DCC Archive quick ??? on MFSL "Aluminum" CD's

I think that's what they call the plain silver ones anyway. I saw the Charlie Musselwhite CD the other day, that's why I brought this topic up.

What was the point behind these vs. the gold CD's?

I saw the list of titles MFSL produced and I can only recall seeing two or three of these before.

--Dan

 

There is a discography of MFSL aluminum discs at the Gold Ream web site (http://pages.prodigy.net/amicus1/jade.htm). Around 200 titles were released on MFSL aluminum disc starting in 1984. I think the first Ultradiscs came out around 1987 or 1988, and there were probably a few years in which MFSL released both aluminum discs and Ultradiscs. The aluminum discs are pretty rare, and some titles, like I, Robot and Year of the Cat, sell for a small fortune on eBay.

 

I know that Levon Helm's 1978 album was never released on gold CD (or any CD other than the MFSL aluminum). I play it often.

 

gee, my copy of miles' "someday my prince will come" is a MFSL silver disc. i had no idea they were that rare. there are no dates of production or of issue anywhere on the disc to be found.

hey! i just found a couple more. firesign theatre's "don't crush that dwarf..." (1970) and "i think we're all bozos..." (1971).

you see, i worked in a tower records ten years ago when these things were still in print or, at least, still available.

i'll post if i find more...

later, chris

 

Gary and David hit the nail right on the head. As far as I know there is only one album that was on both the aluminum and gold (UD2) MFSL and that was Rick Wakeman: Journey To The Center Of The Earth

 

There are at least two more titles which were released as MFSL aluminium and later as MFSL gold CD: "Armstrong/Ellington - Together for the First Time/The Great Reunion" and "Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and Englishmen".

Unfortunately most of the MFSL aluminium CDs are hard to find, I need some dozen of them to complete my collection!

Regards, Joachim

 

I have a couple of those - Quincy Jones' "Smackwater Jack", which I really love - it's a nice remaster, and heaps better than most of his other A&M period albums on CD. Also have "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" - sounds good, although I don't play it much these days - don't know how it compares with the gold version.

 

Thanks Joachim,
I believe that the two versions of Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs and Englishmen are 2 different versions because the aluminum is a 2 cd set.

[ November 18, 2001: Message edited by: Dave ]

 

Used to have The Grateful Dead's "Mars Hotel" om MFSL aluminium. I remember that the sonics weren't very inspiring on that one. Wish I still had it though.

 

Fascinating - I would have thought that the gold "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" would be better, given upgrades to Mofi's systems and what not. But there you go - you can't assume anything in this game. The ears tell the story.

I love the silver MOFI disc of "Smackwater Jack" -it's a real beauty. In contrast, I have the old standard CD version of Jones' "Gula Matari", which is very muddy indeed, to my ears. The recent remaster of "Walking in Space" (Universal) was a big improvement, although I feel that it's a little bright