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{{Short description|American record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
| image = Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab logo.svg
| caption = <!-- a caption for the image -->
| parent = Music Direct
| founded = {{start date|1977}}
| founder = Brad Miller
| fate = <!-- explain the reason of the closing-->
| defunct = <!-- year the label dissolved, such as {{end date|1990}} -->
| status = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" -->
| distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> -->
| genre = Various
| country = U.S.
| location = Vision Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| url = {{URL|mofi.com}}
}}


'''Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab''' ('''MFSL''' or '''MoFi''') is a [[record label]] that specialized in the production of [[audiophile]] issues.<ref>{{cite web|title=MoFi Sued Over Claims Its All-Analog Albums Were Actually Made With Digital Mastering Tech|publisher=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mofi-sued-over-claims-its-analog-albums-were-made-with-digital-mastering-tech-1234580198/|accessdate=August 26, 2022}}</ref> The company produces reissued vinyl [[LP record]]s, [[compact disc]]s, and [[Super Audio CD]]s and other formats.
'''Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab''' ('''MFSL''' or '''MoFi''') is a company that produces reissues of albums. All releases are made from the first generation master tape and mastered at half-speed, which MFSL claims allows for an improved sound quality. In the past, MFSL has produced cassette tapes, LPs, CDs, and VHS releases of a few titles. In addition, each title is licensed to be mastered, manufactured, and sold within a specific time frame with limited quantities produced.


== History ==
Although Mobile Fidelity existed prior to 1978, MFSL's popularity began at that time with the Original Master Recording<sup>TM</sup> LP. The first titles in the series were classical releases by the Mystic Moods Orchestra. The label hit mainstream appeal with their release of Supertramp's ''Crime of the Century''. Other popular titles followed, such as Steely Dan's ''Katy Lied'', George Benson's ''Breezin''', Fleetwood Mac's ''S/T'', and Pink Floyd's ''Dark Side of the Moon''.
[[Audio engineer|Recording engineer]] Brad Miller (1939–1998) released the first recordings on the Mobile Fidelity label in March 1958, a recording of a [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]] steam locomotive.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mofi.com/Articles.asp?ID=255 |title=Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Inc.{{!}} Audiophile Vinyl, CD, SACD |website=www.mofi.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630132827/http://www.mofi.com/Articles.asp?ID=255 |archive-date=2012-06-30}}</ref> Later LPs included other steam trains, environmental sounds and orchestral music, and a few pop and orchestral recordings. In 1977 Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs was founded and began releasing Original Master Recording LPs, using a [[Half Speed Mastering|half-speed mastering]] process.<ref>{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs|url=https://mofi.com/pages/history}}</ref>


From 1985-1992, MoFi sourced recordings from the Soviet Union’s Melodiya Records archives.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Return of Mobile Fidelity|publisher=SoundStage|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203484272-530/mobile-fidelity-sound-labs-label|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}</ref> In November 1999, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab shut down after the bankruptcy of M. S. Distributing.<ref name="Industry News">{{cite web|title=Industry News November 1999|url=http://www.enjoythemusic.com/news/1199/|date=November 25, 1999|website=www.enjoythemusic.com|access-date=November 12, 2010}}</ref> In 2001 MFSL's assets were acquired by Jim Davis of Music Direct.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Return of Mobile Fidelity|publisher=SoundStage|url=https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/vinyl/vinyl200409.htm|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
MFSL's releases became highly publicized in [[1981]] when they released a box set of [[The Beatles|Beatles]] recordings. This comprised all thirteen original British versions of their albums, mastered from the original [[Abbey Road Studio]] master tapes. The releases used high-density "virgin" vinyl and half-speed mastering. Each album cover had a picture of the actual studio tape in its box along with the engineer's log sheet. An album-sized booklet displaying the original album covers was also included. The box set was followed up with box sets of [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[The Rolling Stones]].


==Releases==
== Products ==
=== LPs ===
[[File:Original Master Recordings wordmark.svg|thumb|Original Master Recordings logo]]
In 1977, Mobile Fidelity began to produce a line of records known as "Original Master Recording" vinyl LPs.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Return of Mobile Fidelity|publisher=SoundStage!|url=https://www.soundstagenetwork.com/vinyl/vinyl200409.htm|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref> These albums were previously released by other companies, licensed by Mobile Fidelity, and remastered using half-speed mastering from the original analog master tapes, without compression, and with minimal equalization.<ref name="Guttenberg">{{cite web|last1=Guttenberg|first1=Steve|title=MoFi remasters, perfects LP sound|url=http://www.cnet.com/news/mofi-remasters-perfects-lp-sound/|website=CNET|access-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> The recordings were pressed in Japan using a plastic compound invented by JVC, and marketed as "Supervinyl" by Mobile Fidelity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Back In The Groove|publisher=Hi-Fi News|url=https://www.hifinews.com/content/back-groove|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref>


In 2016, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab launched a new vinyl series called Ultradisc One-Step, releasing titles including [[Santana (band)|Santana]]'s ''[[Abraxas (album)|Abraxas]]'' and [[Bill Evans]]'s ''[[Sunday at the Village Vanguard]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Audiophile Jazz Vinyl Pressings|publisher=eCoustics|url=https://www.ecoustics.com/articles/audiophile-jazz-vinyl-pressings/|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
MFSL UltraDisc & UltraDisc II 24 kt. Gold CD Releases <br />
<br />
Cat. No. Artist(s)/Title(s)/Date/Notes <br />
<br />


=== Cassettes, CDs, and SACDs ===
UDCD JS-1 Various Artists Jazz Sampler 2/1987 Later designated as UDCD 501 <br />


During the mid-1980s, Mobile Fidelity began to sell CDs and cassettes. In the 2000s, it began to sell SACDs.<ref>{{cite web|title=40th Anniversary Mobile Fidelity One-Step|publisher=Analog Planet|url=https://www.analogplanet.com/content/40th-anniversary-one-step-thriller-bernie-grundman-mastered-original-analog-tape-coming|accessdate=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
UDCD JS-1A Various Artists Jazz Sampler (tracks differ somewhat from JS-1) 12/1987 Also later designated as UDCD 501 <br />


=== MoFi Electronics ===
UDCD CS-1 Various Artists Classical Sampler 4/1987 Later designated as UDCD 502 <br />
In 2016 an audio electronics line was introduced under the MoFi banner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thevinylfactory.com/news/mo-fi-new-turntable-studiodeck/|title=High-end turntable makers Mo-Fi debut 'entry-level' turntable|date=August 20, 2018}}</ref> MoFi Electronics offices and turntable manufacturing are based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mofielectronics.com/|title=Mobile Fidelity Electronics|website=Mobile Fidelity Electronics|language=en-US|access-date=September 30, 2019}}</ref>


