I can hear the mastering choices for this favouring systems where midrange response is very present, low bass is on the lean side and the highs are a little dull and rolled off. Basically, if your speakers comprise of one big ass midrange driver in a box; stereo pair, then you’re good to go! Mobile Fidelity has re-mastered this latest release from the original analog master tapes and had it pressed at RTI on 180gram SuperVinyl, a new vinyl formulation developed by NEOTECH and RTI providing significant improvements in both noise floor and groove definition.

This 2 disc, 180gram, 45RPM, SuperVinyl, Numbered Edition (MFSL45UD1S-028) was released by Mobile Fidelity in October 2023. A numbered SACD (UDSACD2233) was also released earlier that year. Both were created from the original 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master tape, mastered to DSD 256 then to the analog console and lathe for the vinyl. This current release has been limited to 17,500 numbered copies. The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (the Eagles; 'Hotel California ')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien . Retrieved August 28, 2022. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has been the undisputed pioneer and leader in audiophile recordings since the company's inception in 1977. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. April 7, 2011. Archived from the original on June 20, 2020 . Retrieved July 10, 2020.So how does this UD1S cut compare to the original stereo Asylum vinyl and the later Elektra 5.1 24bit/196KHz LPCM DVDA? See my marks below: Hotel California is one of the best-selling albums of all time. It has been certified 26× Platinum in the US and has sold over 32 million copies worldwide, making it the band’s second best-selling album after Their Greatest hits (1971-1975). It has been ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time. In 2003 and 2012, it was ranked number 37 on Rolling Stone ‘s list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

A global phenomenon that marked the band debut of guitarist-singer Joe Walsh, Hotel California continues to resonate and connect with listeners of all generations taken by its narrative depth, stark directness, picturesque melodies, daring majesty, and ardent emotionalism. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.99. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) technique bypasses generational losses inherent to the traditional three-step plating process by removing two steps: the production of father and mother plates, which are created to yield numerous stampers from each lacquer that is cut. For UD1S plating, stampers (also called "converts") are made directly from the lacquers. Since each lacquer yields only one stamper, multiple lacquers need to be cut. Mobile Fidelity's UD1S process produces a final LP with the lowest-possible noise floor. The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. With UD1S, every aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the best-sounding vinyl album available today. MoFi SuperVinyl

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): 7E 1084 B RE SP 1-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING SRC Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): 7E 1084 B RE SP 1-2 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" Scia OK STERLING SRC On the title "Hotel California", Henley said that "the word, 'California,' carries with it all kinds of connotations, powerful imagery, mystique, etc., that fires the imaginations of people in all corners of the globe. There's a built-in mythology that comes with that word, an American cultural mythology that has been created by both the film and the music industry." [4] In an interview with the Dutch magazine ZigZag shortly before the album's release, Henley said: Cameron Crowe (August 2003). "Conversations With Don Henley and Glenn Frey". The Uncool. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017 . Retrieved September 8, 2017. I think moving forward I will spend more time sourcing OG pressings. So many of the new, so called, audiophile pressings are just not up to par.

Top Selling Albums of 1978 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved January 26, 2022. a b Ruhlmann, William. "Eagles Hotel California AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017 . Retrieved August 12, 2017. a b c d e f g Runtagh, Jordan (December 8, 2016). "The Eagles' 'Hotel California': 10 Things You Didn't Know". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 . Retrieved December 19, 2017. The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (PDF) (in Spanish) (1sted.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. p.961. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Archived from the original on September 12, 2020 . Retrieved June 1, 2019.

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Reflecting on Hotel California 40 years after its original release, and indirectly explaining its enduring appeal and increasing relevance, singer-songwriter Don Henley confirmed the record pertains to the “loss of innocence, the cost of naiveté…the difficulties of balancing loving relationships and work, trying to square the conflicting relationship between business and art; the corruption in politics, the fading away of the Sixties dream of ‘peace, love and understanding.'” This is a concept album, there's no way to hide it, but it's not set in the old West, the cowboy thing, you know. It's more urban this time (…) It's our bicentennial year, you know, the country is 200 years old, so we figured since we are the Eagles and the Eagle is our national symbol, that we were obliged to make some kind of a little bicentennial statement using California as a microcosm of the whole United States, or the whole world, if you will, and to try to wake people up and say 'We've been okay so far, for 200 years, but we're gonna have to change if we're gonna continue to be around.'" [5] Composition [ edit ]

RIAA: Eagles' Greatest Hits Certified 38× Platinum, Passing 'Thriller' ". Billboard. Associated Press. August 20, 2018. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018 . Retrieved September 13, 2018. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): 7E 1084 B-1 RE SP 1-2 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LH SRC Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2 etched, except "STERLING" is stamped): 7E-1084 B -5RE CSM "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LH 1S Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 7E 1084 B -1 RE SP "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LH

From every angle, this UD1S reissue exists as a curatorial artefact meant to be preserved, touched, and examined. Reflecting on Hotel California 40 years after its original release, and indirectly explaining its enduring appeal and increasing relevance, singer-songwriter Don Henley confirmed the record pertains to the "loss of innocence, the cost of naiveté...the difficulties of balancing loving relationships and work, trying to square the conflicting relationship between business and art; the corruption in politics, the fading away of the Sixties dream of ‘peace, love and understanding.'" Sullivan, Steve (October 4, 2013). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2. Scarecrow Press. pp.135–137. ISBN 978-0810882959.