2014 Music Direct catalog shows new titles coming from MFSL

The 2014 Music Direct catalog (Jerry Garcia on the cover) shows the following titles coming from MFSL:

Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead 45 rpm LP, SACD
American Beauty 45 rpm LP, SACD
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) 45 rpm LP
Live/Dead 45 rpm LP
Wake of the Flood 45 rpm LP
In the Dark 45 rpm LP

The first two titles are shown on page 2 of the catalog and are listed as being released on 45 rpm LP and SACD. All six are shown on page 150, but only 45 rpm LP is mentioned. Hopefully all six titles will be released on SACD.

Love
Forever Changes SACD

Miles Davis
Sorcerer
Jack Johnson
Bitches Brew
Nefertiti
Miles in the Sky
Filles de Kilimanjaro

Formats are not listed for the Miles Davis titles, but hopefully both 45 rpm LPs and SACDs are coming to match the previous Miles Davis series.

Jerry Garcia and David Grisman
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman

No formats are listed for this album.

The Band
The Last Waltz

No formats are listed for this album.

It will probably be awhile before we see these releases. They aren't up on Music Direct's web site for pre-order yet. Here's hoping all of these titles are released on SACD.

 

Thank you for doing this.

 

I was just looking at American Beauty LP prices yesterday. Really need to get a copy, so I'll wait for this new issue to get some reviews before deciding which version to go with. I'm honestly not the level of audiophile to insist on 45 rpm though. I think flipping an album once is enough

 

No problem!

 

On the digital side (no flipping ), I like the DVD-Audio disc. It will be interesting to hear what MFSL can do with the SACD.

 

That's an option too I guess. I only have 3 DVD-A, well 4.. "Rumours" & the 2 Queen titles ANATO & The Game. I almost forgot "Brothers In Arms" since it's a dualdisc But I'm trying to get back into LPs

 

The DVD-Audio disc is long out-of-print, so a recent LP should be cheaper.

 

Only Kind of Blue will be released from the first series as 45 rpm - all of the other titles have been 33 rpm, which I hope continues. Not sure you could do Bitches Brew or Jack Johnson as 45's without some very awkward break points.

Their releases have been great so far - can't wait for these to come. (sometime in 2019???)

 

Thanks. I don't really keep up with vinyl. SACD is my bag.

Good point about Jack Johnson and Bitches Brew as 45s.

 

Yeah, does anybody know if there are plans to release any of the other titles, besides Workingman's Dead & American Beauty on SACD? Live Dead especially would be nice to have in the format.

 

They're going to have a hard time topping the 40th Ann. reissue of Bitches Brew, cut all analog from the original master... although it's only available as a box set including CDs and a DVD, so the Mofi may have some appeal for that reason.

 

Hope they do a good job of Workingmans and AB

On a side note the HDtracks of the pizza tapes (Garcia, Grisman, Rice) is fantastic.

 

Just for myself because of the versions I have already that I am satisfied with I am not overly excited by anything but there are obviously some great titles. With regards to Grateful Dead American Beauty I have purchased >the original LP>the MFSL LP>the original CD>the remaster CD>the DVD-Audio>the HD Tracks 24/96 download. I think I am done on that title and on others where I have acquired 6+ versions of the same title.

There are still some of the Dylan I would like (I hadn't picked up Desire yet), maybe a couple more Miles. I have the original versions of the MFSL ABB. Love Forever Changes? The Garcia Grisman I have as a 24/96 download from Grisman's Acoustic Oasis site.

I wish they would tap into a little more diverse catalogs.

 

Curious that Miles Smiles and ESP are missing from the list of Miles releases.

 

I'm still waiting for the Chicago titles announced in last yrs. catalog.

 

The 40th anniversary box set isn't hi-rez in digital, so the MFSL SACD could be better. The big question is whether MFSL will issue the original mix or the remix. It would be nice to have the original mix on SACD, and I'm thinking MFSL would like to do that. Will Sony give them the choice?

 

I'm still waiting for a number of MFSL SACDs I pre-ordered around this time last year.

 

Maybe they will release a third series of Miles SACDs and LPs.

 

HDtracks offers the original mix in hi-rez digital (24/96) and it sounds pretty good. I doubt MFSL would go for the remix...

Impex is reissuing E.S.P. this year on vinyl, cut at BG Mastering by Chris Bellman. Miles Smiles was reissued by Speaker's Corner.

 

Love the Dead news but seriously how do these titles work on 45RPM since they have either side long songs or longer jams that wont fit (i.e. Weather Report Suite, Wharf Rat & Not Fade/GTRFB) on a 45 RPM side...right?

Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) 45 rpm LP
Live/Dead 45 rpm LP
Wake of the Flood 45 rpm LP


Although Weather Report Suite does have some clear breaks in the 3 sections. The other titles listed (In the Dark, AB, WD) should be able to be broken up to fit on a 45 RPM side.

 

This is NOT the 2014 list, but for 2015 and 2016

A few great titles on this list

 

too optimistic ! 2017 is my guess

 

I doubt it, and they seem to take whatever tape Sony allows them to have.

 

I think it is odd that they are redoing Live/Dead, maybe they are going to use the original mix?

I hope Filles de Killimanjaro is a double LP, the album running length is about 55 minutes.

 

Love SACD can't wait.