Have a couple, maybe more, copies of the old Warners pressing- is the japanese pressing worth seeking out? I know Mobile Fidelity 'remastered' this record and it is readily available, but I have little love for the sound of their reissues.
(We're talking vinyl here folks, so even if the SACD is killer, it won't help me- I'm a luddite).
TIA.
FWIW, i have quite a few of the older Mobile Fidelity pressings from back in the day- what, the early 80's?
Dark Side, Abbey Road, White Album, Aqualung, Led Zep II, etc. In that era, there weren't many options for 'audiophile' reissues. While I haven't gone back to compare all of them to their original pressings, I have found that, for example, some copies of the Warners original Rickie Lee Jone's record sound more lively than the MoFi reissue. (Again, talking about MoFi reissues that were done long ago, have no idea what their stuff sounds like now).
(We're talking vinyl here folks, so even if the SACD is killer, it won't help me- I'm a luddite).
TIA.
FWIW, i have quite a few of the older Mobile Fidelity pressings from back in the day- what, the early 80's?
Dark Side, Abbey Road, White Album, Aqualung, Led Zep II, etc. In that era, there weren't many options for 'audiophile' reissues. While I haven't gone back to compare all of them to their original pressings, I have found that, for example, some copies of the Warners original Rickie Lee Jone's record sound more lively than the MoFi reissue. (Again, talking about MoFi reissues that were done long ago, have no idea what their stuff sounds like now).