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Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of...

I've been off the 'Gon for quite some time due to fatherhood, and was just perusing old threads. I came across "dissapointing audiophile recording" which got me thinking - by far some of the best LP's in my collection (sonically and performance-wise) are NOT the so-called audiophile issues, but just the opposite, they're ones that are never mentioned anywhere. It's often a complete surprise, and sometimes I know within 10 or 20 seconds of dropping the needle that I've got a really special one. So we're not looking for Jennifer Warnes, Pink Floyd, or even Strunz and Farah here... I'm travelling in Asia for 3 weeks, so I can't list mine very accurately by memory, but I will when I return if this thread picks up any steam.
opalchip
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chadnliz
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I like The Blue Nile", I have "walk across the rooftops" and there are a couple more I want to get, a friend tells me everything they put out sounds fantastic.
cmo
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A couple that immediately come to my mind are....

Peter Case- "Man w/the Blue postmodern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar", produced by David Hidalgo (great record if you can find it).

Leon Redbone- "Champagne Charley and Doubletime"

Gregg Brown- "One more goodnight Kiss and Slant six heart"

Taj Mahal- "Recycling the blues"

John Hartford- "Aeroplane"

BTW, the new Wilco "Sky blue sky" (LP) sounds absolutely wonderful....

Chris
opalchip OP
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Hi - Thanks for the responses so far. Here's a few I recall right off the bat. I'll also try to stick to titles that can actually be found with a little searching. Here's a few to start:

Harold Gomberg w/ Seiji Ozawa - "The Baroque Oboe" - Even if you don't like Baroque or Oboe and hate Ozawa this is a must have! Columbia (2 eye I believe).

Liv Glaser (Pianist) - Grieg: 15 Favorite Lyric Pieces, Victrola vics 1465 (I think). Beautiful playing, wonderful compositions and excellent recording - though not a "WoW factor" type of audio.

Joe Sample and David T. Walker - "Swing Street Cafe" 1981 MCA/Crusaders records. Fun music, powerful sonics.

Ry Cooder - "JAZZ" Warner Bros. 1978 Also fun music, great recording - imaging is superb. Link here:
http://www.rylanders.free-online.co.uk/RySite/RyPages/Jazz.html

I'll post more as I think of them.
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ghosthouse
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Can't say no one else has heard of this band...but I do enjoy my original LP of the Greg Kihn Band "Kihntinued".
opalchip OP
354 posts
 
Here's a couple more:

The Falla Guitar Trio - "Music for 3 Guitars", Concord 1986 - Excellent realistic recording of 3 acoustic guitars with a live presence, perfect imaging, and fantastic material performed flawlessly. Similar to the Liv Glaser, it's not a knock your socks off type, though. Not as closely miked or as percussive as the Strunz and Farah "Misterio", but I prefer this one anyday because the music is more substantive - not just an audiophile "vehicle".
Also note - they have another lp called "Virtuoso Music for 3 Guitars", which I don't consider quite as good.

Jun Fukamachi - "At Steinway". Toshiba Pro-Use Direct Cutting Japan - This is the most dynamic piano recording I've heard. Try playing the Chopin: Nocturne in E Flat Major and then put on the famous, TAS listed, Ikuyo Kamiya lp. The Kamiya will sound absolutely dull by comparison.
The other material besides the Chopin is a little sub-par, but the playing is superb and this a true Demo Quality Disc.

More to come... probably tomorrow. I'm travelling in China right now so can only post when I get some "downtime".

Keep up the suggestions, I'd love to try out some of those mentioned already.
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