[2012-11-13] Mobile Fidelity 2012 audiophile remasters

Linda · 13 Jan 1966

Sundodger1 wrote:

I just received my Mofi Hybrid Sacd "Pet Sounds" today. #00215. Haven't listened to it yet. Anyone else order it?

Oh, I'll definitely grab that as soon as Amazon lists it. What mix(es) does it have in hi-rez? Mono, stereo, surround? I love the surround DVD-A* from a few years ago, but would rather have it as an SACD in a normal-sized jewel case.

*This one here:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000A14WB/?tag=imwan-20

Sundodger1 · **Joined:** 14 May 2009 **Posts:** 299

Stereo mix with no bonus tracks but there may be more once I open and listen. No time this afternoon. I ordered directly from Mofi so not sure how long until Amazon will have it. Copyrights are 1966 and 1997.

More info here...
http://www.musicdirect.com/p-45343-the- ... _campaign=

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Does it come in a cardboard sleeve or a super jewel case?

Sundodger1 · **Joined:** 14 May 2009 **Posts:** 299

Jay wrote:

Does it come in a cardboard sleeve or a super jewel case?

Cardboard sleeve with a thick cardboard sleeve around the disc.

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Sundodger1 wrote:

Jay wrote:

Does it come in a cardboard sleeve or a super jewel case?

Cardboard sleeve with a thick cardboard sleeve around the disc.

Thanks, Sundodger.

Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

I'll be getting this as soon as Linda posts an IMWAN link!

Rick A.

Sundodger1 · **Joined:** 14 May 2009 **Posts:** 299

Linda, I was trying to upload a pic of the packaging for the Mofi Pet Sounds but kept getting an error message that I the file could not be uploaded. Is there a size limit?

Linda · 13 Jan 1966

Sundodger, upload the file to an off-site image repository such as Imgur or ImageShack, then hotlink it into your post.

Sundodger1 · **Joined:** 14 May 2009 **Posts:** 299

Here's the photo of the Mofi Pet Sounds packaging.

Thanks Linda!

Linda · 13 Jan 1966

Thanks for posting that. A mini LP sleeve design reminiscent of the old "half speed mastered" look. Very nice.

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

That seems to be the new MFSL standard packaging. All of the Band discs came packaged in that manner, as did the Chuck Berry 2fer.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

And it looks like they're using a protective inner sleeve! :yay:

Plasquatch · **Joined:** 04 Apr 2009 **Posts:** 286

Okay, I'm losing my mind here.

I seem to have some memory of reading that MoFi was doing an LP and/or SACD of the Cars' "Move Like This."

Was this a dream?

Sundodger1 · **Joined:** 14 May 2009 **Posts:** 299

Geff R. wrote:

And it looks like they're using a protective inner sleeve! :yay:

Yes that's a nice soft mesh-like inner sleeve. Great packaging.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Sundodger1 wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

And it looks like they're using a protective inner sleeve! :yay:

Yes that's a nice soft mesh-like inner sleeve. Great packaging.

it looks like the Japanese cloth sleeve in that pic.

kajafan · **Joined:** 10 Apr 2009 **Posts:** 586

Rick A wrote:

I myself looking forward for the "Double Vision" remaster. MFSL issues of previous Foreigner albums were very good so I expect the same here. "Head Games", my personal fave comes out later in 2012 so I'll be awaiting for this aswell.

Rick A.

You won't be disappointed as I have mine already and it's just great with the drums projecting well.

kajafan · **Joined:** 10 Apr 2009 **Posts:** 586

Sundodger1 wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

And it looks like they're using a protective inner sleeve! :yay:

Yes that's a nice soft mesh-like inner sleeve. Great packaging.

I agree although there's a vocal group elsewhere who get all worked up over :shock:

. To me it has the feel of quality about it, is tactile, less likely to get damaged in transit having had marked discs from broken hubs fragments going everywhere.

Linda · 13 Jan 1966

Here we go -- Amazon now has the Pet Sounds SACD listed for February 14th:

Plasquatch · **Joined:** 04 Apr 2009 **Posts:** 286

This thread is strangely inactive. Especially after this Second Disc post.

Miles Davis (each on hybrid SACD and 180g LP)
Round About Midnight
Milestones (in mono!)
Kind of Blue (LP is 45 RPM)
Sketches of Spain
"Four" and More
In a Silent Way

Bob Dylan (each on hybrid SACD and 180g LP, all 45 RPM except the last two)
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
Blonde on Blonde
Blood on the Tracks
The Basement Tapes

Now I wonder why they'd release "Four" and More and not My Funny Valentine... they were both taken from the same concert.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Kind Of Blue is tempting.

