Harry Pearson's Super LP List
I have been fortunate enough to have been given permission to publish the TAS Super LP list here on my site, many thanks to Absolute Multimedia.
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Many thanks to Absolute multimedia for kind permission to publish this list here
| BEST OF THE BUNCH: CLASSICAL * Arnold: English, Scottish, & Cornish Dances Lyrita SRCS-109 Gerhard: The Plague Decca Head 6 * Gershwin: Porgy & Bess complete/Maazel Decca SET 609-11¯† * Herold/Lanchbery: La Fille Mal Gardée Decca SXL-2313¯ * Hi-Fi a la Española Mercury SR-90144¯ (Also Classic) * Holst: The Planets/Mehta, LA London CS-6734¯ * Prokofiev: Scythian Suite Mercury SR-90006¯ (Also Classic) * Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Mercury SR-90283¯ * Respighi: Feste Romanae Decca SXL-6822 * Ravel: La Valse/Paray Classic/Mercury SR-90313¯†‡ * Stravinsky: The Firebird/Dorati Classic/Mercury SR-90226¯†‡ * Widor: Symphony No. 6 Allegro Mercury SR-90169 BEST OF THE BUNCH: Popular * Bachrach: Casino Royale Colgems COSO-5005 * Balaika Favorites Mercury SR-90310 (Also Classic) * Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1 Lyrita SRCS-101 * Respighi: Brazilian Impressions Mercury SR-90153 * Respighi: Pines of Rome/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2436¯†‡ Reubke: The 94th Psalm Orion ORS-78282 * Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade/Reiner Classic/RCA LSC-2446¯†‡ * Rodrigo: Concierto Andaluz Mercury SR-90488¯ * Rodrigo: Concierto Aranjuez/Yepes, Argenta London CS-6046¯ * The Royal Ballet Gala Performances Classic/RCA LSC-6065¯†‡ Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals EMI ASD-299¯ Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2/Rubinstein LSC-2234¯†‡ * Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Dupre Mercury SR-90012 * Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3/Fremaux EMI TWO-404¯ Schmitt: Psalm 47 EMI ASD-2892 Schubert: Death and the Maiden Quartet/Juilliard RCA LSC-2378¯ Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 EMI ASD-2924 * Shostakovitch: Symphony No. 1/Martinon Classic/RCA LSC-2322† ‡ Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 EMI ASD SLS-897 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8/Previn EMI ASD-2917 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 Alto/ASD-3911¯†‡ (Also EMI) Sibelius: En Saga EMI ASD-2486¯ Sibelius: Four Legends EMI ASD-3092 Sibelius: Symphony No. 2/Paray, Detroit Mercury SR-90204¯ Sibelius: Symphony No. 5/Gibson RCA LSC-2405 (Also Decca SPA-122) Sibelius: The Tempest EMI ASD-2961¯ * Sibelius: Violin Concerto/Heifetz, Reiner, CSO RCA LSC-2435 J. Strauss: Waltzes/Reiner, CSO RCA LSC-2500¯ * R. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-1806¯† * Stravinsky: Ballets/AnsermetLondon CSA-2308 * Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto Reference Recordings RR-55¯† Stravinsky: Firebird (Suite)/Stokowski, Berlin Capitol SP-8407 Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps/Solti, CSO Decca SXL-6691 Stravinsky: Petrouchka (solo piano) Wilson W-8313¯ * Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Ansermet London CS-6009 * Stravinsky: Song of the Nightingale/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2150† * Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll EMI CSD-1399 (Also ESD-7028) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4/Monteux, BSO RCA LSC-2369 * Tchaikovksy: Manfred/Previn