Whats on your turntable tonight?

Rushton, agreed and I am not trashing the MoFi in any way. In fact it is one of the better MoFi releases IMO.
As r f sayles so accurately points out original releases seem to display more forward and punchy characteristics. However, this is not always the case. For example, I've purchased all of the Led Zeppelin immediately on release. The only one which has decent dynamics is Houses of the Holy, which ironically is the worst of the first 5 albums. The later releases on Swan Song are fair to good but certainly not nearly as excellent as other releases from other artists of that period. I've not heard the remastered Zeppelin releases so perhaps somebody else can jump in with a comparison.

Van Morrison -Too Long in Exile on UK Polydor

Yo La Tengo -Fakebook on Bar NONE records (again!)

Van Morrison -Astral Weeks on Warner Bros. CA. w7

David Grisman -Dawg Jazz on Warner Bros. brown label

Velvet Crush -Teenage Symphonies to God on Crelp Records

Bud Powell -The Amazing... on Blue Note Japan

Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd -Jazz Samba on Verve (Speakers Corner?)

Antonio Carlos Jobin -Wave on A&M Speakers Corner

Mozart -Clarinet Concerto K622 on Musical Fidelity/ Stereophile

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane -at Carnegie Hall on Mosaic

...Very, very nice as Mosaic does so well.

Ah--Velvet Crush on Creation Records and Yo La Tengo on Bar/None. I'll jump into this thread with Pixies, "Doolittle," on 4AD--same general era and ethos. I just got to hear the very end of "Debaser" twice while my 11 month old pit bull bounded joyously across my sprung wood floor with a bone in her mouth and the stylus jumped the groove. The Teres 160 I just ordered can't arrive soon enough...

Joshua

Beatles -Magical Mystery Tour on MoFi from the box

Beatles -Revolver on Red Wax EMI Odeon Mono

Beatles -Sgt. Pepper's... on OMR UHQR

Radio Head -Hail to the Thief on EMI UK

Wilco - A Ghost is Born on Rhino Vinyl

The Beta Band - S/T on Astralwerks

James -WAH WAH on Mercury Records