Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.


I am looking for some recommendations of some albums recorded for true imaging.  By that I mean a group of people playing acoustic instruments recorded old school with just two microphones.    Not songs mixed from multiple tracks and balanced to give the impression they are playing in the center.    I have recently been relistening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle be Unbroken".   This is a raw recording where they found the best bluegrass and early county artists,  sat them down in a studio,   took one take,  and (probably) recording them with just 2 microphones for stereo.  No mixing and minimal processing.  What they played in the room is exactly what you hear.   The results for imaging is all I can say is wow.   Even with a half decent system you can close your eyes and tell where ever instrument is playing from and where they are standing.   And it is the first time I finally understood the phrase " the speakers disappear".

While my main preference is 70's progressive rock I don't think I will find it there.    But Jazz,  Bluegrass, Blues or Classical would be good.  Any suggestions.
delkal
Most old Mercury Living Presence recordings and also most recordings on Dorian and Mapleshade labels.

Progressive rock recordings?  Stick to albums recorded live for the  closest thing. 

Omni speakers like Ohm do the best job of making most recordings sound like the performers are playing live in your room  

Waterlilly, the Sheffield labs direct to D, just about anything by 2L ( the Nordic sound ), etc , interesting new recording by Amber Roubarth ( 17th ward ),  many more...

and the list of others are long, IF your speaker designer cares about time and phase and your electronics are low to no negative feedback 

Steve Earle And The Del McCoury Band: The Mountain. All vocals and instruments (all acoustic) recorded with them all standing around a single stereo microphone. They performed their live shows likewise. One of my favorite ever shows, at The House Of Blues on Sunset Blvd.

For the most lifelike imaging, one has to go binaural. Recorded with a pair of mics in a dummy head, listened to on phones.