How can it be that some old recordings sound sublime?

Ahhhhhh. 

Thank you!!

Im thinking many great albums that should good could sound amazing if this is what came out of 1961.  

If ScottW is correct, his post makes this all the more intriguing because a student recorded this live work!

And yes, I'm talking about Waltz for Debbie. I must've been tired when I posted. Nonetheless, it is one of the best live recordings ever. 

I think we can all agree that it's a shame.  I want to go back to some of my favorite modern recordings (I'll define that as those made north of 1990) to see if any compete with the one from the original post.  For instance, I always believed Clapton Unplugged was well done.  But I now need to go listen to see if it has the depth in soundstage, imaging, and if the notes/symbols, etc. hang in the air they way they do with the Bill Evans album.  

Today I got a copy of Bill Evans’, Sunday at the Village Vanguard. Wow. This sounds amazing--not to mention it is just brilliant music all around.

The recording made me think that my system is just fine--if not fantastic (for me). I’ve been critical of my system recently, thinking it had some real shortcomings. The realism of this Bill Evans’ work makes me realize that it is possible my system is just revealing recordings for what they are--meaning so many are not well done and maybe my system is unforgiving with them.

When I listen to this recording, I think that I could take this hifi setup to a desert island and be forever happy as a clam.