I call this "as we get older we get younger".
I think that puts me in diapers
If you want to go back a bit further (70's) You can look look at these to add a few more cuts to the mix.
Some time ago I mixed a "Classics" CD, and found the following sounded absolutley incredible:
Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the WatchTower
King Crimson - I Talk to the Wind
Justin Hayward - Forever Autumn
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Lucky Man
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Teach Your Children Well
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Moody Blues - Legend of a Mind/Tuesday Afternoon/Blue Guitar
Doors - Light My Fire
Beach Boys - California Girls
Santana - Black Magic Woman
Jethro Tull - AquaLung
John Lennon - Imagine
Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Plus a few more,
The opening clairity and immediacy of the Acoustic Guitar on Stairway is remarkable. The clean, "clear", and deep, bass guitar on Teach Your Children Well is also remarkable.
If you want a great Guitar (and really what is Classic Rock all about except great Drum and Guitar Solos
) Solos, plant yourself in the sweet seat and "CRANK" up AquaLung, WatchTower, and Stairway!!!!
I mean Hendrix and Page
Don't let me forget Carlos and his "crying" Axe
You want Spacy Synthesizer? Get Outa here with ELP, and the Moody Blues
So if it was recorded well, and remasterd well, it can sound stunning on VMPS.
I have yet to find a genre that doesn't just jump out and grab you on these ribbons.
(if you're heavily into rap, I would suggest a Sub)
And with great "crossover" artists like Groban and Botticelli, you can even get into Opera