== Audio sourcing controversy ==
UDCD 503 Joe Jackson Will Power 8/1987 First Non-Sampler Gold CD <br />
On July 14, 2022, Michael Esposito, a record store owner and YouTuber, released a video on his [[YouTube]] channel "The 'In' Groove" stating that "pretty reliable sources" informed him that, contrary to the company's official statements and marketing, MFSL had been using digital masters instead of analogue for years. John Wood, the label's executive president, saw Esposito's video and then invited him to California for a tour of their business. A second video was produced with Esposito interviewing MFSL staff, where they confirmed that they were using [[Direct Stream Digital]] files when creating their vinyl masters for duplication. The staff members stated that at least 60% of all titles used this process by the end of 2011, and that the process was also being used for the label's Ultradisc One-Step releases, which were previously marketed as coming directly from the original master tapes. The revelation generated controversy over not only Mobile Fidelity's integrity, given the company's marketing and the stigmatization of [[digital audio]] in audiophile circles, but also the extent of [[Comparison of analog and digital recording|analog audio's perceived merits over digital audio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/08/05/mofi-records-analog-digital-scandal/ |title=How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire |date=2022-08-05 |author1=Geoff Edgers |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref><ref name="Sinclair 2022">{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Paul |title=Saturday Deluxe / 6 August 2022 |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/feature/saturday-deluxe-6-august-2022/ |website=SuperDeluxeEdition |access-date=9 August 2022 |ref=Sinclair 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809195424/https://superdeluxeedition.com/feature/saturday-deluxe-6-august-2022/ |archive-date=9 August 2022 |date=6 August 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The scandal became known as "[[List of "-gate" scandals and controversies|MoFi Gate]]" (combining an abbreviation of "Mobile Fidelity" with the "-gate" suffix derived from the [[Watergate scandal]]) in audiophile communities.<ref>{{cite web|title=A different take on the MoFi scandal|publisher=Darko.Audio|url=https://darko.audio/2022/08/podcast-40-a-different-take-on-the-mofi-scandal-future-fi-streaming-volatility/|accessdate=August 12, 2022}}</ref>


In August 2022, Adam Stiles, a longtime customer of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, filed a class action fraud lawsuit against the label over the revelations.<ref>{{cite web|title=MoFi Faces Fraud Lawsuit for Selling Vinyl Reissues as "Purely Analog" While Using Digital Masters|publisher=Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mofi-faces-fraud-lawsuit-for-selling-vinyl-reissues-as-purely-analog-while-using-digital-masters/|accessdate=August 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MoFi Sued Over Claims Its All-Analog Albums Were Actually Made With Digital Mastering Tech|publisher=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mofi-sued-over-claims-its-analog-albums-were-made-with-digital-mastering-tech-1234580198/|accessdate=August 26, 2022}}</ref> The lawsuit resulted in MFSL paying $25 million in damages.<ref name="Corey 2023">{{cite web |last1=Irwin |first1=Corey |title=MoFi to Pay $25 Million Over Fraudulent 'All-Analog' Records |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/mofi-records-settlement/?trackback=fbshare_mobile&mibextid=Zxz2cZ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=16 May 2023 |ref=Corey 2023 |date=11 May 2023}}</ref>
UDCD 504 Brad Miller The Power and the Majesty [Vol. 1] 1/1988 Sound Effects <br />
UDCD 505 Supertramp Crime of the Century 11/1987 <br />


== References ==
UDCD 506 Dave Grisman Hot Dawg 1/1988 <br />
{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
UDCD 507 Blind Faith Blind Faith 9/1987 <br />
* {{Official website|http://www.mofi.com/}}
* [https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-10-05_11_40/page/24/mode/1up Profile of Herb Belkin, then-president of MFSL] ''[[The Phoenix (newspaper)|The Boston Phoenix]]'' 1982


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UDCD 508 Various Artists A Very Special Christmas 10/1988 Proceeds donated to Special Olympics <br />


[[Category:Record labels based in Illinois]]
UDCD 509 Huey Lewis and the News Sports 3/1988 <br />

UDCD 510 Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick 8/1988 <br />

UDCD 511 Police, The Synchronicity 1/1989 <br />

UDCD 512 Moody Blues Days of Future Passed 2/1989 <br />

UDCD 513 Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach 6/1988 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 514 Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington Together for the First Time/The Great Reunion 12/1988 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 515 Steely Dan Aja 10/1988 <br />

UDCD 516 Elton John Madman Across the Water 3/1989 <br />
UDCD 517 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 4/1988 <br />
UDCD 518 Pink Floyd Meddle 4/1989 <br />

UDCD 519 Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman 11/1988 <br />

UDCD 520 Def Leppard Pyromania 6/1989 <br />

UDCD 521 Beach Boys, The Surfin' U.S.A./ Surfer Girl 5/1989 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 522 John Klemmer Touch 7/1989 <br />

UDCD 523 Jefferson Airplane Crown of Creation 8/1989 <br />
UDCD 524 Jethro Tull Stand Up 9/1989 <br />

UDCD 525 Carpenters, The A Song for You 12/1989 <br />

UDCD 526 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 10/1989 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 527 Band, The Music from Big Pink 11/1989 <br />

UDCD 528 Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles 1/1990 <br />
UDCD 529 Various Artists After the Hurricane: Songs for Montserrat 2/1990 1). Profits to Montserrat Relief Fund. 2). Original Master "Recordings" misprint <br />

UDCD 530 Hall and Oates Voices 2/1990 Original Master "Recordings" misprint <br />

UDCD 531 Jeff Beck Wired 3/1990 Original Master "Recordings" misprint <br />

UDCD 532 Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story 4/1990 Original Master "Recordings" misprint on UltraDisc II <br />

UDCD 533 Who, The Tommy 5/1990 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 534 Supertramp Breakfast in America 6/1990 <br />

UDCD 535 Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees 7/1990 <br />
UDCD 536 Elton John Honky Chateau 8/1990 <br />

UDCD 537 Pink Floyd The Wall 9/1990 2 CD Set. Limited 1 Year license period. <br />

UDCD 538 Frank Sinatra Songs for Swingin' Lovers 8/1990 <br />
UDCD 539 Joe Jackson Night and Day 10/1990 <br />

UDCD 540 Jefferson Airplane Volunteers 11/1990 <br />

UDCD 541 Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson 11/1990 <br />
UDCD 542 Various Artists Red Hot and Blue 12/1990 Profits to AIDS research and relief <br />

UDCD 543 Elton John Tumbleweed Connection 1/1991 <br />
UDCD 544 Brian Adams Reckless 2/1991 <br />

UDCD 545 Steely Dan Gaucho 3/1991 <br />
UDCD 546 Sting Nothing Like the Sun 4/1991 First use of italicized UltraDisc logo <br />

UDCD 547 John Coltrane Blue Train 5/1991 <br />

UDCD 548 B.B. King Live at the Regal 5/1991 <br />

UDCD 549 Earl Klugh Finger Paintings 7/1991 <br />

UDCD 550 Who, The Quadrophenia 6/1991 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 551 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes 8/1991 <br />
UDCD 552 Santana Abraxas 9/1991 <br />

