Top 10 must have LP's

[engtaz]

I would like to know what everyone's must have top 10 LP's are.

Thanks
engtaz

[wingnut4772]

I would like to know that too.

[JimBRICK]

my #1 is Neil young live at massey hall

[rskarvan]

New quote from Californication: "I'm just an analog guy in a digital world".

I beginning to think that vinyl is making a serious comeback.

My favorite LP's are from YES. Not so much for the music... but, for the unusual art on the LP covers. It used to be that the design of the album cover was an important feature of the purchase. I miss that.

[engtaz]

Which Yes albums? I love YES music.

[audiobliss]

I LOVE my Yes - Big Generator LP!

[mhardy6647]

Who's Next
American Beauty
Abbey Road
Dark Side of the Moon
Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Reiner/Chicago Symphony (original RCA Red Label)
Quadrophenia
Aja
Crack the Sky (first album)
AOXOMOXOA (original mix)

[wingnut4772]

Who's Next
American Beauty
Abbey Road
Dark Side of the Moon
Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Reiner/Chicago Symphony (original RCA Red Label)
Quadrophenia
Aja
Crack the Sky (first album)
AOXOMOXOA (original mix)

I was looking at that Belafonte Live album.....how's the quality?

[cmy330go]

New quote from Californication: "I'm just an analog guy in a digital world"...

I thought that was a funny quote when I heard it. Man did you see that setup in that scene? That Avid table was gorgeous!:eek:

[mhardy6647]

I was looking at that Belafonte Live album.....how's the quality?
One of the benchmark live recordings of all time. Cannot vouch for the SACD or any re-release on vinyl, but the original is superb.

BTW, I forgot Waiting for Columbus (the original pressing is very good, the MoFi is outstanding)

[schwarcw]

Sgt. Pepper
Who's Next
Brother's In Arms
Dark Side of the Moon
New Favorite - Alison Krauss
Avalon - Roxy Music
The Doors - Doors
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Time Out - Dave Brubeck
Night Fly - Donald Fagan
Led Zeppelin II

Lot's more! These are just a few that come to mind.

[strider]

Of the albums I own, in no particular order:

Parliament- Tear the Roof Off
Charles Mingus- Mingus at Antibes
Taj Mahal- The Real Thing
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
David Bromberg- Demon in Disguise
Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Doc Watson- Memories
Jimi Hendrix- Blus
Emmylou Harris- Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town
Simon and Garfunkel- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme

[analog97]

No order....not possible:

Chris Rea-Road to Hell
Santana-Supernatural
Spirit-12 dreams of Dr sardonicus
Mott the Hoople=Mott the Hoople
Travelling Wilburies-Vol1
Joni Mitchell-The Hissing of Summer Lawns
Jennifer Warnes-Famous Blue Raincoat
Chilliwack-Dreams, Dreams, Dreams
James Gang-Thirds
Eagles-Hell freezes over

[TroyD]

Okay....ready?

Now, these are NOT in order but 10 you should have:

1. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms - 180gm reissue
2. Steely Dan Aja/Gaucho - Aja, get the MFSL release
3. Eva Cassidy - Songbird
4. Jim Hall - Concierto
6. Bartok Concerto for Orchestra - George Solti - London
7. Alan Parsons - IRobot
8. DiMeola, DeLucia, McLaughlin - Friday Night in San Francisco
9. Santana - Abraxas
10. Dvorak: Concerto for Cell - Janos Starker - Merc Living Presence
11. Rachmaninov piano concerto #3 - Byron Janis - Merc Living Presence
12. Alison Krauss/Union Station- either of thier MFSL releases.

EDIT: Damn, I for got Sinatra at the Sands. Get that instead of the Alan Parsons. You gotta have some Sinatra in your library.

Ignore any spelling mistakes....I'm doing this from memory off the cuff. So there is 12, sue me.

BDT

[TroyD]

I was looking at that Belafonte Live album.....how's the quality?

Great recording of mediocre material. I've got the mono and stereo versions....I actually like the mono better. Harry just doesn't do it for me, really.

For a live recording, Sinatra at the Sands is the only way to go.

Also, Also Sprach Zarathurstra (sp) is a cool one to have, I actually prefer the version by Zubin Mehta on the London/Decca label. If you go with the Reiner/RCA go with the 1954(?) version, I believe that it's been redone and readily available. I think it's LSC-1806.

BDT

[engtaz]

TroyD, excuse my lack of knowledge but what is a MFSL release.

Thanks

[fatchowmein]

TroyD, excuse my lack of knowledge but what is a MFSL release.

Thanks

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Fidelity_Sound_Lab

[engtaz]

Thanks

[Tour2ma]

7. Alan Parsons - IRobot

EDIT: Damn, I for got Sinatra at the Sands. Get that instead of the Alan Parsons. You gotta have some Sinatra in your library.

