Who has compared different vinyl reissues of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water”?
How does the new MoFi “one step” 45rpm reissue compare to the Classic Records reissues?
Funny you should just post this. There is a long thread in another forum about this subject that I was just involved in...and about the quality of the One Step releases in general.
Like I stated over there, the problem with this particular release is that the original master tape of BOTW is far from decent quality...sound wise. The tape is well known for being veiled and in many places mildly distorted and sterile sounding. A huge shame, as of course the music is superb.
So, while I own all of the releases of this Album, including the Classic, the MFSL original, the original pressing...both UK and US , I wasn’t about to drop big $$ for the One Step. ( knowing the quality of the original master). On the other forum thread, there are now a number of purchasers who are very unhappy with their new BOTW. Expectations were high that the SQ could match the rest of the One Step releases....and it just isn’t possible. Although the prior release of Donald Fagen ‘ The night fly’ was originally a digital recording, the SQ wasn’t too bad. ( Although I stayed away from this as well, cannot see why I would spend $$ for a digital recording on vinyl?)
IMHO.