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Suggestions for 45 rpm purchases?

I was ready to purchase a few 45 rpm records and I thought I'd get some recommendations from the Audiogon gang since these are a fair sized investment(generally $50+). I listen mainly to jazz and classical but please leave recommendations in any category. I apologize if this has been covered before but I couldn't find anything when I did a search.
Thanks in advance for your input.
mitchchavis
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ozzy62
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Count Basie "88 Basie Street" is excellent.

Oz
slipknot1
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Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus"
Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue"
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kehut
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John Coltrane's- "Blue Train" Blue Note 1577- distributed by Classic Records. Superb!
jphii
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I haven't tried any, but here is how it was explained to me:

45's are for people who enjoy the process, not the music.

Whether this is true or not, I don't know.

Let us all know what you think when you try them.
dougdeacon
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Joe,
That is the weirdest statement I've heard in a long time. There is certainly more of a process to playing 45rpm's due to their short side times, but that's hardly the reason why one does so.

Mitchclavis,
For classical try these Classic Records 45rpm reissues:
Stravinsky/Firebird/Dorati/LSO
Bartok/Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta/Reiner/CSO

The dynamics of the Stravinsky are shocking. The Bartok displays a glorious palette of instruments, colors and subtle rhythms, none of which come through quite as clearly on the 33rpm version.
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