Best Recorded Vinyl Albums


What are your favorite 5 vinyl albums based upon the sheer sound engineering, mix, sonic depth and quality of the record?

I have 300 records to go through, but so far my five heart stoppers are:

1. Miles Davis/ Decoy
2. Any Steely Dan Album
3. Chicago 7
4. Jeff Beck/ Blow by Blow
5. Yes/ Fragile
astralography

Showing 1 response by jax2

I don't have a vinyl rig anymore, but get to enjoy one occasionally at my friend's place. He has one recording that consistently raises the hairs on the back of my neck and is just gorgeous:

The Nutcracker Suite - The Royal Ballet - Ernest Ansermet

From my vinyl days, most memorable are:

Muddy Waters: Folk Singer

Pop Pop - Rickie Lee Jones

Jazz at the Pawnshop (got entirely sick of that record though, but atmospherically/sonically it is excellent)

Scenes from a Childhood - Schumann (someone help me - this was an audiophile version by one of the boutique companies...maybe direct to disc...can't recall the performer or label, but always liked the performance and sonics in reproducing a piano)