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Dave Brubeck-Time Further Out also sounds great!

Fourplay - Between The Sheets
Diana Krall - Live In Paris

This week's indulgences include:

Yes, Close to the Edge, track: And You and I.

Pink Floyd, Wish you were here, track: Welcome to the Machine

QUEENSRYCHE, just about any of it...
Silent Lucidity, (I love the explosion, what can I say)

Eric Badhu live album, Track:Next Lifetime (the gal can sing!)

Holst, The Planets, Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Decca Eloquence ELQ 467 418.

Smetana, Ma Vlast, Berglund , Dresden State Orchestra Seraphim SPH 73736.

Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances, Batiz, Royal Philharmonic, Naxos NXS 8.550583.

Brahms, Hungarian Dances, Bogar, Budapest Symphony, Naxos NXS 8.550110.

Respighi, Roman Festivals, Batiz, Royal Philharmonic, Naxos NXS 8.550539.

Here are a few more,[not all are "favorites",but they sound pretty good].

Albert King:"crosscut saw- in San Francisco".
Queen:"Greatest hits" [new].
Ted Nugent:"Ted Nugent".
Berlin:"Count three and pray".
Stories:"About us".
C.C.R."Platinum"[import].
Peter Frampton:"Frampton comes alive"[25th aniv.].
David lee Roth:"The best"
Lynyrd Skynyrd:"One more [from] the road"[25th aniv.].

This album is one of my favs...


Though this box set is really the best...even includes a live dvd!

Here's a few more that sound great on my M3ti's:

Bruce Cockburn "Humans" - remastered
Lindsey Buckingham "Out of the Cradle"
Steely Dan "Two Against Nature"
Al Stewart "Year of the Cat" - Import/Remastered
Metallica "Black Album"

Beyond just CD's, there are some really nice DVD recordings worth checking out.

My favorite right now is REM's Perfect Square. It was filmed in Wiesbaden Germany in 2003. The video is a real treat (a beautiful locataion for a concert). The sound is Dolby Digital 5.1 and the Axiom's really bring the whole thing to life. I just love the way the QS8's give you that sense you're standing in the crowd.

Other favorites of mine are
- A Concert for George (George Harrison tribute - great all star line-up)
- Steely Dan's Two Against Nature (smooth, smooth, smooth. sounds awesome on the Axioms)
- Peter Gabriel's Growing Up Live (I've seen it a bunch of times on an HD channel but haven't picked up the DVD yet.
- Talking Heads Stop Making Sense (sound is great; the DVD was directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs))

I'm on the lookout for more concert and music DVD's, particularly alternative, jazz, chill-out/electronica (e.g. Moby), rock 'classics', and world music (e.g. 1 Giant Leap).

ericb,
We have very similar taste for DVD concerts…
A Concert for George – That’s a remarkable concert. Excellent sound, great musicians, I think Tom Scott sax solo on “…horse to the water” is an amazing one. I love the last song by Joe Brown & his ukulele, particularly the part where the orchestra enters and Joe have a kinda of solo on the ukulele, it’s just beautiful. The Indian music is not my cup of tea, but interesting nevertheless.

Talking Heads Stop Making Sense – Ah, great sound indeed!, I always wonder how they manage to do such a great recording at the time.

Steely Dan's Two Against Nature – Well , there’s no surprise there, all their work is consistently top notch.

Peter Gabriel –I like much better the other concert (Secret World ‘94). Paula Cole gave an excellent performance and the sound is great. However, the video is not good at all. But hey, the sound is what I’m interested in.

I’ll need to add to the list
Eric Clapton "One More Car One More Driver" – Excellent video & sound; This DVD possibly is my favorite.

Ray Charles DVD concert from fl. (special guest Diane Shure) - The recording is not stellar, the orchestra is not the best. But Ray Charles singing is priceless.

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Live From Austin, Texas
This is actually two concerts; the second one has much better sound. He’s one of the very few musicians that has complete control of his instrument, it’s almost a direct link between his brain/heart and his instrument.

I actually liked the Indian music, particularly the George Harrison song that Jeff Lynne and Anoushka Shankar did together (more of a mix of Indian and western music). Great stuff, and I'm blown away by the skill of those musicians.

A friend of mine told me about the Secret World DVD and he had the same comments as you. I've had both Gabriel DVD's sitting in my shopping cart at Amazon for the last month or so..haven't pulled the trigger as I am still shopping around for a better deal. I'm not much of an eBay fan (had a bad experience) so I'm looking for a retailer/e-tailer offering deals.