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Sold at Christies for GBP 1,482,000 a 2021 recording of Bob Dylan Blowin In the Wind acetate ......Holy bajeezus!!

Gentle and Giant wrote:

The Tangent - Proxy

The Tangent - Songs From the Hard Shoulder

Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (45rpm half-speed master)

Do tell on the PF record....I have the 2015 remaster and a crappy 1987 CD as well my 1987 cassette...

Catcher10 wrote:

Gentle and Giant wrote:

The Tangent - Proxy

The Tangent - Songs From the Hard Shoulder

Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason (45rpm half-speed master)

Do tell on the PF record....I have the 2015 remaster and a crappy 1987 CD as well my 1987 cassette...

Will do. Not got round to playing it yet though.

Recent purchases:

black midi - Hellfire

The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether

The Tangent - The Music That Died Alone

The Tangent - The Slow Rust Of Forgotten Machinery

But Amazon deciding it's a good idea to send vinyl albums without any packaging, the label stuck straight on the protective sleeve. Seriously? Complaint done.

Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen

Catcher10 wrote:

Sold at Christies for GBP 1,482,000 a 2021 recording of Bob Dylan Blowin In the Wind acetate ......Holy bajeezus!!

"advances in materials science to generate a protective sapphire and quartz gradient coating"

My god...can you imagine the wear on your stylus?

Play it once...new stylus please ! LOL

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dr wu23 wrote:

I can see an acetate from '61 going for that much..maybe ,,,, but a rerecorded one?

It's like that Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin that Martin Shkreli bought. Just a one off. No other copies ever made. Still...$4 million.

Edited by JD - July 30 2022 at 11:38

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^Can you elaborate? What are the issues?

Thank you for supporting independently produced music

progbethyname wrote:

How are you guys feeling about the whole MOFI controversy with their marketing/ethics issues?

Ha!!! Yea over 500 pages over at Hoffman Forums when this broke what 10 days a go or so. In a nutshell for me, MoFi misled its customers PERIOD!!

They have been insinuating for the last 15-20yrs they do not have a digital step in the mastering, there are interviews both paper and videos where the engineers have stated there is no digital step in the mastering, they only work from original master tapes.

As of right now, they have been cutting from digital files since 2007-08, and pretty much everything they have issued since around 2015 has been cut from digital source.

Two main issues for me:

1) I am not an all analog buyer of records, I have both digital cut and all analog cut records that sound brilliant, as well the opposite. I have MoFi records that are some of the best cut as well some that are stinkers! So for me this is not a digital vs analog issue, far from it.

2) I'm not paying $100-$125 for their digital cut records, simply not worth it now that we know the truth. why? Because there are digital cut records that sell for $25-$50 that are 90-95% of what you might get from MoFi.

MoFi engineers are some of the best in the world, as well their mastering is off the charts no doubt. They deserve a premium but not that much anymore.

The main issue with the audiophile record world is that MoFi has been deceiving customers letting them think they are buying a record that has been carefully curated from the Original Master Tapes and processed all analog. The reason why they have been doing a digital step is due to labels not allowing them to handle the original master tapes, so they have been getting DSD copies of the tapes. Again, I have no issue with this but they have not been transparent in letting the consumer know.

MoFi is probably in a world of hurt right now, possible they broke some laws around marketing, but yea they have a massive black eye now and will be tough for them to return to their glory.

Many, many people have cancelled pre-orders of records the past 2 weeks now that they now they are cut from digital source. Luckily I don't have any on order......

It's a mess....

Arrived today......My continuation of The Flower Kings on LP, these are all great presses and packaging. Roine always includes the CD versions as well. All pressed at Optimal Media in Germany and sounds excellent!

This is a 3-LP/2CD set.

Edited by Catcher10 - August 15 2022 at 12:16

Two new additions to my jazz section.......

Bought Pictures At Eleven when it came out way back in the day, big fan of that album!