MFSL audiophile LP THE EAGLES “Hotel California” Orig Master Rec TAS NM

$

160

Artist:   THE EAGLES

Title:   “Hotel California” Original Master Recording

Label:   Mobile Fidelity Sound Laboratories ~ MFSL 1-126. 

Audiophile pressing, specially plated and pressed on High Definition Super Vinyl by VICTOR Company of Japan, Ltd.  

From the original stereo master tape under license from Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records.  Label is white with black text. 

Year:   1984  (MFSL issue date).

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I will be selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Condition: 

DISC:  NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A beautiful disc you will never need to upgrade!

JACKET:  Gatefold jacket is nice VG+.  Outer and inner panels are clean and bright.  Bottom left corner has some light smudging and slight creasing (feelable on the inside and back of that same corner.)  Top seam is just beginning to split at the center.  Otherwise, nice seams, spine and corners.  No writing, stickers or other issues.  A fine jacket to accompany the gorgeous disc. 

Disc is enclosed in original rice paper sleeve. 

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Hotel California
• New Kid in Town
• Life in the Fast Lane
• Wasted Time

Side Two:

• Wasted Time (reprise)
• Victim of Love
• Pretty Maids All in a Row
• Try and Love Again
• The Last Resort

Review:

“The Eagles took 18 months between their fourth and fifth albums, reportedly spending eight months in the studio recording Hotel California.  The album was also their first to be made without Bernie Leadon, who had given the band much of its country flavor, and with rock guitarist Joe Walsh.  As a result, the album marks a major leap for The Eagles from their earlier work, as well as a stylistic shift toward mainstream rock.  An even more important aspect, however, is the emergence of Don Henley as the band's dominant voice, both as a singer and a lyricist.  On the six songs to which he contributes, Henley sketches a thematic statement that begins by using California as a metaphor for a dark, surreal world of dissipation; comments on the ephemeral nature of success and the attraction of excess; branches out into romantic disappointment; and finally sketches a broad, pessimistic history of America that borders on nihilism.  Of course, the lyrics kick in some time after one has appreciated the album's music, which marks a peak in The Eagles' playing.  Early on, the group couldn't rock convincingly, but the rhythm section of Henley and Meisner has finally solidified, and the electric guitar work of Don Felder and Joe Walsh has arena-rock heft.  In the early part of their career, The Eagles never seemed to get a sound big enough for their ambitions; after changes in producer and personnel, as well as a noticeable growth in creativity, Hotel California unveiled what seemed almost like a whole new band.  It was a band that could be bombastic, but also one that made music worthy of the later tag of "classic rock," music appropriate for the arenas and stadiums the band was playing.  The result was The Eagles' biggest-selling regular album release, and one of the most successful rock albums ever.”

(courtesy William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com.)

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