Ignore any spelling mistakes....I'm doing this from memory off the cuff. So there is 12, sue me.

BDTOnly twelve? I have 20 or so in my top ten fav's, but seems we're talking performance and SQ here, so many have to fall by the wayside, e.g., Ziggy.

If you're axing I Robot, I'll take it. Even the original vinyl's SQ is jaw-droppingly gorgeous...

The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fqxqe5ldte)
When it comes to being fincky about SQ, Parsons "... may not be in a class by himself, but it does not take long to call the role."

And off the top of my head, which is anything but orderly....

Robbie Robertson - Storyville (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:w9fyxqt5ldse)
Dark... Smokey... Seductive...

Heifitz/ Reiner & CSO - Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto- 1957
Yes, 1957... and it still stands up to nearly all of the more recent recordings... and, well, it's Heifitz...

The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:09fyxqw5ldke)
There are not that many truly groundbreaking, rock recordings... this is one of them.

Elvis Costello - My Aim is True (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kvfoxzu5ldke)
Crisp... detailed... riveting

Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:difyxqt5ld6e)
Quirky material melticulously recorded...
"Good heavens, Mrs. Moto.... You're beautiful!"

Charles Dutiot & Montreal SO - Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique for orchestra (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=44:832674)
One of the most, if the not the most, sumptuous recordings I have heard.

The Who - Who's Next (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3pfwxql5ldfe)
Mentioned in an earlier post. One of a couple on this list that are also on my "Desert Island" list. Great sounding LP that spawned hit single after hit single.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:3ifqxq85ldje)
Sadly much of Jimi's catalog is not well recorded... not the case here.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:diftxqt5ldde)
This may be the only LP of which I have three copies... all from the original BMG LP mail order service. One has a flaw on side one; one a flaw on side two; the third was just right. Very well recorded. The deep synth at the end of "Lucky Man" will test your cartridge/ tone arm combo...

Ricki Lee Jones - Ricki Lee Jones (http://wm11.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fixq95ldae)
The finger snaps of "Chuck E.'s in Love" alone are enough to put this release on the list.


And, if I can be permitted a CD...

The Glenn Miller Orchestra (sort of...) - In the Digital Mood (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfixqwgldfe) - GRP
Yup, big band made my list. Dave Gruisin came up with the idea and musicians lined up to participate. Give it a listen, it just might make your list...

[DAGLJAM6]

No specific order:

Van Morrison- Moondance
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
Nirvana- Nevermind
E.L.P.- Works Vol. I
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior
Led Zeppelin- I
Leo Kottke- 6 and 12 String Guitar
Joe Sample- Carmel
Natalie Merchant- Tigerlily
Yes- Fragile

Honorable mention: Eric Johnson- Tones

[miner]

SRV - Texas Flood
Steely Dan - Aja
Joanie mitchell -Blue
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Clapton/Cale- Road to Escondido
Santana - Welcome
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally thru the Alley
Little Feat - Goodbye Columbus
CSN&Y - Deja Vu
Miles Davis - Blue

[avguytx]

Anything from the recommended SDA play list (from the owners manual) is nice. Fortunately, I have quite a few of those on LP and CD both for comparison. Very nice sounding.

[mhardy6647]

If you go with the Reiner/RCA go with the 1954(?) version, I believe that it's been redone and readily available.
You are correct, sir.

FWIW, I like the music on Belafonte live, not just the sound. YMMV, though...

[hearingimpared]

In addition to the awesome records listed in many of the posts above, I would like to add these Sheffield Labs offerings;

Sheffield Labs:

WAGNER, Richard
"Die Walkure: Ride of the Valkyries"
"Gotterdammerung: Siegfried's Funeral Music"
"Siegfried: Forest Murmurs"
Sheffield Labs - 07

Johannes BRAHMS - Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
Frederic CHOPIN - Mazurka #13, Op. 17/4
George Frideric HANDEL - Air with Variations in B Flat Major
Lincoln MAYORGA- Piano
Sheffield Labs - 04

Sergei PROKOFIEV - Ballet Music "Romeo & Juliet"
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Erich LEINSDORF
Sheffield Labs - 08

Antonin DVORAK - "Romantic Pieces", Op. 75
STRAUSS, Richard - Sonata, Op. 18
Arnold STEINHARDT - Violin
Lincoln MAYORGA - Piano
Sheffield Labs - 18

ClaudeDEBUSSY, - Prelude to "The Afternoon Of A Faun"
STRAVINSKY, Igor - Suite "Firebird" (1910 Version)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - LEINSDORF, Erich
Sheffield Labs - 24

Lincoln Mayorga & Amanda Mc Broom
Growing up in Hollywood Town
Sheffield Lab - 13

Amanda Mc Broom & Lincoln Mayorga
West of Oz
Sheffield Lab -15 (SL 46)

Non-Sheffield

Monster Cable Presents
Amanda Mc Broom - Dreaming
Gecko Records

MFSL Original Master Recording
The Doobie Brothers
Takin' it to the Streets
MFSL 1-122

THIS ONE WILL BLOW YOU AWAY. . . it is just a massed produced record that I purchased at 19 years old in 1974. It is extraordinarily dyamic!!!

