Nice! I would add Face Dances - Who & American Beauty - Grateful Dead, both sound incredible and dead silent vinyl
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@conradpoos285911 ай бұрын
The Fleetwood Mac MFSL is beyond incredible. You can hear the room.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Soooooo good.
@jasonarsenault379111 ай бұрын
Yes! I scored that for cheap. It really is something special
@analoguecity345411 ай бұрын
Good one here Steve! I looked through my collection of 500+ record's, and I don't have one MOFI 😮! I have quite a few AP records, but no MOFIs , unbelievable! I have to get on it, I've gotten back into collecting in '17 ! I'm shocked at myself 😮!
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Time to expand your collection.
@analoguecity345411 ай бұрын
@@stevewestman7774 hells yeah!
@festersuncle629811 ай бұрын
Ziggy MOFI, I had two and sold them. Nothing compares to my OG UK pressing. Another world. Led Zep ll is one of my favorites from MOFI.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I love any Ziggy cut. Soooo good.
@JeffersonDD11 ай бұрын
I agree the early UK Ziggy press is head and shoulders above anything else! Anything below A7F
@masers511 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve. All good choices. There are many more from the 80's and 90's that are outstanding. Joe Jackson's Night and Day, both Jethro Tull's, King Crimson and Donald Fagen to name just a few. I miss the original MOFI.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Very nice. Yes. I really love the old MFSL series. Such diverse selection.
@latheofheaven11 ай бұрын
Yep, have their Aqualung. As I posted above, I really like the dynamics of it and feel that on my system it sounds FAR better than the dead, lifeless DCC that everyone likes 😊
@gcahill5111 ай бұрын
Ca-Ching. Most of these titles will set you back hundreds
@casperdowlen62511 ай бұрын
You being Canadian need to do a segment on A&M half speed albums. Especially the Supertramp releases. As far as the MFSL releases from the 1970's George Benson & Blondie.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Yes I have done a few A&M audiophile vids. Maybe I should do one on my whole A&M audiophile collection.
@Wyoming_Dave11 ай бұрын
when i come across any older MFSL title or Nautilus or the CBS half speed mastered albums,(thrift shops, rummage sales) i always snatch em up,, i think they all sound pretty good, the few that i have.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Hi Dave. Yes I love the older MFSLs.
@spencehayashi277211 ай бұрын
Cool video, i have several of the must own mofi lps you highlighted. The Poco Legend album is wonderful as is the Bowie and Supertramp. I have some personal faves mastered by Stan Ricker that i think are in my top 10. Tony Bennett & Bill Evans, Hiroshima, Vince Guaraldi's Black Orpheus and Wes Montgomery' Bumpin' all are in my list. Thanks for sharing your faves, with i had a copy of the Fleetwood Mac ;)
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. Happy you enjoyed it.
@jasonarsenault379111 ай бұрын
Excellent display Steve. Haha Kanye had some good taste 😉😜
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Thanks brother.
@ChrisStoneinator19 күн бұрын
Re: Hotel California… I was listening to my dad’s system and he put on the Chris Bellman cut. We both agreed that for a newly pressed, readily available bog standard record, it sounded great. Then I put on my MoFi SACD, and we both agreed that it shits all over that Bellman cut in every aspect. The difference is not subtle. Now the question is, is that Bellman cut overrated, or does using a format that has such a high resolution that it can capture a master tape (or, if you really want, a vinyl record) in its totality and reproduce it perfectly every time, lead to a closer representation of that master tape than trying to teach an Edison cylinder new tricks? I’m sure the first pressing sounds phenomenal, being sourced from a fresher master tape and pressed better on purer vinyl. Probably beats the SACD in some areas if it’s still mint, although I guarantee it won’t kick your ass as hard in the dynamics. But new vinyl pressings offer absolutely nothing over just listening to a well mastered optical disc, unless your turntable+phono stage are an entire product class higher than your CD player. And when it’s mass produced stuff, you don’t even have a guarantee of no surface noise, no skips, no scratches and no warping. All four of those goodies tend to be thrown in with your £30 Amazon delivery these days! Chris Bellman did a great job, but he was mastering an ancient and degraded tape for a stamper that was going to live out the rest of its days in a nasty pressing plant, being used far beyond its sell by date on poor quality vinyl slab after poor quality vinyl slab. And he didn’t even have access to an all-analog mastering chain.
@JBLClassic11 ай бұрын
The 90’s era Mobile Fidelity are some of my favorite. Especially Pink Floyd “Atom Heart Mother and Emerson Lake & Palmer “Trilogy”
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Yes. Very good
@conradpoos285911 ай бұрын
I also recommend the original Year of the Cat by Al Stewart
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Yes. I have that one too. Produced by Alan Parsons.
