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      • Genre – Vocals – Female
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  • Half-Speed Mastered Records – Reviews and Commentaries
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  • Heavy Vinyl Reviews and Commentaries
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  • Orchestral / Classical Music
    • Advice – What to Listen For on Classical Records
    • Classical – "Sleeper" Top Quality Recordings
    • Classical – Best Performances with Top Quality Sound
    • Composers
      • _Composers – Adam
      • _Composers – Albeniz
      • _Composers – Arnold
      • _Composers – Bach
      • _Composers – Bartok
      • _Composers – Beethoven
      • _Composers – Berlioz
      • _Composers – Bernstein
      • _Composers – Bizet
      • _Composers – Borodin
      • _Composers – Brahms
      • _Composers – Britten
      • _Composers – Bruch
      • _Composers – Chabrier
      • _Composers – Chausson
      • _Composers – Chopin
      • _Composers – Copland
      • _Composers – Debussy
      • _Composers – Delibes
      • _Composers – Dukas
      • _Composers – Dvorak
      • _Composers – Elgar
      • _Composers – Enesco
      • _Composers – Falla
      • _Composers – Franck
      • _Composers – Gershwin
      • _Composers – Gilbert and Sullivan
      • _Composers – Glazounov
      • _Composers – Gounod
      • _Composers – Grieg
      • _Composers – Handel
      • _Composers – Haydn
      • _Composers – Herrmann
      • _Composers – Hindemith
      • _Composers – Holst
      • _Composers – Hovhaness
      • _Composers – Ibert
      • _Composers – Kabelevsky
      • _Composers – Khachaturian
      • _Composers – Kodaly
      • _Composers – Kreisler
      • _Composers – Lalo
      • _Composers – Liszt
      • _Composers – Mahler
      • _Composers – Massenet
      • _Composers – Mendelssohn
      • _Composers – Meyerbeer
      • _Composers – Mozart
      • _Composers – Mussorgsky
      • _Composers – Offenbach
      • _Composers – Orff
      • _Composers – Paganini
      • _Composers – Prokofiev
      • _Composers – Rachmaninoff
      • _Composers – Ravel
      • _Composers – Respighi
      • _Composers – Rimsky-Korsakov
      • _Composers – Rodrigo
      • _Composers – Rossini
      • _Composers – Rozsa
      • _Composers – Saint-Saens
      • _Composers – Satie
      • _Composers – Schubert
      • _Composers – Schumann
      • _Composers – Shostakovich
      • _Composers – Sibelius
      • _Composers – Smetana
      • _Composers – Strauss II, Johann
      • _Composers – Strauss, Richard
      • _Composers – Stravinsky
      • _Composers – Suppe
      • _Composers – Tchaikovsky
      • _Composers – Varese
      • _Composers – Vaughan Williams
      • _Composers – Verdi
      • _Composers – Vivaldi
      • _Composers – Wagner
      • _Composers – Williams, John
    • Conductors
      • _Conductors – Abbado
      • _Conductors – Agoult
      • _Conductors – Alwyn
      • _Conductors – Ansermet
      • _Conductors – Argenta
      • _Conductors – Barbarolli
      • _Conductors – Bernstein
      • _Conductors – Bohm
      • _Conductors – Boskovsky
      • _Conductors – Boult
      • _Conductors – De Burgos
      • _Conductors – Dorati
      • _Conductors – Fennell
      • _Conductors – Fiedler
      • _Conductors – Fistoulari
      • _Conductors – Fjeldstad
      • _Conductors – Fremaux
      • _Conductors – Gamba
      • _Conductors – Gibson
      • _Conductors – Giulini
      • _Conductors – Gruner-Hegge
      • _Conductors – Haitink
      • _Conductors – Hanson
      • _Conductors – Hendl
      • _Conductors – Horenstein
      • _Conductors – Johanos
      • _Conductors – Karajan
      • _Conductors – Kertesz
      • _Conductors – Kondrashin
      • _Conductors – Krips
      • _Conductors – Kubelik
      • _Conductors – Leibowitz
      • _Conductors – Maag
      • _Conductors – Maazel
      • _Conductors – Mackerras
      • _Conductors – Marriner
      • _Conductors – Martinon
      • _Conductors – Mehta
      • _Conductors – Monteux
      • _Conductors – Munch
      • _Conductors – Munchinger
      • _Conductors – Muti
      • _Conductors – Ormandy
      • _Conductors – Paray
      • _Conductors – Previn
      • _Conductors – Reiner
      • _Conductors – Skrowaczewski
      • _Conductors – Solti
      • _Conductors – Steinberg
      • _Conductors – Stokowski
      • _Conductors – Wallenstein
      • _Conductors – Walter
      • _Conductors – Wolff
    • Orchestral Spectaculars
    • Performers
      • _Performers – Ashkenazy
      • _Performers – Campoli
      • _Performers – Cliburn
      • _Performers – Curzon
      • _Performers – Entremont
      • _Performers – Gould
      • _Performers – Heifetz
