Dave's Updated MFSL CD Recommendations

For the sake of ease and on Gort Gary's recommendation here's the newly updated version. Please keep in mind that the majority being removed at this point do not sound so bad and I've just found a pressing I prefer over it.

Not everyone might agree and that's ok. If you are sure of a better version please speak up. Thanks.


My MFSL Gold CD recommendations: *= UD only, not UDII

UDCD 505 Supertramp: Crime of the Century *

UDCD 507 Blind Faith: Blind Faith *

UDCD 519 Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman *

UDCD 520 Def Leppard: Pyromania *

UDCD 523 Jefferson Airplane: Crown of Creation

UDCD 525 The Carpenters: A Song for You *

UDCD 527 The Band: Music from Big Pink

UDCD 529 Various Artists: After the Hurricane: Songs for Montserrat

UDCD 530 Hall and Oates: Voices

UDCD 532 Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story *

UDCD 534 Supertramp: Breakfast in America *

UDCD 535 Boz Scaggs: Silk Degrees *

UDCD 536 Elton John: Honky Chateau *

UDCD 540 Jefferson Airplane: Volunteers

UDCD 541 Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson

UDCD 542 Various Artists: Red Hot and Blue

UDCD 545 Steely Dan: Gaucho *

UDCD 548 B.B. King: Live at the Regal *

UDCD 550 The Who: Quadrophenia *

UDCD 551 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes *

UDCD 552 Santana Abraxas (under review)

UDCD 553 Eric Clapton: Slowhand *

UDCD 554 Stevie Wonder: Innervisions *

UDCD 555 Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl*

UDCD 556 Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping *

UDCD 557 Keith Richards: Talk is Cheap *

UDCD 558 Allman Brothers Band: Live at Fillmore East *

UDCD 560 Elvis Presley: That's The Way It Is

UDCD 562 Cream: Disraeli Gears *

UDCD 564 Robert Cray: Strong Persuader (not perfect, but still the best I've heard)

UDCD 567 John Lee Hooker: The Healer

UDCD 573 Dave Mason: Alone Together

UDCD 574 Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

UDCD 575 Otis Redding: Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul (currently under review)

UDCD 577 Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign

UDCD 578 Manhatten Transfer: Extensions

UDCD 579 Steve Winwood: Arc of a Diver

UDCD 584 Neil Diamond: Hot August Night

UDCD 593 Muddy Waters: Folk Singer

UDCD 594 Eric Clapton: 461 Ocean Boulevard

UDCD 600 John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Double Fantasy

UDCD 606 Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination

UDCD 609 Traffic: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

UDCD 620 Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland: Showdown!

UDCD 635 Albert Collins: Cold Snap

UDCD 649 Cat Stevens: Teaser and the Firecat (possibly not the best though)

UDCD 651 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: Ella & Louis Again

UDCD 658 Billie Holiday: Body and Soul

UDCD 659 B.B. King: Lucille (Perhaps not the best, but still decent)

UDCD 661 Cat Stevens: Three: Numbers, IZITSO & Back to Earth (3 CD Set)

UDCD 669 Traffic: Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory

UDCD 674 Steve Winwood: Talking Back to the Night

UDCD 675 Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

UDCD 676 Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker: Hooker 'N' Heat (just ok IMO)

UDCD 678 Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive!

UDCD 687 Ten Years After: Ssssh / Cricklewood Green

UDCD 691 Steve Winwood: Steve Winwood

UDCD 702 Ted Hawkins: The Next Hundred Years

UDCD 704 John Hiatt: Riding With The King

UDCD 714 Steppenwolf: Steppenwolf

UDCD 723 Stevie Ray Vaughan: The Sky Is Crying

UDCD 732 Simon & Garfunkel: Bookends

UDCD 742 Blood, Sweat & Tears: Child is Father to the Man

UDCD 757 Duke Ellington: Blues In Orbit (Dual Layered SACD/DSD)

 

BOC

what is your preference for the first two Blue Oyster Cult albums?

 

I prefer the standard USA CBS/Columbia pressings at least until I can find/afford the Japanese 1st pressings and even then there's no guarantee I'll like them better.

 

What about Quadrophenia? As I know,before you preferred WG version.

 

What about the new releases by Mofi John Lennon, Santana, Linda Ronstandt. etc.

 

Welcome back pal

 

And what about Hysteria and Tommy?

Nice to see you're back, Dave

 

Quadrophenia is listed in the 1st post.

Rick

 

What version of Blood Sweat & Tears (s/t) do you prefer over the MFSL Gold CD?

 

Honestly, I would prefer a combination of the MFSL UD and the 1st pressing W. German Polydor.

 

I haven't heard any I've liked so far, but I haven't heard Santana and Linda Ronstadt.

 

Thanks Rick, glad to be back.

 

Thanks, it's the Japanese 1st pressings I have now. Hysteria isn't much of a difference at all really.

 

Japanese 1st pressing all the way. The MFSL is good, but the Japan just sounds more natural to me with slightly better definition.

 

The MFSL CD of Muddy Waters' Folk Singer is very good although I do like the sound of Classic's HDAD disc just a tiny bit more. They're both very good.

 

I don't see Joe Walsh's Barnstorm on the list. Are these just gold discs or are there some silvers in here too?

 

For what it's worth...I have not heard the new Santana, but I have the new Linda Ronstadt and it sounds quite nice.

 

I think the first Japan release of Hysteria (32PD??) is actually a WG CD with Japan packaging, does this sound correct or am I thinking of another Leppard release? IIRC the 28PD is the first Japan CD.

 

BTW,Welcome back.

 

Hi Dave

Which version do you like best?

 

What about Steve Winwood -Back in the High Life MFSL?
You've listed all the other MFSL of his.....is there a better sounding disc?

 

Jamie, these are only the original gold CD's. The silver MFSL's in general are great and I can't even think of one bad one I've heard. Well, one exception but I think it just may have been a not so great recording. YMMV

 

Gotcha!

 

Correct on both counts.

 

Still the MFSL, but who knows maybe that will change in the future.