Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, JOHN COUGAR, AMERICAN FOOL C-184 HiFicassette
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C-184
SIDE 1 HURTS SO GOOD-JACK & DIANE-HAND TO HOLD ON TO-DANGER LIST-CANYOU TAKE IT
SIDE 2 THUNDERING HEARTS-CHINA GIRL-CLOSE ENOUGH-WEAKEST MOMENTS
MOBILE FIDELITY'S LIMITED EDITION SERIES OF ORIGINAL MASTER RECORDING HIGH FIDELITY CASSETTES REPRESENTS THE ULTIMATE IN PRE-RECORDED SONIC REPRODUCTION. TO ACHIEVE THIS STANDARD:
- EACH CASSETTE IS TRANSFERRED DIRECTLY FROM THE RECORDING ARTIST'S ORIGINAL MASTER TAPE
- EACH CASSETTE IS DUPLICATED IN'REAL TIME'(1:1), NOT HIGH SPEED DUPLICATED. THIS GUARANTEES TOTAL ACCURACY DURING THE SONIC TRANSFERENCE PROCESS FROM THE MASTER TAPE
- ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY, PUREST CHROMIUM DIOXIDE TAPE STOCK IS UTILIZED , GUARANTEEING MAXIMUM FREQUENCY RESPONSE AND NEGLIGIBLE BACKROUND NOISE
- ADDITIONALLY, DOLBY SYSTEM NOISE REDUCTION IS UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE DUPLICATION PROCESS
- MFSL CREATED A NEW, STATE OF THE ART SHELL MECHANISM THAT DRAMATICALLY OPTIMIZES CASSETTE PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE. IT FEATURES A SINGLE SIDED, SILICON SLIPSHEET WITH CARBON-SPUTTERED STATIC DISCHARGE STRIPES;A COPPER/MU-METAL SANDWICH HUM SHIELD FOR MAXIMUM NULLIFICATION OF RESIDUAL MAGNETIC FLUX; AND AN INNOVATIVE POLYCARBONATE SHELL WITH EXCEPTIONAL REBOUND MEMORY
Audiophile cassettes are hard to find! When MFSL show up on eBay they usually go for $15.00 - $60.00 depending on the title.
Here is a list of Mobile Fidelity High Fidelity Cassettes, duplicated in Real Time (1:1) using BASF Chrome Cassettes at 70ms EQ.
Catalog No. - Title - Artist [Year]
MFSL-C-004 - The Power and The Majesty, Vol. 1 - Mystic Moods Orchestra [1978]
MFSL-C-005 - Crime of the Century - Supertramp [1978]
MFSL-C-006 - Touch - John Klemmer [1978]
MFSL-C-008 - Star Wars & Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [1978]
MFSL-C-009 - Year of the Cat - Al Stewart [1978]
MFSL-C-011 - Breezin' - George Benson [1979]
MFSL-C-013 - Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat [1979]
MFSL-C-017 - The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd [1979]
MFSL-C-025 - Finger Paintings - Earl Klugh [1980]
MFSL-C-033 - Aja - Steely Dan [1980]
MFSL-C-035 - Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens [1980]
MFSL-C-042 - Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues [1981]
MFSL-C-046 - Goin' Places - The Kingston Trio [1981]
MFSL-C-047 - Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles [1981]
MFSL-C-049 - Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers [1981]
MFSL-C-060 - Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones [1981]
MFSL-C-062 - A Trick of the Tail - Genesis [1981]
MFSL-C-068 - Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione [1983]
MFSL-C-069 - Abandoned Luncheonette - Daryl Hall and John Oates [1982]
MFSL-C-074 - Christopher Cross - Christopher Cross [19??]
MFSL-C-078 - You've Got It Bad Girl - Quincy Jones [1983]
MFSL-C-080 - Night and Day - Joe Jackson [1983]
MFSL-C-083 - Let's Dance - David Bowie [1984]
MFSL-C-084 - I, Robot - The Alan Parsons Project [1982]
MFSL-C-087 - Some Girls - The Rolling Stones [1983]
MFSL-C-088 - Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young [1983]
MFSL-C-089 - Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones [1983]
MFSL-C-090 - Live at the Lighthouse - Modern Jazz Quartet [1984]
MFSL-C-100 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles [1982]
MFSL-C-105 - Help! - The Beatles [1982]
MFSL-C-106 - Rubber Soul - The Beatles [1982]
MFSL-C-107 - Revolver - The Beatles [1982]
MFSL-C-110 - Rio - Duran Duran [1984]
MFSL-C-114 - The Times They Are A Changin' - Bob Dylan [19??]
MFSL-C-116 - Surfer Girl - The Beach Boys [19??]
MFSL-C-120 - The Nightfly - Donald Fagen [1983]
MFSL-C-122 - Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers [19??]
MFSL-C-123 - The Best of Me - David Foster [19??]
MFSL-C-124 - Two of a Kind - Earl Klugh and Bob James [1984]
MFSL-C-125 - Built For Speed - The Stray Cats [1983]
MFSL-C-126 - Hotel California - The Eagles [1984]
MFSL-C-127 - Against The Wind - Bob Seger / Silver Bullet Band [1983]
MFSL-C-128 - Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority [1984]
MFSL-C-129 - Basie Plays Hefti - Count Basie [1984]
MFSL-C-135 - A Jolly Christmas from Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra [19??]
MFSL-C-148 - Crown of Creation - Jefferson Airplane [19??]
MFSL-C-149 - If That's What It Takes - Michael McDonald [1984]
MFSL-C-152 - True - Spandau Ballet [1984]
MFSL-C-153 - Imagine - John Lennon [19??]
