{"product_id":"muddy-waters-folk-singer-mfsl-ultradisc-one-step-ud1s-2-023","title":"Muddy Waters ‎– Folk Singer. MFSL UltraDisc One-Step ‎– UD1S 2-023","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte custom__description complete\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom-field custom-field__track-listing custom-field__type--html teaser rte\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom-field--value\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom-field custom-field__track-listing custom-field__type--html teaser rte\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"custom-field--value\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND LIMITED TO 10,000 NUMBERED COPIES\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMuddy Waters' \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/em\u003e remains rightly revered as the greatest-sounding blues album ever released—and, to date, one of the only bonafide audiophile records in the genre. Originally issued in 1964 by Chess Records, the all-acoustic work has made the rounds as a demonstration disc and benefitted from myriad reissues, all of which sought to improve upon Willie Dixon and Ralph Bass' legendary, subtlety-abundant production while bringing the musicians into your room. More than five decades after Waters, Buddy Guy, and company initially gathered in a Chicago studio in September 1963, those feats (and more) are finally accomplished in definitive, unsurpassed fashion courtesy of Mobile Fidelity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"musicTrackList\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Home Is in the Delta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLong Distance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Captain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood Morning Little School Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou Gonna Need My Help\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCold Weather Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Leg Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCountry Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeel Like Going Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte custom__description complete\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited to 10,000 numbered copies, pressed on dead-quiet MoFi SuperVinyl at RTI, and mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity's ultra-hi-fi UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP collector's edition pays tribute to the album's merit and enhances the intimate program for generations to come. Playing with reference-setting sonics that more than justify its existence in a field filled with prior audiophile reissues of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/em\u003e, this spectacular collector's version provides a clear, transparent, ultra-dynamic, and up-close view of a set that inspired \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e to deem it the 282nd Greatest Album of All Time and proclaim it \"a pioneering 'unplugged' set beloved by blues and folk fans alike.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe premium packaging and beautiful presentation of the UD1S \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/em\u003e pressing befit its extremely select status. Housed in a deluxe box, it features special foil-stamped jackets and faithful-to-the-original graphics that illuminate the splendor of the recording. No expense has been spared. Aurally and visually, this UD1S reissue exists as a curatorial artifact meant to be preserved, touched, and examined. It is made for discerning listeners that prize sound quality and production, and who desire to fully immerse themselves in the art—and everything involved with the album, from the iconic photos to the gorgeous finishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSuch potency reveals itself explicitly on a vinyl set afforded uncanny reproduction of Waters' tobacco-stained singing, booming reach, robust acoustic guitar, and instrumental accompanists—a Hall of Fame group that comprises a very young Guy, stand-up bassist Dixon, and drummer Francis Clay. Accurately portraying the scale of a human voice remains one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish on a recording. And yet the timbre, richness, and realism of Waters' singing here convey the authority of its inner cavity and considerable depth, allowing notes to individually register all the while pairing with succeeding rhythmic passages in seamless fashion. The presence, feel, and contributions of Waters' esteemed colleagues register, too, with the lifelike nature rivaled only by sitting in a small venue. Indeed, few albums of any style resonate with the reference levels of spaciousness, openness, and \"room as an instrument\" qualities to the extent of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBecause of the production's unassailable reputation, ironically, the actual performances on Folk Singer often get short-changed or overlooked. That's a mistake. While much ado about the record's folk-like character and allegedly new direction surrounded the release, Waters' fourth proper album is nothing but the blues—and a direct extension back to his Delta lineage and non-amplified roots. Sincere, emotional, direct, spontaneous, and interpretive, Waters and his mates follow a soulful path, completely skirting any notion of prescribed commercialism or pigeonholed definition. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/em\u003e echoes with flexibility, liberty, and the artists' own unsullied visions. It could have happened on a Maxwell Street corner on the streets of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOr, as Mr. Bass writes in the original liner notes: \"Muddy's rich vibrant tones, sometimes pleading, sometimes whispering, occasionally shouting and chanting, tells [sic] us the story of a blues singer or for lack of a better word—a folk singer who can't tell you his story the same way more than once, whose interpretation changes as his mood and nostalgia serves him as on that one memorable day I asked Muddy to sing 'The Blues.'\" Memorable storytelling, both in the narrative and instrumental form, dominates Folk Singer, from the autobiographical \"My Home Is in the Delta\" to a cover of the Sonny Boy Williamson staple \"Good Morning Little School\" to the solo \"Feel Like Going Home.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThroughout, the nine songs transmit the innate proficiency and learned knowledge of virtuosos as they slowly roll and tumble with unmitigated freedom, informal playfulness, and understated sympathy. Steeped in the ways of the country, \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFolk Singer\u003c\/em\u003e registers with a magnetic power and palpable force by keeping quiet, in the process redefining what it means to be loud—as well as popular notions of the blues itself. What a ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore About Mobile Fidelity UltraDisc One-Step and Why It Is Superior\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInstead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's new UltraDisc One-Step (UD1S) uses only one step, bypassing two processes of generational loss. While three-step processing is designed for optimum yield and efficiency, UD1S is created for the ultimate in sound quality. Just as Mobile Fidelity pioneered the UHQR (Ultra High-Quality Record) with JVC in the 1980s, UD1S again represents another state-of-the-art advance in the record-manufacturing process. MFSL engineers begin with the original master tapes and meticulously cut a set of lacquers. These lacquers are used to create a very fragile, pristine UD1S stamper called a \"convert.\" Delicate \"converts\" are then formed into the actual record stampers, producing a final product that literally and figuratively brings you closer to the music. By skipping the additional steps of pulling another positive and an additional negative, as done in the three-step process used in standard pressings, UD1S produces a final LP with the lowest noise floor possible today. The removal of the additional two steps of generational loss in the plating process reveals tremendous amounts of extra musical detail and dynamics, which are otherwise lost due to the standard copying process. The exclusive nature of these very limited pressings guarantees that every UD1S pressing serves as an immaculate replica of the lacquer sourced directly from the original master tape. Every conceivable aspect of vinyl production is optimized to produce the most perfect record album available today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoFi SuperVinyl\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeveloped by NEOTECH and RTI, MoFi SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound ever devised. Analog lovers have never seen (or heard) anything like it. Extraordinarily expensive and extremely painstaking to produce, the special proprietary compound addresses two specific areas of improvement: noise floor reduction and enhanced groove definition. The vinyl composition features a new carbonless dye (hold the disc up to the light and see) and produces the world's quietest surfaces. This high-definition formula also allows for the creation of cleaner grooves that are indistinguishable from the original lacquer. MoFi SuperVinyl provides the closest approximation of what the label's engineers hear in the mastering lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte custom__description complete\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"LimitContentHeightCntntFrm\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pl-info jq_highlight\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ml-ellipsis ml-ellipsis4 mt_med\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"LPs New","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41433723699393,"sku":"","price":295.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/products\/MoFi_UD1S_Muddy_Waters_FolkSinger_Render_Box_Cover_1500x_jpg.jpg?v=1648080709","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/muddy-waters-folk-singer-mfsl-ultradisc-one-step-ud1s-2-023","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}