Best Sounding LPs

There are too many. Here are some just off my head.

All 24 Sheffield Lab direct-to-disc recordings, particularly:

The King James Version; Harry James and his big band; (Lab-3)
Dave Grusin: Discovered Again; (Lab-5)
Stravinsky: Firebird Suit, Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun; (Lab-24)

Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony, EMI HMV Greensleeve ESD 7038 (1973)
Itzhak Perlman Encores, EMI ASD 3001 (1974)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3; Philips audio clinic series Japanese pressing FH-12 (1978)
Schubert: Piano Quintet, Op. 114 “Trout”; Philips 9500 442 (1978)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Philips 9500 563 (1979)

Nojima Plays Liszt; Reference Recordings RR-25 (1987)
Dafos, Reference Recordings RR-12 45rpm (1982)
Anne Murray: Let’s Keep It That Way; EMI Capital ST-511743 (1978)
Kitaro: “Ten Kai” Astral Trip, Zen ZEN-1001 (1978)
Kitaro: Silk Road, Kuckuck 051/052 2LP (1980)

And some newer pressings:

All nine concertos played by Heifetz remastered by Classic Records 200g
Norah Jones: Come Away With Me, Classic Records/Blue Notes 200g
Ray Brown Trio: Soular Energy
Jacintha: Lush Life, Groove Note 180g
L.A. 4: Just Friends, Groove Note 45rpm

For lowest suface noise, choose audiophile pressings or imports.

For recording quality, audiophile pressings are often best, but not always. And they are expensive.

I have found for my wide range of music tastes, and budget, that imports have been the best combination of quiet background and good quality recordings, as they were originally done, and not re-mastered.

If the original master tapes were poorly done, there is nothing you can do about that, but live with it, unless a better re-master was done by an audiophile company later.

Digital re-masters are a mixed bag, and I have found that I didn't like them personally.

#1 For Duke-Bill Berry
#2 Jazz at the Pawnshop
#3 Art Pepper-Smack Up
#4 Holly Cole-Temptation
#5 Dire Straits-Love Over Gold
Your musical tastes vary so much I think you will enjoy these albums for musical content & they are all A+ in sound quality, Have fun