BEATLES "WHITE ALBUM" MOBILE FIDELITY (MFSL) OMR LP RARE STILL SEALED VINYL

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200

I hate to do this:

Here we have a Sealed MFSL Beatles White album.

it is a 2lp set completely factory sealed, and has been this way since 1982. I can't bring myself to open it and therefore decided to pass it along.

There is a very slight crease/bend in the upper left corner of the cover, about 1 cm long, no signs of ring wear anywhere.

The loose sealed bag shows some signs of shelf wear, one small tear on spine about 1 cm wide.

These are getting harder to find in sealed condition these days.

At one point it looked like the MFSL Beatles records would drop in value since the release of the 2012 vinyl re-issues but in fact the opposite has happened.

Here is some info from wikipedia about MFSL and the Beatles releases:

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL or MoFi) is a re-issue record label known as an innovator in the production of audiophile-quality sound recordings. All of the label's releases are created from the first-generation analog master recordings via a custom-engineered tape machine. MFSL has issued titles on LP,[1] cassette tape, DAT, CD and SACD. Each title is licensed from the original record company for a limited period of time and production runs are usually restricted to a few thousand units each.

The emphasis on quality at MFSL has been praised by critics and music fans. After the label's initial success, both major record labels and small startups began producing half-speed mastered releases and albums advertised as being sourced directly from the original master tape. These include Columbia Records Mastersound, MCA Records Ultimate MasterDisc, Nautilus SuperDiscs, Dunhill Records DCC series, Practical HiFi Magazine's Numbus Supercut, JVC's XRCDs, Audio Fidelity and Acoustic Sounds' Analogue Productions.

Half-Speed LP Mastering

Mobile Fidelity is the first label to use the half-speed mastering technique. All LP releases are pressed from lacquers cut at 1/2 normal playing speed. This is accomplished by playing master tape at half its normal speed, while simultaneously running the cutting lathe at half speed. For instance, a 30 inch per second (I.P.S.) speed tape would be played at 15 I.P.S., while the lathe is running at 16?? RPM (when cutting a standard 33?? RPM LP). The half-speed mastering technique allows for extended frequency response and better transient attack.

Supervinyl

Early MFSL titles were pressed by JVC in Japan on virgin 180 gram "SuperVinyl" vinyl. JVC originally developed this proprietary plastic compound in the early 1970s to reduce record wear on CD-4 discrete quadraphonic LP records. Supervinyl is a harder and more durable vinyl formula than traditional formulas. The pressings exhibit a very low surface noise, as well as pops and clicks. Supervinyl is proprietary JVC technology, which was discontinued in the late 1980s.

MFSL's releases received increased publicity in 1981 when they released a box set of The Beatles recordings. This comprised all 13 original British versions of their albums, mastered from the original Abbey Road Studio master tapes (with the exception of Magical Mystery Tour which was sourced from a copy of the original US Capitol tapes). An album-sized booklet displaying the original album covers was also included. This project was the first and only time The Beatles master tapes ever left Abbey Road studios.

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