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[mteinum]

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BECK - ODELAY

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81283

Beck's major label debut, MELLOW GOLD, introduced him in 1994 but it was ODELAY two years later that became a bellwether for the alternative rock movement. Now, a dozen years after its original release, ODELAY has been expanded into a two-CD DELUXE EDITION with the addition of two never-before-released tracks, a soundtrack contribution, an earlier indie-issued track, and 15 recordings heard on U.K., Japanese and Australian albums, singles, and EPs never released in the U.S. Voted Best Album of the Year in The Village Voice Jazz & Pop Critics Poll and Grammy winner for Best Alternative Music Performance, Odelay charted Top 20 and earned double platinum. "Where It's At," which won the Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and "The New Pollution" charted Top 10 Modern Rock, "Jack-Ass" Top 20 and "Devil's Haircut" Top 30.

BECK - SEA CHANGE

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81282

Beck is bummed. Really bummed. And if song titles such as "Lost Cause," "Lonesome Tears," "Already Dead," and "Nothing I Haven't Seen" don't make the point, his achingly sad lyrics and Sea Change's unerringly downcast sound do. While 1998's Mutations--arguably the singer-songwriter's masterwork and Sea Change's spiritual cousin--was filled with unflinching self-examination, moments of levity were found in songs like "Tropicalia." Not so on Sea Change. Beck's woozy, almost narcoleptic delivery seems to amplify the set's sense of ennui. But sad isn't necessarily bad, and despite the somber tone, there's much to praise, not the least of which is the return of producer Nigel Goderich (Mutations, Radiohead), who wraps Beck's gloom in a dreamy, warm blanket of soft strings and floating bleeps and gurgles. Like Daniel Lanois, Goderich is all about vibe, and even Beck's most bare-bones songs benefit from billowy atmospherics. That's especially true of "Paper Tiger," a restless, slowly building epic improbably propelled by a languid orchestra and Beck's expressionless drone. The inky black feel of "Round the Bend"--a glacially slow dirge with muffled vocals--may be the darkest thing Beck's ever written, not counting the very grim "Already Dead." Whatever's going on in Beck's world, at least we know he's purging, which, all things considered, may be better for his soul than ours.

CHUCK BERRY - CHUCK BERRY IS ON TOP - ST. LOUIS TO LIVERPOOL

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81278

After the laborious but rewarding work put into their Little Richard hits package (SACD 2028) in 2006, MoFi turned its sights on finalizing the production on two classic albums by the legendary Chuck Berry. Nearly two years and fifteen analog reels of tape later, we are truly excited about the exclusive pairing of ..Berry Is On Top (1959) with St. Louis To Liverpool (1964). Like the Richard albums, both Berry titles originally were compilations that Chess Records had actually assembled from singles and various sessions for their 12” debuts. While lucky with St. Louis to Liverpool, whose reels had been retained intact, the real fun was ..Berry Is On Top, where the majority of songs were each on separate spools which had to be hunted down, identified and auditioned. The result: a miniature jukebox containing over a dozen of some of the biggest hits in music, including five top ten charters by another one of the true architects of rock and roll! ... tell Tchaikovsky the news!

LITTLE FEAT - DIXIE CHICKEN

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81287

Everything came together for Little Feat's third album. An expanded lineup gave the Feat a more supple rhythmic base, Lowell George penned some of his strongest numbers, and they developed an oozy studio sound that suited them to a T. The title track, "Fat Man in a Bathtub," and "Two Trains" distilled compounded rhythms, wailing background vocals, and adroit wordplay into an intoxicating soul-rock swill. In many ways, Dixie Chicken stands as a kind of kissing cousin to the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street, which hit the streets one year earlier. While not as expansive as the Stones' magnum opus, its highlights are every bit as spectacular.

LITTLE FEAT - SAILIN' SHOES

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81279

Sailin' Shoes demonstrates just how briskly Little Feat was developing in their early 1970s formative years. A pronounced step up from the Southern California quartet's critically praised 1971 debut, it's not as fully realized as the Feat's 1973 zenith, Dixie Chicken. But it's not far behind, and that's saying something. The final recording made by the original quartet (the band swelled to six members after founding bassist and Mothers of Invention alumni Roy Estrada split), Little Feat circa 1972 is a lean, energetic outfit. "Cold, Cold, Cold," "Tripe Face Boogie," "Apolitical Blues," and "Teenage Nervous Breakdown" are blunter rockers than what would follow. Lowell George's title track and Bill Payne's "Got No Shadow" and "Cat Fever," meanwhile, presage the more limber direction the group was headed

