Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.

Some good tips so far.   I wasn't thinking that some record labels would specialize in "natural" recordings and will keep my eye out for them.  I did see Mercury Living Presence issued some collector box sets with 50 CDs each.  Instant classical collection.  Can anyone comment on their overall sound quality?   I saw some tracks were recorded in mono.

Bsmg-   I have been listening to Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, and Paco DeLucia "Friday Night in San Francisco"  for years.   It is a great album by guitar masters and something like that is exactly what I am trying to find.  The problem is it is a minefield to find the right recording like that.  Years later they came out with a similar album "The guitar Trio".  Same excellent musicians and music......But the imaging was terrible.   On my system you have a trio playing but they are all playing from inside the speakers.  There are a few sections where imaging was good,  they are playing from the center, and you could tell where they were standing.  But for most of the album it was either far right or far left.    I could only listen to it a couple of times then quit.

Sonicjoy-   I will have to look up the documentary on "Will the circle be Unbroken".  I was a kid when the Circle album came out and my parents took us to a number of bluegrass festivals back then.   Luckily i got to see many of the artists.   Watching Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson play sure was a treat.

Thanks to everyone.......I will definitely have to look up all of these record labels.

Jaybar
I’ve recently discovered some old school jazz from the “3 Sounds” and amazed by the quality of the recording given the era. Great listen if you’re into jazz.

What are your favorites?

I have plenty of great music to listen to and most are acceptable recordings (but a few sound so bad I can only listen to them in my car).  And my intent is not to find music I don't like.   I would like to find some well recorded examples of good music for occasional critical listening.  And to be honest maybe just for bragging rights when I show off my system.  Nothing worse than trying to impress your friends and playing some compressed track with zero imaging.

While I am always open to finding excellent recordings for the purpose of this thread lets stick to recorded in one take and minimally mixed.  If not things get too confusing.

I do like progressive music but I just mentioned it as an example of the type of music that is not recorded correctly (for this thread).  That is why I mentioned Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues or Classical. Narrowing it down more I will say Jazz and Classical.  There should be a lot of old school recordings of these.    Its just a matter of finding the good ones. 


There have been some good recommendation so far and I have a couple of new albums coming.  But finding the exact release mentioned, having it in stock and making sure it is not a CD-R copy is the challenging part.

Many great suggestions.  I will admit it can be a challenge finding some of these releases.   Or the good remasters.
But thanks everyone..........I have been looking forward to the mailman to arrive the last few weeks!