The best Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) albums: Reddit reviews

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You can always buy it on CD.

If you'd like a listen, here's a youtube link

Otherwise, you'd have to purchase the original fatboy CD from Amazon

I remember reading that In The Court Of The Crimson King was mastered on a tape deck with poorly aligned heads, this caused the high frequencies to be messed up. There was some attempt at the time to minimise it. Then one of the original masters got lost for decades. Robert Fripp finally found it and a digital remaster was released some years back in which they were able to digitally correct most of the issues. I believe the The Original Master Edition is the first pressing of the digitally remastered CD (code DGM0501) amazon link It is also coded with the HDCD audio codec which gives higher fidelity audio if played through Windows Media player or CD player/audio player with the correct decoder. wiki

Probably the easiest way is to buy the cd used. Like ebay or amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Song-Remains-Same-Soundtrack-Zeppelin/dp/B000002I3D/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478043999&sr=8-2&keywords=the+song+remains+the+same+cd

Yes, it's on The Stranger box set, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00168PTG0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Beatles Anthology https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Anthology-John-Lennon/dp/B00008GKEG

Also endorsed: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years. https://shop.udiscovermusic.com/products/the-beatles-eight-days-a-week-the-touring-years-dvd

My b. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00008FCXJ?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

I'm wondering if this is the same as the Cisco pressing? That's a grail if so. Jump on this.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ♫ The Symphonic Pink Floyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBGeex66_t8

https://www.amazon.co.uk/London-Philharmonic-Orchestra-plays-music/dp/B0000040UZ and that also looks like a Roger Dean cover.

All quite interesting to add to the collection.

I personally prefer the 2004 'Original Master Edition' mostly because it was the first one I hear. I don't think the 2009 stereo mix really adds much, although it is a somewhat interesting companion piece.

So if you don't yet have a copy of the debut I would recommend this one for sure. Having said that, since the other edition includes the 2004 mix as well as the 2009 one you can't go too far wrong.

This is the one that I have. It does have Going to California, even though the amazon listing doesn't show it. Here's everything on the disc.

Is There Anybody Out There? The best Pink Floyd album. They played The Wall live at the Berlin wall in 1980-81. Think about that for a minute.

I'm glad you guys liked this. Early Led Zeppelin is some of the best stuff ever. I only said downvote away because I figured the hivemind didn't want this kind of metal. For those of you that do, I highly encourage you to watch this.

Upvoting because someone else is honest to admit Phillip Glass is monotonously repetitive.

Nice list BTW !

And for something completely different: Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd by London Philharmonic Orchestra http://www.amazon.com/Us-Them-Symphonic-Pink-Floyd/dp/B0000040UZ/

The most epic album I ever heard (personal taste obviously) is "Us and Them - Symphonic Pink Floyd". I could listen to it nonstop. I close my eyes and it becomes a journey. The last track is trippy as hell.

The thing is, I don't listen to too much regular Pink Floyd (sorry if that bothers anyone), but it's my favorite orchestral album.

Start here: London Philharmonic: Symphonic Pink Floyd

This is definitely the gateway drug of classical music.

Dude, I heard "Dirty Love" on a classic rock station, and when I bought the CD I found it on, it was a compilation CD that was put out in the mid 90's called "Strictly Commercial". I listened to the CD once, broke out in a cold sweat, nearly came, and dropped to my knees babbling like a southern baptist preacher in the midst of a well rehearsed glossolalia, as the inward parts of my brain convulsed in ecstasy. It really runs the Zappa gambit of some of his most hook laden works, and isn't burdened by all the jazz fusion stuff that you may or may not like later.

>Frank Zappa 101. As close as anyone has come to a definitive greatest hits set, Strictly Commercial manages to encapsulate much, if not most, of a career that deliberately defied any such attempts. This is the most accessible single collection of Zappa's music available, containing familiar ditties such as "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow," "Joe's Garage," and the radio hit, "Valley Girl." Those skeptical of his guitar work will most certainly find the included selections, "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace," "I'm the Slime," and "Muffin Man" to be educational. Excellent for whetting the appetites of potential Zappa fanatics. --Andrew Boscardin