Once again: what are you listening to now? Part 2.

[Kaskade89052]

Received this as a holiday gift from the wife, based on my want list -- unfortunately, it has to be exchanged because there's a little warp on the final side (when "Isn't it Midnight" -- one of my favorite songs on here -- starts) and it's causing skipping throughout the first track.

This is my first official MoFi 45RPM pressing (I have a Silver Label pressing of Men at Work's Business as Usual) and it was somewhat disappointing; this may not have been MoFi's fault, as it came through a third-party vendor online and may have been improperly stored, etc. All of that being said -- WOW. I didn't think I'd hear much of a difference between my original U.S. Warner Bros. pressing (I also have the CD, as this is a favorite album of mine, and had the cassette when it first came out) and the MoFi because my system isn't super high-end, but both my wife and I did -- it was like a veil was lifted off this production. Rich, punchy bass (Mick's drums never pounded so hard with my tone controls at 12:00) complemented by an almost live-in-your-listening room delivery of the music.

My wife usually doesn't appreciate sonic differences when we're in front of the hi-fi, nor does she even realize when I play an "upgraded" version of an LP, but she did on Tango -- immediately, she said she heard the difference between our original vinyl copy and the MoFi, and while she wasn't a fan of the album before, she totally enjoyed it via this two-LP 45RPM release.

Of course, the price paid is that I have to get up more times to flip the records because there's three tracks to a side, but we all know how that goes. Just have to go through the exchange process now...

(*I understand that some early pressings of this had some issues with EQ and sound quality, specifically on the first LP of the set, and that MoFi repressed them and sent out replacements, but I didn't hear any such issues; we probably got a "corrected" version,)

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MUSIC ON VINYL LIMITED EDITION 180-GRAM "TRANSLUCENT YELLOW" VINYL REISSUE

 

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RHINO/WARNER BROS. 30th ANNIVERSARY "MILKY CLEAR" 2-LP VINYL REISSUE - BARNES & NOBLES EXCLUSIVE

 

[Kaskade89052]

DELUXE 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2-LP REISSUE

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From Polvo's 2009 album "In Prism." Not sure why I return to this one. I think it's the simplicity, bridge, outro, and conviction on vox.

 

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My listening selections over New Year's Eve and Day while at my daughter's place using the setup I gave my son inlaw and daughter streaming from my PC to the system pictured below.

I took a pic of Bear, my daughter's German Shedder in one of his more graceful moments. He's out cold.

 

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