Establishing a common analog listening bias


Maybe it is possible to establish a widely accepted common ground in terms of listening bias by choosing and agreeing on 10-30 LPs all readily available new to all audiophiles for decent price.
If all listening tests and personal comments regarding the sound of components and systems in the various threads and posts would refer to any of these LPs mainly, everyones comments and experiences would much easier be understood by their fellow Audiogoners.

How about an "Audiogon baker's double-dozen"?

This would create a solid ground for all of us.

How do you think about this ?
dertonarm

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So, is someone going to actually pull together a demo CD of the tracks and make it available?

(ha, ha ... that was supposed to be a joke for all you analogue nuts)

Bob
Is this list limited to common album pressings, or are Reference Recordings or Acoustic Sound and other "premiere" labels also to be included? Same question for 45RPM vs 33RPM?

I ask because some of my premiere/specialty recording disks are just absolutely stellar and completely blow away my more common records. Two particularly come to mind:

88 Basie Street
Ray Brown Trio - Soular Energy

As for the more common albums I would recommend:

many by Cat Stevens
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Friday Night in San Francisco (McLaughlin, DeMeola, DeLucia)

Bob