Best Recorded Vinyl Albums

I picked up a mint copy of "Crime of the Century" as some of you have picked.. and I must say..

WOW!

I had owned the CD in the past but the vinyl experience exposed a very translucent, ethereal quality that you can't get to on CD. The entire album sounded much more psychedelic and dreamy, with incredible detail in the mixes that were right there for you to hear. It was clearly mixed for the "audiophile" in mind.

A agree, an absolute sonic masterpiece that can surely rival any rock recording I have ever heard.

Here's my listof "new found favorites in my collection", in no paticular order..

1- Gordon Lightfoot- Summertime Dream
2- Grateful dead- Terapin Station
3- CrosbyStills&Nash- CSN
4- Robin Trower- Bridge of Sigh
5- Richard Wright- Wet Dreams
6- Santana- Zebop
7- Cozy Powell- Tilt

I can go on....!!

impossible... like division by zero. my head would explode if i attempted to reduce the all time best list down to the top five. so i'll just throw a few out
there that may be relatively overlooked. the first one is becoming scarce; but the rest are available and ridiculous bargains. what they have in common is a
natural 'live' sound.

1) cha, cha, cha Live at Grossinger's / tito puente . an old rca LSP title. hard to find now, but well worth the search.

2) Aretha Live in Paris. atlantic. recorded in the Olympia Theatre.

3) We're All Together Again For the First Time / brubeck, desmond, mulligan,
alan dawson, & jack six. atlantic 1641-2. also recorded in the Olympia
Theatre, paris. dawson & six are nothing short of inspired, delivering a master class. you don't need to spend for the mofi, the original release
lacks nothing.

4) 'Together' flip phillips & woody herman. century cr-1c90 (d2d) some of
the most naturally recorded and lyrical playing you will ever hear.

5) Michel Legrand Recorded Live at Jimmy's / with phil woods, ron carter,
grady tate, and george davis. rca bgl-1-0850 if you don't have this record, just get over to ebay and grab one. there're are plenty.... you'll be glad you did.

Chicago Transit Authority
Super session-kooper-bloomfield
Clear spot-Captain Beefheart
B52s-debut
Beck-Sea Change
Santana-abraxas

too many to distill it down to 5 all time but here are some good ones I've listened to lately

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Steve Earle - The Mountain
Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Plays King Oliver
Allison Krauss- New Station
The Mavericks - Music for all Occasions

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