For me its the first or very early LP's of: Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South" Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer" and, Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
Megadeth-The Sick.. The Dying...And The Dead! Side 3
Elton John-Tumbleweed Connection Side 2
Allison Moorer-Blood Side B
Led Zeppelin-II Side 2
Dionne Warwick-Very Dionne Side A SQ Audiophile
Pat Metheny Group-First Circle Side B SQ Audiophile
Sunday evening power quality was not up to its usual standards. Might be related to a 36hr power outage in my area late last week. Very difficult to pick the worst SQ but was very disappointed in the noisy vinyl of my new/sealed Moorer LP when compared to a plethora of surface scratches on my yard sale find Zep 2 The latest Megadeth SQ was ok but nothing special. The content is solid but not up to the level of 2009's End Game. Metheny takes the SQ crown despite the very holographic sound of an excellent Warwick recording.
@noromance +1 Have both the US Dunhill/ ABC block rainbow label and the pink UK Probe label which includes the seven playing cards. Have not played back-to-back determining which pressing has better SQ. FWIW "Seven Separate Fools" easily makes my Top 100 Pop/Rock albums of the 1970's.
Bud & Travis-...In Concert(Liberty LDS 12001) Side 1
George Shearing-Piano(CJ-400) Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Al Martino-We Could Side 1
David Lee Roth-Eat 'Em And Smile Side 2(This Side On Label)
Delia Bell-ST Side 2
Pete Townshend-Empty Glass Side 1
Godfathers-Hit By Hit Side 2
Three Dog Night-Seven Separate Fools(Probe UK) Side 1 + 2
Reality strikes... only one album with Audiophile SQ. Godfathers had the worst SQ of the 8. Played both sides of Three Dog Night's strongest studio album in a belated tribute to Floyd Sneed. Shearing-Piano is sublime despite being mostly ignored by the media/collectors/sellers and even Audiophiles, they have a huge inventory of Miles Davis represses to unload!
I vaguely remember The Mary Travers, Mary album. I looked at Qobuz and it isn’t there. I wonder if there’s a vinyl copy out there, that I could afford 😉
Mozart - Felix Prohaska Conducting The Vienna State Opera Orchestra – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade, K. 525 / Symphony No. 40 In G Minor, K. 550 (Vanguard 1956 mono)
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