RICKIE LEE JONES - FLYING COWBOYS

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81281

Like only a handful of her contemporaries, Rickie Lee Jones creates music that defies clear-cut labeling. You can hear elements of old-school country, jazz, and a Fleetwood Mac-esque brand of pop in her tunes. Clearly though, her music is lyric driven, and FLYING COWBOYS is no exception. Each tune is poetic, and the passion of Jones's singing supports songs about loneliness and despair, and, alternately, the occasional ode to triumph and joy. The latter is best epitomized by the first track on the album, "The Horses," a gorgeous song dedicated to Jones's daughter.

Producer Walter Becker places his distinctive stamp on FLYING COWBOYS. Employing many of Becker's longtime associates (including saxophonist Bob Sheppard, who shines on "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying"), and other elite Los Angeles studio pros, the record carries that signature, studio-honed sound that he helped to define with Steely Dan.

ROY ORBISON - THE ALL TIME GREATEST HITS OF ROY ORBISON

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/81277

After much success (and a little luck) with their Little Richard hits packages, MoFi next visited the Sony vaults to identify and audition the original masters of another rock pioneer. This famous Roy Orbison collection had originally been compiled by Monument Records in 1972 and has stayed in print ever since. Permission to bring the first-generation masters to California for direct transferring was eventually granted (most for the first time*). We are very pleased to say that the resulting MoFi Gold CD (and LP version) now set the standard in the mastering of these historic songs.

Before being wooed away by the old MGM Records label, Orbison experienced an astonishing run for Monument, placing fifteen singles (all included here) in the Top 100 on the pop and country charts.

*Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab released Roy Orbison Sings Lonely And Blue on gold CD in 1998, utilizing the same masters that were utilized here for “Only The Lonely”, “Blue Angel” and “I’m Hurtin”.

 

[Espen R]

Nettopp sluppet på Mobile Fidelity...

Pixies - Doolittle Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

Art Pepper - The Way It Was! Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

Dette er en absolutt "direct from the masters". 2-spors stereomastertaper er avspilt på en modifisert Tim De Paravichinie Studer A80 som er koblet direkte fra utgangen til inngangen på en Meitner DSD A/D converter. Hvorpå produksjonsmasteren til CD/SACD'en er laget. Ingen lyddegraderende pro-tools, EQ, kompresjon etc. Enklere kan det ikke gjøres! Gid flere hadde fulgt Remas filosofi: Det enkle er ofte det beste!
Skal låte utrolig bra den discen.

 

[mteinum]

Nå kommer det to plater som sikkert blir grisedyre når de går OOP

Sinatra’s Best Ballads Album, Only the Lonely

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In 1958 Frank Sinatra recorded Frank Sinatra Sings for… Only the Lonely, one of five collections recorded for Capitol consisting of saloon songs and bluesy ballads, lamenting lost love and heartache. Recorded over three days in Capitol's famous Studio A, Only the Lonely features sumptuous arrangements by Nelson Riddle, who also co-conducts with Sinatra's resident concertmaster Felix Slatkin. The result is arguably his greatest ballads album.

Tour de force versions of “What's New,” “Blues in the Night,” “Spring is Here,” “One For My Baby (and One More for The Road),” “Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry” and “Good-bye” all became Frank Sinatra's personal property from then on. On Frank Sinatra Sings fro... Only the Lonely, "The Chairman of the Board" never forces emotion out of the lyric; he lets everything flow naturally, with grace. It's a heartbreaking record, the ideal late-night album.

Frank Sinatra – Nice ‘n’ Easy

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/82905

On Nice 'N' Easy Frank Sinatra selected a collection of songs he sung early in his career. It's a hybrid album, mixing breezy mid-tempo numbers with some beautiful ballads. Nice 'n Easy contains twelve pieces of pure perfection conducted and arranged by Nelson Riddle for this classic album.

Nice 'n Easy contains definitive versions of "That Old Feeling," "How Deep is the Ocean," "I've Got a Crush On You," "Try a Little Tenderness," "Embraceable You" and "Dream." This album rolls along steadily from the first tune to the last, charming everyone along the way with its warm textures.

