The MoFi Mess and TAS rolling over for them

Yep @sokogear, you HAVE fallen hard for Steely Dan! Those who buy all the upcoming UHQR's are going to have a fair chunk o' change invested in that group.

I sold my MoFi collection of The Beatles albums when the mono boxset came out, as those MoFi's weren't so hot (Stan Ricker was not a great mastering engineer). That way more than paid for the box. I also have them all on original UK Parlophone in stereo pressings.

I bought the Tapestry 1-Step because the Ode Records pressing is terrible, no matter the vintage. And I really like the album (I had the pleasure of meeting Carole in L.A., and she was a delight. She just exudes positive energy.).

I have quite a few Speakers Corner reissues (both Classical and Pop), all of which are great. I bought their 3-LP 33-1/3 RPM version of the Janos Starker Bach Cello Suites boxset rather than the 6-LP 45 RPM from Analogue Productions for the reason I explained above. As a bonus, it was half the price ;-).

Cool. Anybody that buys all the UHQRs (or One Steps for that matter) is an investor/collector and is fine for AS & Mofi, but they drive the prices up for the true fans. Whenever I see a great album for sale thats brand new, I don’t think that is what the artist would prefer. Its like the car collectors who never drive them. Their creators, like Dr. Porsche, would roll over in his grave. Collecting us for stamps and  coins and beanie babies, not records and cars.

I recently received a marketing email from Music Direct promoting Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac: 2017 Remaster(Vinyl LP).

I wrote them asking for the source of this pressing.

This is the response from their "no reply" email:

Released in 2017 and no relevant information. Not a confidence builder.

ericsch: I believe Bernie Grundman mastered the 2017 version. Fremer might know the answer to your question.