Poll: 5 best sounding CDs that you own

lonewolfny42 · « **Reply #20 on:** 17 May 2007, 12:34 am »

A few good sounding Cd's.....

Patricia Barber - "Live: A Fortnight in France"

Keb' Mo' - " Keb' Mo' "

Wynton Marsalis - "The Magic Hour"

Muddy Waters - "Folk Singer"

Elton John - "Tumbleweed Connection"....remastered*

Ray Brown Trio - "Summer Wind"

Yes - "The Yes Album"....remastered*

Dion - "Bronx In Blue"

Holst - "The Planets" ...London Phil. Orch. - Sir Adrian Boult 1979 EMI

MaxCast · « **Reply #21 on:** 17 May 2007, 01:33 am »

Quote from: nathanm on 16 May 2007, 09:46 pm

I'm not certain what you mean. Are there different versions\remasters or something? Those two I have on vinyl and are some of the best-sounding vinyl I own. (I have a relatively small vinyl collection, though) *hasty wikipedia search* Oh, I see - looks like there was a 2004 re-release of the Final Cut. Well no, not that one as I've not heard it. My copy is from 1983. Same thing with The Police, it's a record from 1981 if I am not mistaken.

That's what I am trying to find out. I don't think PF has been remastered and don't know about the police. Are you talking vinyl? These are two that I like very much and was just wondering.

Spirit · « **Reply #22 on:** 17 May 2007, 01:50 am »

Quote from: bushbison on 17 May 2007, 12:04 am

Just cd's, no sacd??

CD's:
Tomasz Stanko Quartet "Suspended Night"
Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick (1997 Red Ant release)"
Elvis Costello "My Flame Burns Blue"
Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball"
Daniel Lanois "The Beauty of Winona"

SACDs are welcome as long as they specified as SACD!

Whitese · « **Reply #23 on:** 17 May 2007, 02:06 am »

Michael York, from the LA Guitar Quartet...

Akira Jimbo on drums and Brian Bromberg (upright bass)

Maia Sharp's Eve and the Red Delicious..all acoustic..

XRCD of Fritz Reiner's RCA Pictures at an Exhibition

Mike Oldfield's Amarok

chadh · « **Reply #24 on:** 17 May 2007, 02:16 am »

"Blue Train," John Coltrane
"Like Minds," Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Dave Holland and Pat Metheny
"Standard Time, vol 1," Wynton Marsalis
"thunderbird," Cassandra Wilson
"Sailing to Philadelphia," Mark Knopfler
"Suspicious Activity," The Bad Plus
"Stained," Living Colour
"Past, Present and Futures," The New Chick Corea Trio
"The Roy Haynes Trio," Roy Haynes, John Pattituci and Danilo Perez
"The Mystery" Tommy Emmanuel

Chad

Rick Craig · « **Reply #25 on:** 17 May 2007, 05:11 am »

Quote from: bushbison on 17 May 2007, 12:04 am

Just cd's, no sacd??

CD's:
Tomasz Stanko Quartet "Suspended Night"
Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick (1997 Red Ant release)"
Elvis Costello "My Flame Burns Blue"
Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball"
Daniel Lanois "The Beauty of Winona"

I'll second "Suspended Night". I just picked up Manu Katche's "Neighbourhood" which also has Stanko and his rhythm section plus Jan Garbarek on a few cuts.

jazzcan · « **Reply #26 on:** 17 May 2007, 02:24 pm »

Jacques Louissier Trio - Satie - Telarc 1998
Bet E & Stef - Day by Day - Universal 2002
Wynton Marsalis - My Jelly Lord - Sony 1999
Peace Orchestra - Peace Orchestra - G-Stone 1999
Massive Attack - 100th Window - Virgin 2003
Charles Lloyd - The Water is Wide - ECM 2000
Joe Henderson - So Near, So Far - Polygram 1993
Tosca - Suzuki - K7 2000
Average White Band - Average White Band - Atlantic 1974
Audience - House on the Hill - Blue Plate - 1971

Generally all of my Telarc and ECM CDs are beautifully recorded

bushbison · « **Reply #27 on:** 17 May 2007, 02:27 pm »

Rick: I have T.S.Q's newest "Lontano" which is on my pile of not-listened-to/not reviewed discs ... have you heard it yet?

Thanks for the "heads-up" on the other disc; I'll check it out.

Other regular c.d.'s:
Anything in the "American Recordings" series by Johnny Cash;
"All the Roadrunning" - Emmylou & Knoffler (sp?- It's in my car and I am too lazy to go check

!)
"The Juliet Letters" -E. Costello & the Brodsky Quartet
Second last Chili Peppers cd (name?)
Amy Winehouse "Black" (?) In my car as well!! -BUY THIS DISC!!!!!!!
Jorane "The you and the Now"

o.k., MY best sounding NON-cd discs / reference discs (that I haven't mentioned yet):
DVD-Audio:
Beatles - "Love"
F. Mac - "Rumors"
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - "Trapeze"
Donald Fagen - "Morph the Cat"
Barenaked Ladies - "Are Me" (2x disc!!!!)

SACD:
ANYTHING by Peter Gabriel; good system try-out: "Last Temptation of Christ Soundtrack" ... if you can find it .....

Kwartet Slaski - "Republique" A MUST HAVE

Larry Chernicoff - "October"
Dave Brubeck - "Time Out"
Anything on the PentaTone Classics label
Stockfisch Records - "Closer to the Music"

Affordable$$Audio · « **Reply #28 on:** 17 May 2007, 03:02 pm »

I no order:
Steely Dan- Aja
Donald Fagan- The Nightfly & Morph the Cat
James Taylor- Hourglass
Dan Fogelberg- River of Souls

arthurs · « **Reply #29 on:** 17 May 2007, 03:34 pm »

Janis Ian - Breaking Silence (24K gold version)
Damien Rice - O
The NY Audio Rave Reference CD!
Vienna Teng - Waking Hour
Van Morrison - The Healing Game
Shirley Horn - You Won't Forget Me
Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn (new MFSL gold release)
Katie Melua - Piece by Piece
Jesse Cook - go ahead pick one, any of them...
Keb Mo - Keb Mo
Soundtrack (Score) to American Beauty
A bunch of them listed above I agree with completely...

