SACD - Just Starting Out


I'm taking the plunge with SACD next week. I have only one SACD sampler so far. I plan to start with 5 SACD's and build from there. My musical tastes tend mainly towards rock, jazz, some classical and a little C&W/Bluegrass. Given that I'm a Rolling Stones fan and I plan to buy 2 of the new reissues, what would you suggest as a starter library? Which 2 Stones SACD's are the best?
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So much great classic Jazz:
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
Duke Ellington- Blues in Orbit
Dave Brubeck- Time Out
Thelonious Monk- Straight, No Chaser
Charles Mingus- Ah Um
McCoy Tyner- New York Reunion
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
Paquito D'Rivera- Tropicana Nights

Rock
Rolling Stones- Hot Rocks and.......
CCR- Willie and the Poor Boys and Cosmos Factory

Vocals
Dave's True Story- Unauthorized
Willie Nelson- Stardust
Alison Krauss- Forget About It, New Favorite and Now That I've Found You
Patricia Barber- Modern Cool and Café Blue

Classical
Nature's Realm- Philadelphia Orchestra

According to The Absolute Sound Oct/Nov 2002; the near future is very exciting for SACD. EMI who had supported DVD-A has agreed to release SACD's of Bob Belden, Bobby McFerrin, Norah Jones, Sarah Brightman, Cassandra Wilson and more Coltrane. Universal Music has chosen to support SACD with future releases of Andtea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, John Coltrane, Ella & Louis, Steely Dan, Allman Brothers, Muddy Waters and Diana Krall. Delos Int'l is planning two releases per month, and the list of small labels continues to grow. As TAS states "Weather SACD is really superior to well-recorded and reproduced DVD-A, Sony and Philips' carefully orchestrated introduction of SACD......." it appears the SACD has "earned it sufficient support to suggest that it will not go the way of Betamax."