The HP Super LP List

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
• Balalaika Favorites Mercury SR-90310 (Also Classic)
• Belafonte At Carnegie Hall Classic Records LSC-6006
• Ellington: For Duke M & K Realtime 101
• Ralph Hunter Choir: The Wild, Wild West RCA LSP-l968¯†
• Music for Bang, Ba-room and Harp RCA LSP-1866
• Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon EMI Harvest SHVL-804
• The Sheffield Track Record Sheffield Lab-20¯‡
• Don Shirley: Water Boy Columbia CS-9196¯†
• The Weavers Reunion at Carnegie Hall, 1963 Vanguard VSD-2150¯

SPECIAL MERIT: Classical

• Alain: Organ Works (complete) Erato EDO-250/2
• Antill: Corroboree (Australian) EMI OASD-7603
• Anderson: Music of Leroy Anderson (Vol. II) Mercury SR-90043
• Arnold: Guitar Concerto/Bream RCA LSC-2487¯
• Arnold: Overtures Reference Recordings RR-48‡
• Arnold: Peterloo Overture: Symphony No. 5 EMI ASD-2878
• Bach-Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor EMI ASD-2970
• Bach-Stokowski: Symphonic Transcriptions Chandos ABRD-1055
• Balbastre: Harpsichord Works Afka SK-298
• Bartok: Concerto For Orchestra/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-1934¯†‡
• Bartok: Strings, Percussion, Celesta/Reiner Classic/RCA LSC-2374¯†‡
• Bax: Symphony No. 6 Musical Heritage Soc MHS 1198†
• Beethoven: Appassionata Sonata RCA/JVC RDC-4
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 6/Walter Columbia MS-6012
• Beethoven: Symphony No. 9/Solti, Chicago Decca GBB-121/2
• Berg: Lulu & Wozzeck (suites) Mercury SR-90278
• Berlioz: Requiem/Fremaux, et. al. EMI SLS-982
• Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique/Munch, BSO Classic/RCA LSC-1900¯†‡
• Bizet: Carmen (Suite)/Gibson Classic/RCA LSC-2449¯†‡
• Bliss: Music for Strings Lyrita SRCS-33¯
• Bloch: Concerto Grosso No. 1 Mercury SR-90223¯
• Borodin: Symphony No. 2 London CS-6126
• Brahms: Alto Rhapsody/Walter Columbia MS-6488
• Brian: Symphony No. 9 EMI ASD-3486
• Britten: Four Sea Interludes EMI ASD-3154
• Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas Decca Ace-of-Dmds GOS-558-9
• Busoni: Piano Concerto EMI ASD-2336/7
• Cage: Third Construction Classic/New World NW-319¯†
• Chabrier: Espana!/Argenta Speakers Corn/Decca SXL-2020¯†‡
• Copland: Appalachian Spring Can. Broadcast SM-5000
• Copland: Rodeo Mercury SR-90172
• Crumb: Makrokosmos I Nonesuch H-71293
• Crumb: Music for a Summer Eve: Makrokosmos III Nonesuch H-71311
• Debussy: Iberia Mercury SR-90010
• Debussy: Iberia/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2222¯†‡
• Debussy: Sonata for Violin & Piano Wilson W-8722
• Delius: North Country Sketches EMI ASD-3139¯
• Dorati: Symphony Mercury SR-90248
• Durufle: Requiem Epic BC-1256
• Dvorak: Cello Concerto/Starker Mercury SR-90303¯
• Dvorak: Symphony No. 8/Walter CBS/Sony 20 AC 1822
• Elgar: Caratacus EMI SLS-998¯†
• Elgar: Coronation Ode EMI ASD 3345
• Elgar: Engima Variations/Mehta, LA London CS-6816
• Elgar: Symphony No. 2 EMI ASD-3266
• Elgar: The Kingdom EMI SAN 244-5
• Finzi: Dies Natalis World Record Club SCM-50¯
• Finzi: Intimations of Immortality Lyrita SRCS-75
• Franck: Pieces Heroique Mercury SR-90168
• Gerhard: Symphony No. 4 Argo ZRG-701
• Gershwin: An American in Paris RCA LSC-2367¯
• Gershwin: Collected Works Vox Box QSVBX-5132
• Gould: Latin American Symphonette Vanguard SRV-275 SD†‡ (Also Analogue Productions)
• Grainger: Country Gardens Mercury SR-90219 (Also Mercury Wing SRW-18060)
• Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy Mercury SR-90173
• Grieg: Peer Gynt/Fjeldstad Speakers Corn/Decca SXL-2012¯†‡
• Grieg: Piano Concerto/Lupu, Previn London CS-6840
• Grieg: Piano Concerto/Rubinstein, Wallenstein RCA LSC-2566