UDCD 553 Eric Clapton Slowhand 10/1991 <br />
UDCD 554 Stevie Wonder Innervisions 11/1991 <br />

UDCD 555 Roy Orbison Mystery Girl 12/1991 <br />

UDCD 556 Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping 1/1992 <br />

UDCD 557 Keith Richards Talk is Cheap 2/1992 <br />
UDCD 558 Allman Brothers Band Live at Fillmore East 3/1992 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 559 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears 4/1992 <br />
UDCD 560 Elvis Presley That's the Way it Is 5/1992 <br />
UDCD 561 Who, The Who are You 6/1992 <br />

UDCD 562 Cream Disraeli Gears 7/1992 Mono & Stereo versions on 1 CD <br />

UDCD 563 Cannonball Adderley Somethin' Else 8/1992 <br />

UDCD 564 Robert Cray Strong Persuader 1/1993 UltraDisc II only release, though UDCD 568 preceded it by 3 months. <br />

UDCD 565 Tom Petty Hard Promises 9/1992 <br />

UDCD 566 Jimmy Reed Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best of Jimmy Reed 8/1992 2:1 Serie <br />

UDCD 567 John Lee Hooker The Healer 9/1992 <br />

UDCD 568 Queen A Night at the Opera 10/1992 1st UltraDisc II only release. Profits to AIDS Research. <br />

UDCD 569 Rush Moving Pictures 11/1992 <br />

UDCD 570 Joni Mitchell Wild Things Run Fast 12/1992 <br />
UDCD 571 U2 War 1/1993 <br />
UDCD 572 Traffic Mr. Fantasy 2/1993 <br />
UDCD 573 Dave Mason Alone Together 2/1993 <br />

UDCD 574 Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 3/1993 <br />
UDCD 575 Otis Redding Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul 3/1993 <br />
UDCD 576 Moody Blues In Search of the Lost Chord 4/1993 <br />
UDCD 577 Albert King Born Under a Bad Sign 4/1993 MFSL Exclusive <br />
UDCD 578 Manhattan Transfer Extensions 5/1993 <br />

UDCD 579 Steve Winwood Arc of a Diver 6/1993 <br />
UDCD 580 Def Leppard Hysteria 5/1993 <br />

UDCD 581 Willie Nelson Shotgun Willie / Phases and Stages 6/1993 2:1 Series. Final MFSL long-box release. <br />

UDCD 582 Boston Third Stage 7/1993 <br />

UDCD 583 James Brown Live at the Apollo, 1962 8/1993 <br />

UDCD 584 Neil Diamond Hot August Night 8/1993 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 585 Derek & The Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 9/1993 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 586 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas 9/1993 <br />
UDCD 587 The Three Tenors - Carreras / Domingo / Pavarotti In Concert with Mehta 9/1993 <br />
UDCD 588 Queen News of the World 10/1993 <br />

UDCD 589 Bobby Short Live at the Cafe Carlyle 10/1993 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 590 Rush 11/1993 <br />

UDCD 591 Todd Rundgren Something / Anything? 2/1994 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 592 Mel Torme & Buddy Rich Together Again - For the First Time 12/1993 <br />

UDCD 593 Muddy Waters Folk Singer 12/1993 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 594 Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard 11/1993 <br />
UDCD 595 Pink Floyd Atom Heart Mother 1/1994 <br />

UDCD 596 Modern Jazz Quartet, The Blues at Carnegie Hall 1/1994 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 597 Heart Heart 2/1994 <br />

UDCD 598 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Tarkus 3/1994 <br />

UDCD 599 Charles Mingus Mingus at Carnegie Hall 3/1994 <br />
UDCD 600 John Lennon & Yoko Ono Double Fantasy 4/1994 <br />
UDCD 601 Art Blakley & the Jazz Messengers A Night in Tunisia 4/1994 <br />
UDCD 602 Neville Brothers Fiyo on the Bayou 5/1994 <br />

UDCD 603 John Hiatt Bring the Family 5/1994 <br />

UDCD 604 John Mellencamp Scarecrow 6/1994 <br />

UDCD 605 John Coltrane Giant Steps 7/1994 <br />

UDCD 606 Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination 6/1994 <br />
UDCD 607 Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto Getz / Gilberto 7/1994 <br />
UDCD 608 Eric Clapton Just One Night 8/1994 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 609 Traffic The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys 8/1994 <br />
UDCD 610 Queen The Game 9/1994 <br />

UDCD 611 Steve Winwood Back in the High Life 9/1994 <br />
UDCD 612 Moody Blues On the Threshold of a Dream 10/1994 <br />
UDCD 613 Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene 10/1994 <br />

UDCD 614 Rush Signals 10/1994 <br />

UDCD 615 XTC Skylarking 11/1994 <br />

UDCD 616 John Mayall Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton 11/1994 <br />
UDCD 617 Allman Brothers Band Brothers and Sisters 11/1994 <br />
UDCD 618 Robbie Robertson Robbie Robertson 12/1994 <br />
UDCD 619 Dr. John In the Right Place / Gumbo 12/1994 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 620 Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland Showdown! 2/1995 <br />
UDCD 621 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy 1/1995 <br />

UDCD 622 Vangelis Chariots of Fire 4/1995 <br />

UDCD 623 Aretha Franklin Lady Soul / Aretha Now 2/1995 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 624 U2 The Unforgettable Fire 3/1995 <br />

UDCD 625 Cream Live Cream / Live Cream Volume II 1/1995 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 626 Neville Brothers Brother's Keeper 3/1995 <br />

UDCD 627 Dave Brubeck We're All Together Again for the First Time 1/1995 <br />
UDCD 628 Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus 3/1995 <br />

UDCD 629 Traffic Traffic 4/1995 <br />

UDCD 630 Woody Herman The Fourth Herd / The New World of Woody Herman 4/1995 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 631 Joe Cocker Sheffield Steel 5/1995 <br />

UDCD 632 Modern Jazz Quartet At the Music Inn, Vol.2 w/ Sonny Rollins 5/1995 <br />
UDCD 633 Rick Wakeman Journey to the Centre of the Earth <br />
UDCD 634 John Mellencamp The Lonesome Jubilee 6/1995 <br />
UDCD 635 Albert Collins Cold Snap 6/1995 <br />

UDCD 636 Elliot Lawrence The Music of Elliot Lawrence 6/1995 2:1 Series <br />
UDCD 637 Utopia Oops! Wrong Planet 7/1995 <br />

UDCD 638 Sy Oliver and His Orchestra Oliver's Twist / Easy Walker 7/1995 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 639 Eric Clapton Eric Clapton 8/1995 <br />

UDCD 640 Marianne Faithful Broken English / Strange Weather 8/1995 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 641 Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Sonny & Brownie 8/1995 <br />
UDCD 642 R.E.M. Murmur 9/1995 <br />

