Apologies to everyone for starting the thread and not coming back to it until now.
Since I had 2 days off work, I started to explore most of the recommendations in this thread and I think I will start with the following, or at least this is what I like the most at the moment, in the following order: Computer World, The Man-Machine, Trans-Europe Express, Autobahn and Radio-Activity (mostly due to the title song - at the moment).
Locally I have some of these from the 2009 remasters, so any word on the sound quality for these remasters? Other option is amazon.co.uk , but I would like to avoid shipping/importing if it's not a must, and I haven't checked which remasters are from amazon.
I don't know at the moment the prices for the original issues, but I presume it will be a costly affair.
Also, what is the general opinion regarding the 3-D catalogue? There is one box set available, which although is a bit pricey, can be a possibility.What I don't like is that these are live recording with different takes as I understand (?) , and the example from Radioactivity (song) that I heard sounded a bit too much in the low end (maybe compressed) - totally different from the original version that I heard.
So, if I can't have the original issues, what would be the "next best thing", SQ wise?
Regarding some of the "Best of or Mix" recommendations, I would like to go for the complete albums if possible, just a personal preference.But if there is a good reason why to go for some of them, why not.