• Hanson: Symphony No. 2 Mercury SR-90192
• Hanson: The Composer & His Orchestra Mercury SR-90175¯
• Holst: The Planets/Previn, LSO EMI ASD-3002
• Honneger: Pacific 231 EMI ASD-2989
• Howells: Hymnus Paradisi EMI ASD-2600
• Kabalevsky: The Comedians Classic/RCA LSC-2398†
• Khachaturian: Gayaneh & Spartacus Decca SXL-6000
• Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 London CS-6323
• Kod·ly: H·ry J·nos (Suite) Mercury SR-90132¯
• Leigh: Concertino/Harpsichord & Strings Lyrita SRCS-126¯
• Lizst: Mephisto Waltz/Reiner Classic/RCA LSC-2341¯†‡
• Lloyd: Symphony No. 5 Lyrita SRCS-124
• Maconchy: Symphony Dble String Orchestra Lyrita SRCS-116
• Mahler: Symphony No. 1/Slatkin Telarc DG-10066
• Mahler: Symphony No. 3/Mehta London CSA-2249
• Massenet: Le Cid EMI TWO-350 (Also ESD-7040)
• Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Nights Dream EMI ASD-3377
• Messiaen: La Trans de Notre Sgnr. Jesus Christ Decca Head 1 & 2
• Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony EMI SLS-5117
• Moeran: Symphony EMI ASD-2913
• Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos (K. 365) Nonesuch H-71028
• Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2201†‡
• Offenbach: Gaote Parisienne/Fiedler, BSO Classic/RCA LSC-1817¯†‡
• Orff: Carmina Burana/Stokowski, Houston Capitol SPAR-8470¯
• Partch: The Delusion of the Fury Columbia M2-30576
• Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore Archiv 198166
• Prokofiev: Lt. Kije (Suite)/Reiner, CSO Classic/RCA LSC-2150¯†‡
• Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2/Frager Classic/RCA LSC-2465
• Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3/Janis Mercury SR-90300†
• Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet/Maazel Decca SXL-6620-2
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6/Weller Decca SXL-6777¯
• Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1/Ricci/Ansermet Decca/Eclipse ECS-746
• Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2/Heifetz RCA LSC-2314
• Rachmaninoff: The Romantic Rachmaninoff Readers Digest RDA-29
• Rachmaninoff: Paganini Variations/Rubinstein Classic/RCA LSC-2430
• Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 Classic/RCA LSC-2541†
• Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances Athena Productions ALSW-1001†
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 EMI ASD-3137
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 EMI ASD-2889
• Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 (British) RCA LSB-4090
• Rachmaninoff: The Bells EMI ASD-3284
• Rachmaninoff-Respighi: 5 Etudes Tableaux EMI ASD-3013¯
• Ravel: Concerto in G Major Linn Recut 01
• Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe/Ansermet Decca SXL-6204¯
• Ravel: Daphnis & Chloe/Munch, BSO Chesky RC-30
• Ravel: Collected Works Vox Box QSVBX-5133 (Also Ref. Mastercuts RM-1004†‡)
• Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1 Lyrita SRCS-101
• Respighi: Ancient Dances and Airs/Lute Mercury SR-90199¯
• 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/Ansermet London 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 & Mayhem Columbia CS-8333†
• Ed Graham: Hot Stix M & K Realtime RT-106
• Earl “Fatha”Hines: Fatha! M & K Realtime RT-105
• Jarre: OxygËne Polydor 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: Jeopardy Beserkley 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 Long Motown 4514-MG
• Gerry Woo: Help Yourself Polydor 887-529-1
• Yaz: Don’t Go Mute Yaz-001
• Yello: Lost Again Elektra 966790
• Yello & Shirley Bassey: The Rhythm Divine Mercury 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
• Rózsa: Ben Hur Decca PFS-4394
• Rózsa: 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