The MoFi vinyl pressing is inarguably better than the original US, UK and especially Japanese LP's. The original tapes are clearly of mediocre fidelity (Lodge and Hayward have long ago said such, also) and there's little that could be done, but MoFi did the best job with its Anadisc 2000 issue.
The SACD is wonderful sounding reworking, giving the very believable and acceptable illusion that the original recording was pretty good. Even as a purist I am very happy with the results.
So - the SACD ain't the original, but it's a much better option than anything on vinyl except the MoFi vinyl issue. I think that it would be virtually impossible to pick the MoFi over the SACD and vice-versa.
The SACD is wonderful sounding reworking, giving the very believable and acceptable illusion that the original recording was pretty good. Even as a purist I am very happy with the results.
So - the SACD ain't the original, but it's a much better option than anything on vinyl except the MoFi vinyl issue. I think that it would be virtually impossible to pick the MoFi over the SACD and vice-versa.