MFSL-C-155 - Together For The First Time / The Great Reunion (2 cassettes) - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington [1984]
MFSL-C-156 - Synchronicity - The Police [19??]
MFSL-C-157 - Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band [1984]
MFSL-C-158 - What's New - Linda Ronstadt w/ the Nelson Riddle Orchestra [1984]
MFSL-C-171 - Heavenly - Johnny Mathis [19??]
MFSL-C-172 - From the Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead [19??]
MFSL-C-173 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel [19??]
MFSL-C-174 - The Golden Age of Wireless - Thomas Dolby [19??]
MFSL-C-175 - Plays The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project - Andrew Powell [19??]
MFSL-C-176 - Million Mile Reflections - The Charlie Daniels Band [19??]
MFSL-C-178 - Super Session - Bloomfield, Cooper, Stills [19??]
MFSL-C-179 - Live at the Village Vanguard - Gerry Mulligan [19??]
MFSL-C-181 - Sports - Huey Lewis and the News [19??]
MFSL-C-182 - Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran [19??]
MFSL-C-184 - American Fool - John Cougar (Mellencamp) [19??]
MFSL-C-186 - Blind Faith - Blind Faith [19??]
MFSL-C-187 - Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull [19??]
MFSL-C-188 - The Final Frontier - Roy Budd [19??]
MFSL-C-190 - Meddle - Pink Floyd [19??]
MFSL-C-191 - Rebel Yell - Billy Idol [19??]
MFSL-C-507 - Feste Romana - Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Symphony Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-517 - Romantic Russia - Sir Georg Solti, London Symphony Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-519 - The Rite of Spring - Riccardo Mutti, Philadelphia Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-520 - The Firebird Suite - Riccardo Mutti, Philadelphia Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-521 - Rachmanioff, Symphony No. 2 - Temirkanov, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-522 - Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra / Chicago - Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-527 - Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite - Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-529 - Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American In Paris - Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-530 - Bizet: Carmen - Sir Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra [19??]
MFSL-C-533 - Saint-Saens Organ Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - Leonard Bernstein [19??]
Café Records (MFSL's original recordings label) Cassettes duplicated in Real Time (1:1) using BASF Chrome Cassettes at 70ms EQ.
Catalog No. - Title - Artist [Year]
729 - Heartbound - Dwayne Smith and Art Johnson [1985]
730 - Robbie Krieger - Robbie Krieger [1985]
731 - Good Lines - Steve Brown [1985]
732 - Mr. Drums Live On King Street - Buddy Rich [1986]
733 - Holiday - Steve Bach [1986]
736 - Zero Gravity - Steve Bach [1987]
737 - Dangerous Ground - Ian Dogole [1987]
738 - Child's Play - Steve Brown [1987]
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And from the Cassette page on my web site:
The first audiophile cassettes were from Advent, their Process CR/70 cassettes duplicated (4:1) on chromium dioxide tape from master tapes of Connoisseur Society, Unicorn and programs they recorded themselves. They were priced from $6.95 - $9.95 for double play cassettes.
Next came In Sync Labs recorded on Nakamichi 582 Cassette Decks using TDK SA-X Cassettes in Real Time (1:1) and they sold for $10.98 direct. Releases included their sister company Connoisseur Society, EMI Pathe Marconi and Vox.
Then Mobile Fidelity's MFSL High Fidelity cassettes duplicated on JVC decks in Real Time (1:1) on BASF Chrome tape. They released over 100 titles including many famous Rock and Jazz classics plus excellent classical titles from Decca, EMI and Columbia. Their spin-off label Cafe also offered many excellent titles. And MFSL duplicated cassettes for Aesthetic Audio's series of Merlin Fidelity + recordings.
Then Nautilus SuperCassettes also duplicated Real Time (1:1) on MAXELL UD-XLII tape.
Followed by other Real Time duplicated cassettes from Sound Ideas, Direct-To-Tape, Audible Images, Crystal and others. By 1985 Audiophile cassettes pretty much died up, another causality of the CD revolution. Audiophile cassettes except for MFSL are extremely hard to find even on eBay.
10 Recommended Audiophile Cassettes
All recommended Cassettes use 70 microsecond equalization.
1. JOHN WILLIAMS: Star Wars & Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL C-008
2. BUDDY RICH & HIS BAND: Mr. Drums Live On King Street
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Cafe C-732
3. RESPIGHI: Feste Romana, Pina di Roma
Lorin Maazel / Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL C-507
4. THE STRAYAWAY CHILD - Jerry Reed Smith and Tom Fellenbaum
Real Time duplication (1:1) on TDK SA tape
Song of the Wood Music 7811-CA
5. THE BEATLES: Magical Mystery Tour
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL C-047
Note: From the German Master Tapes thus all songs are in real stereo unlike the UK and USA Masters with three songs in Electronically processed Stereo. The Mobile Fidelity LP version is from the UK masters thus making the cassette version the one to get.
6. THE MISSING LINC
Lincoln Mayorga and Distinguished Colleagues
Real Time duplication (1:1) on TDK Metal tape
Nakamichi Reference Recording / Sheffield Lab RA-4S10
7. VIVALDI: Flute Concerti
Christopher Taylor (Flute) Carl Pini, Philomusica of London
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Aesthetic Audio / Merlin Fidelity + Direct to Stereo MFC-781
8. CAT STEVENS - Tea for the Tillerman
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL C-035
9. EARL KLUGH: Finger Paintings
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL C-025
10. THE MOODY BLUES: Days of Future Passed
Real Time duplication (1:1) on BASF Chromium Dioxide tape
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL C-042
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