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Boy oh boy, has this pressing caused some controversy in audiophile circles. Driven by a Youtube video from a well known collector, the chatter is around the quality of the gatefold for such an expensive, premium product. Here’s my abbreviated take (I’m thinking this topic should be the first video on my new Youtube channel) @mobilefidelityofficial basically invented the audiophile vinyl industry. The focus was always on sound quality. Through the decades they have pressed some of the best sounding versions of so many seminal albums. They’ve never been concerned with value-add material; with posters or booklets or other paraphernalia. They’ve always included advertising material with their records. Those early pressings all had feedback postcards and other bits and piece inside. Are their gatefolds big and bulky? For sure. Are there covers as super high quality as we are seeing from some other labels? Not always. Are their pressings consistently excellent and sometimes truly phenomenal? Also yes. The business world is certainly full of examples of businesses that didn’t innovate or move with the changing demands or expectations of consumers. I have hundreds of Mofi pressings and they get a lot of my money each year. Honestly, I don’t really care if this pressing doesn’t have the gold leaf inlay like original pressings. It sounds goddamn phenomenal and that’s really the only number on the scoreboard that matters. #mofi#mobilefidelity#alanparsons #alanparsonsproject#mobilefidelity #mobilefidelitysoundlab#audiophile #audiophilevinyl#audiophiles #prog#progrock#vinylcollection #vinyl#record#vinylcollector #vinylcollectionpost#recordcollection #cratedigging#cratediggers#33rpm #nowspinning#onmyturntable #melbourne#youcollectvinylnow