There's so many I give up....

lcrim · « **Reply #30 on:** 17 May 2007, 03:36 pm »

For sonic quality not necessarily content:
Beck "Sea Change"
Lyle Lovett-"Joshua Judges Ruth"
Cassandra Wilson-"Belly of the Sun"
Ricky Lee Jones-"The Evening of My Best Day"
James Taylor- "Hourglass"

1000a · « **Reply #31 on:** 18 May 2007, 03:47 am »

I am in a sequence of changing every wire outside my component trail to magwire, getting major improvements with each section. Some Cd's I thought were so so are really quite good; full, rich, dynamic, well resolved, airey with bass that is excellent. So I will just post what comes to mind as of recent. This is about the sonics, but i also like these allot.

Joni Mitchell: Court and the Spark- standard copy (ok before, really shocked me)
Peter Wolf: Sleepless
Chucko Valdes: Bele Bele en La Habana (great before now mind blowing)
Blood Sweat and Tears: first 2 Cds
Paul Simon: Hearts and Bones - remastered (incredible)

TONEPUB · « **Reply #32 on:** 18 May 2007, 04:40 am »

Prince - One Night Alone (bonus disc)
Crowded House - Woodface
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Peggy Lee - Bewitching Lee (S&P version by Steve Hoffman)
KD Lang - Ingenue

Rick Craig · « **Reply #33 on:** 18 May 2007, 05:24 am »

Quote from: bushbison on 17 May 2007, 02:27 pm

Rick: I have T.S.Q's newest "Lontano" which is on my pile of not-listened-to/not reviewed discs ... have you heard it yet?

Thanks for the "heads-up" on the other disc; I'll check it out.

Other regular c.d.'s:
Anything in the "American Recordings" series by Johnny Cash;
"All the Roadrunning" - Emmylou & Knoffler (sp?- It's in my car and I am too lazy to go check !)
"The Juliet Letters" -E. Costello & the Brodsky Quartet
Second last Chili Peppers cd (name?)
Amy Winehouse "Black" (?) In my car as well!! -BUY THIS DISC!!!!!!!
Jorane "The you and the Now"

o.k., MY best sounding NON-cd discs / reference discs (that I haven't mentioned yet):
DVD-Audio:
Beatles - "Love"
F. Mac - "Rumors"
Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - "Trapeze"
Donald Fagen - "Morph the Cat"
Barenaked Ladies - "Are Me" (2x disc!!!!)

SACD:
ANYTHING by Peter Gabriel; good system try-out: "Last Temptation of Christ Soundtrack" ... if you can find it .....
Kwartet Slaski - "Republique" A MUST HAVE
Larry Chernicoff - "October"
Dave Brubeck - "Time Out"
Anything on the PentaTone Classics label
Stockfisch Records - "Closer to the Music"

I think I read a review where "Lontano" leans more toward the avant-garde so it probably will be quite different than "Suspended Night".

Airborn · « **Reply #34 on:** 18 May 2007, 10:16 pm »

Judged solely by sound quality:

Beck, Sea Change
Jackson Browne, Solo Acoustic
Dave Brubeck, Time Out
Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms
Donald Fagan, The Nightfly

RichardS · « **Reply #35 on:** 19 May 2007, 04:19 am »

How about these ten: 3 Mapleshades, 3 Cheskys, a couple Reference Recordings, a Telarc and a Polidor:

Kendra Shank..........Afterglow
J Street Jumpers......Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
Big Joe Maher..........Mojo
John Pizzarelli..........My Blue Heaven (SACD)
Rebecca Pidgeon......The Raven
Dave's True Story.....Unauthorized
Michael Garson........Serendipity
Dick Hyman............Swing is here
The Rosenberg Trio...Caravan (w/Stephane Grapelli)
Andre Previn...........Old Friends (w/Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown)

ToddArthur · « **Reply #36 on:** 19 May 2007, 05:01 am »

1)Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms - Warner remastered
2)The Jimi Hendrix Experience - BBC Sessions
3) Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers - Anthology
4) Antigone Rising- From the Ground Up
5) Diana Krall - The look of Love

1000a · « **Reply #37 on:** 20 May 2007, 04:47 am »

Diana Krall - Stepping Out
Getz & Gilberto (remastered)
Buena Vista Social Club
Shawn Colvin - No Small Repairs
Kodo - Tataku, Best of Kodo II (1994-1999)

all highly recomended

can't pick 5 have quite a few very very nice ones..

Bob in St. Louis · « **Reply #38 on:** 21 May 2007, 08:54 pm »

Quote from: 1000a on 20 May 2007, 04:47 am

Kodo - Tataku, Best of Kodo II (1994-1999)

Cool, I just ordered the DVD, Kodo - "One Earth Tour Special", that comes with a bonus CD soundtrack.

Most recent "LOVES":

Branford Marsalis - "I Heard You Twice the First Time"
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - "Alone in IZ World"
The Bad Plus - "These Are the Vistas"
Alan Jackson - "Like Red on a Rose"

Bob

1000a · « **Reply #39 on:** 21 May 2007, 09:41 pm »

i will check out that DVD, Kodo is a lot of fun,
they really work out the bass controll and bass definition of a system.

i really like that I can sit in my listening room and visit many corners of the globe with music.