Recommend Your Top 5 Pipe Organ LPs


Someone asked a few nights ago, and I realized my few pipe organ recordings are all on CD. I don't have any specific musical requests, and I'm fairly amenable to most eras and genres of music. My requests are:

-LPs, not CDs;

-of excellent musical quality and a superlative performance first and foremost;

-preferably better than average to astonishing sonically. I'd prefer to avoid "audiophile labels" as they generally leave me underwhelmed (so please avoid MFSL, half-speed this and that, Super-Discs, blah, blah blah -- the originals are generally significantly better anyway);

-I have nothing against mono and often, older is better.

Thanks!

-Richard
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Careful on the "magnum Opus" and "Recital" lps by Wilson. I got mine brand new from Accoustic Sounds and the surface noise made them unlistenable. Considering the production source, I was somewhat shocked by this. My copies could have been anomalies (hopefully) but buyer beware anyway.

As counterintuitive as it might sound, I would like to add the two lp box set of "The Digital Fox" on the Ultragroove label (not to be confused with the similar performances on the Crystal Clear label). I have two copies of this gem and it was the only audio related possession I took with me, either hardware or software wise, when I evacuated for Katrina. Virtually all who have heard it at my house from our local club have sought it out. It's a ball.