Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list


I've been listening to some of my favorite recordings this weekend and was wondering what others on Audiogon felt were there favorites. We have all seen the Stereophile "Records to Die For", The Absolute Sounds recommended list, Music Directs' list, The Golden Ear, etc. now I'm hoping to assemble the Audiogon "Recordings To Die For". Please list your five favorite recordings, the ones you listen to over and over or play for friends. I would assume the sonic quality is excellent in that this is an audiophile site. The performance and enjoy ability should also be excellent. Please leave your top five, even if they are already chosen so we can discover the very top for the Audiogon listeners. ALSO PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CRITICIZING OTHERS OPINIONS AND JUST LEAVE YOUR FAVORITES!

August 2002: I have compiled a summary and a full printer-friendly list of all of the recommendations below.
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The stuff I return to , over and over, on vinyl, and occasionally digital if I'm tired or lazy:

Patricia Barber: Modern Cool , Cafe Bleu, Companion ( vinyl or digital)

Steely Dan : Gaucho, Aja. (vinyl)

Air: Moon Safari (vinyl)

Groove Armada : Vertigo (vinyl)

Benny Carter : Live in Japan ( Pablo Live, vinyl)

NIN Year Zero remixed ( vinyl)

Cyndi Lauper : She's So Unusual (vinyl)

B52's : The B52's (vinyl)

Neil Young : Live at Massey Hall ( vinyl)

...and pretty much the entire Morcheeba catalogue in vinyl....
Sound Liaison's latest release; Little Blue does not disappoint. The production is superb and, as someone here mentioned, the guitar playing is out of this world.
Best version of Little Girl Blue since Janis Joplin.
Roy Budd soundtrack to The Black Windmill (if you an find a copy) on cinephile cin cd 004

Telemann Tafelmusik complete box set on brilliant classics 921778

rameau Naisle with Nicholas McGegan on harmonia Mundi hmu907121
1. Ike Quebec - Blue & Sentimental  An. Prod  LP
2. Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Plays King Oliver  Analogue Prod. LP
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather  Sundazed Label 
4. Doors - LA Women   Analogue Prod  45 speed LP
5. Tower of Power - Friday Night Label  LP