Recommended DVD-A Titles?

Try Yes "Fragil", more resolution than planters has peanuts. An amazing job in the 5.1 mix as well.

Freddie King "cannon ball" is incredible. I have never heard anything that good in my system before. Also, there is a Leon Russell disk that is again, fantastic. And Eric Clapton "Reptile" is not to bad.

I've purchased a couple Classic Records DVD-A discs, including Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin' Else", which is stunning in both quality of music and recording. I was less impressed with the Berlioz "Requiem", primarily due to some problems I discerned with the source tape, but I'm eager to buy more Classic Records releases.

I did purchase Knopfler's "Shangri-La" and found the music to be rather boring...just not involving enough for me. The DVD-A recording was outstanding.

Linda Ronstatad WHAT'S NEW

...for 2-channel anyway. I'm in the same boat - no multi-channel.

Also see:
The Who - Tommy (GREAT 2-channel mix with an even better story behind it)
All the Talking Heads remasters

Metallica-Black Album

Sound is incredibly clear and clean. Drums are sheer power. Good use of all channels without being gimmicky.

I also agree with the Shangri-La suggestion.

Tvad - I noticed you like Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits remastered 20th anniversary edition of BIA is out on DVD-A in 5.1ch if you decide to go multi-channel!! Even the 2-ch mix is redone from what I hear.

Classic Records has several DVD'a out called HDAD's made from Master tapes having 24/92 on 1 side and Super high 24/192 resolution on the other side of the disc,]Stunning sound].Titles Alan Parsons, Turn of a Friendly Card,I Robot and Eye in the Sky,Muddy Waters,Berlioz Requiem 2 Disc 4 channel Surround,Casino Royale Soundtrack A Classic Audiophile Reference and Canonball Adderly-Something Else.Cheapest place to buy them is on E Bay.

Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
America- Home Coming,
Eagles- Hotel California

02-14-06: Eldartford
Tvad...Are you multichannel? If so there are some really spectacular discs I could recommend.

Two channel only.

Some great suggestiones in here. Bonnie Raitt's "Road Tested" may be my top concert DVD, and at least in the top three. I never knew it was available on DVD-A.

Also, I'm a big Knopfler fan, but I've put off buying "Shangri La" for some reason. Never knew it was available on DVD-A, so now I'm hunting on my favorite sites for a used copy.

Thanks to everyone.

The intention here is for this thread to be a resource for anyone looking for great DVD-A titles. Every genre is welcome, IMO.

I would add Deep Purple - Machine Head, Sting - Sacred Love & Brand New Day and Beck - Sea Change.

Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La
Beck - Sea Change
Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day
Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead

Tvad...Are you multichannel? If so there are some really spectacular discs I could recommend.

If you like jazz at all, Grover Washington-Winelight. Very well recorded.

Some more SD on DVD-A that's highly recommended -
Two Against Nature
Guacho
Everything Must Go.

A DVD-A that's a MUST HAVE - Grateful Dead - Amercian Beauty

A good one - Bonnie Raitt, Road Tested

An interesting one - Yes-Fragile - it includes a surround version of America that's worth it by itself.

Tvad: Maybe give REM's Automatic for the People a shot. Similar genre, Seal: Best 1994-2004, Yoshimi and the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips, and David Gray's A New Day at Midnight. Yes' Fragile or The Eagles' Hotel California if you like classic rock, and maybe The Rat Pack's Live at the Villa Venice if you want a glimpse into an era gone by.

I can't personally recommend classical titles because I prefer SACD to DVD-A (with apologies), so I buy Super Audio discs when possible (and with classical titles SACD has far greater availability than DVD-A).

Hope this helps,
Brian

"everything must go" By Steely Dan