      • _Performers – Janigro
      • _Performers – Janis
      • _Performers – Katchen
      • _Performers – Lupu
      • _Performers – Milstein
      • _Performers – Oistrakh
      • _Performers – Piatigorsky
      • _Performers – Rabin
      • _Performers – Ricci
      • _Performers – Richter, Karl
      • _Performers – Richter, Sviatoslav
      • _Performers – Rubinstein
      • _Performers – Starker
      • _Performers – Szeryng
      • _Performers – Graffman
  • Our Stereo History
  • Personal Favorites
    • Personal Favorites (Mostly Rock and Pop)
    • Personal Favorites – Jazz
    • Personal Favorites – Pop and Jazz Vocals
    • Personal Favorites – Soul, R'n'B, Blues
  • Pressings with Excellent Sound Quality
  • Pressings with Middling Sound Quality
  • Pressings with Weak Sound Quality or Music
  • Pursuing Perfect Sound with Aaron B.
  • Record Collecting for Audiophiles
    • Record Collecting for Audiophiles – 45 RPM Pressings
    • Record Collecting for Audiophiles – Audiophile Label Pressings
    • Record Collecting for Audiophiles – Direct to Disc Recordings
    • Record Collecting for Audiophiles – Japanese Pressings
  • Record Labels We Love
    • Labels We Love – A&M
    • Labels We Love – ABC/MCA
    • Labels We Love – Argo / Cadet
    • Labels We Love – Arista
    • Labels We Love – Asylum
    • Labels We Love – Atlantic/Atco
    • Labels We Love – Audio Fidelity
    • Labels We Love – Bethlehem
    • Labels We Love – Bizarre
    • Labels We Love – Blue Horizon
    • Labels We Love – Blue Note
    • Labels We Love – Blue Thumb
    • Labels We Love – Buddah
    • Labels We Love – Capitol
    • Labels We Love – Capricorn
    • Labels We Love – Charisma
    • Labels We Love – Chess
    • Labels We Love – Chrysalis
    • Labels We Love – Colgems
    • Labels We Love – Columbia/Epic
    • Labels We Love – Command
    • Labels We Love – Contemporary
    • Labels We Love – Cotillion
    • Labels We Love – CTI
    • Labels We Love – Decca (domestic)
    • Labels We Love – Decca (rock and pop)
    • Labels We Love – Decca/London Phase 4
    • Labels We Love – Decca/London/Argo
    • Labels We Love – Demon/Fiend/F-Beat
    • Labels We Love – Deutsche Grammophon
    • Labels We Love – DJM
    • Labels We Love – East Wind
    • Labels We Love – Elektra
    • Labels We Love – EMI/Harvest
    • Labels We Love – Emus
    • Labels We Love – Fantasy
    • Labels We Love – Galaxy
    • Labels We Love – Geffen
    • Labels We Love – Hi Records
    • Labels We Love – Impulse
    • Labels We Love – Island
    • Labels We Love – Jazzland
    • Labels We Love – Kama Sutra
    • Labels We Love – Liberty
    • Labels We Love – Mercury (Classical)
    • Labels We Love – Mercury (Non-Classical)
    • Labels We Love – MGM
    • Labels We Love – Milestone
    • Labels We Love – Monument
    • Labels We Love – Motown
    • Labels We Love – MPS
    • Labels We Love – Nonesuch
    • Labels We Love – Ode
    • Labels We Love – OJC – But Not on These Titles
    • Labels We Love – Original Jazz Classics (OJC)
    • Labels We Love – Pablo
    • Labels We Love – Pacific and World Pacific
    • Labels We Love – Parlophone/Apple
    • Labels We Love – Philips
    • Labels We Love – Polydor
    • Labels We Love – Prestige
    • Labels We Love – Radar/ F-Beat
    • Labels We Love – RCA
    • Labels We Love – RCA Living Stereo
    • Labels We Love – RCA Victrola Budget Reissue
    • Labels We Love – Reaction
    • Labels We Love – Readers Digest
    • Labels We Love – Reprise/Bizarre
    • Labels We Love – Riverside
    • Labels We Love – Rolling Stones Records
    • Labels We Love – Roulette
    • Labels We Love – RSO
    • Labels We Love – Scepter
    • Labels We Love – Sheffield
    • Labels We Love – Shelter
    • Labels We Love – Sire
    • Labels We Love – Skye
    • Labels We Love – Stax
    • Labels We Love – Tomato
    • Labels We Love – Track
    • Labels We Love – Transatlantic
    • Labels We Love – Uni
    • Labels We Love – United Artists
    • Labels We Love – Vanguard
    • Labels We Love – Vertigo
    • Labels We Love – Verve
    • Labels We Love – Virgin
    • Labels We Love – Vox
    • Labels We Love – Warners
  • Record Labels with Shortcomings
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Analogue Productions
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Angel
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Athena & Chesky
    • Labels with Shortcomings – CBS Half-Speeds
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Century Records
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Cisco/Boxstar
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Classic Records – All
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Classic Records – Classical
