@lowrider57 - Definitely about the best sound quality.  A lot of good music didn't translate well to CDs and others were starting to use whompy/whimpy digital drums during the same period of time.  Wondering when drums on CD's started to sound good.

Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 🤣

Planet Drum

First I heard was "Weather Report", but I don't recall which album.

I didn't own a CD deck until the beginning of this century, but a friend who worked for The Hollywood Bowl received one of the first consumer models as a business gift.

When she installed it in her system, thinking that it was NOT working, she blew the tweeters in her Avid speakers by pressing play with the volume level set very high.

I loaned her a pair of Braun L300's to use until I could replace the blown tweeters.

DeKay

Led Zeppelin IV, "When the Levee Breaks." Thanks to the unique mic'ing and non-studio setup. Early CD releases from Germany and Japan have stellar SQ.