Band,The The Band/Music from Big Pink Original US Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab

The latest release of the popular “Mobile Fidelity” CD reissue series has been confirmed. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL), a manufacturer specializing in analog masters, is a trusted brand that is highly supported by audiophiles around the world. Sound masters have digitized many of the greatest albums from master tapes with all their passion. Among the series, this work includes the CD “UDCD 527” released in 1989. It is THE BAND’s debut album “MUSIC FROM BIG PINK”, which is full of historical weight. [Mobile Fidelity places the utmost importance on master tape sound] In the 1990s, when the conversion of analog works to CDs was at its peak, many high-quality CDs appeared, but MFSL was in a class of its own. Other high-quality CDs are based on the idea of ​​”suppressing digital degradation” by using new technology to reduce the discomfort of compression or reduce reading errors in the material. On the other hand, MFSL’s policy is to “faithfully reproduce the sound engraved on the master tape and not add anything extra.” They place the utmost importance on “the analog recorded sound itself,” developing their own “half-speed mastering” technology that also focuses on the stage of extracting sound from magnetic tape. Since 1987, MFSL has borrowed original master tapes from record companies and meticulously digitized many masterpieces one by one. They released the “Ultradisc” series, which transfers the sound of the master tape to CD. They are currently expanding into the fields of SACD and LP, but the point is that this work was made into a CD in the late 1980s. Magnetic tape masters are vulnerable to deterioration over time, and the more time passes, the more the sound at the time of recording is lost. There are cases where the tape is distorted or stuck, but even if it is stored carefully, it cannot prevent the loss of magnetism. Nowadays, it is becoming the case that LPs recorded with physical grooves sound better than the master tape itself. In that respect, the “Ultradisc” series was a great achievement. It started in the 1980s when CDs were in widespread use, and the sound of the master tape was digitally recorded before the arrival of the new technology CD, which boasted high sound quality. [MUSIC FROM BIG PINK, with a realistic and natural texture] This work, MUSIC FROM BIG PINK, conveys the master sound 21 years after recording. MFSL’s CDs include “Ultradisc” and “Ultradisc II,” but this work is the earlier “Ultradisc.” The sound is extremely natural with an analog feel. There is no sound pressure build-up, which is common in digital remasters, and no artificial three-dimensionality that stands out. In normal digital remasters, the rise of each sound tends to be emphasized to make it feel vivid, but if you do that, the beat will jump out strangely and the guitar and piano will collide. The sense of harmony, as if listening to each other’s performances and taking turns playing the lead role even within a phrase, is lost. There are many possible reasons, but there are limitations to what later engineers who have no connection to the original work can do. Leaving aside the record company staff who are not interested in the original work, even engineers who personally love the original work are hindered by their “MUSIC FROM BIG PINK view of what it should be” and end up applying makeup that is far removed from the original. However, this work does not have that. As it is a work from the 1980s, which is the very early period of MSFL, it has an overwhelming sense of naturalness without any processing, and on top of that, the unique aesthetic of MFSL, which pursues only highly accurate transfer, is firmly alive. Even the vibrations of the instruments that were sounding in the studio are revived, and the sense of balance that only those who were there felt by skin sensation flows out exactly as it is. At first listen, the sound pressure is low and it feels plain, but the more you immerse yourself in it with headphones, the more new discoveries you will encounter…that is the “real sound”. This is the master sound of a great masterpiece that has been preserved to this day only because it is a gold CD by “Mobile Fidelity”. 20 years later, this album was released on SACD by MFSL, but this album contains the best sound that can be expected from CD media. Even if you want to get your hands on the actual album now, it is difficult because it was originally produced in limited quantities. This gift release is the high-quality CD label “Mobile Fidelity” version of “Music from Big Pink”. This is the best CD ever, where you can feel the vibe of the studio sealed in the master tape. Taken from the original US Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab CD (UDCD 527) CD from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab “Original Master Recording” Collection 1. Tears Of Rage 2. To Kingdom Come 3. In A Station 4. Caledonia Mission 5. The Weight 6. We Can Talk 7. Long Black Veil 8. Chest Fever 9. Lonesome Suzie 10. This Wheel’s On Fire 11. I Shall Be Released