Jamie Tate · 05 Mar 2009

Geff R. wrote:

Kind Of Blue is tempting.

Still no confirmation if they're using the original mixes or the remixes.

static_frequency · **Joined:** 09 Apr 2007 **Posts:** 45

Brainiac McGee wrote:

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

alantig wrote:

Brainiac McGee wrote:

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Brainiac McGee wrote:

Wow...now it's Foreigner's turn for the gold-CD treatment...Is there any second-tier 80's act left that Hoffman has yet to remaster? The Fabulous Thunderbirds? The Hooters? John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band? Quarterflash?

I didn't realize selling 100 million albums was second-tier. Also, Foreigner released 3 albums in the 70s including this one which sold over 7 million copies. They're not an 80's band.
And, The Hooters are great.

Yeah, the Hooters weren't bad. (Are they still together?) And I've always had a soft spot for Quarterflash. But, I swear to God, I couldn't tell the difference between Foreigner, Asia, REO Speedwagon, Styx or Boston if you paid me. As for album sales--"Glee" sells a million copies and it pisses everybody off. I've never claimed to be hip. All it takes is a look at the Hoffman/Mobile Fidelty release schedule to drive that realization home. (Hey, how about putting the Lovin' Spoonful on a gold/audiophile disc? What's that? They'll have to wait in line behind Marilyn Martin and Kenny Loggins? *sigh*)

Heh heh heh - we're talking about how great the hooters are! :yay:

But don't confuse some of the later Foreigner/REO/Styx stuff with the earlier stuff (Boston as well). Those first four Foreigner albums are all between very good and great - it's not the blandish power ballad stuff that got all the notice later. Same with REO - up until "Good Trouble", they're a pretty rocking band (some will argue "Keep On Lovin' You" was the end). Styx gets something of a bad rap because of Dennis DeYoung's musical theater jones. And Boston was unique with a distinctive sound - much like AC/DC - but Tom Scholz just couldn't let some things go (I never got over the eight year wait for the third album). Those bands bear a lot of the weight of the "corporate rock" rap, but nobody was really saying that in the 70s when they were fresh.

Alan

Well said Alan!
I also don't know how any one of those bands sounds like the other. Really, I don't. Foreigner and Styx do not sound similar at all, nor does Boston.
Shit, all that awful Grunge in the 90s sounded the damn same from every faceless act that got signed and dumped even quicker in the wake of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, et al, but because they wore flannel they were cool and bands like Boston weren't (even though King Cobain himself stated he was a Boston fan).
As for the Lovin' Spoonful that gets an enormous "ewwwww" from me, and they are no more valid than Foreigner or Carole King (another huge ewwww act for me). Doesn't mean they don't deserve the high-quality audio treatment too, but they sure don't deserve it any more than a band like Foreigner just because they're from the 60's.
And The Hooters are indeed back together. I think they reformed around 2006 or so and remain huge in Europe. Being from Philly, they're still big here, but probably only pockets of the US even know they're still around. I saw them with Hall & Oates and Todd Rundgren to close out the Spectrum in Philly a few years ago and they were excellent-stellar musicianship with that Folk influence they've always had.

But this is the reasoning about these audiophile issues I question. Whenever I ask why there doesn't seem to be any gold CD for any album released after about 1987, the answer is always that everything recorded after 1987 sucks. Why doesn't Hoffman handle any grunge acts? Is it because they all sound the same--or because they all sound the same to Steve Hoffman? Fprget the Spoonful--why not a gold CD for Hootie and the Blowfish? They may have sucked, but they had an album that sold something like ten million copies. Exacftly what is the criteria here?

MoFi did Megadeth's Countdown To Destruction, Faith No More's Angel Dust and the Pixies catalog (I think all of the albums - if not, most of them), Los Lobos' Good Morning Aztlan and This Time (and have Kiko slated for the future,) Aimee Mann's Bachelor No. 2 and Lost In Space, Beck's Sea Change, and Sonic Youth's Goo - and there are more, I just have to stop at some point - so it's not that they're stuck on early releases. I think it's just that the earlier stuff sells better. I don't really know anyone else that cares about sound quality that listened to the stuff I did/do, so I'd guess that's kind of representative of the problems of the market in general.

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