Recordings with BASS

Lots of great suggestions. I will need to look up some of these.
If I remember correctly Sumiko recommends a Bob Wasserman CD/LP with Jennifer Warnes called Duets for setting up speakers but I think the Donald Fagen SCAD of " Morph the cat" may be my favorite.

Here are some I use.

Pendulum Immersion

This entire album has a lot of bass through and through.

The Sheffield Lab Drum and Track Disc (XRCD24) by Jim Keltner and Ron Tutt

The Great Fantasy Adventure Album from Telarc

You gotta love it when there is a warning label on the CD stating that you may damage your equipment.

If you get the Wasserman make sure it is the 24 bit remaster. I got it in a 3 CD set ; solos, duets and trios. The last two are really excellent for bass and sound in general.

most of Ray Browns recordings

Here is my "Low end" reference list.

Opera:
Rigoletto, Act 1 scene 2, duet with Rigoletto and Sparafucile (the Baritone) "vecchio maledivami"

Pagliacci, End of act 1, the instrumental conclusion after the aria "Vesti la giubba". It ends on a low note, setting the tone for things to come in act II.

Jazz:
Kind of Blue, blue in green, Paul Chambers concludes the track by playing the bass with a bow. This is only really evident on a system with tight bass.

Electronic:
Shuttle, Tunnel, on Ninja Tune records. This is a slowed down drum and bass style (UK grime without the rapping) track.

Pop/Rock:
Sarah Mclachlan, on the Album surfacing, the track "I love you". The baseline is very low and has tendency to come accross very muddled (if at all) on poorly set-up systems.

Blue Rodeo, 5 days in May. Featuring Sarah McLachlan on back-up vocals (not that this is relevant).

Hip-hop:
Digable Planets, their second Album, the track "Cool Like That". There is a second baseline (accent) that only comes in at certain points, again it is low frequency and is not apparent on most systems. It plays over the main baseline, so it has tendancy to get lost if the system cannot provided sufficent low end definition (more of a room thing really).

Well those are my picks.

I can't wait to check out Learsfools Wagner suggestion.