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Oldest Recordings that sound “audiophile”

Wondering what older recordings people have heard recently that they think to be “audiophile” worthy?

For example I just listened to “You Keep Coming Back Like a Song” by Dinah Shore from 1946 and it sounded like Dinah was in the room with me.

Probably remastered but so what, that counts!

When was the first “audiophile” worthy recording made, I wonder? How far back can it be?
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three_easy_payments
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Masterpieces by Ellington (1951)
edcyn
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I'll stick to non-classical here.  Cannonball Adderley and Nancy Wilson on Capitol.  Any of the Sinatra or Nat King Cole Capitol recordings will do, too.
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https://www.speakerscornerrecords.com/news/details/4/mercury-living-presence-the-history
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ivan_nosnibor
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From 1947 to 1950, excellent sounding mics were available, but they were expensive to make and uncommon and tended to be first reserved for high-profile, big-budget events.

I have two fine-sounding CD soundtracks, both in stereo, that were Hollywood films made in 1947:

The Ghost And Mrs. Muir   (Bernard Herrmann)
The Captain From Castile   (Alfred Newman)
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Interesting. On the Dinah Shore recording I mentioned from 1946, it sounds like a very detailed microphone was used very close up for the vocal which seems to have tremendous texture.
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