whats the finest recorded cd you've heard?

The FINEST? Thought it said the FIRST... (my bad)

While Thriller is pretty good on its own (Q. Jones is a certified genius), The JVC/XRCD of Holst's "The Planets" is outstanding.

Jerry Gonzalez - Y Los Piratas Del Flamenco. This is the most natural sounding cd I have on all instruments. I have a lot of great sounding cd's but many of them are great on guitar or piano or voices but may lack i another area. This one is beautiful across the board. Drums/percussion are precise and snappy and the horn/trumpet playing sounds perfectly real and guitars are full bodied.

Arvo Part "Tabula Rasa" (ECM)

Sugar Blue "In Your Eyes" on Alligator. Every time I play this, I seem to turn it up, and up. I've never played anything else as loud as this. Everything just sounds right. The horns are great, the drums are felt, the harp is magic!

John McLaughlin Trio 'Live at the Royal Festival Hall'