Supertramp
Crime of the Century
A&M SP-3647

[schwarcw]

Joe,

What's with all the dead Germans and Russians??:D

Where's all the English bands? Who, Beatles, Moody Blues, Led Zeppelin, Herman's Hermits?

[engtaz]

Thanks, Now I can compile a wish list of albums. Thanks for the heads up on particular albums of the same titles.

engtaz

[TroyD]

You are correct, sir.

FWIW, I like the music on Belafonte live, not just the sound. YMMV, though...

I'm hacking more than anything...I enjoy a good bit of it but just have never really understood the great following of this LP(s). For a live album, I think Sinatra at the Sands is far and away superior.

BDT

[Kenneth Swauger]

Hey Analog97,
Nice to see a fellow Spirit fan!
"Fresh Garbage!"

[schwarcw]

Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

[schwarcw]

I think Sinatra at the Sands is far and away superior.

BDT

Excellent Album!

Carl

[analog97]

Ken: May "The Spirit of '76" be with you. I play it every 4th of July!
Carl: Are you correcting me? We just call it "The Dr's Dozen"......sometimes

[hearingimpared]

Yep the 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus is in my reference list awesome LP. I keep trying to find a sealed or NM copy but so far nadda!

[analog97]

I can help you....I can get U one....

[schwarcw]

Carl: Are you correcting me? We just call it "The Dr's Dozen"......sometimes

I didn't even see it amongst you post, Analog. After I saw Ken's response, I kept hearing "Mr. Skin" in my head.

[analog97]

BTW, Carl....I think you are the guy mentioned to me by a neighbor, Dan R (a nukie engineer) a W-house???? He said something like...."yeah..I know a guy that has those same POLK SDA's and he has even re-built crossovers!!!! Are you that chap?

[hearingimpared]

I can help you....I can get U one....

I'm on my knees with my arms upraised!!! I would be eternally grateful to you.

[hearingimpared]

Well all this talk of Spirit and I just had to give the Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus a spin!!!

You have the world at your finger tips . . .

[capecodder]

THIS ONE WILL BLOW YOU AWAY. . . it is just a massed produced record that I purchased at 19 years old in 1974. It is extraordinarily dyamic!!!

Supertramp
Crime of the Century
A&M SP-3647

Joe- great pick. I picked up a direct to disk copy about 30 yrs. ago and it is still a primary reference LP. "School" is an awsome track recording.

[Ricardo]

Wow; I'm surprised no one has mentioned Jazz at the Pawnshop. Everyone should have a copy of this one!!!!
Edit: There's one track I can hear over and over again: I'm Confessin'
Unreal.

[schwarcw]

BTW, Carl....I think you are the guy mentioned to me by a neighbor, Dan R (a nukie engineer) a W-house???? He said something like...."yeah..I know a guy that has those same POLK SDA's and he has even re-built crossovers!!!! Are you that chap?

I sure am!;) So do we have a mutual friend in "Dipole Dan":D

[hearingimpared]

Wow; I'm surprised no one has mentioned Jazz at the Pawnshop. Everyone should have a copy of this one!!!!
Edit: There's one track I can hear over and over again: I'm Confessin'
Unreal.

SHoot I've talked about that in so many threads that I thought it would be preaching to the choir!!!;)

[hearingimpared]

Joe- great pick. I picked up a direct to disk copy about 30 yrs. ago and it is still a primary reference LP. "School" is an awsome track recording.

Wow if my mass produced copy sounds this dynamic and clear, the direct-to-disc must be completely awesome!!!

[schwarcw]

Joe,

You must get a commission on JATPS sales. I think everyone here owns it after your rant.:D

Great album! Thanks for sharing. I find that threads like these introduce so many new things, it's great to talk about music instead of Mercury poisoning.:eek:

Miss your CL (Carl)!!

[hearingimpared]

I sure am!;) So do we have a mutual friend in "Dipole Dan":D

What am I chopped liver, I told both you guys about each other not a month ago. . . hmmm snub me will ya!!!:p

[hearingimpared]

Joe,

You must get a commission on JATPS sales. I think everyone here owns it after your rant.:D

Great album! Thanks for sharing. I find that threads like these introduce so many new things, it's great to talk about music instead of Mercury poisoning.:eek:

Miss your CL (Carl)!!

