Best LPs to Test Turntables

1. STRAVINSKY: "Petrouchka" ~ Oscar Danon at Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ~ Chesky Records ~ UK ~ CR 42. 
2. STRAVINSKY: "The Firebird" ~ Antal Dorati ~ Mercury Living Presence/Classic Records ~ 180g ~ SR-90226.
3. BEETHOVEN No. 6 ~ "Pastorale" ~ Bruno Walter ~ Columbia Masterworks ~ US ~ MS-6012.
4. BEETHOVEN No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ~ Sir Georg Solti & Chorus ~ Decca/Speakers Corner ~ Germany ~ 6BB 121/2.
5. HOWELLS ~ "Hymnus Paradisi" ~ David Willcock ~ EMI ~ UK ~ ASD-2600.
6. CASSANDRA WILSON ~ "New Moon Daughter" ~ Blue Note ~ UK ~ 7-24384E 11.
7. CORINNE BAILEY RAE ~ "Corinne Bailey Rae" ~ EMI ~ UK ~ 009463 54117 1 3.
8. KEITH JARRETT ~ "Facing You" ~ ecm ~ W. Germany [Old Album!] ~  1022.
9. LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS [Real Name: Sam Hopkins] ~ "Boot Hoot 'LIVE'" ~ DCC ~ US ~ LPZ-2007.
10. GENE HARRIS ~ "The Gene Harris Trio, Plus One" ~ [Stanley Turrentine/Ray Brown & Mickey Roker] ~ 45rpm ~ Groove Note Records ~ US ~ GRV-1019-1.
11. JOE HENDERSON ~ "Double Rainbow: The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim" ~ Verve ~ US ~ 534.
12. MICHAEL BRECKER plus Claus Ogerman ~ "Cityscape" ~ Quiex II Limited Ed. ~ Warner Bros. Records ~ US ~ 23698-1.

all so... 
13. SAINT JOHN WILLIAM COLTRANE ~ "Blue Trane" ~ 45rpm/4 set ~ Blue Note ~ Classic Records/Clarity SV-P II ~ US ~ 1577-45.
14. PINK FLOYD ~ "Dark Side of the Moon" [Pro-Use Series] ~ Japan ~ EMLF-97002.
15. STING [Real Name: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner] ~ "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" ~ MFSL ~ Japan ~ MFSL 1-185.... and...
16. THE VENTURES ~ "Ventures In Space" ~ Dolton Records ~ US ~ BLP-2077.... I'M KIDDING!!!!

Mike oldfield in tubular bells spectacular intros of many instruments all played by him. Great sound stage 

Rickie Lee Jones Flying Cowboys. Awesome dynamics.

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms