PINK FLOYD_DARK SIDE OF THE MOON_MFSL_1-017_JVC SUPER VINYL_STAN RICKER MASTERED
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PINK FLOYD
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB / MFSL 1-017
JVC “VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN ON SUPER VINYL"!
“STAN RICKER”PRESSING!
MINT!, PERFECT VINYL!
PLAYED IT ONCE TO RECORD IT TO REEL-TO-REEL
COVER VG+
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab first began releasing vinyl LPs in 1978. These "Original Master Recordings" were custom pressed in Yokohama, Japan by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) on Super Vinyl, an exclusive compound that was used to achieve maximum clarity and quietness.
The results were some of the finest audio quality albums ever made. The first Pink Floyd Original Master Recording album released by MFSL was Dark Side of the Moon. It was the 17th overall release by the company.
NOTE: Stan Ricker cut all of the MFSL lacquers for Dark Side of the Moon. Ricker had been the cutting engineer for JVC in the 1970s, and had been cutting CD-4 quad albums for JVC prior to working for MFSL.
Record Debut: In a recent interview published in Goldmine Magazine, Herbert A. Belkin, former President of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, recalled the debut of the MFSL Original Master Recording LP of Dark Side of the Moon. The commercial response was so amazing that the company literally was turned upside down, and these two fellows, neither of whom had a great deal of business experience, were swamped.
Record Production Process: The MFSL Original Master Recording record production process began with the use of the original stereo master tape. Herbert A. Belkin, who had worked for Capitol Records and ABC Records before becoming President of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, originally worked for MFSL as a consultant and helped MFSL gain access to the original master tape for Dark Side of the Moon. Using the original master tape, MFSL cut a disc lacquer.
This was done on a disc cutter turntable, which was driven by a quartz-lock motor that rotated the turntable at 16 2/3 rpm, one half the speed an LP plays at (33 1/3 rpm), while the master tape was played at one-half the actual recorded speed. This half-speed disc cutting process allowed the cutting stylus twice as much time to carve an accurate groove in the disc. Although half-speed cutting uses only one quarter of the power needed for normal speed cutting, two 600 watt per channel cutting head amplifiers were used, producing significantly better top end and overall frequency response.
No transformers, limiting, or compression were used during the process. Immediately after the metal lacquer was cut, it was refrigerated for protection. For the plating process, the metal lacquer was sent to Japanwhere the metal master (negative), and the mother stamper (positive) were created by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) for MFSL. A test pressing was then made for approval by the MFSL production department.
After their approval, the vinyl records were stamped. The system used for cutting the albums was made by Ortofon, and used 17 op amps in series with the gain path.
Plastic Cover: Released sealed in a clear-plastic cover.
Labels:White MFSL label with black text. At the top in brown text it says " ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING TM MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB." At the bottom, it says "Mfd. & dist. by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab under license from Capitol Records, Inc. P 1973 The Gramophone Company Ltd." PRESSED IN JAPAN.
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