MFSL ORIGINAL MINT LP - BOB SEGER - AGAINST THE WIND - This is a MFSL Super Virgin Vinyl (so pure that you can see through it if held up to the light) JVC Half-Speed Japanese Pressing. THIS recording is from the Victor Company of Japan for state of the art audiophile pressings.

Against the Wind is the twelfth album by American rock singer Bob Seger and his third with The Silver Bullet Band. It was released in 1980 (see 1980 in music). It is Seger's only Number 1 album to date, spending six weeks atop the Billboard 200. It was the album that knocked Pink Floyd's massive-sellingThe Wall from the top spot. The album also earned two Grammy Awards

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Seger

Side One

1. "The Horizontal Bop" – 4:03
2. "You'll Accomp'ny Me" – 4:00
3. "Her Strut" – 3:51
4. "No Man's Land" – 3:43
5. "Long Twin Silver Line" – 4:18

Side Two

1. "Against the Wind" – 5:34
2. "Good for Me" – 4:03
3. "Betty Lou's Gettin' Out Tonight" – 2:52
4. "Fire Lake" – 3:30
5. "Shinin' Brightly" – 4:30

The Silver Bullet Band perform on tracks 1-3, 6 & 8

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section perform on tracks 4, 5, 7 & 9

Personnel

The Silver Bullet Band

• Bob Seger - guitar, vocals, background vocals
• Drew Abbott - guitar
• Alto Reed - horn, saxophone
• Chris Campbell - bass
• David Teegarden - percussion, drums

The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section

• Barry Beckett - piano, keyboard
• Randy McCormick - organ, keyboard
• Pete Carr - guitar
• Jimmy Johnson - guitar, horn
• David Hood - bass
• Roger Hawkins - percussion, drums

Additional Musicians

• Bill Payne - organ, synthesizer, piano on "You'll Accompany Me"
• Dr. John - keyboard on "Horizontal Bop"
• Paul Harris - organ and piano on "Against the Wind" and piano on "Betty Lou's Getting Out Tonight"
• Doug Riley - synthesizer on "No Man's Land"
• Sam Clayton - percussion on "You'll Accompany Me"

Backing harmony vocals on "Fire Lake"

• Glenn Frey
• Don Henley
• Timothy B. Schmit

Backing harmony vocals on "Against the Wind"

• Glenn Frey
• Bob Seger

Backing Vocals on "You'll Accompany Me" "Good For Me" and "Shinin' Brightly"

• Ginger Blake
• Laura Creamer
• Linda Dillard

Production

• Producers: Punch Andrews, Steve Melton, Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Bill Szymczyk
• Engineers: John Arrias, Steve Melton, Bill Szymczyk
• Mixing: Punch Andrews, John Arrias, Steve Melton, Muscle Shoals Sound Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Bill Szymczyk
• Mastering: Wally Traugott
• Remastering: Robert Vosgien
• Art direction: Roy Kohara
• Photography: Tom Bert
• Paintings: Jim Warren

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Awards

Grammy Awards

This MFSL LP was pressed in Japan before Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs pressed their Lps in the United States. The LP was Half-Speed Mastered with the Ortofon Cutting System from the Original Stereo Master Tapes. This MFSL LP has a special static free, dust free inner sleeve and heavy-duty protective packaging. This LP has been Out of Print for 20 years and a bonafide audiophile?s collectible. 

MFSL LIMITED EDITION. This Limited Edition LP is an audiophile collector's item that simply gives the feeling of being directly in the studio with the artist. Used nothing but the finest lacquers. The more you play the LP, your stylus will polish the grooves and actually improve the sonics of your MFSL LP. This recording is mastered from the Original Session Tapes. This Out of Print LP has all Liner Notes, Photos, and Artwork from the Original LP faithfully recreated.

These Out of Print gems are the FINEST/RAREST of the audiophile LP market. The future of these collectibles is so exciting because each piece is a sonic work of art that will never be reproduced using this state of the art proprietary technology, high quality ingredients and attention to detail from beginning to end. The depth and dimension of the music is delivered back to you with all the dynamics and richness of the live recording session. With Mobile Fidelity, you will come as close as possible to hearing the three-dimension quality of the music just as the artist intended it to be.

This LP is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system). 

THIS ALBUM IS COLLECTORS' QUALITY.

The LP  jacket is in Near Mint condition.  There is a slight mark on front and back of bottom left corner that I imagine came from the factory in that state. Looks like a small round drill press mark to me.  

The LPs in Mint condition!  

Never PLAYED. As collectors of this label are aware, to prevent possible warping, these records did not come sealed in cellophane shrink wrap from the manufacturer. However, this record is in its ORIGINAL heavier plastic outer sleeve for protection.