puttheneedleontherecord

Could be they just thought this album would have larger mass appeal. But a lot of time mofi selections are based on the quality of the analog source available to them.

Yeah. There were a couple on discogs, but around $1000.

Yeah, and it looks like this one will still sell out during the presale. Less than 400 left in stock.

He's OK with that.

No, he invented the rotary engine and skittles.

Simon and Garfunkel? Former saxophone and harp players respectively, for The Bangles. The released a few solo albums afterwards experimenting with polyphonic madrigals. They used to play golf with Jimmy Carter, too.

I wish I had known about that one when it was released. Now it's selling for $500-$1000, if you can even find it.

Well, all their other one-step releases sold completely out during the pre-sales.

I've yet to have a chance to listen to any of their one-step releases. For anyone who has, do they actually sound different? https://www.mofi.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MFSL45US1S-004&CartID=1

Thankfully it's the only area like that on the album. Just wish I knew how/why it got that way. It drops the resale value, but I don't think I'll ever sell it anyways.

This is a really bad recording of it (taken with my phone, since I don't have a proper recording setup here). https://clyp.it/lufgrdjd (clip is good for 24 hours...anyone looking at this later, sorry). Scratchiness starts around the 6s mark and goes to around 13s.

Alright, thanks for checking. I can only assume it's a printing defect in my copy. There's no noticable scratch or damage that I can see visually. Most of the scratchiness is in the left channel, and it's only during the few seconds the needle is on that ring. Turntable is working properly, tonearm balanced, cartridge in good shape.

I have the pink vinyl version of Beck's Sea Change from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, and around 2:20 mark on Paper Tiger, I hear this scratchiness for a few seconds. There's a noticeable ring in that area on the record, and I can't tell if it's a flaw or it's supposed to be that way. When looking for images of the album online, I noticed the same ring on both the pink and black vinyl versions, so it would seem it's supposed to be like that visually. But when listening to the song on Youtube, the part that sounds scratchy on mine is just clear instrumentals. Would someone here with the MoFi pressing (pink or black) mind listening to that song at that point and describing what you hear? Thanks.