First my nomination for great sounding disc: Pat Metheny 80/81.
Sparkling clear guitar sounds, great sounding sax, everything perfect.

Todd H. wrote:

Lyle Lovett's Lyle Lovett and His Large Band release is
extraordinarily well recorded.

Never thought of it that way. Say, you wouldn't happen to agree with me
that "Ensenada" and his latest "My baby don't tolerate" sound really
bad? And maybe you know more about studio techniques and can tell me
why? It's like every instrument is pushing to be heard in the same
sliver of mid-rage spectrum.

V.

Victor Eijkhout wrote:

First my nomination for great sounding disc: Pat Metheny 80/81.
Sparkling clear guitar sounds, great sounding sax, everything perfect.

Yup. Most of the stuff from ECM from that time period is excellent.
As far as great sounding acoustic guitar goes, check out Martin Taylor's
"Solo" (P3 Music - P3M005) or Wayne Johnson's "One Guitar" (Solid Air
Records - SACD2040)

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