The Band on MFSL

From my perspective, all of this confirms what I eluded to....

An early original copy, most likely will sound best.

A later original copy will be marginal in relationship to the former.

What is important, an evaluation by the end user, and what attributes from either version are more in tune to him/her personal preferences.

One can chime in saying, "I like the sound of the original, lime green, RL mastered copy...but has this same person had access to an early pressing of the same lp...even more, have they taken the time to evaluate the best original to the latest MFSL?

Personally, I despise the SF forums. I prefer to find things out for myself then report. To me, this is part of the (fun) in this hobby.

bdp24,

As always, I appreciate your insight and passion, especially on The Band.

bdp24,

I'm not going to disagree with you, just post my experience.

A couple of years ago I heard Fremer's digital files of several cuts at a stereo shop. One was from his early pressing of The Band "S/T" (RL). It sounded great! Of coarse that was an early pressing of the original and he has better playback equipment than I.

Last evening, I compared sides 1 from my two copies. Overall I preferred the MFSL. of coarse my original is surely not an early pressing. It does have (RL) in the dead wax. My point is that this pressing is most likely one where an earlier original sounds better than a later original.

The horns sounded more natural on my original but the soundstage was more closed in. The MFSL... the soundstage much wider, more involving to me in this way. There is a lot of bass info and one needs a resolving enough set-up to navigate it correctly or it will be dark or muffled.

I've owned The Band "S/T" on MFSL (lp) for over a year.