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Yeah, Michael I would be interested to know if that MIA master was finally found. It would be a wonderful thing.

The grateful dead warner box is fantastic and mofi has some of the same titles in what I would argue is better pressings/masterings. Good to have both if its the case! As for Bad Company, if Paul Rodgers himself attested to them being cut directly from tape (and judging from "The Royal Sessions" something he knows well) why argue unless proven otherwise?

"Record One remastered from original production masters November 2014 by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge" "Record Two mixed from original multi-tracks November 2014 by Richard Digby Smith and mastered by Jon Astley"

I really wish labels would speak to the providence of the source material used for releases more often because people do care, especially the audiophile community which is seeing steady growth as sound quality gains mainstream recognition.

I would pay more for an all analog recording. For me, it's all about the sound. I haven't sunk all my hard-earned money into my rig to listen to a big black CD. I agree with other comments, that there should be an industry standard, both for record labels as well as retail outlets, to clearly label the providence of the recordings. No more shell games.

"In the poignant, sad film 'Ain't In it For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm', he avers that it was all over after the first two records, though that could be argued by we 'outsiders'."

I also wondered about that comment. Maybe Levon was talking about intra-band cohesion or getting tired of playing the same songs over and over in concert. Since his comment negates "Stage Fright," though, I'd have to put myself in the outsider camp.

I read some previous comments by Steve Hoffman that said Capital no longer has an analog mastering chain. Since it appears this box set was mastered in-house by Capital, unless someone confirms otherwise, there is likely some digital conversion in the process of making these new records. Did Capital do this to save cost? That would be a shame.

Steve Hoffman's remastering of the second (Brown) Band album for DCC also claims to have used the original master tapes, which is highly unlikely, as those tapes had already been announced to having been misplaced at the time of the remastering. Steve, fess up!

In a related matter, Mobile Fidelity has had The Band/Dylan SACD of the Planet Waves album on their upcoming release schedule for a long time. I asked the MFSL employee manning their table at the recent T.H.E. Show in Irvine what the hold up was. He said they just hadn't gotten to it yet. The sound of Planet Waves is very "small"---not much reverb or echo added to the mic feeds, resulting in an "in the room" kind of sound. I found an OOP SACD copy on Sony at Amoeba Records recently and bought it, in case MF cancels the reissue. I like the album too much to risk it!

Well, I sprung for the set yesterday on Popmarket. Made sense for me as I do have 4 of the LP's they aren't the best copies by any means. So, nice clean copies at that price seem like a better option than seeking out originals. Haven't been able to find an RL copy of The Band and have been looking for well over a year. So, can't wait till the set arrives. Look forward a review if Michael does one. The set did sell out on Popmarket. I got in early and should have mine early this one.

Found these ones separately, Moondog Matinee, Northern Lights-Southern Cross & Islands. None are my favs but didn't have them before. Not Mofis but still sound alright.

That begin google play store however out itunes. Undoubtedly. How to Download Apps Directly to SD Card from Play Store? Generally the updates happen when there is a Wi-Fi link.