UDCD 643 Moody Blues Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 9/1995 <br />
UDCD 644 Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster 7/1995 <br />
UDCD 645 Howlin' Wolf The Real Folk Blues 9/1995 <br />
UDCD 646 Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust 11/1995 <br />
UDCD 647 Jean Michel Jarre Equinoxe 10/1995 <br />
UDCD 648 Gerry Mulligan & Paul Desmond Quartet Blues in Time 10/1995 <br />
UDCD 649 Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat 10/1995 <br />
UDCD 650 U2 The Joshua Tree 11/1996 <br />
UDCD 651 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella & Louis Again 12/1995 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 652 Count Basie & His Orchestra April in Paris 11/1995 <br />
UDCD 653 Eric Clapton Backless 5/1996 <br />

UDCD 654 Bob Marley & the Wailers Catch a Fire 11/1995 <br />

UDCD 655 Oscar Peterson Trio w/ Milt Jackson Very Tall 12/1995 <br />
UDCD 656 Bernard Herrmann, National Philharmonic Orchestra The Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann 12/1995 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 657 Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated R&B From the Marquee 2/1996 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 658 Billie Holiday Body and Soul 1/1996 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 659 B.B. King Lucille 2/1996 <br />

UDCD 660 Derek & The Dominos In Concert 3/1996 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 661 Cat Stevens Three: Numbers, IZITSO & Back to Earth 1/1996 3 CD Set Deluxe Packaging <br />

UDCD 662 John Mayall The Blues Alone 2/1996 <br />

UDCD 663 Neil Young Old Ways 1/1996 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 664 Counting Crows August and Everything After 3/1996 <br />
UDCD 665 Sonic Youth Goo 4/1996 <br />

UDCD 666 Nirvana Nevermind 3/1996 Bonus tracks <br />

UDCD 667 Searchers, The It's The Searchers / Take Me for What I'm Worth 4/1996 2:1 Series MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 668 Queen A Day at the Races 4/1996 <br />

UDCD 669 Traffic Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory 5/1996 <br />
UDCD 670 Bing Crosby & Buddy Bregman Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings 5/1996 MFSL Exclusive <br />
UDCD 671 Moody Blues To Our Children's Children's Children 6/1996 <br />
UDCD 672 Bernard Herrmann, London Festival Rec Ensemble The Four Faces of Jazz 8/1996 MFSL Exclusive <br />

UDCD 673 Jam, The All Mod Cons / Sound Effects 6/1996 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 674 Steve Winwood Talking Back to the Night 6/1996 <br />
UDCD 675 Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida 7/1996 <br />
UDCD 676 Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker Hooker 'N' Heat 7/1996 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 677 R.E.M. Reckoning 8/1996 <br />

UDCD 678 Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! 9/1996 2 CD Set <br />

UDCD 679 Kinks, The The Kinks (You Really Got Me) & Kinda Kinks 8/1996 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 680 Bee Gees Trafalgar 9/1996 <br />

UDCD 681 Cream Goodbye 9/1996 <br />

UDCD 682 XTC Oranges & Lemons 3/1997 <br />

UDCD 683 Red Hot Chili Peppers Mother's Milk 10/1996 <br />
UDCD 684 Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs 10/1996 Bonus Track <br />

UDCD 685 Thelonious Monk Quartet Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, 1963 Vol. 1 12/1996 <br />
UDCD 686 Thelonious Monk Quartet Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival, 1963 Vol. 2 1/1997 <br />
UDCD 687 Ten Years After Ssssh / Cricklewood Green 2/1997 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 688 Ben Sidran Mr. P's Shuffle 12/1/1996 <br />
UDCD 689 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream & Other Delights / The Lonely Bull Withdrawn Never Released <br />

UDCD 690 Nirvana In Utero 1/1997 <br />

UDCD 691 Steve Winwood Steve Winwood 2/1997 <br />

UDCD 692 Bernard Herrmann, National Philharmonic Orchestra The Mysterious Film World of Bernard Herrmann 11/1996 <br />
UDCD 693 Searchers, The Meet The Searchers / Sounds Like Searchers 3/1997 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 694 Zoot Sims w/ The Kenny Drew Trio Zoot Sims in Copenhagen 3/1997 <br />

UDCD 695 Velvet Underground, The The Velvet Underground & Nico 4/1997 Bonus Tracks <br />

UDCD 696 Harry "Sweets" Edison & Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis In Copenhagen with Kenny Drew & John Darville's Quartet 5/1997 <br />
UDCD 697 Blue Oyster Cult Agents of Fortune 1/1998 <br />

UDCD 698 Dinah Washington What a Diff'rence a Day Makes 4/1997 <br />
UDCD 699 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 5/1997 <br />
UDCD 700 Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager 6/1997 <br />
UDCD 701 Bernard Herrmann, London Philharmonic Orchestra Music from Great Film Classics 6/1997 <br />

UDCD 702 Ted Hawkins The Next Hundred Years 6/1997 Bonus Tracks <br />

UDCD 703 Bud Powell Trio Bouncing with Bud 7/1997 <br />

UDCD 704 John Hiatt Riding with the King 7/1997 <br />

UDCD 705 Don Henley Building the Perfect Beast 9/1997 <br />

UDCD 706 Herbie Hancock Man-Child 8/1997 <br />

UDCD 707 Wayne Marsh & The Lee Konitz Quartet Live at the Montmartre Club / Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 8/1997 <br />

UDCD 708 Jethro Tull Living in the Past 9/1997 2 CD Set Bonus Tracks <br />

UDCD 709 Cheap Trick Live at Budokan 8/1997 <br />

UDCD 710 Louis Armstrong Masters of Jazz - Live in Chicago, 1962 12/1997 Includes bonus tracks <br />

UDCD 711 Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion I 10/1997 <br />

UDCD 712 Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion II 10/1997 <br />
UDCD 713 Jimmy Buffet Son of a Son of a Sailor 11/1997 <br />
UDCD 714 Steppenwolf Steppenwolf 11/1997 <br />

UDCD 715 Edgar Winter Edgar Winter's White Trash 12/1997 <br />
UDCD 716 Bee Gees plus Various Artists Saturday Night Fever - Original Movie Soundtrack 1/1998 2:1 Series (2 LPs on 1 CD) <br />

UDCD 717 Oliver Nelson The Blues and the Abstract Truth Withdrawn Never Released <br />

UDCD 718 Moody Blues Seventh Sojourn 2/1998 <br />

UDCD 719 Duke Ellington Jazz Party 2/1998 <br />

UDCD 720 Jethro Tull Passion Play 3/1998 <br />

UDCD 721 Don Henley End of the Innocence 3/1998 <br />

UDCD 722 Byrds, The (Untitled) 4/1998 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 723 Stevie Ray Vaughan The Sky is Crying 4/1998 <br />

UDCD 724 Velvet Underground, The White Light / White Heat 5/1998 <br />
UDCD 725 Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Chant 5/1998 <br />
UDCD 726 James Taylor Dad Loves His Work 6/1998 <br />

