The MOFI case, which has been on the internet for more than 10 days, shows that the management of master tapes is indeed a real problem today, because these tapes are aging and have been used many times.
This is why, for the preservation of our heritage, we also digitalise the multi-track tapes that were used to make the master. The advantage of these tapes is that they have not been used very often, so they are not very damaged. This is what is done in the DES studio that I visited and which has produced the greatest French artists. These digital versions are used for the creation of new digital editions and also on vinyl.
But, coming back to the MOFI case, one can understand that it is easier to digitalise in DSD 64 or DSD 128 than to copy everything on tape with the displacement of the analogue material (very fragile tape recorder). But when you want to be a perfectionist, you push perfection to the max and try to do full analogue!
But it all came down to the fact that they were going to produce 40,000 copies of Thriller one steps!
MOFI’s problem is not the technical choice they made with DSD, it’s the lack of transparency and the fact that they let people think that they were doing full analog from master to vinyl, without any analog/digital/analog conversion. While the products are sold very expensive! It is a question of transparency, hence the problem of deception on the vinyls which is evoked on youtube or other sites.
MOFI reacted with this statement on its Facebook page:
We at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab are aware of customer complaints regarding use of digital technology in our mastering chain. We apologize for using vague language, allowing false narratives to propagate, and for taking for granted the goodwill and trust our customers place in the Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab brand.
We recognize our conduct has resulted in both anger and confusion in the marketplace. Moving forward, we are adopting a policy of 100% transparency regarding the provenance of our audio products. We are immediately working on updating our websites, future printed materials, and packaging — as well as providing our sales and customer service representatives with these details. We will also provide clear, specific definitions when it comes to Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab marketing branding such as Original Master Recording (OMR) and UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S). We will backfill source information on previous releases so Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab customers can feel as confident in owning their products as we are in making them.
We thank you for your past support and hope you allow us to continue to provide you the best-sounding records possible — an aim we’ve achieved and continue to pursue with pride.
Jim Davis
President, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
MOFI has started to provide information, for this you have to look at each album on their website.
Here is a summary of the information available today, not all albums are detailed yet :
| REF | Album | Support | Source: | Mode |
| MFSL2-500 | Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-455 | Alan Parsons Project – I Robot | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL33UD1S-041 | Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (33RPM) | 180g LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-040 | Alan Parsons Project – I Robot (45RPM) | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-453 | Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MOFI1-031 | Bill Evans and Jim Hall – Undercurrent | LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-445 | Bill Withers – Bill Withers’ Greatest Hits | 180g LP | “Just the Two of Us,” “Soul Shadows” – 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Use Me,” “Lean on Me”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Grandma’s Hands”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Lovely Day,” “I Want to Spend the Night,” “Hello Like Before”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-446 | Bill Withers – Live at Carnegie Hall | 180g 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-525 | Bill Withers – Still Bill | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-388 | Billy Joel – An Innocent Man | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-385 | Billy Joel – Glass Houses | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL3-418 | Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume I & II | 180g 3LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-349 | Billy Joel – Piano Man | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-383 | Billy Joel – The Stranger | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-350 | Billy Joel – Turnstiles | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 30 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL45UD1S-016 | Blood, Sweat & Tears – Blood, Sweat & Tears | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-379 | Bob Dylan – Another Side of Bob Dylan | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog remix master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-461 | Bob Dylan – Another Side of Bob Dylan | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL3-45009 | Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde | 180g 3LP Box Set | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog remix master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-381 | Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL45UD1S-006 | Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-458 | Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-417 | Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits | 180g 45RPM 2LP | “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” “I Want You,” “Just Like A Woman”: 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog remix master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” “Positively 4th Street”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Like a Rolling Stone”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-416SV | Bob Dylan – Desire | 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-416 | Bob Dylan – Desire | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSV1-532 | Bob Dylan – Good As I Been To You | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-422 | Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-423 | Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-464M | Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-489 | Bob Dylan – Love and Theft | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-424 | Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-425 | Bob Dylan – New Morning | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-488 | Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-487 | Bob Dylan – Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-443 | Bob Dylan – Planet Waves | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-421 | Bob Dylan – The Times They are a-Changin’ | 180g 45RPM 2LP | SIDE ONE: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe — SIDE TWO: 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-460M | Bob Dylan – The Times They are a-Changin’ | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-426 | Bob Dylan and The Band – Before the Flood | 180g 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-336 | Bread – Baby I’m-A Want You | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| LMFSL33UD1S-055 | Bruce Springsteen – Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. | 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-022 | Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-030 | Carole King – Tapestry | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-414 | Carole King – Tapestry | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-351 | Carole King – The Carnegie Hall Concert: June 18, 1971 | 180g 2LP | 1/2″ / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL45UD1S-010 | Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um | 180g 45RPM 2Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-401-2 | Count Basie – Live at the Sands (Before Frank) | 180g 2LP | Digital clone of original 1998 PCM digital master to analog console to lathe | PCM |
