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Best Record You Have Ever heard

Thought I would start this thread for all you vinyl lovers out there.

The rules are simple:
1. Only post one album, the absolute best you have heard.
2. It must be something you have heard on VINYL.
3. Both the recording AND musical content must be impeccable
and I do mean BOTH!
4. Try to be as specific as possible i.e/ version, year, re-issue, original, 45RM,direct to disc, half speed mastered etc...

Here is mine.

Artist: John Frusciante
Album: Curtains
Release: Record COllection
Date: 2005
Recording: It was done in his living room, fully acoustic album. Mastered by Bernie Grundman Hollywood CA.
dfelkai
peterayer
1,382 posts
 
Great thread!

The one that puts the instrument in the room with me is:

Mercury Stereo SR#-9016
Bach/Starker, Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Complete
Reissue, 3 disks at 33 1/3 RPM
originally recorded in 1966

I guess it is the scale and single instrument that make it sound so convincing. The performance and recording are superb. The music is sublime.
actusreus
733 posts
 
The Ray Brown Trio "Soular Energy" release from Pure Audiophile puts 99% of audiophile records to shame. Recorded sound doesn't get any better than that. If all recorded music sounded like that, live performances would go the way of the dinosaurs. Simply unbelievable.
dfelkai OP
89 posts
 
RE: 11-07-11: Viridian, you Know your stuff. What are you using for tape playback? I have been thinking about taking the plunge and signing on with tape project...once I have a budget for it.

Bernie Grundman is serious. Look for the BG on the record and chances are that you will not be dissapointed. This is a little off topic, but check out the video tour of Bernie below. There is also a discussion with a mastering engineer.

Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6F3HPgtFk
Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2_3ocsMbM&feature=relmfu
Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-YsNRM6Yj4&feature=relmfu
Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8RucAapi6o&feature=relmfu
Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlt59hPBxW8&feature=relmfu
Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio Tour - Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpDWyMwAA0s&feature=relmfu
dfelkai OP
89 posts
 
Oh yeah, AND guess who the mastering engineer in the videos is .....
johnnyb53
3,510 posts
 

11-11-11: Dfelkai
Bernie Grundman is serious. Look for the BG on the record and chances are that you will not be disappointed.
Absolutely!

Every time I get a reissue I check the lead-out groove. If I see a little blocky-looking "BG" I go "YES!" Standouts include the Classic/Everest Pines/Fountains of Rome I just got Wednesday, "Come Away with Me" by Norah Jones, "Temptation" and "Don't Smoke in Bed" by Holly Cole, "L.A. Woman" and "Morrison Hotel" by The Doors, and several Diana Krall albums including "From This Moment On."

I also have the Speakers Corner reissue of Janos Starker Bach Suites on Mercury Living Presence. I grew up listening to the originals; my brother is a professional cellist. I have an original pressing of the mono. It's a little munged from being played on a poorly tracking console, which is what inspired me to pay up and get the reissue, which is fabulous in every way. Starker set the gold standard for the Bach Suites on this one, and 45 years later it still is.
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