Donald Fagen "The Nightfly" digital recording to MFSL 45 RPM One-Step vinyl?*

Thanks!

 

No problem! It’s also the pressing used in the Cheap Xmas box, as is the Hoffaman/Gray pressing of Morph the Cat.

 

It does sound great, and the Cheap Xmas box is a bargain at the asking price.

 

Well, I didn't see anything about Bellman on the sleeve, but I can affirm that the sound is excellent. Far exceeds that of the original CD in my system. This is the version I bought:

Donald Fagen-The Nightfly-180 Gram Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds

 

It wouldn't be on the sleeve. Look for a CB in the deadwax.

 

Yup, that's it. Bellman did his usual superb work. The one step is the king, but, but by a slimmer than you'd think margin. I like his cut better than the Bob Ludwig original, which is a phrase I thought I would never write.

 

Someone sent me some Flac files of the One Step version played through a high- end setup. I was only able to stream them to my system using aptx Bluetooth. There was likely some detriment from BT compression, but in that comparison, I preferred the Bellman cut.

 

What did you prefer about the Bellman cut?

 

Greater detail and instrument articulation. That could very well be due to differences in upstream components of the systems, and/or the fact that I had to stream the Flacs through BT.

 

Is the Bellman cut the one included with the Cheap Xmas box?

 

Discogs says "Nightfly from a recent Bellman cut"..... so yes.

 

Cheap Xmas also has Steve and Kevin’s 33 rpm cut of Morph the Cat.

 

Just picked up a NM copy of the Ron Ludwig mastered Warners Brothers vinyl edition of this release ($2.50 at the local used record store). This has got to be one of the best sounding LP’s I now own. I can’t even imagine how the MFSL 1-Step sounds, I would probably faint if I heard it!

 

The RL is no slouch!

 

You’re telling me!

 

Bob's brother ?

 

The RL Nightfly is killer. The One Step is even better.

I check every used copy of The Nightfly I come across for a Quiex pressing. So far no luck.

 

Oops. Meant to say Rob (or Bob), not Ron.

 

Bob, or Robert. https://www.discogs.com/artist/271098-Bob-Ludwig

Well, I'll be damned : Bob Ludwig

 

I have this version and it's definitley better than the CD

 

I've never seen one out in the wild either.

 

Both the RL and CB cut of The Nightfly sound phenomenal.........if you ask me which one sounds better, it will be the one I just played.

 

Mine has a Quiex/Ltd Ed. hype sticker, another for the IGY single/digital recording, and yet another rectangular "Promo" sticker. It's not a White Label. I don't know if there are WLPs for Nightfly. Got it shortly after it came out, and have never had another copy or sought it out on CD. I imagine the Nightfly CDs sound excellent too.

 

I was always told that the Quiex pressings were the promotional releases on any given title. That is only a 'fact' that I have heard over the years - not one that I have confirmed. Audiophile dealers would always sell the Quiex pressings as both 'audiophile' and promos.

 

Was the hype on the shrink?
Found a translucent Ludwig last year at the local thrift.