Hi guys, here's my list, in no particular order:
1. Karen Dalton - In My Own Time
2. Karen Dalton - Its So Hard To Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best
3. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
4. Joan Baez - 5
5. Joan Baez - David's Album
6. Joan Baez - Blessed Are
7. Richard and Mimi Farina (Joan's kid sister) - Memories
8. Joan Armatrading - 1st album
9. Judy Collins - Colors of the Day
10. Tracy Chapman - 1st album
11. Sibylle Baier - Colour Green
12. Joni Mitchell - 1st album
13. Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon
14. Marissa Nadler - Little Hells
15. Maxine Sullivan - on Period Records, SPL 1207
16. Amy Winehouse - Hidden Treasures
17. Eva Cassidy - the 4 LP set Live at Blues Alley
18. Sade - Any of her first three albums
19. Wanda Jackson - Right or Wrong
20. Black Orpheus - Soundtrack, listed here for that ONE SONG on side two
21. Kiri te Kanawa - Blue Skies
22. Emmylou Harris - Luxury Liner
23. Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - Grievous Angel
24. Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - GP
25. Tona la Negra - La Sensacion Jarocha
26. Blanca Rosa Gil - La Triunfadora de Cuba
27. La Lupe - La Lupe Es La Reina
28. Billy Holiday - Songs for Distingue Lovers
28. Billy Holiday - Lady in Satin
29. Joy of Cooking - Closer to the Ground
30. Janis Joplin - In Concert
That should get you going.
I know that you asked for CD, but as I have 5,000+ LPs and a handful of CDs, I'm speaking for the VINYL LP issues of these recordings only and bothered to list them because these disks deserve a listening regardless of how well they were digitized. I suspect that, except for the Latin LPs, they are at least "VG+" to "EX". The Gil is "VG+" on both LP and CD, an outstanding bolero set from Hialea.
Regards -