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Classic Records – Jazz
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Classic Records – Rock, Pop, Vocals, etc.
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Concord
    • Labels with Shortcomings – Crystal Clear
    • Labels With Shortcomings – DCC/S&P/Audio Fidelity
    • Labels with Shortcomings – Direct Disk Labs
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Electric Recording Company
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Four Men with Beards
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Klavier
    • Labels with Shortcomings – M&K
    • Labels with Shortcomings – MCA Half-Speeds
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Mobile Fidelity (All)
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Mobile Fidelity (Anadisq 200)
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Mobile Fidelity (Newer)
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Mobile Fidelity (Older)
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Mobile Fidelity (UHQR)
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Music Matters
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Nautilus
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Reference
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Rhino / Warners
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Simply Vinyl
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Speakers Corner (All)
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Speakers Corner – Classical
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Speakers Corner – Jazz
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Speakers Corner – Rock, Pop, Vocals, etc.
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Sundazed
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Sweet Thunder
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Telarc
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Tone Poets
    • Labels With Shortcomings – Whitehall
    • Labels With Shortcomings – ECM
  • Record Lists of Various Kinds
    • A List of Live Albums of Interest
    • A List of Records that Are Usually Noisy
    • A List of Stone Age Audio Records
    • Compilation Albums with the Potential for Very Good Sound
    • Debut Albums of Interest
    • Difficult to Reproduce Recordings
    • Five Star Albums
    • Records for Die-Hard Fans
    • Records We Don't Like for Their Music
    • The Year in Music
  • Record Playing and Setup Advice
    • Record Cleaning Advice
    • Record Playback Advice
    • Turntable Setup Advice
  • Records that Are Good for Testing
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Ambience, Size and Space
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Bass Definition
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Big, Clear and Lively Choruses
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Compression
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Correct Tonality and Timbre
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Dynamics
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Energy
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Grit and Grain
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Harshness and Shrillness
    • Records that Are Good for Testing High Frequency Extension
    • Records that Are Good for Testing in General
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Midrange Congestion
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Midrange Presence
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Midrange Tonality
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Orchestral Depth, Size and Space
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Richness and Smoothness
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Sibilance (It's a Bitch)
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Side to Side Differences
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Smear
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Speed
    • Records that Are Good for Testing String Tone and Texture
    • Records that Are Good for Testing the Lower Midrange and Mid-Bass
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Transparency
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Treble Issues
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Tubey Magic
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Tubey Magical Acoustic Guitars
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Upper Midrange Brightness
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Vague Imaging
    • Records that Are Good for Testing Weight, Bass and Whomp
  • Records that Sound Best Like This
    • Mono or Stereo? Both Can Be Good
    • Mono or Stereo? Mono!