UDCD 727 Jeff Beck Blow By Blow 6/1998 <br />
UDCD 728 Don McLean American Pie 7/1998 <br />

UDCD 729 10CC The Original Soundtrack 7/1998 <br />

UDCD 730 Tears For Fears Songs from the Big Chair 8/1998 Bonus Tracks <br />

UDCD 731 John Coltrane Quartet Ballads 8/1998 <br />

UDCD 732 Simon & Garfunkel Bookends 9/1998 <br />

UDCD 733 Loggins & Messina Full Sail 9/1998 <br />

UDCD 734 Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood 10/1998 <br />

UDCD 735 Tom Petty Full Moon Fever 10/1998 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 736 Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen 11/1998 2:1 Series (2 LPs on 1 CD) <br />

UDCD 737 Moody Blues A Question of Balance 11/1998 <br />
UDCD 738 Blue Oyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation / Blue Oyster Cult 5/1999 2:1 Series <br />

UDCD 739 The Squeeze East Side Story 12/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 740 John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman 1/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 741 John Hiatt Slow Turning 1/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 742 Blood, Sweat & Tears Child is Father to the Man 3/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 743 Tony Bennett In Person! With the Count Basie Orchestra 2/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 744 John McLaughlin with the Mahavishnu Orchestra Inner Mounting Flame 2/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 745 Jethro Tull War Child 3/1999 <br />

UDCD 746 Jimmy Buffet A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean 4/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 747 Toto Toto IV 4/1999 <br />

UDCD 748 Guns 'N' Roses G'N'R Lies 5/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 749 The Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters 7/1999 Gain II System <br />
UDCD 750 Counting Crows Recovering the Satellites 6/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 751 Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien 6/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 752 Rob Wasserman (with Guests) Rob Wasserman Trios 8/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 753 Johnny Winter Second Winter 8/1999 Gain II System <br />
UDCD 754 The Who Who's Next 9/1999 Gain II System <br />

UDCD 755 The Who Live at Leeds 9/1999 Gain II System Bonus tracks <br />

UDCD 758 Roy Orbison Lonely and Blue 10/1999 Gain II System Limited, 2,500 copies. <br />

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Special UltraDisc / UltraDisc II Releases <br />
<br />


SPCD 007 Various Artists IASCA/MFSL Certified Test Compact Disc 1989 UltraDisc <br />
SPCD 007 Various Artists NACA/MFSL Certified Test Compact Disc 1989 (Alternate) UltraDisc <br />

SPCD 015 Alan Parsons & Steven Court Sound Check: Professional Audio Test Disc 1994 UltraDisc II <br />

SPCD 016 Various Artists UltraDisc II Polygram Labels Sampler Disc 1994 UltraDisc II <br />

SPCD 017 Various Artists UltraDisc II Anniversary Sampler Disc 1995 UltraDisc II <br />
SPCD 018 Alan Parsons & Steven Court Sound Check 2 1996 UltraDisc II <br />

SPCD 019 Alan Parsons & Steven Court Sound Check 2 with Response Analyzer Hardware Withdrawn Never Released View Ad <br />
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<br />



Cat. No. Artist(s)/Title(s) <br />

<br />

Original Master Recording Series - Aluminum CD's <br />
<br />


MFCD 2-747 The Firesign Theatre Back From The Shadows (2 CDs) 6/94 <br />
MFCD 1-748 The Firesign Theatre Fighting Clowns 10/93 <br />

MFCD 1-749 Eddie Hinton Letters From Mississippi 3/93 <br />

MFCD 1-750 Webb Pierce Sweet Memories / Sands of Gold 2/93 <br />

MFCD 1-751 The Dixie Hummingbirds Every Day and Every Hour / We Love You Like a Rock 12/92 <br />

MFCD 1-752 Chris Spedding Café Days 11/92 <br />

MFCD 1-753 Toots & The Maytalls, et al. Sunsplash Reggae Festival 10/92 <br />

MFCD 1-754 The Nighthawks Open All Nite 9/92 <br />

MFCD 1-755 The Phil Woods Quartet More Live 7/92 <br />

MFCD 1-756 The Pilgrim Jubilee Singers Walk On / The Old Ship of Zion 6/92 <br />

MFCD 1-757 The Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band Live In Japan 5/92 <br />

MFCD 1-758 The Firesign Theatre Dear Friends 4/92 <br />

MFCD 1-759 Levon Helm Levon Helm 3/92 <br />

MFCD 1-760 Swan Silvertones, Rev. June Cheeks, The Sunset Travelers Raisin' The Roof 2/92 <br />

MFCD 1-761 Levon Helm Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars 3/92 <br />

MFCD 1-762 The Firesign Theatre Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him 12/91 <br />
MFCD 1-763 The Gospelaires Can I Get A Witness / Bones In The Valley 11/91 <br />

MFCD 1-764 Taj Mahal Recycling The Blues and Other Related Stuff 10/91 <br />

MFCD 1-765 Taj Mahal Happy Just To Be Like I Am 9/91 <br />

MFCD 1-766 Little Milton Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number 8/91 <br />

MFCD 1-767 Sensational Nightingales Heart and Soul / You Know Not The Hour 7/91 <br />

MFCD 1-768 Amos Garrett I Make My Home In My Shoes <br />

MFCD 1-769 Five Blind Boys of Mississippi My Desire / There's A God Somewhere <br />

MFCD 1-770 Bobby Bland Touch of the Blues / Spotlighting The Man <br />

MFCD 1-771 The Dixie Hummingbirds Live (Hard Gospel Quartet) <br />
MFCD 1-772 The Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers <br />

MFCD 1-773 Maxine Sullivan Singing the Music of Burton Lane <br />

MFCD 1-774 Joshua Breakstone 4/4 = 1 <br />

MFCD 1-775 Charles Musslewhite Memphis, Tennessee <br />

MFCD 1-776 Quincy Jones Smackwater Jack <br />

MFCD 1-777 Joe Walsh Barnstorm <br />

MFCD 1-778 Zero Here Goes Nothin' <br />

MFCD 1-779 Waylon Jennings The Taker / Tulsa and Honky Tonk Heroes <br />

MFCD 1-780 Big Joe Turner Singing The Blues <br />

MFCD 1-781 Arturo Delmoni Sonatas of Franck and Faure <br />

MFCD 1-782 Harry Belafonte Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall <br />

MFCD 1-783 Charles Mingus Mingus Plays Piano <br />

MFCD 1-784 Zero Nothin' Goes Here <br />

MFCD 1-785 The Firesign Theatre I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus <br />

MFCD 1-786 Claus Ogermann, London Symphony Orchestra Symphonic Dances <br />

MFCD 2-787 Chet Atkins Pickin' My Way (2 CDs) <br />

MFCD 1-788 Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra <br />
MFCD 1-789 The James Gang Live In Concert <br />

MFCD 1-790 Original Soundtrack Brideshead Revisited <br />

MFCD 1-791 Dillard & Clark The Fantastic Expedition; Through the Morning, Night <br />