| MFSL45UD1S-021 | Crosby, Stills and Nash – Crosby, Stills and Nash | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-481 | Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL2-496 | David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name | 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP | 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to lathe | |
| MFSL2-470 | Derek and the Dominos – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs | 180g 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-441 | Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms | 180g 45RPM 2LP | Digital clone of Sony 1630 U-Matic digital master | Digital |
| MFSL2-467 | Dire Straits – Communique | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-466 | Dire Straits – Dire Straits | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-469 | Dire Straits – Love Over Gold | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master – Plangent Processed – to DXD to analog console to lathe | DXD |
| MFSL2-468 | Dire Straits – Making Movies | 180g 45RPM 2LP | RECORD ONE: 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe RECORD TWO: 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-510 | Dire Straits – On Every Street | 180g 45RPM 2LP | PCM Digital Master to Analog Console to Lathe | PCM |
| MOFI1-035 | Duke Ellington – Ellington at Newport | Mono LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL45UD1S-025 | Eagles – Desperado | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-024 | Eagles – Eagles | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-028 | Eagles – Hotel California | 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-026 | Eagles – On The Border | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-027 | Eagles – One Of These Nights | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-029 | Eagles – The Long Run | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSV1-001 | Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-015 | Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado | 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-335 | Elvis Costello – Almost Blue | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL2-334 | Elvis Costello – Get Happy!! | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-475SV | Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach – Painted from Memory | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-504 | Elvis Presley – Blue Hawaii | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-017 | Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-020 | Eric Clapton – Unplugged | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | Mitsubishi X-86 digital master to analog console to lathe | Digital |
| MFSL1-295 | Foghat – Fool for the City | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-343 | Foreigner – 4 | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-341 | Foreigner – Double Vision | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-338 | Foreigner – Foreigner | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-342 | Foreigner – Head Games | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL2-429 | Grateful Dead – American Beauty | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL2-483 | Grateful Dead – Blues for Allah | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-482 | Grateful Dead – From the Mars Hotel | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-428 | Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-413 | Hall and Oates – H2O | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-412 | Hall and Oates – Private Eyes | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-447 | Hall and Oates – Rock ‘n Soul Part 1 | 180g LP | “Say It Isn’t So,” “Adult Education,” “Maneater,” “One on One,” “Wait for Me”: 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Sara Smile,” “Kiss on My List,” “You Make My Dreams”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “She’s Gone”: 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Rich Girl”: 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)”: 1/2″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-498 | Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-499 | Harry Nilsson – Son of Schmilsson | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-368 | Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-368SV | Iron Butterfly – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-415 | J.Geils Band – The Morning After | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-356 | James Taylor – Dad Loves His Work | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-354 | James Taylor – JT | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL45UD1S-013 | Janis Joplin – Pearl | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-454 | Janis Joplin – Pearl | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-502 | Jeff Beck – Truth | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-456 | Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-457 | Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-430 | Jerry Garcia and David Grisman – Garcia/Grisman | 180g 2LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL2-495 | Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S2-050 | Joni Mitchell – Blue | 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MOFI1-012 | KC and the Sunshine Band – KC and the Sunshine Band | LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-357 | Keb’ Mo’ – Keb’ Mo’ | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 15 IPS / Dolby SR to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-300 | Linda Ronstadt – Don’t Cry Now | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-319 | Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down the Wind | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-472 | Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-306 | Linda Ronstadt – Prisoner In Disguise | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-321 | Linda Ronstadt – Simple Dreams | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-320 | Little Feat – Dixie Chicken | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-299 | Little Feat – Little Feat | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-307 | Little Feat – Sailin’ Shoes | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-371 | Los Lobos – Kiko | 180g LP | Digital clone of original PCM digital master to analog console to lathe | PCM |
| MFSL2-402 | Love – Forever Changes | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-505 | Mark Knopfler – Local Hero (Soundtrack) | 180g LP | Digital clone of 3M digital master to analog console to lathe | Digital |
| MOFI1-025 | Men at Work – Cargo | LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| LMFSL33UD1S-042 | Michael Jackson – Thriller | 180g 33RPM LP | Source: 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-440 | Miles Davis – A Tribute to Jack Johnson | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-439 | Miles Davis – Bitches Brew | 180g 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL33UD1S-039 | Miles Davis – Bitches Brew | 180g 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-451 | Miles Davis – E.S.P. | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-438 | Miles Davis – Filles de Kilimanjaro | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-377 | Miles Davis – In a Silent Way | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-45-011 | Miles Davis – Kind of Blue | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog remix master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-437 | Miles Davis – Miles in the Sky | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-486 | Miles Davis – Miles Smiles | 180g 45RPM LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog remix master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-374 | Miles Davis – Milestones | 180g Mono LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSV1-528 | Miles Davis – Milestones | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS Dolby SR analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-431 | Miles Davis – My