    • Mono or Stereo? Stereo!
    • Mono Reprocessed into Stereo with Good Sound? Really?
    • Records that Sound Best on Big Speakers at Loud Levels
    • Records that Sound Best on the Right Domestic Pressing
    • Records that Sound Best on the Right Early Pressing
    • Records that Sound Best on the Right Import Pressing
    • Records that Sound Good on Both Import and Domestic Vinyl
    • Records with Top Quality Sound on the Right Reissue Pressing
  • Records We've "Discovered" with Exceptional Sound
  • Reviews from Our (Mostly) Pre-Shootout Days
    • Older Reviews – Classical / Orchestral
    • Older Reviews – Jazz
    • Older Reviews – Pop and Jazz Vocals
    • Older Reviews – Rock, Pop, Folk, Soul, Blues, etc.
  • TAS Super Disc List
  • Top 10 Rock and Pop
  • Top 100 Rock and Pop
  • Top Arrangers
    • Top Arrangers – Billy May
    • Top Arrangers – Claus Ogerman
    • Top Arrangers – Don Sebesky
    • Top Arrangers – Gary McFarland
    • Top Arrangers – Gordon Jenkins
    • Top Arrangers – Neal Hefti
    • Top Arrangers – Nelson Riddle
    • Top Arrangers – Paul Buckmaster
    • Top Arrangers – Quincy Jones
    • Top Arrangers – Russell Garcia
    • Top Arrangers / Performers – Bob James
    • Top Arrangers / Performers – Dave Grusin
    • Top Arrangers / Performers – Deodato
    • Top Arrangers / Performers – Marty Paich
    • Top Arrangers / Performers – Oliver Nelson
    • Top Arrangers – Don Costa
    • Top Arrangers – Gil Evans
  • Top Artists
    • Top Artists – 10cc
    • Top Artists – AC/DC
    • Top Artists – Aerosmith
    • Top Artists – Airto
    • Top Artists – Al Di Meola
    • Top Artists – Al Green
    • Top Artists – Al Kooper
    • Top Artists – Al Stewart
    • Top Artists – Albert King
    • Top Artists – Albert Lee
    • Top Artists – Alice Cooper
    • Top Artists – Ambrosia
    • Top Artists – America
    • Top Artists – Andre Previn
    • Top Artists – Andrew Gold
    • Top Artists – Antonio Carlos Jobim
    • Top Artists – Aretha Franklin
    • Top Artists – Arlo Guthrie
    • Top Artists – Art Blakey
    • Top Artists – Art Pepper
    • Top Artists – Arthur Lyman
    • Top Artists – Astrud Gilberto
    • Top Artists – B.B. King
    • Top Artists – Bad Company
    • Top Artists – Badfinger
    • Top Artists – Barbra Streisand
    • Top Artists – Barney Kessel
    • Top Artists – Ben Webster
    • Top Artists – Benny Carter
    • Top Artists – Benny Golson
    • Top Artists – Benny Goodman
    • Top Artists – Bill Evans
    • Top Artists – Bill Withers
    • Top Artists – Billie Holiday
    • Top Artists – Billy Joel
    • Top Artists – Black Sabbath
    • Top Artists – Blondie
    • Top Artists – Blood, Sweat and Tears
    • Top Artists – Blue Mitchell
    • Top Artists – Bob and Ray
    • Top Artists – Bob Dylan
    • Top Artists – Bob Marley
    • Top Artists – Bob Seger
    • Top Artists – Bobby Darin
    • Top Artists – Bola Sete
    • Top Artists – Bonnie Raitt
    • Top Artists – Booker T. & The M.G.'s
    • Top Artists – Boston
    • Top Artists – Boz Scaggs
    • Top Artists – Bread
    • Top Artists – Brewer and Shipley
    • Top Artists – Brian Eno
    • Top Artists – Bruce Springsteen
    • Top Artists – Bryan Ferry
    • Top Artists – Bud Shank
    • Top Artists – Buffalo Springfield
    • Top Artists – Burt Bacharach
    • Top Artists – Cal Tjader
    • Top Artists – Canned Heat
