Sheffield Lab

Mr. Whart-AC's "Love it to Death" better than Sheffield Labs? Really? You sure?
Guess we finally added a guy with great musical taste here on the Agon. Well done. Great sounding record, with Alice's best tunes ever. He never came close, IMHO. How about how tight his band was? Extraordinary. I do not have the "Straight" label press but will seek same out at your suggestion.

In general, the above comments are all true. However, one of my favorite recordings is Lincoln Mayorga and Amanda McBroom's "Growing up in Hollywood Town." Their "West of Oz" is also a classic, IMO. I thought Lincoln Mayorga's "Missing Linc" LP was also a first-rate recording, but not really my style. I can't think of better recordings for showing off your system.

I totally agree with Liz.
I mostly don't give about recording, I need music. Harry James or Dave Grusin who really cares except audiophiles on how good it sounds?
I'm off that list for sure.
Spinning now Julie Cruise "Floating Into the Night"... Did Sheffeld labe ever produced that?
Not even MoFi has the music I listen to...

For what it's worth, I have a lot of them but haven't played any except the Dave Grusin in at least 15-20 years. This thread may bring a few of them out of mothballs. Or maybe not :-)

Lindis- I don't know that the Alice record is 'better' sonically than the Sheffields, but I guess my point (as others have said) is that choosing music over sonics, you can still find killer sounding 'regular' pressings and that pressing of "Love it to Death" is fabulous. It is the pink colored Straight label pressed in the U.S.- I've compared probably a dozen different early pressings of that record and it is really a marvel. Finding one that isn't trashed isn't easy, and the record has collector value, apart from sonics, because it had the infamous 'thumb' cover (which was quickly changed due to 'indecency' concerns). Another spectacular hard rock record is May Blitz's self-titled album on UK Vertigo Swirl but those early pressings fetch pretty big money.