Traffic "John Barleycorn Must Die" - Why no mfsl

jbmd was the second largest seller by traffic next to 'low spark'. mfsl was and still is at the mercy of the content owners, who for the most part have equalled or surpassed mfsl's technology(and make more money selling it themselves in a remastered version). the original mfsl going belly up doesn't help in current licensing efforts either.

FYI, I just saw on my latest edition of Elusive Disc's catalog that JBMD is offered new on 180 g vinyl (UK Universal EUROU2780) for $29.99. Might be the next best thing to an MFSL vinyl version at least.

I have a copy of the 180 gram reissue of JBMD and it is poorly remastered in my book. The bass is excessively boosted and very muddy, the drum kit is too forward in the soundstage and the saxaphone is too weak/too far in the backround. The vocals and keyboards come across fairly well but everything seems just too out-of-whack overall. The pressing does have a very quiet backround.

Mr. Kidknow

if the jbmd vinyl reissue is on the'simply vinyl' label it isn't remastered at all.

Personally I stay away from Simply Vinyl.