What CD or Vinyl will you use to impress your guest.

I'll add Grateful Dead Reckoning from Analogue, superb!

 

Nice collection

I like "Fever" by Elvis

 

Rickie Lee Jones ST or Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole

 

Yep, I was about to write the same album. Amazing sound.

 

I don't like the word impress but when I've a vinyl sceptic visiting my sofa I usually play any of these:

Elvis Presley: Elvis is Back! (Speakers Corner)
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust (UK 6E/4E)
Tracy Chapman: S/T (GER original 1st pressing)
AC/DC: Highway to Hell (US original 1st pressing)
Supertramp: Crime of the Century (MFSL pressing)
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio: Misty and/or Midnight Sugar (both JPN original 1st pressings)
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (EU pressing)
Kraftwerk: Electric Café (GER original 1st pressing)
Muse: The 2nd Law (EU pressing)
Nirvana: Nevermind (Pallas reissue)
The Clash: London Calling (HOL original pressing)
Frank Sinatra: Close to You (HOL mid 80's mono DMM pressing)
Mary J Blige: The London Sessions (EU pressing)
Steven Wilson: To the Bone (EU pressing)
Faith no More: King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime (US original pressing)
Iron Maiden: S/T (UK or JPN 1st pressing)
The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's (50th Anniversary)

The vinyl sceptic usually is a bit less sceptic to vinyl after a listening session playing one or two of these albums...

 

Also, the FDR (Full Dynamic Range) pressings from Earache Records also sounded great in general, especially Carcass and Bolt Thrower.

 

I usually play more than one selection.

 

I find that it works better to use a miniature phone plug to RCA adapter and extension cord.

No loss through bluetooth and you can give your guest the miniature phone plug end and allow them to plug into your system and play some of their own favorite music, like they have never heard it being played before.

 

Joe Jackson, Summer in the city and Day and Night

GRP-Super Live with Grusin, Corea, Ritenour, Schuur

Brian Bromberg-Jaco

 

For Halloween, this music also works.

 

Nice collection!

Your guests have good reason to be impressed

 

Cool. Really cool. I will try that!!

Thanks!!!

 

I agree with you that this SACD will sound spectacular.

But guest shall understand Wagner.

Not many of my friend like Wagner although I like his music.

 

Vangelis
Opera Sauvage
Remastered CD
2017. Amazing sounding album which stunned a visitor the other day, he had never heard of this album but ordered a copy off Amazon,another convert to Vangelis.

 

This is an exceptional direct-to-disc LP I sometimes play for visitors.



If your system has the dynamic capabilities, your guests will feel like this guy during the drum solo parts...

 

I use either Supertramp's Breakfast in America LP for dynamics and bass, an early 60's mono Everly Brother's LP, Beat & Soul, just because it sounds SO damn good (people can't believe how good mono can sound before the compression and volume wars started) or Sonny Rollins The Bridge LP because it's clear as a bell.

 

I'm surprised early Alan Parsons Project wasn't mention.

 

I think if you really wanted to impress your guests you would ask them what artist they are hot about right now?
Turn on Spotify.
"What album is your favorite of His/Hers?"
Find it and play it through your set.
THAT they might actually tune into as it was THEIR interests.
Anything I could play would make them barf or roll their eyes.

 

It looks very nice.

I am sure it will sound nice too.

 

This is a really fun game and is usually where I begin, then once they hear the differences I move into demo tracks.

Start with something people know to pull them in.

 

Overture to Tannhauser would be nice if it’s a good recording. It’s pretty universally likeable.

 

If you use Spotify, then you may let quest to choose music.

But I am old fashioned and have only satellite internet, no subscription to internet music.

Thus I am asking people to choose hard source like vinyl or CD.

 

I also like Overture to Tannhauser by Georg Solti, but some of my guest are bored by classical music.

 

Thanks for turning me on to that Earthtones...listened to it just now on Qobuz Hi Res and it's very well recorded and has some cool old school R&B vibes going on. Slipped past my radar so thanks for pointing it out.

 

Thanks for posting this. I purchased a copy of Round-Up. Looking forward to hearing it!