MFCD 1-792 The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain <br />

MFCD 1-793 Procol Harum Home <br />

MFCD 1-794 Phil Ochs Gunfight at Carnegie Hall <br />

MFCD 1-795 Bert Kaempfert The Best of Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra <br />
MFCD 1-796 The Starlight Orchestra In a Christmas Mood <br />

MFCD 1-797 Original Soundtrack Porky's Revenge <br />

MFCD 1-798 Various Artists The Steeple On The Common <br />

MFCD 1-799 New England Christmastide Players New England Christmastide II <br />

MFCD 1-800 Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus <br />

MFCD 1-801 Sonny Rollins Way Out West <br />

MFCD 1-802 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra Ravel: Balero, Rhapsodie Espagnole, Pavine <br />

MFCD 1-803 Al Stewart Year of the Cat <br />

MFCD 1-804 The Alan Parsons Project I, Robot <br />

MFCD 1-805 Art Pepper and Eleven Modern Jazz Classics <br />

MFCD 1-806 Andrew Powell & Philharmonic Orchestra Best of The Alan Parsons Project <br />

MFCD 2-807 Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington The First Time / The Great Reunion (2 CDs) <br />
MFCD 1-808 Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Opus 78 <br />

MFCD 1-809 Shelly Manne & Friends My Fair Lady <br />

MFCD 1-810 David Foster The Best of Me <br />

MFCD 1-811 Thomas Schippers, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Strauss: Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel <br />
MFCD 1-812 Brad Miller The Power and the Majesty, Vol.2 <br />

MFCD 1-813 Various Artists The Blues: A Real Summit Meeting <br />

MFCD 1-814 Susskind, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Dvorak: Piano Concerto in G Minor <br />

MFCD 1-815 The Kazu Matsui Project (featuring Robben Ford) Standing on the Outside <br />
MFCD 4-816 Various Artists Woodstock (4 CD Set) <br />

MFCD 1-817 Thomas Schippers, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Schubert: Symphony No. 9 <br />

MFCD 1-818 Michael McNabb Computer Music <br />

MFCD 1-819 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Minnesota Orchestra Bartok: Music for String, Percussion and Celesta <br />

MFCD 1-820 Aretha Franklin Live at the Fillmore West <br />

MFCD 1-821 The Mystic Moods Orchestra Another Stormy Night <br />

MFCD 1-822 The Tubes The Tubes <br />

MFCD 1-823 Procol Harum A Salty Dog <br />

MFCD 2-824 Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2 CDs) <br />

MFCD 1-825 Johnny Mathis Heavenly <br />

MFCD 1-826 Max Roach & Clifford Brown Daahound <br />

MFCD 1-827 Modern Jazz Quartet Live at the Lighthouse <br />

MFCD 1-828 Miles Davis Someday My Prince Will Come <br />

MFCD 1-829 Loggins and Messina Sittin' In <br />

MFCD 1-830 The Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel <br />

MFCD 2-831 Roy Budd, London Symphony Orchestra The Final Frontier (2 CDs) <br />
MFCD 1-832 The Staple Singers Be Altitude: Respect Yourself <br />

MFCD 1-833 Jimmy Raney Two Jims and a Zoot <br />

MFCD 1-834 The Firesign Theatre How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All <br />

MFCD 1-835 Booker T. & The M.G.'s McLemore Avenue <br />

MFCD 1-836 Maxine Sullivan Songs from the Cotton Club <br />

MFCD 1-837 Steve Cropper With a Little Help from My Friends <br />

MFCD 1-838 Albert King Live Wire / Blues Power <br />

MFCD 1-839 Harry Betts and Orchestra Jazz Soul of Dr. Kildare <br />

MFCD 1-840 Billie Holiday In Rehearsal <br />

MFCD 1-841 Charlie Barnet Big Band 1967 <br />

MFCD 1-842 Zoot Sims Zoot At Ease <br />

MFCD 1-843 Maynard Ferguson The Blues Roar <br />

MFCD 2-844 Sarah Vaughan The Complete Live In Japan Set (2 CDs) <br />

MFCD 1-845 The Wind in the Rigging Seafaring Songs <br />

MFCD 1-846 Procol Harum Broken Barricades <br />

MFCD 1-847 Humble Pie Rock On <br />

MFCD 1-848 Rick Wakeman Journey To The Centre Of The Earth <br />

MFCD 1-849 Ike and Tina Turner River Deep, Mountain High <br />

MFCD 1-850 Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington Blue Rose <br />

MFCD 1-851 Elmer Bernstein Movie and T.V. Themes <br />

MFCD 1-852 V. Fedoseyev, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orch. Glazunov: Symphony No. 2 <br />

MFCD 1-853 Shelly Manne Mannekind <br />

MFCD 2-854 Various Artists A Tribute to Steve Goodman (2 CDs) <br />

MFCD 1-855 Sarah Vaughan A Time In My Life <br />

MFCD 1-856 John Prine Aimless Love <br />

MFCD 1-857 Muggsy Spanier & His Dixieland Band The Gem of the Ocean <br />

MFCD 1-858 V. Fedoseyev, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orch. Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances <br />

MFCD 1-859 Nekrasov, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orch. The Evening Bells <br />

MFCD 1-860 V. Fedoseyev, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orch. Borodin: Polovetsian March / Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain <br />

MFCD 1-861 Igor Bril Quartet Live at the Village Gate <br />

MFCD 1-862 Ermler & Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Popular Symphonic Pieces by Soviet Composers <br />

MFCD 1-863 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra Medelssohn: Italian Symphony No. 4 / Rossini: William Tell Overture <br />

MFCD 1-864 Ovchinnikov, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orch. Tchaikovsky: Francesca Da Rimini, Romeo & Juliet <br />

MFCD 1-865 S. Sondetskys, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Haydn: Concerto for Cello with Orchestra <br />

MFCD 1-866 Dimitriev, USSR Ministry of Culture Orchestra Rhapsody On a Theme by Paganini / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue <br />

MFCD 1-867 V. Fedoseyev, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orch. Glazunov: Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Opus 5 <br />

MFCD 1-868 Roger Williams The Roger Williams Collection <br />

MFCD 1-869 Lazarev, Soloists Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre Works by Denisov, Schnittke, Gubaidulina, Mansurian <br />

MFCD 1-870 Various, USSR TV & Radio Large Symp. Orch., Soloists Tchaikovsky: Incidental Music From Hamlet, et al. <br />
MFCD 1-871 Emil Gilels Schumann: Nachtstucke, Opus 23 / Schubert: Moments Musicaux, Opus 24 <br />

MFCD 1-872 Willie Dixon I Am the Blues <br />

MFCD 1-873 Pete Seeger The Bitter and the Sweet <br />

MFCD 1-874 Various Artists: Ray Charles, Lightning Hopkins, et al. Riot In Blues <br />

