Like most of you, I much prefer to listen in Quad or 5.1, where possible. Prior to the late '50's, even stereo wasn't possible. My first new record was a mono 78. Still, some of the most fantastic music EVER, IMHO was only released in mono. It would be great to hear about some of your faves only available in mono. Please don't list mono versions of albums available in 2ch/Quad/5.1, just music only available in mono. Any title available in Duophonic or "electronically rechanneled for stereo" slop constitutes an album available only in mono.
Here are some mono faves I've been listening to lately:
Jazz at Oberlin - Dave Brubeck SACD
Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins SACD
Complete Prestige Recordings - Miles Davis 8 CD Many individual albums contained here available on mono SACD.
Complete Recordings voll 1 -5 - Bessie Smith 5 2CD sets complied & liner notes written by Chris Albertson, an old client of mine. TRULY The Empress of the Blues. Best blues singer EVER.
Complete Hot Fives & Sevens - Louis Armstrong 4 CD Many say they're his best.
Complete Works in Chronological Order vol 1 - 15 Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) 15 CD's on Blues Document. My vote for the best bluesman EVER. I bought dozens of LP's over the years, but wasn't entirely complete. There are two forgettable Prestige/Bluesville albums from the early 60's that aren't included here.
Complete Works in Chronological Order vol 1 - 10 Roosevelt Sykes 10 CD Actually, they aren't complete. Sykes recorded for another 30 years. They are complete from the 20's until the late '50's. Ribald barrelhouse piano is his style. Double Dirty Mother in QS is what introduced me. I was hooked. IMHO, second only to Tampa Red as a bluesman.
The Quintet - Bird 'n' Diz, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell SACD So the fidelity isn't great, but what a band. Bird: "And now we'd like to play a new tune by my worthy constituent, Dizzy Gillespie....Salt Peanuts." I have a tape of the original radio show with announcements. The fidelity here is as good or better, without the announcer's annoyances. Your jazz collection is incomplete without this.
Stan Getz Plays SACD Japan One of his first and one of his best. Originally on Norgran (Norman Grantz) in 1954.
Here are some mono faves I've been listening to lately:
Jazz at Oberlin - Dave Brubeck SACD
Tenor Madness - Sonny Rollins SACD
Complete Prestige Recordings - Miles Davis 8 CD Many individual albums contained here available on mono SACD.
Complete Recordings voll 1 -5 - Bessie Smith 5 2CD sets complied & liner notes written by Chris Albertson, an old client of mine. TRULY The Empress of the Blues. Best blues singer EVER.
Complete Hot Fives & Sevens - Louis Armstrong 4 CD Many say they're his best.
Complete Works in Chronological Order vol 1 - 15 Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker) 15 CD's on Blues Document. My vote for the best bluesman EVER. I bought dozens of LP's over the years, but wasn't entirely complete. There are two forgettable Prestige/Bluesville albums from the early 60's that aren't included here.
Complete Works in Chronological Order vol 1 - 10 Roosevelt Sykes 10 CD Actually, they aren't complete. Sykes recorded for another 30 years. They are complete from the 20's until the late '50's. Ribald barrelhouse piano is his style. Double Dirty Mother in QS is what introduced me. I was hooked. IMHO, second only to Tampa Red as a bluesman.
The Quintet - Bird 'n' Diz, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Bud Powell SACD So the fidelity isn't great, but what a band. Bird: "And now we'd like to play a new tune by my worthy constituent, Dizzy Gillespie....Salt Peanuts." I have a tape of the original radio show with announcements. The fidelity here is as good or better, without the announcer's annoyances. Your jazz collection is incomplete without this.
Stan Getz Plays SACD Japan One of his first and one of his best. Originally on Norgran (Norman Grantz) in 1954.