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Your favourite recording label?

Is there a a label you have found pretty much infallible? I mean by this, you could buy any CD or record and know you will enjoy it, both for the music, most important and recording quality. I am not including here, reissue labels like Speakers Corner. We are talking of new recordings and music

I have found a number which nealy hit that mark. In no particular order, Linn, Waterlilly, ECM and Opus 3.

My top pick is without a doubt, the German label Stockfisch. That is partly because they major on Singer, Songwriters, a genre I love. My favourite artists on the label are;
Sara K
David Munyon,
Allan Taylor
Eugene Ruffulo
Chris Jones
There are other excellent artists to and good compilations you could start with. My favourite of all, Sara K "Waterfalls"

So do you have a favourite label?
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mapman
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"Mercury, Living Presence. No label ever did it better."

I would tend to agree. I can think of other good ones, but none better overall.

Dorian is a more modern but now defunct CD label worth mentioning in same breath as MLP.

I like sound quality of Mapleshade overall as well. Performance quality is not as consistent, but always charmingly quirky at a minimum I find.
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mapman
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Threads like this are useful.

As I get older, I find I tend to have less allegiance to individual acts and look for ways to find new music/performances I might like. One way is to put ones trust in certain labels/brands and go from there.
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Will also concur on Concord though based on a limited sample to-date. Its a label I have plans to add more of over time.
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