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Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why.

I think many of us would accept that artists such as Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, and Dire Straits have consistently put out music that was at least originally recorded to a high technical standard. [I'm not too sure what the loudness wars may have done to subsequent reissues, but even so, the tone and timbre thankfully tends to remain intact.]

However there must be plenty of lesser known recordings out there that could be said to be of a high sonic standard.

One such recording that I like to put on in the background whilst I'm doing other things is a piano recording that features wonderfully lush timbre and some delightful tunes.

This one is The Disney Piano Collection by Hirohashi Makiko and to me it makes a lot of other piano recordings sound a little washed out.
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Good question.

Joe Jackson- Blaze of Glory, and most of his live releases
he captures a great sense of space in most of his releases- too often for it to be a fluke

Art Blakey and JM- Ugetsu
live date at Birdland you can hear the musicians interact and move around the stage

Pharoh Sanders- Thembi
title track only for great soundstage and a test of transient response

Miles Davis- 4 and More/ My Funny Valentine
really well captured live date of a band on fire  you are transported back to 1964 if listening through transparent equipment

B52s- self titled
don't laugh   this was recorded live in the studio and is just the basic band without embellishment   natural studio ambiance

Marshall Crenshaw- Field Day 
cleanly recorded power pop/rockabilly   you will get goosebumps listening to 'what time is it'



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