I had great hopes for this disc as it is one of my favorite recordings and never liked my Red Book version. It is little better than the Red Book. The recording seems opaque, lacking in richness and transparency. I have no idea of how it was recorded but I’d bet is a fair amount of overdubbing was involved. It sure wasn’t recorded “live off the floor”. It has been a long time since I played the Lp version but I played the hell out of that thing when it first came out and it sounded way better.
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Topic - Mobile Fidelity CHICAGO VI SACD …. Disappointment - TGT 18:42:19 12/23/13 (17)
- Magnetic Tape Degradation - Cousin Billy 08:09:36 12/25/13 (0)
- Still looking for CTA - mcondo 07:34:08 12/25/13 (0)
- Mobile Fidelity makes mud: with a few notable exceptions - Sordidman 09:58:06 12/24/13 (3)
- Which Simple Minds did MoFi do? - radiodaddy 09:05:11 12/27/13 (2)
- I kind of agree, final mix downs - Sordidman 12:06:36 12/29/13 (1)
- I still don't see any MFSL releases of Simple Minds - radiodaddy 14:04:53 12/29/13 (0)
- There was never - Awe-d-o-file 08:55:10 12/24/13 (2)
- Yep... FWIW, - I mostly agree... but..... - Sordidman 10:00:19 12/24/13 (1)
- RE: Yep... FWIW, - I mostly agree... but..... - Awe-d-o-file 11:30:38 12/24/13 (0)
- RE: Mobile Fidelity CHICAGO VI SACD …. Disappointment - Dr.Phil 19:26:13 12/23/13 (7)
- RE: Mobile Fidelity CHICAGO VI SACD …. Disappointment - bean 05:35:27 12/24/13 (6)
- RE: Mobile Fidelity CHICAGO VI SACD …. Disappointment - Ozzie 09:13:04 12/24/13 (0)
- RE: Mobile Fidelity CHICAGO VI SACD …. Disappointment - Dr.Phil 05:44:54 12/24/13 (4)
- "After Midnight" SACD is not MoFi... - radiodaddy 11:39:05 12/28/13 (0)
- Also - JMCIII 06:58:01 12/24/13 (2)
- RE: Also - TGT 08:58:15 12/24/13 (1)
- Your explanation sounds the best: likely 3 generations - Sordidman 10:13:55 12/24/13 (0)