THE BEATLES

“The Beatles” commonly referred to as “The WHITE ALBUM”

 (1982 US limited edition Mobile Fidelity half-speed mastered 'Original Master Recording' 30-track audiophile double LP pressed on High Definition Vinyl. This copy remains factory sealed from new and is therefore still MINT and unplayed! MFSL2-072).

As the "Original Owner" of this album, I am are pleased to be able to offer to you the opportunity to own a geniune piece of music history.  An original “Mobile Fidelity” copy of the Beatles self titled double LP otherwise known as The White Album. This item has remained factory sealed in its original shink-wrap, unplayed & untouched. YOU could be the first person to place a stylus on the opening groove, or maybe this could be an investment piece for the future - whatever the reason for buying you will not be disappointed.  See more info below, for further details on this investment grade item.

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs:

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (MFSL) pressing of the White Album. The MFSL Beatles set was issued in 1982 and had direct masters of the original Beatles album master tapes used in its production. The result was the cleanest, most perfect audio recordings available to the public to buy.

Because of their reputation as the best copies of the albums ever released copies are desirable to audiophiles and Beatles collectors alike. A top condition copy containing a variety of inserts that advertised the MFSL range and products (the MFSL copies of the White Album did not include the poster or photos).

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (MFSL) pressing of the White Album. The MFSL Beatles set was issued in 1982 and had direct masters of the original Beatles album master tapes used in its production. The result was the cleanest, most perfect audio recordings available to the public to buy.

*Note: All MFSL albums have two aligning hole punches through the plastic seal (shrink-wrap) on the original seal.  If yours doesn’t, it may have been opened and resealed.  These holes are “original” and are specifically located. 

The Beatles

as released by Mobile Fidelity

Intro

Brad Miller was both a producer and a recording engineer. In 1977, Miller founded Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, an organization dedicated to faithful sound reproduction. By slowing down the mastering process to "half-speed," by making use of a master tape as close to the original as possible, and by using high quality "virgin" vinyl made by the Japanese Victor Company, Mobile Fidelity set out to issue a series of Original Master Recordings in higher quality than commonly available to the general public.

The first OMR album was issued in February, 1978. As the process gained popularity -- especially after the release of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon in 1979 -- it was inevitable that Beatles records would be issued through Mobile Fidelity.

The first Beatles record to be issued by MFSL was Abbey Road, catalog number 1-023. This choice was not surprising, since that album made use of the most modern recording equipment available to the Beatles. Released in late December, 1979, Abbey Road quickly sold out its original pressing. Although information was circulated that MoFi only pressed 20,000 of each album, this was untrue; in fact, MFSL's own literature only indicates that they would press no more than 200,000 of any album. Repressings were done, depending on the popularity of a given album. Quite a few copies of Abbey Road are out there, proving that it was quite popular for MFSL. Gregg Schnitzer of MFSL says that about 50,000 copies each were pressed of the (first few) Beatles records on MoFi. A sub-master was obtained from Capitol for this release, rather than obtaining an earlier generation tape from England.

The success of the first Beatles half-speed master eventually brought a second and third. Capitol's Magical Mystery Tour was an interesting choice for the next release. With catalog number 1-047 and released in February of 1981, Magical Mystery Tour also proved to be a rapid seller for MFSL, who by now were doing a terrific business with most of their albums. To my ears, MMT seems to fare a bit better than AR, perhaps indicating that Mobile Fidelity was improving their process. However, since they were still using sub-masters obtained from Capitol, the last three songs on the album are in rechanneled stereo -- as they were on the US LP. Later that year, MFSL began to release Chromium Dioxide ("type II") cassettes, and for that release (C-047) true stereo copies of the three songs were obtained from German Odeon. Therefore, "Penny Lane" and "Baby, You're a Rich Man" saw their first true stereo release in the United States on the MFSL cassette. The cassette was popular, too, and was eventually reissued with a new cover design.

Following their pattern of releasing a new Beatles album every year, MFSL issued the classic "White Album" (formally known as The Beatles) in January, 1982. From this point on, all Beatles releases were made to correspond with the British issues, and the master tapes were obtained from England. The album's tracks have finer definition here than one is accustomed, although many listeners prefer the German "Direct Metal Master" from 1985. The catalog number was 2-072.

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
MFSL issued the classic "White Album" (formally known as The Beatles) in January, 1982. Track listing All songs written and composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted. Side one # Title Length 1. "Back in the U.S.S.R." 2:43 2. "Dear Prudence" 3:56 3. "Glass Onion" 2:17 4. "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 3:08 5. "Wild Honey Pie" 0:52 6. "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" 3:14 7. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison) 4:45 8. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" 2:43 Side two # Title Length 9. "Martha My Dear" 2:28 10. "I'm So Tired" 2:03 11. "Blackbird" 2:18 12. "Piggies" (Harrison) 2:04 13. "Rocky Raccoon" 3:32 14. "Don't Pass Me By" (Richard Starkey) 3:50 15. "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" 1:41 16. "I Will" 1:46 17. "Julia" 2:54 Side three # Title Length 1. "Birthday" 2:42 2. "Yer Blues" 4:01 3. "Mother Nature's Son" 2:48 4. "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" 2:24 5. "Sexy Sadie" 3:15 6. "Helter Skelter" 4:29 7. "Long, Long, Long" (Harrison) 3:04 Side four # Title Length 8. "Revolution 1" 4:15 9. "Honey Pie" 2:41 10. "Savoy Truffle" (Harrison) 2:54 11. "Cry Baby Cry" 3:01 12. "Revolution 9" 8:22 13. "Good Night" 3:11

Re-issues

Two re-issues in 1978 (one by Capitol Records, the other by Parlophone) saw the album pressed on white vinyl, completing the look of the "white" album. In 1985, EMI Electrola released a DMM (direct metal mastered) white vinyl pressing of the album in Germany, which was imported to the United States in large numbers. Another popular white vinyl pressing was manufactured in France. The 1978 Parlophone white vinyl export pressing and the German DMM pressing are widely considered the best-sounding versions of the album.[citation needed] This is due to the use of the famed Neumann lathe on the 1978 export pressing and the use of the DMM process on the 1985 pressing.

On January 7th, 1982, Mobile Fidelty Sound Lab released the album in a non-embossed unnumbered version of "The White Album" cover with the ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING banner at the top. Neither the poster nor portraits were included. The labels to the discs are white with primarily black text and the Capitol dome logo at three o'clock. The MFSL discs were made with Super Vinyl, a heavy and hard compound that that provides an extraordinary quiet playing surface. Although MFSL leased the album from Capitol and used the company's sub-master, the discs still sound superior to the standard British and American pressings. The discs were stored in "rice paper" static-free, dust-free inner sleeves enclosed in an off-white gatefold reinforced stiff board that fit into the custom fabricated album jacket.