Great sounding new vinyl

Gang,

Here are a few good-excellent sounding purchases of new music over the past year:

Shins "Wincing The Night Away"
Mudcrutch (Tom Petty with his original band) "Eponymous"
White Stripes "Icky Thump"
Raconteurs "Consolers of the Lonely"
Elvis Costello "Momufoko" (?sp?)
Shelby Lynne "Just A Little Lovin"

New music with less than stellar sonics:

Gutter Twins "Saturnalia"
Menomena "Friend of Foe"
The National "Boxer" (fabulous album)

A sampling of new old stock recordings of merit:

Grace Jones "Slave To The Rythym"
Robert Palmer "Clues"
The Bangles "Everything"
Phil Woods "More Live"
A/C D/C "Back in Black"
Stevie Wonder "Songs in the Key of Life" (Speakers Corner Reissue)
Flip Phillips "A Real Swinger"
Duke Ellington w/Ray Brown "This One's For Blanton"

Dgarretson,

I have the Alejandro Escovedo album as well. The music is great, but I did not include it on my list because the pressing is iffy. Could you let me know if you found a good pressing? If so I will definitely look for another copy.

I was lucky enough to catch him live last month...not to be missed! It's also worth finding the Youtube video of him and Springsteen dueting on "Always a Friend".

Thanks,