2. analog
  3. 1177921149

What are the treasures in your vinyl library?

They don't have to be the collector's items, necessarily. I'm just asking, what is your short list of LPs in your personal library that you prize the most (maximum 5)?

I'll start:

Diana Krall: "From This Moment On" from Classic Records, mastered on a tube cutter

Buddy Rich: "Class of '78", Direct-to-disk recording of my favorite drummer leading the best incarnation of his band

Muddy Waters: "Folk Singer", not MFSL or German pressing or original pressing or anything fancy, just a Chess/MCA 1987 reissue LP that puts you in the room with Muddy

I also have a 35mm Everest recording of Mozart woodwind sonatas that I picked up at St. Vincent DePaul for $1. It's old and a little ragged, but that 35mm mag tape really puts the players right there in the living room.
johnnyb53

Showing 1 response by zowie

zowie
68 posts
 
The first few things that come to mind out of so many:

Prestige 1010, Blind Lemon Jefferson's Penitentiary Blues

Szigeti Bach Sonatas and Partitas (first or early pressing).

Milstein Bach Sonatas and Partitas (stereo version)

Rob Wasserman Duets (german pressing).

Heifetz Bruch & Wieniewsky No 2's (mono dog).

Oscar Peterson Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra.

Bill Evans Waltz For Debby (Analogue Prod)

Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (first).

The first 5-6 Dylan albums (some COL reissues, some Sundazed).

The first 5-6 Joan Baez albums (mostly firsts)

Roland Kirk Bright Moments

A few "talking letters" on instant recording discs sent home by U.S. soldiers.
More to discover