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RE: Best SACD albums

Posted by madisonears (A) on July 11, 2018 at 19:26:24

In Reply to: Best SACD albums posted by digda_beat on July 11, 2018 at 04:53:33:

If you're not impressed by BotT, there isn't much hope you'll like any other pop music. I think it's the only Dylan SACD that is really an improvement over CD, and I have most of them, some of them MFSL. BoB was an awful recording, and even MFSL can't really save it, but it does sound somewhat better. Not a lot better than the initial Sony SACD release, but better than the CD.

The best pop SACD I own, and one of the very better ones among all 200 or so in my collection (those are only the ones I've kept, having bought and sold dozens more), is The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies. The sound is better than most modern recordings in any format, and the music is terrific rock'n'roll with a brain and sense of humor, an overlooked classic.

Is surround important to you? Little pop music that I'm aware of was recorded for surround. Floyd's DSotM might be an exception. WYWH on Analogue Productions is decent, but hardly the revelation many had hoped for.

Most pop music was not recorded for high fidelity reproduction, and SACD cannot improve the original recording. A lot of times, you hear only more of the bad aspects. Hence, the early Stones stuff sounds awful except for Let It Bleed, which is one the best SACD's. Another, if you like The Who enough to spend a lot, is the SHM SACD of Tommy from Japan. The domestic issue SACD was crapola, remixed and nothing like the original. The Japanese issue is absolutely the best it has ever sounded, including the original vinyl, and that's pretty good.

Clapton's 461 Ocean Boulevard sounds very good, as does The Band's eponymous MFSL issue. The Moody Blues reissues used master tapes past their prime but are a slight improvement.

The MFSL CTA sounds very good, but is not a significant improvement over the original CD.

There are lots of great jazz SACD's, but I'm not going to spend the time enumerating them without knowing your interests. Patricia Barber is overrated lounge jazz that is mostly a real snooze, and the CD's sound just as good. Check out 50's and 60's stuff which was usually recorded with simple mic setups and poorly mastered on CD. New remasters can be revelatory, and even stereo SACD projects the spatial characteristics very well. You might start with "Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers." The sound is pretty good, and the music is excellent even if you don't care for jazz. Of course, Miles Davis's KoB is THE classic in any of the half-dozen available formats.

Classical is where the best recordings and SACD's reside. Are you interested in orchestral or chamber, solo piano, opera and choral? Give us some clues.

Peace,
Tom E
berate is 8 and benign is 9

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