Alto/EMI ASD-3018¯†‡ Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker/Previn, LSO EMI SLS-832 * Thomson: The Plow That Broke The Plain Analogue/Vanguard AP001† Toch: Symphony No. 5 Capitol SP-8364† Vaughan Williams: Choral Music EMI SLS-5082 Vaughan Williams: Job EMI ASD-2673 Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas EMI ASD-2422 Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies EMI SLS-822 * Vivaldi: Lute Concertos & Trios Hungarton SLPX-11978¯ Wagner for Band Mercury SR-90276 Walton: Crown Imperial/Fennell, Eastman Mercury SR-90197 Grace Williams: Fantasy/Welsh Nursery Tunes EMI ASD-3006¯ Wiren: Serenade for Strings EMI ESD-7001 |  |
| SPECIAL MERIT: Operas Bizet: Carmen/Bernstein, et. al. Deutsche Gramm. 2709 043 Bizet: Carmen/Karajan RCA LDS-6164† Britten: Noye's Fludde Argo ZK-1 * Menotti: Amahl & the Night Visitors RCA LSC-2762 Mussorgsky: Boris Godonov Decca SET-514/7 Puccini: La Boheme/Karajan Decca SET-565/6 Puccini: Tosca RCA LDS-7022† Puccini: Turandot/Mehta Decca SET 561-3 * Verdi: Aida/Karajan London OSA-1313 * Wagner: Das Rheingold London OSA-1309 * Wagner: Gotterdammerung London OSA-1604 SPECIAL MERIT: Collections André Previn's Music Night EMI ASD-3131 Ballet for Band Mercury SR-90256 Danses Ancienne de Hongrie Harmonia Mundi HM-1003 * Evensong for Ash Wednesday Argo ZRG-5365 * Festival/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2423¯†‡ For My True Love / Terri, Almeida Capitol SP-8461† Kronos Quartet: In Formation Reference Recordings RR-9 La Fete de la Ane Harmonia Mundi HM-1036 * Fiesta in Hi-Fi Mercury SR-90134 Magnum Opus Wilson W-8111 The Moscow Sessions Sheffield TLP-1000 Musique de la Grace Antique Harmonia Mundi HM-1015 Overtures Fantaises Mercury SR-90191 * Percussion Music Nonesuch H-71291 * The Power of the Orchestra/Leibowitz, RPO Chesky RC-30 * Rhapsodies / Stowkowski Classic/RCA LSC-2471¯†‡ Sing We Noel: Christmas Music Nonesuch H-71354 La Spagna BIS 163/164 * Vienna: 1908-1914 Mercury SR-90316 * Witches Brew / Gibson, NSOL Classic/RCA LSC-2225†‡ SPECIAL MERIT: Informal Chet Atkins in Hollywood RCA LSP-1993 Chet Atkins: Caribbean Guitar RCA LSP-2549 The Other Chet Atkins RCA LSP-2175 Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-238†‡ Joan Baez: Farewell Angelina Vanguard VSD 79200 Joan Baez: In Concert Vanguard VSD 2122 * Belafonte at Carnegie Hall RCA LSO-6006 Belafonte Sings the Blues Classic/RCA LSP-1972†‡ * Bob and Ray Throw a Stereo Spectacular RCA LSP-1773 (Also Classic) * Dave Brubeck: Time Out Classic/Columbia CS-8192†‡ The Civil War (Vol. 1) Mercury LPSD-2-901 Judy Collins: Judith Elektra 6E-111 * David Crosby: If I Could Only Remember My Name Atlantic SD-7203 * Dafos Reference Recordings RR-12 Jim Dawson: Songman Kama Sutra KSBS-2035 * Davis: Kind of Blue Classic/Columbia CS-8163†‡ (Also Columbia CS-8163†) * Davis-Evans: Sketches of Spain Columbia CS-8271 Eagles: Desperado (British) Asylum SYL-9011 Eileen Farrell: Torch Songs Reference Recordings RR-34¯†‡ Electric Love Mercury Limelight LS-86072 * Enya Atlantic 81842-1 * Fresh Aire II American Gramaphone 359 * Fresh Aire III American Gramaphone 365 Art Garfunkel: Breakaway CBS/Sony 25AP 1373 S. Goodman: Mallets, Melody & MayhemColumbia CS-8333† * Ed Graham: Hot Stix M & K Realtime RT-106 * Earl "Fatha"Hines: Fatha! M & K Realtime RT-105 * Jarre: OxygËnePolydor 2473-10 Bruce Katz: Crescent Crawl Audioquest AQ-1012¯†‡ Klaatu EMI EST-11542 * Kraftwerk: Autobahn Parlophone EJ24 