Wilkinson Tricycle original press on Date Label - it is real good blues based psych, pretty relaxed, and amazingly well recorded in my opinion...hard to find copies, let alone good condition...agree on Crack the sky (first self titled)...I only got real deep with two LPs - Uriah Heep Look at yourself and Cream Wheels Of Fire...in both cases the ones I preferred in the end were the original US presses...I've compared re-issues and pressings in different countries...more disturbing - comparing original US pressings of same condition and of same title and can confirm that one copy might sound better than the other...
Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of...
I've been off the 'Gon for quite some time due to fatherhood, and was just perusing old threads. I came across "dissapointing audiophile recording" which got me thinking - by far some of the best LP's in my collection (sonically and performance-wise) are NOT the so-called audiophile issues, but just the opposite, they're ones that are never mentioned anywhere. It's often a complete surprise, and sometimes I know within 10 or 20 seconds of dropping the needle that I've got a really special one. So we're not looking for Jennifer Warnes, Pink Floyd, or even Strunz and Farah here... I'm travelling in Asia for 3 weeks, so I can't list mine very accurately by memory, but I will when I return if this thread picks up any steam.