    • Top Artists – Cannonball Adderley
    • Top Artists – Captain Beefheart
    • Top Artists – Carlos Montoya
    • Top Artists – Carly Simon
    • Top Artists – Carmen McRae
    • Top Artists – Carole King
    • Top Artists – Cat Stevens
    • Top Artists – Charles Mingus
    • Top Artists – Charlie Byrd
    • Top Artists – Cheap Trick
    • Top Artists – Chet Atkins
    • Top Artists – Chet Baker
    • Top Artists – Chicago
    • Top Artists – Christopher Cross
    • Top Artists – Clark Terry
    • Top Artists – Coleman Hawkins
    • Top Artists – Count Basie
    • Top Artists – Country Joe and the Fish
    • Top Artists – Crack the Sky
    • Top Artists – Creedence Clearwater Revival
    • Top Artists – Crosby, Still, Nash and (sometimes) Young
    • Top Artists – Crowded House
    • Top Artists – Curtis Counce
    • Top Artists – Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
    • Top Artists – Dave Brubeck
    • Top Artists – Dave Grusin
    • Top Artists – Dave Mason
    • Top Artists – David Bowie
    • Top Artists – David Crosby
    • Top Artists – David Gilmour
    • Top Artists – David Grisman
    • Top Artists – David Lindley
    • Top Artists – David Sanborn
    • Top Artists – Dean Martin
    • Top Artists – Deep Purple
    • Top Artists – Devo
    • Top Artists – Dexter Gordon
    • Top Artists – Dick Schory
    • Top Artists – Dionne Warwick
    • Top Artists – Dire Straits
    • Top Artists – Doc Watson
    • Top Artists – Donald Byrd
    • Top Artists – Donny Hathaway
    • Top Artists – Donovan
    • Top Artists – Dr. John
    • Top Artists – Duke Ellington
    • Top Artists – Duran Duran
    • Top Artists – Earth, Wind and Fire
    • Top Artists – Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis
    • Top Artists – Edmundo Ros
    • Top Artists – Electric Light Orchestra / Jeff Lynne
    • Top Artists – Ella Fitzgerald
    • Top Artists – Elton John
    • Top Artists – Elvis Costello
    • Top Artists – Elvis Presley
    • Top Artists – Emerson, Lake and Palmer
    • Top Artists – Emmylou Harris
    • Top Artists – Eric Clapton, Cream, Blind Faith, etc.
    • Top Artists – Eric Dolphy
    • Top Artists – Esquivel
    • Top Artists – Fairport Convention
    • Top Artists – Fleetwood Mac
    • Top Artists – Foreigner
    • Top Artists – Four Tops
    • Top Artists – Frank Sinatra
    • Top Artists – Frank Zappa
    • Top Artists – Freddie Hubbard
    • Top Artists – Free
    • Top Artists – Gabor Szabo
    • Top Artists – Gary Burton
    • Top Artists – Gary Wright
    • Top Artists – Gene Ammons
    • Top Artists – Genesis
    • Top Artists – George Benson
    • Top Artists – George Harrison
    • Top Artists – George Michael (also Wham)
    • Top Artists – Gerry Mulligan
    • Top Artists – Gerry Rafferty
    • Top Artists – Gino Vannelli
    • Top Artists – Glen Frey
    • Top Artists – Gordon Lightfoot
    • Top Artists – Graham Nash
    • Top Artists – Grand Funk Railroad
    • Top Artists – Grant Green
    • Top Artists – Grover Washington, Jr.
    • Top Artists – Hall and Oates
    • Top Artists – Hampton Hawes
    • Top Artists – Hank Mobley
    • Top Artists – Harold Land
    • Top Artists – Harry "Sweets" Edison
    • Top Artists – Harry Belafonte
    • Top Artists – Harry Nilsson
    • Top Artists – Heart
    • Top Artists – Helen Humes
    • Top Artists – Henry Mancini
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