MFCD 1-875 Kovalev & the Shostakovich Quartet Glazunov: Quintet for Two Violins and Two Cellos in A Major, Quartet No. 7 for Two Violins <br />

MFCD 1-876 USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orchestra Choral Music by Soviet Composers <br />

MFCD 1-877 Arturo Delmoni Songs My Mother Taught Me <br />

MFCD 1-878 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra Arensky: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 <br />

MFCD 1-879 Daryl Hall & John Oates Past Times Behind <br />

MFCD 1-880 The Firesign Theatre Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers <br />

MFCD 1-881 Oleg Lundstrem & His Orchestra In Swing Time <br />

MFCD 1-882 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Opus 64 <br />

MFCD 1-883 New England Christmastide Players New England Christmastide <br />

MFCD 1-884 Herb Steward One Brother <br />

MFCD 1-885 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Opus 27 <br />

MFCD 1-886 Art Farmer Here's That Rainy Day <br />

MFCD 1-887 Leonid Chizhik Mobius Strip <br />

MFCD 1-888 Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Radio Symphony Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3, Concerto for Violin & Orchestra <br />

MFCD 1-889 Caterina Valente & the Count Basie Orchestra Caterina '88 <br />

MFCD 1-890 Various Soviet Artists Jazz From the USSR <br />

MFCD 1-891 Lazarev, Soloists Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre Stravinsky: L'Histoire Du Soldat, Septet, Pribaoutki, Ragtime <br />

MFCD 1-892 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, Selection from Undine <br />

MFCD 1-893 Lazarev, Soloists Ensemble of the Bolshoi Theatre Rodion Shchedrin: The Lady with a Lapdog <br />

MFCD 1-894 Various Artists Moscow Jazz Festival Vol. 1 / Jazz '84 <br />

MFCD 1-895 Grigori Ginzburg The Works of Rubenstein & Liszt <br />

MFCD 1-896 Kakhidze, State Symphony of Georgia Giya Kancheli: Symphony No. 5, Bright Sorrow <br />

MFCD 1-897 Glazunov Concerto for Violin & Orchestra; Symphony No. 4, Stenke Razin <br />

MFCD 1-898 Allegro Jazz Ensemble Sphinx <br />

MFCD 1-899 David Oistrakh Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra in D Minor; Sibelius: Concerto for Violin <br />

MFCD 1-900 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR Symphony Orchestra Rachmaninov: The Isle of the Dead, The Bells <br />

MFCD 2-901 Kakhidze, USSR TV & Radio Large Symphony Orchestra A. Khachaturian: Gayane, A Ballet in Three Acts (2 CDs) <br />
MFCD 1-902 David Azarian Trio Stairway to Seventh Heaven <br />

MFCD 1-903 USSR Symphony Orchestra Artiomov: The Wat to Olympus <br />

MFCD 1-905 Vladimir Malinin Prokofiev, Kobekin, Bobylev, Schnittke <br />

MFCD 1-906 Various Artists The Works of Modern Composers of Moscow <br />

MFCD 1-907 Evgeny Svetlanov, USSR State Academy Orchestra Tikhon Khrennikov: Symphony No. 2, Concerto No. 1 for Violin & Orchestra in D Major, Opus 14 <br />
MFCD 1-908 Soviet Jazz Ensemble Boomerang <br />

MFCD 1-909 David Oistrakh, S. Richter Shostalovich: Sonata for Violin & Piano, Opus 134; Cesar Franck: Sonata for Violin & Piano in A Minor <br />
MFCD 1-910 Various Artists The Tragedy, The Music: A Collection Of Armenian Folk Songs <br />

MFCD 1-911 Various Artists Highlights from "Alternatives": Soviet Avant Garde <br />

MFCD 1-912 Sergei Stadler Bach Partitas <br />

MFCD 1-914 Gosteleradio Quartet Glinka: Quartet No. 2; Miaskovsky: Quartet No. 13; Tanaev: String Trio <br />

MFCD 1-915 Alfred Schnittke Chamber Pieces <br />

MFCD 1-916 Moscow Chamber Jazz Ensemble Kadans <br />

MFCD 1-917 Edison Denisov Works for Small Ensembles <br />

MFCD 1-918 Vyacheslav Artiomov Songs, Hymns and Dreams <br />

MFCD 1-919 Emil Gilels Prokofiev: Sonata for Klavier No. 8; Visions Fugitives Opus 134 <br />

MFCD 1-920 V. Postnikova & G. Rozhdestvensky Brahms: Souvenir De La Russie, 16 Waltzes & Variations on a Theme by Schumann <br />

MFCD 1-921 Gidon Kremer Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, Opus 27 <br />

MFCD 1-922 Grigori Sokolov Beethoven: Sonata, Opus 106 (Hammerklavier) <br />

Special Product Promotional / Sampler MFSL Releases <br />

SPCD 1-008 Various Artists Delco Chevrolet / Pontiac Sampler <br />

SPCD 1-009 Various Artists Delco Cadillac Sampler <br />

SPCD 1-010 New England Christmastide Musicians Delco Christmas Sampler <br />

SPCD 1-014 Various Artists MFSL Gospel Sampler CD <br />

<br />

The BBC Great Original Performances Series - (BBC Records) <br />

<br />

Mobile Fidelity was the sole distributor of these CDs in North America. Not technically on MFSL, but nonetheless packaged as MFSL Original Master Recordings. <br />

<br />

BBC CD 588 New Orleans Jazz Artists BBC Great Original Performances Series <br />

BBC CD 589 Chicago Jazz Artists BBC Great Original Performances Series <br />

BBC CD 590 New York Jazz Artists BBC Great Original Performances Series <br />

BBC CD 597 Louis Armstrong BBC Great Original Performances 1923-1931 <br />

BBC CD 598 Fats Waller BBC Great Original Performances 1927-1934 <br />

BBC CD 601 Bix Beiderbecke BBC Great Original Performances <br />

BBC CD 602 Bessie Smith BBC Great Original Performances 1925-1933 <br />

BBC CD 603 Johnny Dodds BBC Great Original Performances 1923-1929 <br />

BBC CD 604 Jelly Roll Morton BBC Great Original Performances <br />

BBC CD 643 Duke Ellington BBC Great Original Performances 1927-1934 <br />

BBC CD 644 Joe Venuti/ Eddie Lang BBC Great Original Performances 1926 -1933 <br />

BBC CD 647 Hot Town BBC Great Original Performances Series <br />

BBC CD 648 Bing Crosby BBC Great Original Performances 1927-1934 <br />

BBC CD 649 Al Bowly w/ Ray Noble BBC Great Original Performances 1931 - 1934 <br />