Funny Valentine | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-436 | Miles Davis – Nefertiti | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-452 | Miles Davis – On the Corner | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-485 | Miles Davis – Porgy and Bess | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-373 | Miles Davis – ‘Round About Midnight | 180g Mono LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSV1-534 | Miles Davis – Seven Steps to Heaven | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog remix master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-375 | Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL45UD1S-038 | Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain | 180g LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-435 | Miles Davis – Sorcerer | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-023 | Muddy Waters – Folk Singer | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-45-008 | Natalie Merchant – Tigerlily | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/2″ / 15 IPS / Dolby SR analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-396 | Patricia Barber – A Distortion of Love | 180g 2LP | Digital clone of original PCM digital master direct to lathe | PCM |
| MFSL2-427 | Patricia Barber – Smash | 180g 2LP | Original PCM digital master to analog console to lathe | PCM |
| MFSL45UD1S-014 | Paul Simon – Still Crazy After All These Years | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-019 | Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon | 180g 45RPM SuperVinyl 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-511 | Randy Travis – Storms of Life | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-522 | Ravi Shankar – Shankar Family & Friends | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-337 | Ray Charles – The Genius Sings the Blues | 180g Mono LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL2-476 | Richard Thompson – Rumor and Sigh | 180g 2LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS / Dolby SR analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSV1-535 | Run DMC – King of Rock | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/2″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSV1-537 | Run DMC – Raising Hell | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSV1-533 | Run DMC – Run DMC | 180g SuperVinyl LP | 1/2″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-405 | Ry Cooder – Boomer’s Story | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-465 | Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-449 | Ry Cooder – Paradise and Lunch | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL2-45-012 | Santana – Santana | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-484 | Simon and Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-005 | Stevie Ray Vaughan – Texas Flood | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL2-490 | T. Rex – Electric Warrior | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to lathe | |
| MFSL2-434 | The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East | 180g 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog copy to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MOFI1-023 | The B-52’s – Cosmic Thing | LP | 1/2” / 30 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MOFI1-004 | The B-52’s – The B-52’s | LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MOFI1-014 | The B-52’s – Wild Planet | LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-324 | The Cars – Candy-O | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-442 | The Cars – Heartbeat City | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL1-325 | The Cars – Shake It Up | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-473 | The Knack – Get the Knack | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-339 | The Pretenders – Learning to Crawl | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL1-372 | The Pretenders – Pretenders | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MOFI1-006 | The Sisters of Mercy – First and Last and Always | LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to analog console to lathe | |
| MOFI1-021 | The Sisters of Mercy – Floodland | LP | Original PCM digital master to analog console to lathe | PCM |
| MFSL1-450 | The Spinners – Spinners | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master direct to lathe | |
| MFSL2-503 | The Young Rascals – Groovin’ | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-011 | Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Dream | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-448 | Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle – One from the Heart | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-359 | Tony Bennett – I Wanna Be Around… | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSL1-444 | Train – Drops of Jupiter | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-492 | Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry | 180g LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL45UD1S-032 | Van Halen – Van Halen | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-491 | Vanilla Fudge – Vanilla Fudge | 180g 45RPM Mono 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog mono master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL2-513 | Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy | 180g 45RPM 2LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MFSL1-393 | Weezer – Pinkerton | 180g LP | Digital clone of original digital master to analog console to lathe | Digital |
| MFSL1-480 | Weezer – Weezer (Blue Album) | 180g LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe | DSD64 |
| MFSV1-529 | Whitney Houston – Whitney | 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe | DSD256 |
| MOFI1-026 | Willie Nelson – Stardust | LP | 1/2″ / 30 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| MOFI1-020 | Yaz – Upstairs at Eric’s | LP | 1/4″ / 15 IPS analog copy to analog console to lathe | |
| MFSL45UD1S-012 | Yes – Fragile | 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set | 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master to DSD 256 | DSD256 |
This information gives the source and processing information of the mastering for some vinyls.
Similarly, the question is also to know what the differences are between SACD mastering and vinyl mastering.
The list will be updated regularly with new information from MOFI.
Interesting how some are just 24/96 PCM transfers. A little step above a 16/44 CD. but then they don’t give us info on the PCM recordings— could just be 16/44 WAV files? That would be such a shame. I pretty much assumed they did this most of the time. It’s not like their albums are so ridiculously great and the difference is like night and day vs standard albums. How do you make any Dire Strait, Steely Dan, or Pink Floyd album much better than the original master?
In the case of digital masters, they could transfer the master directly without any modification, but they do a mastering that will modify the sound rendering in order to obtain the best listening according to their criteria, which explains the difference of the MOFI version compared to other versions.
There’s absolute truth in the statement that these old masters are deteriorating rapidly. The copyright owners should transfer everything to digital if they haven’t already or these gems will be lost forever. As for those folks who just can’t get over this, what do you want…. digital or nothing?
Indeed, it is important to preserve musical works that are on analog tapes, digital in high resolution is indeed a good solution against tape degradation or disappearance in case of problems
To me the biggest tragedy is that people will come away with a bad impression of PCM. 96k isn’t a small step above cd. It’s a massive step; beyond that, DSD is antiquated technology left over from a time when PCM wasn’t good enough, when the audio ADC chips were young technology. By the time AKM and Cirrus Logic were producing their high end flag ships; post 2000, PCM had fully replaced the need for DSD. Now DSD is just “higher numbers” used to trick the uneducated. Leave PCM alone. It’s not 1995, guys.