The fewer the microphones, the longer the shelf life. Country music produced some of the least processed recordings of the analog era. Its catalog holds a hit vocal caught in one take and a whole album cut straight to two-track tape. Audiophile reference lists still mostly skip the genre. We asked audiophiles which country albums everyone should hear at least once, then looked at how each record was made to understand what earned those votes. Th…
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