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[Bar-B-Lew]

I know there are a few people into music on here and hopefully a few that listen to vinyl records.  For the record, my musical taste is primarily punk rock.  I do listen to blues and have an extensive collection.  I have started listening to some jazz lately which is where I discovered how great some of this stuff sounds on remastered 180gm vinyl.  That has led me on a recent buying spree of greatest hits albums most of which are below.

So, I have greatest hits by the following rock bands on vinyl. Who else should I acquire?

Tom Petty
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Bob Marley
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Duane Allman
Foo Fighters
Nirvana

I also have these albums and not sure if I need anything else by these bands or not

Van Halen I
Led Zeppelin I, II, IV
AC/DC - Back in Black
Pearl Jam - Ten

[cookingjnj]

Hi BBL.  I noticed you mentioned Punk Rock, but do not see any of those bands on your list.  One band that started very heavy punk and at the end became more mainstream was The Clash.  I believe their greatest hits is called The Essential Clash if not mistaken.  Not sure if it is on vinyl.  I believe what I feel is their best record, London Calling, is on vinyl. 

[Bentley]

A few off the top of my head...

UFO...Strangers in the Night
REO...You get what you play for.
Kiss...Alive

[BigDave83]

As for Zeppelin, check into III, Houses of the Holy , Physical Graffiti and if you like drums Song Remains the Same if for nothing other than Moby Dick.

For ACDC, check out some of the earlier stuff with Bon singing, Powerage, TNT, Dirty Deeds, Let there be rock, High voltge. Back in Black was Brians first one with them after Bon died.

More of a hard rock guy, but appreciate the Plasmatics and Ramones, Clash, and probably other I can't name.

Bruce Dickinson he singer from Iron Maiden had some good solo stuff Tattooed Millionaire being one of my favorites. Also a big fan of Alan Parsons, probably not in your realm as he is more electronic.

For greatest hits, The Best of Emerson Lake and Palmer.

This is just a little off the top of my head this morning, I will have to put some thought into it.

 

[Free Mr. Tony]

Two that may fit somewhere in the theme of your list would be Dire Straights and Green Day.

[Bar-B-Lew]

Hi BBL.  I noticed you mentioned Punk Rock, but do not see any of those bands on your list.  One band that started very heavy punk and at the end became more mainstream was The Clash.  I believe their greatest hits is called The Essential Clash if not mistaken.  Not sure if it is on vinyl.  I believe what I feel is their best record, London Calling, is on vinyl.

I didn't list any punk rock because I have about 1400 pieces of vinyl, about 3000 CDs, and about 5TB of digital files of that type of music. 

I recently bought the early singles and albums of Green Day before Dookie.  I also have a greatest hits LP by them too.

[cookingjnj]

Queen -- A Night At the Opera also comes to mind.

[02ebz06]

I'm mainly A Rock & Roller, but do have some Blues, and some Country.
 
Some of my favs from over the decades but there are a lot more:
AC/DC
ZZ-Top
George Thorogood
Tom Petty
Aerosmith
Alvin Lee
Bad Company
Billy Idol
Bob Seger
Bon Jovi
Brian Setzer
CCR

Non-Rock
John Lee Hooker
Cab Calloway
Hank Williams Jr.
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Garth Brooks

I know that Vinyl is coming back, but not for me even though I have some, let me call it upper end rather than high end equipment.
Can't afford what I'd really like.

So no vinyl because vinyl records are like sunglasses for me.
No matter how hard I try to protect them they get scratched.
I buy CD's, copy them to my server, and then they go into the closet to collect dust.

[TravlinMan]

Santana - Moonflower
Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
Rush - 2112
Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band

The list goes on....

[yorkdude]

I know there are a few people into music on here and hopefully a few that listen to vinyl records.  For the record, my musical taste is primarily punk rock.  I do listen to blues and have an extensive collection.  I have started listening to some jazz lately which is where I discovered how great some of this stuff sounds on remastered 180gm vinyl.  That has led me on a recent buying spree of greatest hits albums most of which are below.

So, I have greatest hits by the following rock bands on vinyl. Who else should I acquire?

Tom Petty
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Bob Marley
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Duane Allman
Foo Fighters
Nirvana

I also have these albums and not sure if I need anything else by these bands or not

Van Halen I
Led Zeppelin I, II, IV
AC/DC - Back in Black
Pearl Jam - Ten

If I was betting my last buck, I would have NEVER figured you for punk rock.

[Bentley]

1st time I met him in 2012 I believe it was, he was in Las Vegas for...I think I have this right, bowling and punk music festival.

[MysticRhythms]

Rush - Permanent Waves - just came out with a remastered version.
Steely Dan - Aja - if you are liking jazz this album has a lot of jazz feel to it.
 
Different styles of music here but the commonality is the amazingly high level of musicianship.
 

[Bar-B-Lew]

1st time I met him in 2012 I believe it was, he was in Las Vegas for...I think I have this right, bowling and punk music festival.

Ding Ding Ding

Yes it was.

[Bar-B-Lew]

I know that Vinyl is coming back, but not for me even though I have some, let me call it upper end rather than high end equipment.
Can't afford what I'd really like.

So no vinyl because vinyl records are like sunglasses for me.
No matter how hard I try to protect them they get scratched.
I buy CD's, copy them to my server, and then they go into the closet to collect dust.

CDs are mixed with too high of volumes and do not separate the soundstage anywhere near 180gm remastered vinyl on a good turntable with a good cartridge and a good pre-amp.  If you can't hear a difference, either your equipment is below mid level or your ears need to be cleaned 

Don't take that as a personal criticism.

I welcome you to come over to my house and listen to the same song on a good piece of vinyl versus a CD with whatever you want to bring over with you to listen to.  And, I don't  have super high end equipment.

And, I have several Synology servers that I have connected to a Bluesound Node 2i running thru my Onkyo amp.  Fortunately, the Node 2i calms down the brightness of the CDs thru its DAC. I have ripped my entire 3500+ CD collection to FLAC and the sound thru the DAC is way better than playing any CD on a CD player.

[ylr]

My "big three" is Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pat Metheny Group pre 2000, and Merle Haggard pre 1977. I think they would sound great on vinyl.

2nd tier faves are Genesis, George Benson, Rush, Pink Floyd, and Steely Dan. Early Chicago sounds good, too.

Jazz artists worth checking out would be Coltrane, Miles, Mingus, Herbie Hancock, and 60s Bossa Nova. Weather Report with Jaco.

Chet Atkins' "CGP" albums are great, too.

I know I'm forgetting many, but I just put in 16 hours at work.....