Mobile Fidelity mastering engineers have taken this Frank Sinatra - Capitol project very seriously and painstakingly re-mastered the titles with the utmost care and respect for the 20th century’s most important singer and interpreter of song. Frank Sinatra is an icon and it’s easy to overlook his true musical talents. As an artist, he worked to interpret America's greatest songs and to preserve them for generations to come. On his Capitol recordings, his voice, phrasing and talent are all fully on display.

Wow!!

 

[mteinum]

Og det kommer mer ;D

Faith No More Angel Dust

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/82847

Angel Dust is the fourth studio album by Faith No More and it was the second to feature Mike Patton on vocals and the final with long time guitarist Jim Martin. To this day it is still held in very high regard as one of the most influential records of the '90s and many consider this album to be Faith No More at their finest. It was on Angel Dust that Mike Patton came into his own and Billy Gould, Roddy Bottum and Mike "Puffy" Bordin, thanks to the success of The Real Thing, had more confidence in their ability to create the album they truly wanted to. At the same time, guitarist Jim Martin began to become dissatisfied with the direction that their music was going and after touring to support Angel Dust in the summer of 1992, he exited the band due to internal conflicts. Here on Mobile Fidelity Numbered Limited Edition Gold CD!

 

[mteinum]

Dette kommer til å bli en dyr sommer/høst

LINDA RONSTADT/PRISONER IN DISGUISE

http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MOBGCD777

After the success of Heart Like A Wheel, Linda Ronstadt released Prisoner In Disguise in 1975, which further fortified her standing as one of America's most popular interpretive singers. The album yielded two strong singles, her beautiful renditions of the Motown classics "Heat Wave" and "Tracks of My Tears." In addition the album included a banjo-strumming version of Neil Young's "Love Is a Rose," a plaintive pop reading of Jimmy Cliff's reggae classic "Many Rivers to Cross" and a lovely cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You." On Prisoner In Disguise Ronstadt delivers another collection of well-crafted, carefully arranged rock, pop and country songs that wonderfully exemplify her fine talent and taste.

LINDA RONSTADT/SIMPLE DREAMS

http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MOBGCD785

Her eighth studio album elevated Ronstadt to superstar status. Simple Dreams is her most successful album having spent five weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1977 and replacing Fleetwood Mac's long-running Rumours from the top spot. It produced two singles riding in the charts' top five at the same time, Blue Bayou and It's So Easy.

 

[joje]

Hva er fraktkostnadene ved å handle fra Musicdirect eller fra mofi.com? Prisen på ca $25 er jo ikke avskrekkende, selv om mva kommer i tillegg, men er skeptisk til fraktkostnadene. Noen som har erfaring?

 

[mteinum]

Jeg kjøper fra elusivedisc.com (ca $9) eller jonifan på ebay (han vært en del inn og ut av sykehus, så han har ikke noe varer ute nå). disc_land er også veldig seriøs, ca $8 i frakt.

 

[Vidar P]

Mteinum; jeg har tidligere ikke klart å handle fra musicdirect; noe med eksport-policy?

Uansett; disse MoFi-titlene er også annonsert på Elusive, og mange av de også på LP heldigvis.

Nice & Easy har Mofi utgitt på LP før, har den også

Mvh Vidar P

 

[mteinum]

Mteinum; jeg har tidligere ikke klart å handle fra musicdirect; noe med eksport-policy?

Jeg mener det skal gå - men de er dyre på frakt. Jeg handler normalt fra elusivedisc eller jonifan (ebay).

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Nå kommer det flere:

Pixies - Bossanova Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=&idproduct=144

The analog masters for Bossanova have been missing for 18 years and were located recently in the WEA tape archives in LA. This will be the first time the original ½” analog master tapes were used since Bossanova’s original release in 1990.
Released on August 13th 1990, Bossanova was the Pixies' 3rd release and was their second time collaborating with independent English producer Gil Norton. The album departed from the “unpredictable” signature sound of the Pixies and is considered their first thematic project. All the original songwriting on Bossanova is by leader Black Francis (Frank Thompson), who ultimately reveals his twisted interpretation of surf music combined with his fascination of aliens and UFOs. The end result is Bossanova, often described as a surf-space rock album that touched upon new heights for the Pixies.

 

[mteinum]

Usj... det ser ut til at Sinatra utgivelsene blir forsinket.

http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/showthread.php?p=779651

Release date for the two MFSL CDs has now slipped to September 16, 2008.

 

[mteinum]

Nye spennende ting på horisonten!

Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD
http://www.musicdirect.com/product/83507

Marvin Gaye What's Going On? Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD
http://www.musicdirect.com/product/83506

 

[mteinum]

Har sagt det før - sier det igjen - det blir en dyr høst:

Foghat Fool For The City On Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD

Foghat's fortunes turned around with their 1975 release Fool For the City, which was their first album to go Platinum and it introduced the band to Top 40 radio with the enduring rock favorite "Slow Ride." Fool For The City still stands as the group's finest achievement and its well-crafted and ambitious set of tunes is the perfect representation of the road-tested band and of '70s hard rock.

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/83505

 

[mteinum]

Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Crenshaw On Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD

Bored with his role as John Lennon in the musical Beatlemania in February of 1980, Marshall Crenshaw decided to try his hand at songwriting. By August of that year, he was playing his songs at gigs around Manhattan with his drummer brother, Robert and bassist Chris Donato. After singer Robert Gordon recorded three of his tunes, Crenshaw was signed by Warner Brothers and this, his self titled debut album was released in 1982. It was immediately lauded as a pop masterpiece and Crenshaw was recognized as a first-rate songwriter, singer and guitarist. Gems like "Someday, Someway," "She Can't Dance" and "Not for Me," all remain timeless classics that add up to one of the finest debuts of its day

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/83504

 

[mteinum]

Da er det nye ting pågang:

RICKIE LEE JONES/PIRATES SACD

After her acclaimed self-titled debut in 1979, Rickie Lee Jones' follow-up plans were wildly anticipated. Finally, in 1981, again working with co-producers Russ Titelman and Lenny Waronker, the singer definitely was into exploring new territory. Impeccably recorded as usual, studio giants and stars such as Randy Brecker, Donald Fagen, Steve Gadd, Steve Lukather, Tom Scott, Chuck Rainey and Victor Feldman plus legendary jazz arranger Ralph Burns of J.A.T.P. fame, help frame the singer's new direction. The masterpiece of the set may be "Traces of the Western Slopes", an eight minute short story with Steely Dan-ish overtones. Pirates may not be as much fun or upbeat as her debut; it's much more complex and overly sad, and yet very satisfying. Retaining her quirky phrasing while honing distinctive songwriting skills, this sophomore effort, alongside her debut and the future Flying Cowboys, are her three best albums to date, hands down.

http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MOBSA2040


THE BAND/MUSIC FROM BIG PINK SACD

Having played together in various forms since 1958, when tapped by Bob Dylan eight years later for his next reincarnation, this core of four Canadians and one Arkansas cracker would finally get their chance to emerge from backing others. Signing with Capitol Records, they set up shop with Dylan in Woodstock, NY and recorded a collection of songs in 1968 (three co-written with his Bob-ness) that became Music From Big Pink. Definitely an outgrowth of the legendary Basement Tapes, it was tracked in a time of envelope-pushing studio experimentations and pop psychedelia. Robbie Robertson's lyrics and the group's arrangements were unlike anything else on the scene.

Terms such as 'American Gothic' have been tagged to their subject matter, a lot of which was rooted in American history. They tempered these images with surreal touches of carnival, traveling medicine show and minstrel genres, mixing r&b, folk and country with blues, soul and gospel. Once, when asked to define such a melding, drummer and one of the group's three great vocalists, Levon Helm famously deadpanned "rock and roll".

Indeed. All five members shine brightly on this debut: Helm plus pianist Richard Manuel and bassist Rick Danko trade lead vocals, high, low and in-between, plus come together for moving harmonies. Multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson fills in the slots with every type of keyboard known to man while guitarist and chief songwriter Robertson provides the glue with his tasty guitar and visionary arrangements. Music From Big Pink is a watershed album in the history of rock.

http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MOBSA2044

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS/TOULOUSE STREET SACD

After a decent debut in 1971 for Warner Bros. it was the Doobie Brothers' second outing the following year, Toulouse Street, again under the watchful eye of producer Ted Templeman, that catapulted this northern California band into the national spotlight. The now quintet (having recently added bassist Tiran Porter) would take their place beside the Allman Brothers, Little Feat, and the emerging Eagles as a band of all-star proportions. Doses of Southern blues, country, folk, gospel and CCR swamp grooves permeate this entire album. As word spread upon its release, the entire album, pristinely captured by engineer Donn Landee, was all over radio; the infectious sing-along grooves of the singles for AM and other cuts for underground FM. Besides a majority of strong original compositions, they would never shake their influences. A nod to Chess Records with Sonny Boy Williamson's "Don't Start Me Talking" is a nice inclusion, while a righteous rendition of the Seals and Crofts song, "Cotton Mouth," fits right in. Now here on Mobile Fidelity Hybrid SACD!

