What's everyone's favorite MoFi LP reissues-both past and present count!
What's everyone's favorite MoFi LP reissues-both past and present count!
This may date me but my MFSL UHQR "I Robot" is incredible. The clarity and detail of the music and it is dead quiet.
~There are many roads to audio nirvana. While the ultimate goal may be the destination, don't forget to enjoy the ride.~
Off the top of my head, I think that MFSL's two Jean-Michel Jarre releases (Oxygene and Equinoxe) would be my faves.Originally Posted by MylesBAstor
I saw him perform live in a Houston downtown outdoor park concert about 20 years ago. They used lasers to project images on the buildings and his light organ shot beams of light into the air. It was fantastic.
~There are many roads to audio nirvana. While the ultimate goal may be the destination, don't forget to enjoy the ride.~
That would have been Rendezvous Houston. They showed it on TV in the UK, and fantastic is an understatement! I got see him a few years later, in London's Docklands (Destination Docklands, I think it was called), when Revolutions was his current LP. It was even better live!
The UHQR of Respighi's Feste Romane was a killer on my system. I've read that some folks thought the original Decca was even better... I'd have loved to hear that!
There is a Decca pressing right now on eBay for $25.69 (high current bid), while the sealed UHQR is going for $500-600!
Lee
Last edited by RBFC; 05-19-2010 at 08:41 PM.
I have one of these MoFi I Robot UHQRs, serial no. 250, but I've never listened to it. I'll check it out. I bought it used a long time ago. Check out the price of sealed copies on Ebay!
Last edited by Jay_S; 05-20-2010 at 12:21 PM.
i have lots of MFSL Lps, and really like many of them, but my favorite (at the moment) is likely the 'Gerry Mulligan meets Ben Webster'.......a really wonderful Lp i never tire of. 'Cat Walk' may be the perfect cut.
Muddy Waters 'Folk Singer' may be number 2, and i prefer it to the Classic Records version.
earlier MFSL's really need VTA dailed in to be top notch.
Mine would be Earl Klugh's Late Night Guitar and Johnny Mathis' Heavenly.
OK here's a few of mine:
Like Mike L love the Mulligan/Webster and it's always been a reference LP for me (though think the new ORG 45 rpm release is better)
Like Rich like both Jarre's Equinox and Oxygen
Haven't heard the Parsons but I'm intrigued!
Few others I'll throw out:
Don Sebesky: Three Workds for Jazz Soloists and Symphony Orchestra
The Fantasy World of Bernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann: Four Faces of Jazz
Getz/Gilberto (though the early original is still better sounding)
Allman Brothers: Idlewild South
Santana: Abraxas
Yes: Close to the Edge
Eric Clapton: Slowhand (former resident of HPs list, not sure why fell off list and would love to see Chad reissue!)
Renaissance: Scheherazade (far better sound and music than the Renaissance on HP's list)
Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman
Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust
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