Ok got it. Misunderstood what you wrote.
Don't read much into what I posted. It's far for a finished work and at best, 30% done. Lots, lots more to go. But yes, I do tend to more modern and Russian composers.
Sorry if I jumped the gun.
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Sorry if I jumped the gun.
A sincere thank to you all the contributers to this thread. I am sure it's going to lead me to discover a lot of new & great sounding music.
What is the criteria for adding to this thread? Something that you feel excels both musically and sonically or is just one of those elements sufficient?
What is the criteria for adding to this thread? Something that you feel excels both musically and sonically or is just one of those elements sufficient?
IMO, criteria should be sonics. Musical excellence is more a matter of personal taste.
The Jack Johnson records are really nice musically but the masterings are really compressed. So I would not call the sound great. Damm the loudness war.
They aren't audiophile grade for sure, but they sound very good nonetheless. I honestly don't get the impression that anything is missing. YMMV
Thanks for this, Gary...my 2nd hand Sony Masterdisc longbox just arrived. Just listened to it...great stuff.
garylkoh
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Wow, so far I've received, cleaned and listened to these three from Myles' list:
Bach: Quodlibet, Telefunken SAWT 9457-A (Black/Gold is the pressing to get)
Rennaissance Music for Two Lutes, Titanic Records Ti-15
Laurindo Almeida: Virtuoso Guitar, Crystal Clear CCS 8001
I'm VERY happy with each of these. Great analog gems! Thank you!!!
Bach: Quodlibet, Telefunken SAWT 9457-A (Black/Gold is the pressing to get)
Rennaissance Music for Two Lutes, Titanic Records Ti-15
Laurindo Almeida: Virtuoso Guitar, Crystal Clear CCS 8001
I'm VERY happy with each of these. Great analog gems! Thank you!!!
Glad to hear you enjoyed some of the choices!
Reminds me I have to work on that list a little more.
I would have to fine tune (or update) some of the items on this list:
=== Miles Davies - Kind Of Blue (200g, 45RPM LP) - Classic Records (RCA Living Stereo)
This one is a very tough choice because the Classic Records sounds great in 33rpm and 45rpm vinyl, but the latest 50th Anniversary remastered and cut 100% analog from Original Master Tapes also sounds great (and different).
I bet the forthcoming MFSL 45rpm LP of KOB will be the absolute best if it follows the same quality work done on the other Miles Davis titles recently...
=== Miles Davies - Sketches Of Spain (200G, 45RPM LP) Classic Records (Columbia)
Compared this one to the new MFSL LP, and the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is the best in my opinion.
=== Dave Brubeck Trio - Time Out (UltraHD CD) - Sony Records (Columbia Records)
The Classic Records LP's (on 33 or 45 rpm) kill this and any other version in existence. (avoid the latest Analogue Productions reissue cut from unknown source, it sounds lifeless... one of the very few bad AP reissues)
=== Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia & John McLaughlin - Friday Night In San Fransisco (UltraHD CD) Sony Records (Columbia Records)
Original Recordings Group (ORG 2LP 45rpm) cut by Bernie Grundman... one of the best LP's you'll ever hear, makes the original LP and all digital versions pale in comparison (as good as some of them were until now). Behold the power of guitar strings transients! That pure energy is not found on any other release of this performance...
=== Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (UltraHD CD) - First Impression Music (Verve)
The Analogue Productions reissue on 2LP at 45rpm cut by the late George Marino at Sterling Sound is the ultimate and definitive version of this fundamental album. Finally using original master tapes without reversed or panned channels, exactly as it should sound with the sound stage replicating the musicians positions as it were in the studio. The tonal accuracy is quite incredible on this reissue, the sax sounds... there! (and I play tenor sax)
=== John Coltrane - Blue Train (200G, 45RPM LP) - Classic Records (Blue Note)
Music Matters 33rpm Mono LP is the ultimate reissue of Blue Train. The AP 2LP 45rpm reissue wasn't bad at all, but it was stereo... this album really sounds best in the mono mix, and Music Matters (Kevin Gray) made it sound better than ever!
=== Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (SACD) - EMI (Capitol Records)
The 30th Anniversary reissue cut all analog from Original Master Tapes with work done by Kevin Gray and Doug Sax, is a very special "document" as it represents probably the one and only time when the cut was made without rolling off the higher frequencies. This LP reissue represents, like nothing else on any format, the actual sound on the Master Tapes, and it was a bit criticized exactly because of its pure character.... I for one LOVE IT, but I also love my UK first pressing very much (and it sounds quite different).
=== Steely Dan - Aja (Gold CD) - Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (Geffen Records)
Cisco Records 30th Anniversary LP... stunning!
=== Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (200g, 45RPM - Analogue Productions (A&M Records)
This is 33rpm, not 45rpm. Great LP reissue!
=== Miles Davies - Kind Of Blue (200g, 45RPM LP) - Classic Records (RCA Living Stereo)
This one is a very tough choice because the Classic Records sounds great in 33rpm and 45rpm vinyl, but the latest 50th Anniversary remastered and cut 100% analog from Original Master Tapes also sounds great (and different).
I bet the forthcoming MFSL 45rpm LP of KOB will be the absolute best if it follows the same quality work done on the other Miles Davis titles recently...
=== Miles Davies - Sketches Of Spain (200G, 45RPM LP) Classic Records (Columbia)
Compared this one to the new MFSL LP, and the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is the best in my opinion.
=== Dave Brubeck Trio - Time Out (UltraHD CD) - Sony Records (Columbia Records)
The Classic Records LP's (on 33 or 45 rpm) kill this and any other version in existence. (avoid the latest Analogue Productions reissue cut from unknown source, it sounds lifeless... one of the very few bad AP reissues)
=== Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia & John McLaughlin - Friday Night In San Fransisco (UltraHD CD) Sony Records (Columbia Records)
Original Recordings Group (ORG 2LP 45rpm) cut by Bernie Grundman... one of the best LP's you'll ever hear, makes the original LP and all digital versions pale in comparison (as good as some of them were until now). Behold the power of guitar strings transients! That pure energy is not found on any other release of this performance...
=== Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (UltraHD CD) - First Impression Music (Verve)
The Analogue Productions reissue on 2LP at 45rpm cut by the late George Marino at Sterling Sound is the ultimate and definitive version of this fundamental album. Finally using original master tapes without reversed or panned channels, exactly as it should sound with the sound stage replicating the musicians positions as it were in the studio. The tonal accuracy is quite incredible on this reissue, the sax sounds... there! (and I play tenor sax)
=== John Coltrane - Blue Train (200G, 45RPM LP) - Classic Records (Blue Note)
Music Matters 33rpm Mono LP is the ultimate reissue of Blue Train. The AP 2LP 45rpm reissue wasn't bad at all, but it was stereo... this album really sounds best in the mono mix, and Music Matters (Kevin Gray) made it sound better than ever!
=== Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (SACD) - EMI (Capitol Records)
The 30th Anniversary reissue cut all analog from Original Master Tapes with work done by Kevin Gray and Doug Sax, is a very special "document" as it represents probably the one and only time when the cut was made without rolling off the higher frequencies. This LP reissue represents, like nothing else on any format, the actual sound on the Master Tapes, and it was a bit criticized exactly because of its pure character.... I for one LOVE IT, but I also love my UK first pressing very much (and it sounds quite different).
=== Steely Dan - Aja (Gold CD) - Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (Geffen Records)
Cisco Records 30th Anniversary LP... stunning!
=== Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (200g, 45RPM - Analogue Productions (A&M Records)
This is 33rpm, not 45rpm. Great LP reissue!
I only have the Speakers Corner (33rpm) reissue of this and I quite like it. I'm quite sure the ORG 45RPM beats it though.
LP- I have an orginal Canadian press, 20th Anniversary Canadian press, 30th Anniversary EU press, UK Harvest A3/B3 press and the MFSL. I did a comparison on the weekend between the UK A3/B3 and the MFSL. IMO the A3/B3 was clearly superior to the MFSL.
Agreed!
The 33RPM QRP is very nice. I prefer my German Island Pink Label pressing however.=== Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (200g, 45RPM - Analogue Productions (A&M Records)
This is 33rpm, not 45rpm. Great LP reissue!
The vinyl in my 50th Anniversary set unfortunately is too noisy to listen to (bad luck I'm sure). While I will check out the MFSL version when it arrives and I know it will be pressed well, I don't have high hopes on the mastering based on what I heard on Round About Midnight. Just awful.
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