Best Sounding LPs

Many thanks to all who replied. My shopping list is long!

Man-oh-man, don't know how I missed this thread. My mouth is watering...
About all I can add to the fabulous responses above:

Any jazz on Japanese label Three Blind Mice
Another Canadian Holly Cole LP - Romantically Hopeless, this one includes a bonus 12" 45rpm w/amazing cover of Paul Simon's "One Trick Pony"
Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Plays King Oliver reissue (45rpm or 200g CLassic Records)
Best cheap domestic folk/rock beachy,happy hour music: Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales
Cheers, Spencer

The Speakers Corner reissues of the Decca and Mercury classical catalogs is not to be missed by classical music listeners. And all are currently available. In another forum I offered my thoughts as to the best of the Speakers Corner Decca reissues. Since Sbank reactivated this thread, I thought I should come back and add those thoughts here for any who might have an interest.

First, BUY ALL OF THE SPEAKERS CORNER MERCURY CLASSICAL REISSUES.

Then, for the Speakers Corner Decca reissue series, you can literally scroll through Speakers Corner's website picking out the music you like and order that. You simply will not go wrong. But asked to chose those that I consider at the very "top of the pile" both musically and sonically, I would chose the following:

Mendelssohn, Sym 3 (Scottish), Maag/LSO, Decca SXL 2246-45rpm
...(one of the great Decca recordings - Wilkinson at his best)
...(an absolute "must buy")
Chabrier, Espana, Argenta/LSO, Decca SXL 2020
...(a beautiful Kingsway Hall recording by Gordon Parry)
Debussy, Images pour orchestra, Argenta/OrchSuisseRom, London CS 6013
Debussy, Prelude a l'apresmidi d'un faune, Monteux/LSO, Decca SXL 2312
...(a Kenneth Wilkinson, Kingsway Hall recording)
de Falla, El Amor Brujo, de Burgos/NPO, Decca SXL 6287
...(a Kenneth Wilkinson, Kingsway Hall recording)
Grieg, Piano Concerto, Boult/LSO, Curzon -pf, Decca SXL 2173
...(a Kenneth Wilkinson, Kingsway Hall recording)
Kodaly, Hary Janos Suite/Galanta Dances, Kertesz/LSO, Decca SXL 6136
...(a Kenneth Wilkinson, Kingsway Hall recording)
Prokofiev, Sym 6, Weller/LPO, Decca SXL 6777
...(a Kenneth Wilkinson, Kingsway Hall recording)
Rossini, Overtures, Gamba/LSO, Decca SXL 2266
Schubert, Sym 9, Krips/LSO, Decca SXL 2045
...(a Kenneth Wilkinson, Kingsway Hall recording)
Shostakovich, Str Qt 8, Borodin Qt, Decca SXL 6036
Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps, Solti/CSO, Decca SXL 6691
...(Kenneth Wilkinson, Medinah Temple, Chicago)
Varese, Ionisation/Integrales/Arcana, Mehta/LAPO, Decca SXL 6550

http://www.speakerscorner.de/Speakerscorner/newsite/E/index1.htm

Good luck

I will echo Rushton's sentiments and add that the Decca Mendelssohn 3rd is not only a great performance but the sonics are of demonstration quality.

The Speakers corner reissues of the Mercurys:
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3 Dorati/LSO/Janis (Mercury SR90283) and Stravinsky, Firebird Ballet Dorati/LSO (Mercury SR90226) are the two I have purchased to date. Great sound to go with legendary performances. I am planning on obtaining the Janos Starker Mercury recording of the six Bach Cello Suites as well

Classical has already been well represented here, so...

See if you can find a copy of 'Voyage 34' by Porcupine Tree. Awesome rock, ala Pink Floyd back when they were good (the 70s) but with a more timeless quality. Excellent guitar work- Porcupine Tree is the torch bearer for the Prog Rock Guitars That Destroyed the World.

Big bass, big sound. Best bet is eBay, but rumour has it that the LP will be reissued on premium vinyl along with the part 2 as a two record set.

Most of Porcupine Tree's material has been or is on LP. If you like any of it, you have to get it all. Some is available online at freakemporium.com (which is a cool resource anyway). The recent reissue of Signify and Coma Divine are excellent.

See also
http://atma-sphere.com/awards/bya/index.html

'bya' is for Bass of the Year awards. The discography is or was on LP except for years 1999 and 2001.

Have Fun!