Beatles Abbey Road - MFSL Mint Japan Master Pressing
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This auction is for The Beatles album Abbey Road. This edition is an Original Master Recording LP produced by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs, MFSL 1-023. It is half-speed mastered and pressed in Japan on heavy-duty virgin vinyl.
Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by British rock band The Beatles.
Abbey Road, The Beatles (partially) and the Let It Be sessions were the only Beatles albums to be recorded on 8-track tape machines, rather than the 4-track machines that were used for prior Beatles albums starting with the single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in 1963 and the album A Hard Day's Night in 1964.
The Moog synthesizer is prominently featured, not merely as a background effect, but sometimes playing a central role, as in "Because" where it is used for the middle 8. It is also prominent on "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" (played using a ribbon strip) and "Here Comes the Sun".
Abbey Road was also the first and only Beatles album to be entirely recorded through a solid state transistor mixing desk as opposed to thermionic valve.
One of the assistant engineers working on the album was a then-unknown Alan Parsons. He went on to engineer Pink Floyd's landmark album The Dark Side of the Moon.
Abbey Road became one of the most successful Beatles albums ever. Rolling Stone magazine named it the 14th greatest album of all time. In the UK the album debuted straight at #1. Abbey Road spent its first 11 weeks in the UK charts at #1, and then was knocked off just for 1 week to #2 by the Rolling Stones debuting at the top with Let It Bleed. However, the following week—which was the week of Christmas—Abbey Road returned to the top for another 6 weeks, completing 17 weeks at the top. In all it spent 92 weeks inside the UK Top 75, and 16 years later on 31 October 1987, when it was released for the first time on CD, it reached #30. In the UK Abbey Road was the best-selling album of 1969 and the fourth best-selling of the entire 1960s, and the eighth best-selling album of 1970.
Reaction in the US was similar. The album debuted at #178, then moved to #4 and in its third week to #1, spending 11 non-consecutive weeks at the top, but was not the best-selling album during the Christmas week. Abbey Road spent a total of 129 weeks in the Billboard 200, re-entering the chart at #69 on 14 November 1987 when it was released for the first time on CD. It was the 4th best-selling album of 1970 in the US and is now certified 12x platinum by the RIAA.
This pressing was made in Japan, using a half-speed mastering process and specially plated stampers, on heavy, thick premium virgin vinyl. Abbey Road is one of the finest studio recordings by the Beatles EVER. With this mint audiophile edition, you will (finally!) hear all the detail in the music: every vocal harmony, every guitar overdub (Here Comes the Sun sounds AMAZING!) and every detail from the original recording studio. This album is a must for every serious Beatles fan, every serious audiophile, and anyone who wants to hear just how good vinyl can sound.
All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted.
Side one # Title Lead vocals Length 1. "Come Together" Lennon 4:20 2. "Something" (George Harrison) Harrison 3:03 3. "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" McCartney 3:27 4. "Oh! Darling" McCartney 3:26 5. "Octopus's Garden" (Richard Starkey) Starr 2:51 6. "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Lennon 7:47 Side two # Title Lead vocals Length 1. "Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison) Harrison 3:05 2. "Because" Lennon, McCartney and Harrison 2:45 3. "You Never Give Me Your Money" McCartney 4:02 4. "Sun King" Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison 2:26 5. "Mean Mr. Mustard" Lennon 1:06 6. "Polythene Pam" Lennon 1:12 7. "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" McCartney 1:57 8. "Golden Slumbers" McCartney 1:31 9. "Carry That Weight" McCartney with Lennon, Harrison and Starr 1:36 10. "The End" McCartney 2:05 11. "Her Majesty" McCartney 0:23I am the original owner, and I am a recovering audiophile. I have always taken fastidious care of my records. This album is from my personal collection. This record has been played seldomly, maybe a few times, if that many, always using a high-quality, properly-adjusted tonearm and cartridge, and only after dry cleaning carefully with a carbon-fiber brush. Please bid with confidence, knowing that you are going to own a truly rare item in exceptionally good condition, sounding just as good as a sealed copy, but at a much lower price. NO RESERVE.
Condition:
Vinyl: Mint/NM/M- No visible defects whatsoever. Minor spindle marks.
Cover: Glossy Cover. Excellent/VG Minor edge wear, one banged corner, one corner with half-inch split. 1 1/2 in. split on spine (see pic). Generally nice enough, and does not detract one iota from the quality of the vinyl :)
Inner Sleeve: Mint Original Master Sleeve; Static-free plastic/rice paper inner sleeve.
Inside Protective Cardboard Sleeve: Mint original cardboard inner sleeve, with lots of old 1980's MFSL advertising on it. :)
Stereo Recording. MFSL 1-023. First Japanese Pressing.
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab uses an album’s master tape(s) combined with a unique procedure known as "half-speed" mastering, which literally slows down the cutting system involved in mastering the vinyl so that musical information can be transferred from the source tape to the lacquer with greater precision. This advanced mastering technique adds substantial refinements in the vinyl compound itself and improves methods of plating the lacquer. The result is a significant improvement in overall performance from the vinyl medium." The vinyl records are pressed on "High Definition Super Vinyl" by the Victor Company of Japan and are then packaged in "Special Static Free Dust Free" inner sleeves with the finest heavy-duty protective packaging.
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