The Bangles - Different Light - 1985 Compact Disc

This compact disc is much better than the Greatest Hits CD from 1990. Though this 1985 release is lower in volume the mix of Manic Monday is the hit you heard on the radio. The vocals are forward in this mix whereas on the Greatest Hits there is a sense that the vocals are competing for attention with the other instruments. You will hear complaints that this 1985 compact disc is too low in volume but that was normal at a time when everyone would have had a home stereo with an amplifier and floor standing speakers. Using VLC as a player you can turn this CD up or even better buy an audio interface for your computer and use the audio interface volume knob. 

Thin Lizzy - Lizzy Killers - 1994 Compact Disc

I was trawling through my compact disc collection and have decided to start adding recommended compact discs. These are compact discs that I feel do justice to the music. Hopefully this will prove useful for collectors. The first compact disc is Lizzy Killers by Thin Lizzy. This was originally released in 1983 but the disc I have is the reissue from 1994.