@thomashertl303711 ай бұрын
Nice special excursion, Steve. I have abt. 20 1st gen Japanese vinyl pressings from the 80s and Anadisq 200 pressings from the 90s. Except the Beatles and the Who, mostly the lesser popular titles, e.g. Atlanta Rhythm Section, Average White Band, Baez, Bloomfield, BB King, Klugh, Modern Jazz Quartet. From a re-/mastering standpoint they were certainly highlights back then but analogue technology and mastering skills have advanced and audiophile buying options are far greater today. Nevertheless, the much thinner JVC vinyl pressings from the 80s are next to none. So, 1st gen MFSLs are keepers for me also for technology legacy reasons, and MFSL was a business ethical company back then. PS The Who‘s Face Dances is one of my all-time MFSL favorites.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I need to get Face Dances. Don’t own it on MFSL. Great album.
@JeffersonDD11 ай бұрын
Excellent Video Steve!! Since I’m OLD AF, I luckily have most of these except for Poco and Some Girls:)
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Thanks so much JD. Guess I should start calling you Dad then. Lol.
@JeffersonDD11 ай бұрын
Just call me “Daddy” like you normally do😂
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
@@JeffersonDD OMG. Lol
@amosperrine190911 ай бұрын
I got quite a few MFSL promos back then, but it was hit and miss on the titles, have perhaps 30 total, including some nice clean used ones in past few years, including Ziggy and Rickie Lee Jones, $10 each at a local store. BTW, fellow readers do not call these early ones MoFi, MoFi is the most recent incarnation, no one ever called them that back then, we always called them Mobile Fidelity. Some folks I know, now after what the current folks have done, use the term MoFi as a slur.
@latheofheaven11 ай бұрын
Agree... I have the Steve Miller and several other original MFSL pressings that I can't remember right now 😊 One that I have that I bought long ago is the Jethro Tull Aqualung. I know bloody EVERYBODY loves the DCC, but I had that one too and on my system I just found it rather dead and lifeless sounding. But, I do like the MFSl pressing which I feel is far more dynamic.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching. I really like the old MFSL catalog.
@carrion_man370011 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff, Steve! I will definitely spin some vinyl today!
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Do it. I have MFSL Zep II on right now.
@fts8111 ай бұрын
Great guide, Steve! Hidden gems
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Thanks. Some real beauties.
@jimromanski270211 ай бұрын
Steve I bought the SACD of Hotel California to save money and it's a fantastic SACD. So consider going that route.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Yes. I own the MOFI SACD. Good enough for me. Saved money and bought other albums.
@jimromanski270211 ай бұрын
@@stevewestman7774 BTW - I have several of those early Mobile Fidelity albums and I think they're very good.
@anthonyburke22311 ай бұрын
Good to see you giving MoFi some love . I still like 'em
@raynewcomb33711 ай бұрын
Still?
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I’m all about love!
@JL-vo7dm11 ай бұрын
I thought the original US PR pressing of Some Girls was better than the MFSL pressing. Thanks for your input Steve!
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I really like Ricker’s mastering on the MFSL cut.
@JLeeeP10 ай бұрын
@JL-bo7dm @stevewesan7774 The vintage Netherlands pressing on orange vinyl of “Some Girls” is the gold standard.
@toddoh475111 ай бұрын
Great choices. I would add CSNY Deja Vu. It sounds incredible
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I have a Japanese cut of Deja Vu which I am very unimpressed with.
@The_Music_Sanctuary11 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Steve, I was glad to hear your thoughts on the Elton John, YBR superdisc. I actually just picked up a copy locally on Saturday but haven't had a chance to give it a spin yet....cheers.....✌️
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
You will be impressed. I think it sounds phenomenal.
@boldporcupine11 ай бұрын
7:17 I like the 2012 40th anniversary edition with multiple audio formats on supplemental DVD. It's a bit cheaper than a MOFI copy but also hard to find for less than 3 figures at present.
@Stuck_in_the_70s11 ай бұрын
Great video. Personally, I love a late 70’s/early 80’s MOFI. I probably have around 20 including a couple of the ones you you showed, but I’m always looking out for more. The Band ‘Music From Big Pink’ and Hall & Oates ‘Abandoned Luncheonette’ are two of the very best I have. The Who ‘Face Dances’ and Earl Klugh ‘Finger paintings’ are also excellent. I have a few of those Superdisks as well and they all sound excellent.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Much appreciated. I really like the Superdisk series.
@rixvspinner11 ай бұрын
Interesting reviews Steve. I visited Heddon St. in London, UK where they show the front cover of Ziggy. Glad it's not really Kanye - but K West first. You can notes people wrote and stuck in the wall. I would have added Little Feat Waiting For Columbus
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Yes. I have waiting for Columbus but not an MFSL pressing.
