Great MOFI LPs that everyone should buy..

I prefer the word "information" in this case. Not much wisdom to be gained by knowing what's on that list, if I can be semantical about it.

Wisdom would come from playing them and comparing them all carefully. I don't know anybody who has that kind of time, but somebody should do it someday. I will certainly look forward to reading it.

TP

 

Maybe so Tom but you and I know the likelyhood of that ever happening with an unbiast listener is about zero.

Besides I believe I correctly answered the questions that were asked other than as far as the UD2's go and with that we both know some are allright and some suck totally. If jligon wants to ask me my opinion he's welcome to.

That reminds me...How come you never mentioned the S/T Blind Faith UD1 in your list of good ones?

 

Joe Walsh: Barnstorm. Wow. Was I glad to snag THAT one early in life.

 

Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Bros. Anthology 1969-1972 contains the complete versions of The Gilded Palace Of Sin, Burrito Deluxe, and The Flying Burrito Bros albums. It also has some of Last Of The Red Hot Burritos and a few other tracks I believe. I don't have this compiltation yet because I already have all this stuff (multiple times), but would be interested in how the sound quality is.

-Craig

 

Oh I believe you TP. Many dealers are unwilling to unseal their product for consumers to inspect. I should press the issue (bad pun intended) and demand a look-see. I am just amazed that MoFi would take a shortcut so early in their re-issue game.

UHQR for Dark Side of the Moon is another story. I imagine you know it as well as, if not better than, anyone, but I don't know if you mentioned it here. If you are willing to chime in please do. If not, I realize there are trade secrets in the business.

I have avoided MFQR-17 for many reasons, other than the first mortgage asking prices. I have been told there are two UHQR versions. One is a dog and the other is excellent. There is no way to determine this without listening, I've been told. Is there a visual to determine if a copy a dog or the Holy Grail?

As for the MFSL 12, they are not bad, but my interest is peaked to hear the original, not re-issued, MoFi pressing.

 

You are right on; it is excellent. Their LP is even better, another winner.

TP

 

I know a little story connected to Crime but it's too long to relate. Suffice it to say they had to recut the record, and didn't do it right.

Proprietary info: #900 or so and under are good, 1000+ bad. Never buy a sealed one because it could be baked for all you know.

I'm not aware of variations on Dark Side. How many can you find to compare? Most of them are sealed! The last five I sold were sealed, two to the same guy. 1600 clams and that was a deal.

I would buy an open one, if I were you, from a real dealer, and if it didn't meet my expectations, send it back. For that money you should get what you want.

Can't comment about the sound. Things have changed so much since I played it.

Good luck getting that second mortgage!

TP

 

Ronald, I can save you the agony and $$$, definitely not an essential purchase. I find it very close to the standard MOFI. However if you don't own a SGT. Peppers that is the one to get. Others may disagree but I find it outstanding. Most of the other UHQR's can be left with the dealers.

Hey Humorem, whats your take on the EMI 100 Century version of Tull's Stand Up. In general I thought that series was pretty well done especially towards the end. This Was is outstanding, but Stand Up was poor. Did they use bad tapes for that one. The only good version the Pink Island even WLP US copies are pretty bad. I fully agree with you on the MFSL cd of Stand Up, I'd probably their high point.

 

I think the vinyl EMI 100 Century version of Tull's Stand Up is one of the best sounding LPs I own. This an Floyd's DSOTM are two great sounding LPs from this series of reissues.

 

Tommy my man,

Everybody hates me now for saying their records are crap when I think they are. You just mentioned one I think falls into the water closet category. Now what am I supposed to say? Are you sure you want me to tell you what I think? Does it really matter to you what I think? If you are looking for validation on the titles you mentioned I am fresh out.

If you want both barrels, say so. Otherwise I'm going to start giving out nicer answers so Steve and Jeff won't feel I am a disruptive influence on this forum, which is certainly not my intention.

I don't want to disrupt, corrupt or cutup..

All I really want to do...

Is baby be friends with you... (all)


TP

 

Let both barrels go. I'm not looking for validation. Like I said I personnally think STand Up sucks.

 

Tommy,

My interest in the UHQR DSOM is more curiosity than anything else. Thanks for your input. I would like to hear why it is so desirable, unless the desirability is due to the analogy of judging a book by its cover instead of content.
I realized about 10 years ago that unless I find it an Estate Sale of a former collector whom has never owned a turntable, I will never have a chance to hear it. I'm not too concerned. I am more concerned about the newspaper being on my doorstep instead of in the cactus garden in the morning than of being able to locate MFQR 017.

On another note, I remember when the gold disk (517) first came out, some critics claimed the sound of the gold CD was as good, if not better than the UHQR! MoFi in its own ads claimed "UHQR sound quality on a Gold disc"! Talk about marketing!! It's a good thing we can separate the wheat from the chaff when most of us here understand that substance and not marketing sells to serious listeners.

As for the story about the two versions of UHQR DSOM, I was skeptical when I first hear about it about 12 years ago so I filed it away as rumor and hearsay. However, I heard the same story from an unrelated source two years later so my interest is peaked. It would nice if the complete story would show up in print, but with the collector's market and the number of sealed MFQR's, we'll never know.

 

It's bright. Very bright. Even brighter than the Rhino GP two-disc. WAY too bright, in my opinion. In spite of the excessive brightness, by default it's the best CD version of the Burrito Deluxe album, simply because they unearthed the master tapes which hadn't been used anywhere on cd before. The self-titled third album definitely sounds much better on the Mofi, though. As for Gilded Palace, well, I've heard five CD versions of those tracks, and I've yet to hear one that was really well-mastered. Sad. For that album the British "Out of the Blue" set is probably the best of a sorry lot.

 

My take is the opposite of yours I'm afraid.

This Was: thin, bright, modern sounding. Pink Label Island pressing? Rich, smooth, good sounding. I never even put the EMI 100 in the catalog I disliked it so much.

Stand Up: new EMI is okay, no more. Somewhat lean but not bad. Pink Label kills it, kills the MOFI CD too, but this one is better than most domestics, although the twin color Reprise label copies can sound pretty decent. I recommended it, unenthusiastically.

To each his own on these two I guess.

TP