http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MOBSA2041

 

[mteinum]

The Band - Cahoots

Originally released in 1971, The Band’s fourth studio album had the unfortunate disadvantage of standing in the shadows of the more familiar Stagefright, The Band, and Music from Big Pink (also available on limited-edition MoFi hybrid SACD). Historically overlooked, Cahoots stands as one of the group’s finest efforts and includes contributions from iconic pianist/arranger Allen Toussaint and Irish bard Van Morrison, whose feverish duet with Band vocalist Richard Helm on “4% Pantomime” is the equivalent of two poker players trying to outsmart one another, each more reluctant than the other to blink, give in, and fold. A similar carnivalesque spirit infuses the entire set.
Arguably The Band’s best-ever Bob Dylan cover, “When I Paint My Masterpiece” takes listeners on a carousing trip across Europe, the accordion-driven melodies conjuring the feeling of sailing on the Venician waterways referenced in the lyrics. The fan favorite “Life Is a Carnival” comes on as a celebration of Dixieland pleasures, the sonic jubilee a swirling delight of drunken horns, funky rhythms, and street percussion. And of course, there are plenty of instances of the Band’s signature Americana blend: the delicate beauty of “The Moon Struck One,” the Southern spiritual “The River Hymn.” Throughout, performances are loose but focused, the group’s peerless caliber always at the forefront. If you’re missing this album, forgot about it, or just never heard it, you’re in for a treat.

And there’s never been a better opportunity to experience Cahoots. Remastered from the original master tapes by Mobile Fidelity’s expert engineers, the record sounds more open, detailed, warm, and revealing than ever before. This version is guaranteed to beat Capitol’s digital remaster and bring you right into the Bearsville studio where it all went down.

http://beta.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=detail&Title_ID=61165&keywords=NL070809
http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=28&idproduct=175

 

[mteinum]

Fikk epost fra mofi, og det er bare å legge av litt penger.

The Band - Rock Of Ages Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=28&idproduct=183

The Band - Northern Lights, Southern Cross Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=28&idproduct=184

The Doobie Brothers - The Captain And Me Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=28&idproduct=185

The Doobie Brothers - Takin' It To The Streets Ultradisc UHR™ SACD

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=28&idproduct=186

Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus Ultradisc II™ 24 KT Gold 2CD

http://www.mofi.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=28&idproduct=187

 

[decibelius]

Tusen takk for fete tips, her er det bare å levere inn lottokupongen skjønner jeg

 

[mteinum]

Det er bare å legge av penger...



http://www.mofi.com/store/pc/viewCategories.asp?pageStyle=p&idCategory=28

 

[mteinum]

En til av The Band er på vei



http://www.musicdirect.com/product/85586

 

[BanjoArrne]

Da er det nye ting pågang:

THE DOOBIE BROTHERS/TOULOUSE STREET SACD

After a decent debut in 1971 for Warner Bros. it was the Doobie Brothers' second outing the following year, Toulouse Street, again under the watchful eye of producer Ted Templeman, that catapulted this northern California band into the national spotlight. The now quintet (having recently added bassist Tiran Porter) would take their place beside the Allman Brothers, Little Feat, and the emerging Eagles as a band of all-star proportions. Doses of Southern blues, country, folk, gospel and CCR swamp grooves permeate this entire album. As word spread upon its release, the entire album, pristinely captured by engineer Donn Landee, was all over radio; the infectious sing-along grooves of the singles for AM and other cuts for underground FM. Besides a majority of strong original compositions, they would never shake their influences. A nod to Chess Records with Sonny Boy Williamson's "Don't Start Me Talking" is a nice inclusion, while a righteous rendition of the Seals and Crofts song, "Cotton Mouth," fits right in. Now here on Mobile Fidelity Hybrid SACD!

http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MOBSA2041

Ikke på vinyl?

Må jo ha denne på vinyl,den er jo fra 1972!

Nei da,Spre for all del de glade og gode budskap på CD også.

Bare jeg som tenker litt slik.Kjøper gammel musikk på Vinyl.Ny på CD.Får litt blanding slik.

 

[mteinum]

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/87021

 

[mteinum]

http://www.musicdirect.com/product/87860

 

[mteinum]

Juhu!



http://www.musicdirect.com/category/539

 

[mteinum]

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