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Ever had a "Promotional Copy" surprise your ears?
Picked up "Mel Torme and George Sheering Live at Charley's" a promo lp from Concord Records, an amazing lp, my first exposure to Mel Torme except for Zaz Turned Blue by Was (Not Was)which featured Mel on vocals. 'The Velvet Fog' indeed... 
What's your favorite lyric from a song?
Out of the tree of life I picked me a plum....From The Best Is Yet To Come 
What is your favorite recording with a quirck
From the Strangers In the Night album, on You're Driving Me Crazy Frank fluffs the word hurt in the line "Were the kind who would hurt me, desert me", he sings 'hu hurt me', couldn't believe my ears the first time I heard it. 
Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of...
I am currently listening to Vic Chesnutt's North Star Deserter (cst046) which I just bought today, great songs, great production, on 2 x 180g LP, not at an audiopile price either. 
Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of...
To answer Chadnliz - the original question was lp's that are "NOT the so-called audiophile issues", I am just pointing out that The Blue Nile issues on Linn records were audiophile issues therefore they don't count. Maybe the history of The Blue N... 
Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of...
Yes The Blue Nile records are excellent however they do not qualify as Linn records is an audiophile lable, The Blue Nile were Linn records first signing with the purpose of demonstrating Linn's recording capability along with the capability of Li...