MOFI Blue [VINYL]

The Joni Mitchell Record That Permanently Changed the Music and Cultural Landscapes: Blue Is Widely Considered One of the 10 Greatest Albums of All Time 1971 Landmark Reaches New Audiophile Heights on Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set: The First in a Series of Six Definitive-Sounding Mitchell Reissues STRICTLY LIMITED TO 12,000 NUMBERED COPIES Of the countless accolades and analyses that surround Blue, no point is more significant than the fact that the 1971 Joni Mitchell album continues to become more popular, revered, referenced, and relevant with each passing day. Such vitality is not only extremely singular; it is the ultimate measure of great art and, in the context of Blue, indisputable proof of the record's accessibility, integrity, and timelessness. If the most brilliant and everlasting music seeks to find truths shared by all of humanity, Blue can be said to be universal doctrine. Widely considered the album that established the singersongwriter template, and among the most candid, exposed, and raw nerve accounts ever committed to tape, the largely autobiographical LP changed everything shortly after its original release. Sourced from the original analog master tapes, pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, and strictly limited to 12,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP box set presents the landmark album with reference-grade detail, tonality, and directness. Everything sounds more intimate, involving, and inescapable on this pressing, which benefits from a virtually nonexistent noise floor and superior groove definition. Mitchell's voice, positioned front and center - and primarily accompanied by minimalist acoustic guitar, piano, and dulcimer playing - comes across clearly and prominently. The in-the-room presence and spatial dimensionality make absolute the full-range spectrum of introspective emotions - hurt and distress, self-awareness and joy, difficulty and uncertainty, warmth and desire - Mitchell navigates throughout the record. More About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) technique bypasses generational losses inherent to the traditional three-step plating process by removing two steps: the production of father and mother plates, which are created to yield numerous stampers from each lacquer that is cut. For UD1S plating, stampers (also called ''converts'') are made directly from the lacquers. Since each lacquer yields only one stamper, multiple lacquers need to be cut. Mobile Fidelity's UD1S process produces a final LP with the lowest-possible noise floor. The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. With UD1S, every aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the best-sounding vinyl album available today. MoFi SuperVinyl Developed by NEOTECH and RTI, MoFi SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound ever devised. Analog lovers have never seen (or heard) anything like it. Extraordinarily expensive and extremely painstaking to produce, the special proprietary compound addresses two specific areas of improvement: noise floor reduction and enhanced groove definition. The vinyl composition features a new carbonless dye (hold the disc up to the light and see) and produces the world's quietest surfaces. This high-definition formula also allows for the creation of cleaner grooves that are indistinguishable from the original lacquer. MoFi SuperVinyl provides the closest approximation of what the label's engineers hear in the mastering lab. Numbered Limited Edition UD1S 180g 45RPM 2LP SuperVinyl Box Set NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 12,000 1/4'' / 15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe