Oddly enough, Most of my favorite recordings take place before the year 2000. They all have one thing in common. That is: lack of modern digital overproduction. There is simply too much of the protools at work now and fidelity suffers. I have some mono recordings (for example guitarist John Williams) that have far superior detail and realism to almost anything put out in the past 10-15 years. Look for acoustic instrumental music or that stuff which was made with fewer mics. Two-track analog like DSOTM tend to be very good, no matter if it's LP, half-speed or CD. An off the wall example might be comparing a bands recording from the 80's vs now. I had Rush on vinyl and CD. There was something much more vivid (and raw) about albums like Permanent waves and Moving pictures made 79-80 vs vapor trails from 2000's. World music, jazz, acoustic, indie and classical all tend to be less complex recordings and more fidelity.