BBC CD 650 Various Artists Dance Bands USA(1925 - 1935) <br />

BBC CD 651 Various Artists Love Songs (1929 - 1935) <br />

BBC CD 654 Various Artists Movie Musicals (1927 - 1936) <br />

BBC CD 655 Various Artists Swing! Big Bands (1929 - 1936) <br />

BBC CD 662 Various Artists Best of Jazz Classics <br />

BBC CD 664 Miff Nichols, Red/Mole Jazz Classics (1925 - 1930) <br />

BBC CD 665 Fred Astaire Shall We Dance? <br />

BBC CD 666 Various Artists Swing! Small Groups (1931-1936) <br />

BBC CD 667 Various Artists Best of the Calssic Year <br />

BBC CD 681 Various Artists Dance Bands UK <br />

BBC CD 682 Fletcher Henderson Swing (1929 - 1937) <br />

BBC CD 683 Various Artists Blues (1923 -1933) <br />

BBC CD 688 Bob Crosby Bob Crosby (1937-1938) <br />

==High Quality Releases==
In addition to the regular weight LP releases and box sets, MFSL also released seven UHQR titles. These included:

*[[Supertramp]] - [[Crime of the Century (album)|Crime of the Century]] (MFQR 1-005)
*[[Pink Floyd]] - [[The Dark Side of the Moon]] (MFQR 1-017)
*[[Earl Klugh]] - Finger Paintings (MFQR 1-025)
*[[Cat Stevens]] - [[Tea for the Tillerman]] (MFQR 1-035)
*[[The Alan Parsons Project]] - [[I Robot (album)| I Robot]] (MFQR 1-084)
*[[The Beatles]] - [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]] (MFQR 1-100)
*Maazel & The Cleveland Symphany - Feste Romane (MFQR 1-507)
*Sir George Solti & The London Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets (MFQR 1-510)

Each was a single-record box set limited to 5000 copies, each individually numbered. UHQRs were pressed on heavy-weight (200 gram) virgin vinyl.

===CD===
MFSL entered the CD market with its line of aluminum CDs. The CD line continued into 1987, when the Ultradisc was first released. The Ultradisc was a gold plated disc. MFSL claims that the surface is more reflective and that Ultradisc titles sound superior to their standard release counterparts. MFSL located the master tape for each title, and the tape was transferred directly to the CD master.

==Comparison and additional information==
Each Ultradisc was made in Japan, until the release of Queen's ''A Night at the Opera''. At this point, discs were made exclusively in the US and given the Ultradisc II designation. Many of the early Ultradisc titles were re-pressed in the US, and given the Ultradisc II designation.

Current MFSL releases include SACDs and LPs, as well as the traditional Ultradisc II gold discs. The original company folded in November, [[1999]] when their main distributor went bankrupt, taking a large chunk of deliverable money with them. In [[2002]], the label was resurrected by Music Direct and has been producing well received [[Super Audio CD]]s, GAIN 2 Ultra Analog Limited Edition vinyl, Ultradisc II Gold CDs and Ultradisc CD-Rs since then.

MFSL has had a small number (four) of mastering engineers over the years. Currently, Shawn R. Britton is mastering all MFSL titles (as he has been since 1996), and at the time of this writing is coming up to speed with LP cutting. Engineers Stan Ricker (denoted by "SR/2" in the deadwax) and Jack Hunt ("JH") mastered all of MoFi's half-speed vinyl releases in the 1970s and 1980s.

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[Loudness war]]
* [[Dynamic range]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mofi.com/ Official site]

[[Category:American record labels]]
[[Category:Audiophile record labels]]
[[Category:Audiophile record labels]]
[[Category:Reissue record labels]]
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[[Category:American jazz record labels]]

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Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs
Parent companyMusic Direct
Founded1977 (1977)
FounderBrad Miller
GenreVarious
Country of originU.S.
LocationVision Street, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Official websitemofi.com

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL or MoFi) is a record label that specialized in the production of audiophile issues.[1] The company produces reissued vinyl LP records, compact discs, and Super Audio CDs and other formats.

History

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Recording engineer Brad Miller (1939–1998) released the first recordings on the Mobile Fidelity label in March 1958, a recording of a Southern Pacific steam locomotive.[2] Later LPs included other steam trains, environmental sounds and orchestral music, and a few pop and orchestral recordings. In 1977 Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs was founded and began releasing Original Master Recording LPs, using a half-speed mastering process.[3]

From 1985-1992, MoFi sourced recordings from the Soviet Union’s Melodiya Records archives.[4] In November 1999, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab shut down after the bankruptcy of M. S. Distributing.[5] In 2001 MFSL's assets were acquired by Jim Davis of Music Direct.[6]

Products

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LPs

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Original Master Recordings logo

In 1977, Mobile Fidelity began to produce a line of records known as "Original Master Recording" vinyl LPs.[7] These albums were previously released by other companies, licensed by Mobile Fidelity, and remastered using half-speed mastering from the original analog master tapes, without compression, and with minimal equalization.[8] The recordings were pressed in Japan using a plastic compound invented by JVC, and marketed as "Supervinyl" by Mobile Fidelity.[9]

In 2016, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab launched a new vinyl series called Ultradisc One-Step, releasing titles including Santana's Abraxas and Bill Evans's Sunday at the Village Vanguard.[10]

Cassettes, CDs, and SACDs

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During the mid-1980s, Mobile Fidelity began to sell CDs and cassettes. In the 2000s, it began to sell SACDs.[11]

MoFi Electronics

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In 2016 an audio electronics line was introduced under the MoFi banner.[12] MoFi Electronics offices and turntable manufacturing are based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[13]

Audio sourcing controversy

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On July 14, 2022, Michael Esposito, a record store owner and YouTuber, released a video on his YouTube channel "The 'In' Groove" stating that "pretty reliable sources" informed him that, contrary to the company's official statements and marketing, MFSL had been using digital masters instead of analogue for years. John Wood, the label's executive president, saw Esposito's video and then invited him to California for a tour of their business. A second video was produced with Esposito interviewing MFSL staff, where they confirmed that they were using Direct Stream Digital files when creating their vinyl masters for duplication. The staff members stated that at least 60% of all titles used this process by the end of 2011, and that the process was also being used for the label's Ultradisc One-Step releases, which were previously marketed as coming directly from the original master tapes. The revelation generated controversy over not only Mobile Fidelity's integrity, given the company's marketing and the stigmatization of digital audio in audiophile circles, but also the extent of analog audio's perceived merits over digital audio.[14][15] The scandal became known as "MoFi Gate" (combining an abbreviation of "Mobile Fidelity" with the "-gate" suffix derived from the Watergate scandal) in audiophile communities.[16]

In August 2022, Adam Stiles, a longtime customer of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, filed a class action fraud lawsuit against the label over the revelations.[17][18] The lawsuit resulted in MFSL paying $25 million in damages.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "MoFi Sued Over Claims Its All-Analog Albums Were Actually Made With Digital Mastering Tech". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab Inc.| Audiophile Vinyl, CD, SACD". www.mofi.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
  3. ^ "History". Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.
  4. ^ "The Return of Mobile Fidelity". SoundStage. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "Industry News November 1999". www.enjoythemusic.com. November 25, 1999. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
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