[n3rdling]

Get a different mastering of it then, because there's no background noise on mine

 

[geoges.ravel]

Arthur Salvatore has a list:
BEST SOUNDING RECORDINGS

This is the best list I've seen so far. Most recordings in the list is LP, I have been able to find some CD reissues of these recordings and find them genuinely good. Other pages of his site
are well worth reading too.

 

[John Buchanan]

"At Carnegie Hall" and "Returns To Carnegie Hall" Harry Belafonte
"Gone....Just Like A Train" Bill Frisell
"Kind Of Blue" Mile Davis
"Time Out" Dave Brubeck
"Royal Albert Hall 2005" Cream
"Going Back Home" Ginger Baker Trio
"Live At Berkeley" Jimi Hendrix
"Stripped" Rolling Stones

 

[ozz]

Dire Straits- Brothers In Arms (DVD-A)
Little Feat- Waiting For Columbus
Beck - Sea Change (DVD-A)
Beatles -Abbey Road (Remaster 09)
Carly Simon- No Secrets (DVD-A)
Al Dimeola,John McLaughlin,Paco De Lucia- Friday Night In San Francisco (SACD)
Tchaikovsky-1812 Overture (Telarc SACD)
Pink Floyd -DSOTM (SACD)
Donald Fagen-Morph The Cat(DVD-A)

 

[Redcarmoose]

 

[yliu]

Quote:

I think Jack Johnson albums are well recorded, quiet, clean, warm..

Yeah, I especially like the vocals!

 

[virometal]

Don't think this has been mentioned:
 

 
I Robot

 

[J.Pocalypse]

Quote:

Eric Clapton's Unplugged is darn good for a live album.

 
This is the album I would have mentioned if nobody else did by now.

 

[kingblind]

opps.. see below.

 

[kingblind]

 

Pink Floyd- DSOTM (MFSL Gold Disc) (CD)
Beatles- Sgt Peppers (CD '09 Remaster Stereo)
Beach Boys- Pet Sounds (CD 40th Anniversary Edition)
Radiohead – In Rainbows Original 45 RPM Double LP
Billy Squier – Don’t Say No Limited Edition LP (Limited Edition Audiophile LP Mastered By Stan Ricker)
AC/DC – Back In Black Original US First Pressing LP (Original US First Pressing Mastered by Robert Ludwig )
Jimi Hendrix – Axis:Bold As Love Original UK Track Mono LP (Original UK Track Mono First Pressing)

 

[matthewh133]

Can't go past Sgt. Peppers and Dark Side.

 

[chalwalkman]

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ('09 remaster)
Radiohead - OK Computer
Muse - Absolution; Black Holes and Revelations
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

[rataplan]

radiohead kid a, the title track is especially brilliant.

 

[shingo43]

I recently listened Allen Taylor's album Colour of the Moon and I think it is well recorded.
I also like Antonio Forcione's Touch Wood

 

[C0rnholio]

Katie Melua - Piece by Piece and her debut album - Call off the search.