Best Doobie Brothers CD

[davidlzimmer]

I'll make this quick. I respect the opinion of this forum. I'd like to hear your opinions of the best Doobie Brothers CD to get.

I'm talking quality recording. Real sounding.

Thanks all!

[Scottmoose]

My favourite for music is Taking it to the Streets. An idiosyncratic choice, but there you go. The CD is light-years ahead of the original LP pressing too, which occured at a time when there were issues with vinyl (as if the hyper-thin stuff wasn't bad enough).

[davidlzimmer]

Thanks Mister Moose! I definitely concider it

[renfrow]

Hmmm... the best Doobie Brothers CD to get is all of them.

Tom.

[davidlzimmer]

Well thanks all.

I ordered "The Best of the Doobies" on CD and vinyl. I choose that album because at a glance, I liked every song. So, it's a good one to start with.

It will be my first chance to compare formats!

[FastEddy]

I love the Doobies too ...

I also love other high quality recordings of high energy music ... to me, the "standard" CD just doesn't measure up when it comes to listening quality. I am a believer that unless the source is at least 24bit/96k, then your ears are being short changed, your senses are not allowed the full range of the music. "CDs quality sucks ..." - Bob Dylan.

That being said, there are a couple of Doobie discs that I would buy, but they would all be DVD video or DVD-Audio or possibly SACD versions .... not the "standard", USA store bought CDs.

Doobie Brothers: Live at the Wolf Trap (2004) : " ... They tore down the sold out house at Wolf Trap, and that is evident in every frame. Technologically, we did a big 10 camera Hi-definition [video] shoot, so the clarity is awesome. There is two hours of music. ..." Amazon Review / Remarks by the producer of this excellent video with sound track a respectible 24bit/48k / Dolby 5.1.

Best Of The Doobie Brothers Live [ENHANCED CD] [LIVE] : " ... As many know, Michael McDonald would replace Tom Johnston when he was unable to tour. Johnston would then leave the group and McDonald became a regular. 1982 marked a "farewell" tour. ..."" ... This would be a fantastic cd rather than a great one if it included Takin' it to the streets. ..." Amazon Reviews / although not much mention of sound quality, but at least it is a SonyBGM SACD "hack" of the original master tracks.

The Captain & Me [DVD-AUDIO] : " ... Auch nach fast drei Jahrzehnten klingt die Scheibe noch unglaublich frisch und unverbraucht. ..." http://amazon.de Amazon Review in German :>) , but the music is all 'merican English on an excellent rendition from the album master tapes @ 24bit / 96k = "enhanced" DVD-Audio disc. Check your DVD player for dolby 5.1 playback (6 connectors), if not, do the straight stereo and hope your DAC will handle it.

(I have ordered this DVD-Audio disc and I'll let you all know if it "works" = USA source for this: http://www.avrev.com/music/revs/doobiebrosdvda.shtml ... and this Amazon "buy" button as it takes you to the usually "unlisted" Amazon listing = DVD-Audio disc / The Captain and Me [IMPORT] : " ... One side contains 24/192 kHz (DVD-A) and 24/96 (DVD-V) stereo mixes with no noticeable difference between them, presumably re-transfers of the original album mix ..." AV Review = US$37 !! "This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players." - Amazon quote.)

[radtech]

It's gotta be the rare "Rerun" bootleg.