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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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antonw
14 posts
 
Grew up with Rock but always had a wimpy system so tended to search for more "intimate" recordings but it's hit or miss with musical content and/or sonics. Have many I never listen to...
Here's some that are great all around:

Bjork "Vespertine"
Radiohead "Amnesiac"
Nick Cave "Boatman's Call"
XTC "Apple Venus Vol 1"
Miles Davis "Filles De Kilimanjaro" Columbia (remastered)
Gil Evans "The Individualism of Gil Evans" Verve\
Jack JeJohnette "Tin Pan Alley" w/Freeman bros. (ECM-Vinyl)

Tired of what I have, any swappeds out there?

A
macdadtexas
1,794 posts
 
in no order:

Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon", Miles Davis "Kind of Blue", Sade "Promise", Stone Temple Pilots "Core" (DVD Audio), Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy", Beatles "Abbey Road"(really almost any album), Mozart Symphonies any Chicago Symphony recordings, U2 "The Joshua Tree", Dixie Chicks "Fly"
tombowlus
416 posts
 
One more that I forgot to mention is Thomas Dolby's "Aliens Ate My Buick." Great tunes, great recording. "Airhead" is a tune that I often use (in addition to my Dean Peer CD) when auditioning new gear.

Tom.
maxlorenz
13 posts
 
1961 "Bayreuth" Parsifal reisue: Knappertsbusch, Hotter, London, Thomas.
"Symphonie Fantastique" conducted by Bernstein in 1963.
Shostakovich 5th symphonie, also by Benrstein...etc.
cjhedinger
9 posts
 
I picked up a CD about a year ago called "El Cielo" by a band called "Dredg". IMHO one of the best recordings to come around in a long time. Other than this, I have nothing to list that hasn't already been listed.
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