![]() Sometimes we would cut extras and have them plated but never need to make stampers from them. " the number of discs to press was guess work. Stan Ricker would be SR/2, Jack Hunt would be JH/2, John LeMay would be JL/2 and so on. Just outside the label land where the lead out groove is at the end of the record side, you will see a scribe mark of the lacquer side and who did it. Others would go as high as A9 or even A11 or A12. Some titles only got as high as A1 and B1 or even A2 and B2. In a recent interview, he explained the production runs, "For vinyl it was directly proportionate to the number of lacquers cut. According to Gregg Schnitzer, the Director of Product Development at MFSL from 1980 through 1986, and Chief Engineer from 1984 to 1986, the total production run for Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl was only 25,000. In fact, their advertisements guaranteed not to produce more than 200,000 copies of any release. Production Runs: MFSL produced Original Master Recordings in very limited editions. It was the 17th overall release by the company. The first Pink Floyd Original Master Recording album released by MFSL was Dark Side of the Moon, issued in June of 1979. The results were some of the finest audio quality albums ever made. These "Original Master Recordings" were custom pressed in Yokohama, Japan by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) on Super Vinyl, an exclusive compound that was used to achieve maximum clarity and quietness. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab first began releasing vinyl LPs in 1978. Dark Side of the Moon MFSL UltraDisc II CDġ978-1979 (Dark Side of the Moon MFSL Original Master Recording LP).The Wall MFSL UltraDisc CD - 2nd edition.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL UltraDisc CD.Atom Heart Mother MFSL test pressing LP.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL High Fidelity Cassette - 2nd issue.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL VHS Digital Audio Tape.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL Beta Digital Audio Tape.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL LP - 2nd issue.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL High Fidelity Cassette.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL LP - 1st issue.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL sample record LP.Dark Side of the Moon MFSL test pressing LP.Any comments, corrections or additions to this discography are appreciated. ![]() Although the company produced some of the finest audio releases in the world, cost considerations forced the company to cease operations on November 19, 1999. They specialized in half-speed master lacquer cutting, quality plating from overseas, imported pressings from Japan, special high-definition vinyl, and static-free inner sleeves. MFSL mastered recordings onto vinyl, cassettes, and compact discs from original master tapes to produce the highest quality releases. and was formed in 1977 in Sebastopol, California. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) was a division of Mobile Fidelity Productions, Inc. This is a discography of Pink Floyd releases by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. © copyright Vernon Fitch / The Pink Floyd Archives ![]()
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