00701 Gordon Lightfoot: Summer Side of Life Reprise MS-2037 Bob Marley & The Wailers: Natty Dread Island ILPS-9281 McBroom: Growing Up in Hollywood Town Sheffield Lab-13 * Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah-Um Classic/Columbia CS 8171†‡ (Also Columbia CS-8171†) Joni Mitchell: Blue Reprise MS-2038 Joni Mitchell: Court & Spark Asylum 7E-1007 Joni Mitchell: Wild Things Run Fast Geffen GHS-2019 Van Dyke Parks: Song Cycle Warner Bros. 1727 Peter, Paul, & Mary Warner Bros. 1449 Pig's Eye Jazz (Vol. II) Insight Records Vol. 2 * Pink Floyd: The Wall (Japanese) CBS/Sony 40AP 1750 * Professor Johnson's Astounding Sound Show Reference Recordings RR-7¯‡ * Reflections Reference Recordings RR-18¯‡ * Renaissance: Novella Sire SA-2576 * Rough Trade: Avoid Freud True North TN-43 * Rough Trade: For Those Who Think Young True North TN-48 * Rough Trade: Shaking The Foundations True North TN-50 * Salt City Six: Dixieland Audiophile AP-80 Seals & Crofts: Greatest Hits Warner Bros. BS-2886 The Sheffield Drum Record Sheffield Lab-14¯ Star of Wonder Reference Recordings RR-21¯‡ * Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman (British) Island ILPS-9135 * Cat Stevens: Teaser & The Firecat Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-244†‡ The Strayaway Child Song of the Wood 7811 * The Wilson Band Recordings Wilson W-8823/24¯† Dionne Warwick: Soulful Scepter SPS-573 SPECIAL MERIT: Singles: Aha: Take Me On (British) Warner Brothers W-9006 China Crisis: in a Catholic Style(British) Virgin VS-765112 * Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Relax(British) Virgin/ZTT-1ZZTAS1 Freez: I.O.U.Streetwise SWRL-2210 Bill Henderson: Send in the Clowns (45rpm) Classic/Discovery JP-0779.12† Greg Kihn: JeopardyBeserkley 0-67932 * Human League: Don't You Want Me(British) Virgin 466-12B Propaganda: Machinery(British) Virgin/ZTT 12xZ TAS 12 Lionel Richie: All Night LongMotown 4514-MG Gerry Woo: Help YourselfPolydor 887-529-1 * Yaz: Don't GoMute Yaz-001 Yello: Lost Again Elektra 966790 * Yello & Shirley Bassey: The Rhythm DivineMercury 888-746-1 SPECIAL MERIT: Film and Broadway Score * Bliss: Things To Come EMI ASD-3416¯ * The Flight of the Condor BBC Records REB-440 * Herrmann: Citizen Kane (British) RCA GL-43441 * Herrmann: The Fantasy Film World Decca PFS-4309 * Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Filmmusic Collection FMC-4¯ * Herrmann: The Three Worlds of Gulliver Decca PFS-4337 * Homrich/Gascoigne: The Emerald Forest Varese Sarabande STV-81244 * Horner: Glory Virgin 1-91329 * Jarre: The Professionals Colgems COSO-5001 * Mancini: Hatari! RCA LSC-2559 * Moroder: Cat People Backstreet BSR-6107 * Myrow/Seagrave: Phantasm Varese VC-81105 Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible EMI SLS-5110 * Rosza: Ben Hur Decca PFS-4394 * Rosza: Quo Vadis Decca PFS-4430 Sondheim: Pacific Overtures RCA ARL-1-1367† Sondheim: Sweeney Todd RCA CBL2-3379† * Tiomkin: Lost Horizons (British) RCA GL-43445 * Tiomkin: The Thing (British) RCA RL-42005 * Vangelis: Antartica (Japanese) Polydor 2MM-0290 † New entries on list ‡ Still in print ¯ Exceptionally natural and musical sound, as opposed to the merely hi-fi spectacular Many thanks to Absolute Multimedia for permission to publish this list. Note: I was informed by a sharp eyed visitor, that the is a small error, viz "Toch: Symphony on Capitol SP 8364" is Symphony No.3 not No.5 as widely published |
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