Speaking of Mercury poinsoning, I have a ton of old Mercury recording that are REAL albums. They don't even have the names of the songs on the record labels, they are hand written in the ledger of the opening side of the "album." This came from the "phono album" era.

BTW Ric, my favorite cut of Jazz at the Pawnshop is "Lady Be Good." It has everything in it. My second and third are "Limehouse Blues" and "High Life."

[SCompRacer]

I sure am!;) So do we have a mutual friend in "Dipole Dan":D

Dan told me you were in trouble with his wife for using up all the tape.:D

[Keiko]

Hokay, hmmmmm 10 picks....

Alan Parsons Project--Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Eric Clapton--Crossroads

Van Halen 1--Van Halen's Debut Album

Eagles--The Very Best of

Santana--Ultimate Collection

Jimi Hendrix--The Essentials

Led Zeppelin--The BBC Sessions

Queen--Greatest Hits (UK Version)

Pink Floyd--Animals

Rush--Chronicles

I could go on. Can someone start a top 50 thread? ;)

[icehouse1]

Dark Side OF the Moon.

[skipf]

Here's mine:

1. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
2. The Eagles - Desparado
3. It's a Beautiful Day
4. Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
5. Alison Krause and Union Station - So Long So Wrong
6. The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South
7. Wet Willie - Drippin Wet
8. Dave Bruebeck - Take Five
9. The James Gang - Funk 49
10. The New Riders of the Purple Sage

Way too many good ones out there, but these are as close as I'll get to a favorite top ten. This thread is great. Y'all reminded me of many I haven't heard in awhile. Time to go home and crank up the system.

[madmax]

My top number one favorite is More Dirty Dancing as I reviewed in another thread.

Second is Janis Ian, Breaking Silence.

Third is anything from Laurie Anderson.

Right now I'm enjoying Bongos and Brass, (some old compilation of, well, Bongos and Brass). This is good for me but probably nothing special other than I like it.

Manhatten Transfer is next but I don't remember the title.

[MerLuv]

No specific order:

Van Morrison- Moondance
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
Nirvana- Nevermind
E.L.P.- Works Vol. I
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior
Led Zeppelin- I
Leo Kottke- 6 and 12 String Guitar
Joe Sample- Carmel
Natalie Merchant- Tigerlily
Yes- Fragile

Honorable mention: Eric Johnson- Tones



The Division Bell? Man... I don't know if that makes my top 100...

Top Ten for Moi (in no particular order):

Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Bowie: Hunky Dory
Beatles: Sgt. Pepper
Bowie: Hours
Zepplin: Two
AC/DC: Back in Black
Michael Jackson: Off the Wall
Myles Davis: Kind of Blue
Bowie: Diamond Dogs
Aerosmith: Aerosmith

Kind of Eclectic... I know.

[George Grand]

In no particular order.........

Who really cares?

[Wardsweb]

The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (http://wm04.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fqxqe5ldte)
When it comes to being fincky about SQ, Parsons "... may not be in a class by himself, but it does not take long to call the role."

...
Next time you're in San Antonio, stop by and I'll throw on the the MFSL UHQR copy. It truely is awesome.

http://wardsweb.org/misc/irobot_uhqr1.jpg

[MerLuv]

In no particular order.........

Who really cares?

My guess would be anyone reading the thread (other than you, of course). This is an exploration of musical tastes. A declaration, if you will, of what vinyl has a semi-permanent home off the shelf of most collectors, choosing instead to have it at their finger tips, ready to play when the mood strikes.

[hearingimpared]

Next time you're in San Antonio, stop by and I'll throw on the the MFSL UHQR copy. It truely is awesome.

http://wardsweb.org/misc/irobot_uhqr1.jpg

I have this, it is awesome!

[George Grand]

Very eloquent, but once again, who REALLY cares?

[analog97]

Let me say it clearly....I care....The "10 list" has spoken to many of us. Each list states the writer's musical turn-ons. These are something to be shared and appreciated. Scoffers are hard to understand in this context. Why scoff GG? Why retort so?

[George Grand]

#1. I respond that way BECAUSE I WANT TO.

#2. Because I wonder if anybody REALLY cares (I know I don't).

[shack]

#2. Because I wonder if anybody REALLY cares (I know I don't).

THEY care George...the ubiquitous THEY that everyone talks about...THEY must care.

I like you don't care...but I'm just like that.

[Ern Dog]

#1. I respond that way BECAUSE I WANT TO.

#2. Because I wonder if anybody REALLY cares (I know I don't).


The majority of the threads in this forum I don't care about. I only read the ones that I'm interested in. If I were to write "Who cares" in all the threads that I don't care about, it would be silly.

[madmax]

They care alright, yea, they care. :)
madmax

[Keiko]

Who cares if "They" don't care? :p
Next 10 please. :)