Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile”

Good stuff.  Lots to lookup and stream online.  Keep ‘em coming. 

Interesting. On the Dinah Shore recording I mentioned from 1946, it sounds like a very detailed microphone was used very close up for the vocal which seems to have tremendous texture.

In the late 50s, stereo hifi was a big thing and record companies competed to put out good recordings to capitalize on that. There are many from that golden era.

Even prior to that, in the mid 50s, many excellent mono recordings on the popular new 331/3 record format.

It’s when I hear good recordings prior to that that I am a bit surprised.
Although again, many rereleased these days are digitally remastered to accomplish that.

Its only in recent years have I learned to appreciate recordings made in the pre- Beatles era. Growing up, all that “old” music was deemed uncool by the likes of the rock music press and few young people then ever gave it a serious listen. 

Checkin em’ out on Spotify....