Harmonically Correct Acoustic Guitars
The guitars on this record are a true test of stereo fidelity. As it says below, most of the pressings of this record do not get the guitars to sound right. They often sound veiled and dull, and on a copy with a bit too much top end they will have an unnatural hi-fi-ish sparkle.
(This kind of sparkle can be heard on practically every record Mobile Fidelity made in the ’70s and ’80s. Tea for the Tillerman, Sundown, Year of the Cat, Finger Paintings, Byrd at the Gate, Quarter Moon in a 10 Cent Town -- the list would be very long indeed, and these are just the records with prominent acoustic guitars!)
MoFi Debunked
The MoFi pressing is decent, probably better than the average domestic copy I suppose. The colorations and the limitations of their cutting system make it painful for me to listen to though, especially the sloppy bass. Compressed too. You can do worse but you sure can do a lot better.)
MoFi did two of the greatest Bowie albums of all time, Ziggy and Let's Dance, and neither one can hold a candle to the real thing. If you want to settle for a pretty poor imitation of either or both of those albums, stick with your MoFi. If you want to hear the kind of Demo Disc sound that Bowie's records are capable of, try a Hot Stamper.
SupertrampCrime of the Century
If you are sick of the phony sounding MoFi copy you probably have -- they sold over 100,000 if you can believe it (!) -- then this should be the one that you can finally sit down and ENJOY.
This MoFi Crime of the Century is one of the BEST SOUNDING copies we have ever played, on ANY label. It beat the pants off our best British originals in every way besides bass reproduction, and that’s no mean feat.This MOFI Crime of the Century has TWO SUPERB SIDES! I have to admit I was DEAD WRONG about MOFI’s COTC -- on this pressing, anyway. But I can tell you that this is one of the few I have ever played that sounded right.. It’s not that MOFI couldn’t cut a record that would be tonally correct. It’s just that most of the time they didn’t. This time they did! more Info
This MOFI Crime of the Century has TWO SUPERB SIDES! I have to admit I was DEAD WRONG about MOFI’s COTC -- on this pressing, anyway. But I can tell you that this is one of the few I have ever played that sounded right.. It’s not that MOFI couldn’t cut a record that would be tonally correct. It’s just that most of the time they didn’t. This time they did!
This White Hot Stamper A&M Half Speed today joins a VERY ELITE GROUP: Half-Speeds that hold their own in a head to head shootout against some of the BEST Hot Stamper Non-Audiophile pressings we can find. There are presently a total of three titles that fit the description: Dark Side of the Moon on MoFi, Crime of the Century on MoFi, and this title on A&M. Most half-speed mastered records we throw on our table have us scratching our heads and asking, What the hell were they thinking? They SUCK! Tubby bass, recessed mids, phony highs, compression -- the list of bad qualities they almost all have in common is a long one. Playing these kinds of records on a properly set-up modern system is positively painful. more Info
Most half-speed mastered records we throw on our table have us scratching our heads and asking, What the hell were they thinking? They SUCK! Tubby bass, recessed mids, phony highs, compression -- the list of bad qualities they almost all have in common is a long one. Playing these kinds of records on a properly set-up modern system is positively painful.