@AI_Surfer11 ай бұрын
One you might want to add to your list of great sounding original MFSL titles, is Gerry Rafferty 'City To City'. Right up there with the original UK 'George "Porky" Peckham' pressing.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
A lot of Porky’s sound so good.
@91pastor11 ай бұрын
Just an aside... when MCA took over ABC in 1978, Poco's record label, Legend was actually cut half-speed by Darrell W. Johnson at JVC Mastering. Deadwax has DWJ on it.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Good Info. Thanks.
@love2spinvinyl11 ай бұрын
The original Mofi’s are very rare to find here in Oz, but i do have 3 of them and they are all brilliant. One of them will have Mazzy disappointed that you didnt mention - Little Feat Waiting for Columbus (1979) the other 2 i have are both Supertramp - Crime, that you had from 78 but also Breakfast from 82 (I also have the 2018)
@rharcha887811 ай бұрын
100% agree with you on Waiting for Columbus. MFSL pressing lets this amazing live recording shine. A definite must-have.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I have a reissue of Waiting for Columbus. I have never heard the MFSL version.
@felipeopazomusic11 ай бұрын
Regarding "old" MoFi, i've only listened at a friends house to the Sinatra box, which is pretty good -haven't compared it to the latest Mofi Sinatra's though- and the Dark Side Of The Moon, which, to me, sounds better than every other one, although I know it can be controversial, since the sound profile is super different from the original, which is quite dark.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
MFSL DSOTM is OK. I prefer the 30th anniversary cut by Kevin Gray.
@felipeopazomusic11 ай бұрын
@@stevewestman7774 I listened to that one on some other occasion, also to a UK 70s pressing, I don't own any of them, but will try to organize a proper shootout. I remember liking the fact that the Mofi had a little sparkle in the highs.
@billhawkins123611 ай бұрын
What? No Super Session? Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Sorry 😣
@jasonarsenault379111 ай бұрын
Damn. I need to find that!
@91pastor11 ай бұрын
That Eagles Hotel California was cut by Bernie Grundman from a digital file in 2014.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Yes. Sorry meant to say Bernie. My bad. Thanks.
@Stevenc197011 ай бұрын
Any opinion on “The Unforgettable Fire”? Thought about paying the price for it
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I do own it. I don’t have an original to compare it to. Mine sounds Greta a lot detail on Mullins drums. It def sounds better then my reissue from a few years back. But I think the MOFI version for a clean copy will run you big bucks.
@zizendorf11 ай бұрын
I picked up what I thought would be a great vinyl pressing of Bob Seeger "Night Moves" off of ebay. The vinyl was/is in great (near mint) condition. This MFSL's version is awful! It's muddy, little clarity and/or dynamics. It just falls flat. I'm no expert but somewhere between engineering and pressing a lot of detail was lost. Mine's a Japanese pressing according to the 'cardstock' inner sleeve. But, the record label states a copyright of 1976, while the inner sleeve jacket states a 1979 date. It is dead silent vinyl. I wish all of my albums were...
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I have an original Night Moves that sounds great. Never needed the MFSL cut. That’s too bad.
@michaeledwards766811 ай бұрын
MoFi DSOTM isn't very good imo.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
I prefer my 2003 Kevin Gray 30th Anniversary cut which has better dynamics.
@michaeledwards766811 ай бұрын
@stevewestman7774 I agree, I even like the James Guthrie digital remaster better than the MoFi, atleast to my ears. Steve is the 30th anniversary cut the last time the original master tapes were used to cut dark side?
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
@@michaeledwards7668 well Kevin did mention last Friday on the Roundtable the original master was used for his 30th anniversary cut so I would assume yes.
@bigsweetc611 ай бұрын
My local shop has a MoFi ziggy for a $100 on the wall? Good or bad price
@HMSiegal11 ай бұрын
good price. average price on Discogs appears to be $159
@JeffersonDD11 ай бұрын
@@HMSiegalgood price, IF the condition is VG+ minimum
@HMSiegal11 ай бұрын
good point! @@JeffersonDD
@casperdowlen62511 ай бұрын
Good price. What is the condition?
@spacebwoy11 ай бұрын
just buy a cd, it's objectively better
@Groover7111 ай бұрын
Eh. That’s a lazy take. They all aren’t.
@stevewestman777411 ай бұрын
Not as much fun.
@intothevoid983111 ай бұрын
No theyre not. Keep coping.
@spacebwoy11 ай бұрын
The format is, the recordings are not. If you want to listen to those early Chess recordings it's your only option i realise that; but new stuff? @@Groover71