#NowSpinning the latest addition to my collection, #SomethinElse by #CannonballAdderley.
This new OneStep by #MobileFidelity is pricey & DSD sourced. However, it’s my favourite hard bop album, one of my favourite #jazz albums & performances by #MilesDavis & so I had to add this, cut at 45, to my Blue Note Classic series cut.
I’ve listened to it once through & I’m impressed, but need to listen a few more times before I can compare.
I’m not particularly lucky, but then I stumble across this at a local second hand store, sealed, for £14.99.
& so I’m #NowSpinning #BringingItAllBackHome by #BobDylan courtesy of #MobileFidelity.
This is just one of two missing entries in my #MoFi Dylan collection, & so I’m really happy to have this.
But how does it sound? Compared with a 1st UK stereo, it’s an improvement. Against an early UK mono, it’s less definitive. But what an album.
Another late birthday gift & I’m #NowSpinning the #MobileFidelity reissue of #ThisYearsModel by #ElvisCostello & the Attractions.
This is probably my 2nd favourite of the Costello albums, but contains my favourite song, ‘This Year’s Girl’, which is just glorious.
I’ve compared the #MoFi & it is easily bettered by the 1st UK Porky Prime cut. The MoFi’s too refined, lacks bite & is less cohesive, whereas the 1st UK kicks ass: as it should.
Late birthday gift arrived today & so I’m #NowSpinning #ArmedForces by #ElvisCostello & the Attractions.
This is the repressing by #MobileFidelity & I’m just done comparing it with a UK OG. There are audible differences between the two - the UK is punkier with more punch, but the #MoFi has better definition with hidden detail rising to the surface: the backing vocals & piano coming to the fore. But I’m not sure I prefer one over the other.
Following up from yesterday, I’ve now had chance to listen to #JohnWesleyHarding again, but this time the 45 cut by #MobileFidelity.
As with some of their other reissues, this is a mixed bag. Over all, it’s likely an improvement: #BobDylan’s voice is front, centre, & v. natural. The harmonica is tamed & better handled than both the 1st UK mono & stereo. However, the bass is, on occasion, weirdly extended (it’s wacky on Frankie Lee).
Having taken a long break from his #music (for obvious reasons), I was intrigued & then disappointed by #RyanAdam’s recent output. This then sent me into his back catalogue: a reminder of that incredible run of albums from #Heartbreaker through to #EasyTiger.
I’m #NowPlaying #LoveIsHell, a reissue by #MobileFidelity, the best sounding of his albums on #vinyl & the songwriting is, in places, exceptional, #Halloween, an outtake, being my favourite.
#NowListening to #BlondeOnBlonde by #BobDylan, cut in mono by #RyanKSmith from today’s #VinylMePlease haul.
This is my 2nd listen & my only mono. The #VMP stands up well to my 1st UK stereo press and proves a compelling listen, cohesion, punch, & natural bass.
The #MobileFidelity, cut at 45, has more space, more detail - but it’s a silly comparison. That #MoFi doesn’t sound like any other version I’ve heard. Plus, it’s cut in stereo, at 45, from DSD.
Sticking with #BobDylan for a while longer & #NowPlaying #LoveAndTheft.
This #MobileFidelity reissue sounds sumptuous, particularly at the low end with nimble bass & plenty of thump from that kick drum. Also love the sound of the guitars here: full, lush, & yet very natural.
Having spent time with Fragments over the past month or so, I can say that this version of #Mississippi is the true keeper. But, for me, Po’ Boy is perfect in its simplicity.
Still recuperating from a nasty bout of Covid-19 & #NowListening to #TheFreeWheelinBobDylan by #BobDylan.
This is the stereo 45 by #MobileFidelity & easily beats my first UK stereo for clarity, tone & musicality. These Dylan #MoFis, despite being DSD sourced, are so well done & so enjoyable to listen to. In fact, I wish I’d picked up the mono pressings alongside the stereo - they really are *that* good.
And slight as it may be, I love Corrina, Corrina.
Andy
Andy Odom