GENESIS - A TRICK OF THE TAIL, MOBILE FIDELITY *UHQR*
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From 1981, or thereabouts, comes this EXTREMELY RARE Genesis UHQR test pressing of their LP A Trick Of The Tail on Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL1-062 UHQR. This UHQR was unreleased and exists as a test pressing only which is offered here. This may very well be the only one in existence! I obtained it from someone who worked at Mobile Fidelity in the 80s. UHQR stands for Ultra High Quality Recording. It is half speed mastered pressed on very thick high quality vinyl in Japan! It is the ultimate recording and is better than the regular MFSL and the various CDs that have been issued. This LP was released as a regular MFSL but never as a UHQR! It has a white label with orange print on the top reading, Original master recording tm and in black print across the label,MFSL,Inc., below that it reads Test pressing-not for sale. Below that it reads Catalog No. on theleft side of the hole and on the right side Matrix No. All this is visible in the pictures below. The number of the record and UHQR and the song titles and the artist are filled out by hand on lines on the label. Below that it reads, Pressed In Japan and the bottom perimeter print reads,"Manufactured by Victor Company Of Japan LTD for MFSL Inc." This LP was issued in a plain white cover with a 1" by 2.5" rectangular sticker on the front cover in the upper right corner that reads,"Sample record - not for sale -record number MFSL1-062UHQR". It weighs three times what a normal MFSL record weighs and is quite heavy! I played it and the sound is TREMENDOUS! It blows away the regular MFSL issue of this title! When I acquired it in the mid 80s, the gentleman explained to me that MFSL was thinking about putting it out as part of the UHQR series, but decided to stay with the regular issue instead. This one of a kind item comes from my personal collection where it has resided for the last 20 plus years!
Small stain on front cover, white stickers on upper left of side seam where name of the group,name of the album, and name of the company were hand written. This is a very rare item and may never be offered again!
The record has tiny spindle marks and is a solid MINT MINUS!
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