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Nimbus is also legendary for the best sound quality recordings of The Beatles and Floyd. The late prestigious company has decided to release the phantom early CD “Double Fantasy”. The first Geffen CD that disappeared after just over a year. The true identity of this work is “299 131” released by the Geffen label in 1986. It was the first CD to be released in the world, and is still known as “the CD version of Double Fantasy with the best sound”. Some of you may be wondering, “Wait, wasn’t the first CD released by Capitol/Toshiba EMI?” or “What about Nimbus?” Let’s start from the beginning. It is true that the Japanese CD was released by “Capitol/Toshiba EMI”, but that was in 1988. Before that, Geffen owned the rights to “Double Fantasy”, and the first CD was released in 1986. In other words, the Geffen label version was released for only about one to two years. And it was the British Nimbus that pressed some of the Geffen versions. The key point here is “some.” In fact, the 1986 Geffen version was pressed in various countries. This is not a “difference in the country of release.” Although there was no Japanese version at the time, there was also a Japanese factory pressing. In other words, even if you bought an imported version, you don’t know whether the disc was pressed in an American factory, a German factory, or a Japanese factory. This is probably because there were few pressing factories worldwide in the 1980s, but it’s like a lottery ticket or a trading card. One of these pressing differences was the “Nimbus Press.” Speaking of “Nimbus,” it is legendary for its supercut LPs, but it also handled CD pressings for a short period of time from 1984. This work is a meticulous reprint of that superb quality version. The supreme “Nimbus Press” that surpasses even the MFSL remaster version. Such a Nimbus version is also said to be the “best sounding Double Fantasy CD.” In the first place, the 1986 Geffen CD itself is extremely highly rated. In fact, a remastered version was released by the high-quality CD label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) in 1994, but this one sounds better than that. The Nimbus Press (this work) is the best of the early Geffen releases. In fact, the sound is like something from another world. The first thing that is surprising is the sound pressure. Since it is from the 1980s, there should not have been any compression to add volume, but it is powerful and has a clear outline. The vividness and three-dimensionality are completely different from the MFSL version from the 1990s. Of course, no matter how high the sound pressure is, it is not as high as the current remastered CDs, but that is natural and a good point. This is not limited to Double Fantasy, but the sound pressure of modern CDs is digitally raised, and not only is there an undeniable feeling of processing, but the fine details of the performance sound are crushed. However, the sound pressure of this work comes from the freshness of the master, so far from being crushed, the details are clearer than any other CD. And that fine reproduction is the greatest taste. For example, “(Just Like) Starting Over”. The metallic sound in the intro is vivid even to the vibe, and the extension is beautiful to the end. Before the first sound disappears, the next hit is connected, but you can feel the extension of the previous sound that is about to disappear behind the powerful peak. And the guitar cutting. The layered feeling that deepens as the vocals, chorus, and rhythm section overlap is wonderful, and the sense of separation that never gets buried is tremendous. Even just one cutting is three-dimensional. Rather than feeling it as one chord, the existence of each string and the vibrating vibe are beautifully separated. It’s like “Fantastic Voyage”, and you even get the illusion that your consciousness is immersed in a world where guitar strings are competing with each other. Of course, this is just one example. The overall crisp and vivid outline is wonderful, and the bass sound is incomparable. The separation of the drum kit is on the level of skin vibration, and the swirling feeling of “Die” is indescribable. It’s a super three-dimensional sound that blows away the preconceived notion that “early CDs have a dull sound.” The Geffen version of “Double Fantasy” was released for just over a year in an era when CD decks were not yet widespread. Among such rare records, the “Nimbus Press” was a lottery ticket that you didn’t know if you would win until you bought it. This is a meticulous reproduction of a treasured record that had been digitized without anyone knowing about the highest peak sound. The “Nimbus Press” version, which was only available in a small number of CDs when it was first released in 1986, has been released. It sounds better than the MFSL remaster, and is a highly acclaimed phantom record that is highly regarded as the “highest quality Double Fantasy CD.” Taken from the Original Nimbus Press CD(Geffen Records 299 131) 1. (Just Like) Starting Over 2. Kiss Kiss Kiss 3. Cleanup Time 4. Give Me Something 5. I’m Losing You 6. I’m Moving On 7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) 8. Watching The Wheels 9. Yes, I’m Your Angel 10. Woman 11. Beautiful Boys 12. Dear Yoko 13. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him 14. Hard Times Are Over
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