Beatles Mobile Fidelity Rare Limited Edition 14 Record

$

610

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Inc.
ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDINGS

The BEATLES - THE COLLECTION
plus the GEO-DISC

Current list price: $1,299.00

Beatles Mobile Fidelity rare limited edition 14 record set.

The contents are in mint condition.  The case itself has some shelf wear.

The success of these limited edition vinyl releases are culminated with the issue of a limited edition, boxed collection of 13 Original Master Recordingâ„¢ LPs by The Beatles entitled The Beatles - The Collection. The Collection is lauded by critics and fans worldwide and sold-out completely within the first year.


MFSL began issuing albums in 1977, during the height of the dissatisfaction over the sound of (mainly US) pressings of albums. Most of the decade had been spent by collectors decrying how poor the album pressings had become in the 1970s. There were several reasons contributing to this sense that sound quality had gone downhill.

First, collectors noticed that the Japanese pressings, and in many cases the UK pressings, of albums were quieter than US pressings. This was mainly due to better vinyl quality. Many US albums at the time were pressed using recycled vinyl to some extent, as opposed to "virgin vinyl" which had never been recycled. Second, many of the highly successful albums were being mastered from "master tapes" which were second, third, or higher generation copies of the mixdown masters, not the original mixdown masters themselves. Third, mass production in the 1970s, especially in the US where record sales were at an almost undreamed-of height, had certainly resulted in a drop in quality control. Defects such as warpage were much more common than had previously been tolerated.

MFSL tried to answer these problems in the marketplace with a high-quality reissue that, although priced at about double the price of a standard album, would appeal to those buyers who were quality-conscious about the factors which led to high sound quality. >From MFSL's catalogs, the way they put it was as follows:

What distinguishes an Original master Recording LP from any other record?

1. Original Master Recordings are exclusively transferred from the original stereo master tape that the musicians recorded in the studio (not from a second, third, or fourth generation copy of that master tape).

2. Each Original Master Recording employs Mobile Fidelity Sound lab's exclusive half-speed mastering process, thus capturing every nuance of sound from the master tape.

3. Quality, not quantity, is the overwhelming consideration in the creation of each Original Master Recording. The number of pressings is strictly controlled. These limited editions assure you that the quality of the last pressing matches the quality of the first.

4. Original Master recordings are custom pressed overseas by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC). Super Vinyl, an exclusive compound far superior to even so-called 100% virgin vinyl, is utilized to achieve maximum clarity and startling quietness.... Super Vinyl also bestows unsurpassed durability to each Original Master Recording LP, achieving a "playing lifespan" at least five times longer than mass- produced records.

5. Each Original Master Recording is ultra-packaged to maintain flatness and prevent warpage.

GEO-DISC

The high fidelity pleasures of Original Master Recordings...even the audio content of conventional records...cannot be totally realize if your phonograph pickup apparatus (stylus/cartridge) is not aligned accurately.

The Geo-Disc solves this problem and more.

A product of extensive research and development, the Geo-Disc features a proprietary three-dimensional visual alignment system (patent pending).  It delivers incredibly precise, uncomplicated, rapid and economical cartridge alignment.  It enables one to achieve critical alignment to within .003 of an inch in moments...not hours.  The Geo-Disc exclusively addresses teh three most important factors of alignment: proper offset, proper tracking angle and proper overhang.

Precise alignment with the Geo-Disc can literally result in a sonic improvement as significan as the addition of a new stereo component...at a fraction of the price.

ALBUMS:

1. Please Please Me 
2. With the Beatles 
3. A Hard Day's Night 
4. Beatles For Sale 
5. Help! 
6. Rubber Soul 
7. Revolver    
8. Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Band  
9. The Beatles (White Album)    
10. The Beatles (White Album)
11. Yellow Submarine
12. Abbey Road
13. Magical Mystery Tour
14. Let It Be

    Geo-Disc

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On Jan-03-06 at 11:14:55 PST, seller added the following information: