[jmsaxon69]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Steely Dan - Gaucho and Aja
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck Quarter - Time Out
Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
Natalie Merchant - self titled
The Punch Brothers - The Phospherescent Blues

Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Diana Krall - pick one!
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Pink Floyd - The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon
Michael Jackson - Thriller

 

[jis1]

Ghost riders in the sky

 

[buke9]

Boy is this hard to pick. Two others picked some of my picks
Queen -  Killer Queen 
BOC - Don't fear the Reaper
I would also add some others 
Closer - Nine Inch Nails 
Brain Eno - Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
King Crimson - Discipline

 

[richard51]

the 8 th book of madrigals of Monteverdi..... any cd of the trumpet  italian master Enrico Rava...

 

[3 toes of fury]

This is going to be one of my favorite threads ever...i love, love, love hearing the test tunes folks use.
 
Paul Simon -  I know what i know   (from graceland,  first song that i ever played on a headphone amp, game changer!)
 
Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayu (vocals)
 
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (classic rock)
 
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (classic rock)
 
Human League - Electric Dreams (80s synth)
 
Dave Bruebeck - Take Five (Jazz)
 
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy (blues)
 
Peter Gabriel -  Solsbury Hill (because..welll its pete!) 

 

[harmonix]

Hi-res recordings (either new or remastered) both music and recording wise worth putting in a sampler album. I tried not to automatically default to immediate classic oldies (I tried).
 
Not just for this exercise but hope rest of Head-Fi likes this off the cuff selection - enjoy
 
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (24/88.2)
Track 6  - Lose yourself to to Dance
 
The Doctor - Doc Powell (DSD 64)
Track 5 - Isn't she lovely
 
Hiromi "Alive" (24/96)
 Track 7- "Firefly"
 Track 8 - "Spirit"
 
Gustav Holst: The Planets - London Philharmornic (2011 remaster 24/96)
Track 4 - Jupiter"
 
GHIBLI meets JAZZ ～Beautiful Songs～  Kazumi Tateishi Trio   (24/96)
Track 7    - アシタカとサン(もののけ姫)   
Track 11 -  風の伝説(風の谷のナウシカ)    
 
Smokin' at the Half Note - Wes Montgomery / Wynton Kelly Trio (24/192)
Track 3 - Unit 7
 
Shelby Lynne Just A Little Lovin' (DSD64)
Track 6 - Just A Little Lovin'

 

[UNOE]

I was at CanJam and the music selection every time I picked up the HE1000 I thought it sounded good with what was playing.  But to enter the contest I'll throw something out there.
 
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed

 

[dac0964]

Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

and

Cycle by Beck

 

[surgicalsound]

These are my choices.

Chet baker- my funny valentine.

Punk floyd- sheep.

Sixto Rodriguez- cause.

Arthur prysock- I left my heart in San Francisco.

Awolnation- sail.

The airborne toxic event- sometime around midnight.

Tango with lions- in a bar.

 

[Dean Seislove]

Yellow Butterfly by Michael Nesmith
 
Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
 
Sunrise by Lambchop
 
Tupelo Blues by John Lee Hooker

 

[strrstarrynight]

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 
Under The Same Sun - Scorpions 

 

[Levanter]

Michael Buble - Home
Vanilla Mood - Haku
Eric Bibb - Where the green grass grows
Younha - Break Out

 

[BobG55]

The album "Midnite Vultures" by Beck.

 

[tRuE008]

I'll fly for you - BAHЯ
Yeti's Lament - Berry Weight
Distant Rhythms (Ensemble Version) - Breezewax
Eternal Truth - Cradle Orchestra
空をかけぬけて - dj newtown
Flower Dance (Feat. Tabeyellow) - DJ Okawari
Luv Letter - DJ Okawari
Minamo - DJ Okawari
Gone Forever - Eddie Allamand
old devil - emancipator
The Mo - Envoy of The Happy Unfortunate
05.00 a.m - Evan Awake
One More Night - Freddie Joachim
Lamp feat. Nujabes - haruka nakamura
Street Of Dreams - Hazzy
Shigure 時雨 - heRajiKa tracks
Va-en-vient - the Jazzment
Kind a Cool - the Jazzment
Kindred Spirit (Feat. Emancipator) - Marcus D
Hope - Marcus D
Grotesque Butterfly - masterclass
Footsteps - Michita
Manderin - Nicholas Cheung
Letter From Yokosuka - Nujabes
The Final View - Nujabes
Counting Stars - Nujabes
Aruarian Dance - Nujabes
Spiritual State - Nujabes
Far Fowls - Nujabes
Prayer - Nujabes
The Long And Winding Street - Robert de Boron
Chiru (Saisei no Uta) - Robert de Boron
Hanami feat. Kitty Wong - Senpai
Eternal Peace - SoundzImage
Crossroad - tsunenori
Re-Floral Check - tsunenori
Homeward Journey - Uyama Hiroto
Stratus - Uyama Hiroto
行云流水 Xing Yun Liu Shui - WordySoulspeak
 
Really wish I can listen to the HE1000 with all my songs.

 

[castleofargh]

Getz and Gilberto - The girl from ipanema
 
Al Jarreau - Spain
 
Amy Winehouse - In my bed
 
Bonobo - Walk in the sky
 
Portishead - Glory box
 
Queen - The prophet's song
 
Radiohead - Paranoid android
 
Rihanna - Russian roulette