nice system. But I
have just grown too weary of audiophile demo music, if you
know what I mean. I have found the older Philips classical
recordings to be wonderful and the music is real. Look for
a NM copy of Quartetto Italiano Mozart String Quartet in
Bflat and String Quartet in F on Philips and you'll see what
I mean.
Merge & YepRoc are good labels for new/indie/alternative/folk bands. They are almost always on quality vinyl.
Diverse has been pretty consistent.
For jazz fusion, check out the GRP label, started in the '80's by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen. It features releases such as "Harlequin" by Dave Grusin and Lee Rittenour. Larry Carleton, Dave Valentin are included in the catalog. Even going back to the '80's, this label got digital right.