MOBILE FIDELITY SILVER LABEL
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s acclaimed Silver Label
features an eclectic mix of rock, pop, and soul titles.
Pressed on standard-weight audiophile-quality vinyl at
RTI, each LP is mastered and cut on our state-of-the-art
Tim de Paravicini-designed mastering chain. Explore
great albums and expand your musical horizons.
CYNDI LAUPER
Long before becoming a Tony Awardwinning Broadway figure, Cyndi Lauper
ushered in a new wave of commercial pop
while flaunting an exuberant confidence
that, overnight, influenced a generation to
embrace life with newfound vibrancy. Girls,
on the whimsically charismatic and truly
original She’s So Unusual, just want to have
fun. An expressive statement on which her
singing is steeped in emotion, True Colors
comes on a vocal tour de force throughout
which sincerity, phrasing, and elegance
reign supreme.
Stardust
True Colors
She’s So Unusual
INXS
Anchored by the sensual purr of vocalist Michael Hutchence and frisky drumming of
Jon Farriss, INXS tapped into a hybrid style that freshly stays away from the era’s
plastic, manufactured sounds and narrow-minded aesthetic. Recorded during the
band’s heyday, the 1985-90 trio of Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X contain every
element classic contemporary pop works require—from dance beats to streamlined
rock riffs, soaring hooks to horn-fueled R&B. These LPs resonate with crispness,
immediacy, and punch.
Santana III
Kick
X
Listen Like Thieves
THE B-52’S
The B-52’s were about a decade ahead of the
alt-rock revolution when they put their stamp on
delightfully campy, intentionally goofy, lyrically
kitschy, richly colorful, and undeniably harmonic
new-wave pop with their self-titled debut and
1980’s Wild Planet. The party rolled into 1989, with
Cosmic Thing and a trip to the love shack! These
reissues are worth it alone for the iconic album
covers, which spotlight those bouffant ‘dos. Boffo!
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Ellington at Newport
WILLIE NELSON
RYAN ADAMS
Cutting against Music Row
conventions, Willie Nelson’s
Stardust is the icon’s most
commercially successful release,
a resplendent gem infused with
ultimate respect for composers
and lyrics—and many of the finest
performances of the singer’s
career. Further exposing the
delicate touches abounding
in Booker T. Jones’ warm
production, this edition brings out
the textured kernels of Nelson’s
voice—and the deep-seated
dignity, austerity, devotion, grit,
and plaintiveness within it.
Love Is Hell is a staggeringly
personal report on romantic
desolation, personal frustration,
and incurable loneliness
whose themes play out via
heartbreakingly intimate
vocals, stark acoustic guitars,
unembellished electric guitars,
and spare pianos. The excising
of pain has rarely sounded
more bittersweet—or spiritual.
Throughout, Adams makes you
feel and inspires reaction. This
unsurpassed edition contains
seven extra songs previously only
on a Japanese-issued bonus disc.
SANTANA
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
The final Santana album
recorded with the leader’s
famed Woodstock lineup, 1971’s
Santana III shines as a beacon
of Latin-tinged rock, melodic
inventiveness, and cohesive
interplay. Featuring the debut
of guitar virtuoso Neal Schon,
it belongs mentioned in the
same breath as groundbreaking
psychedelic classics such as
Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. Yes,
the Spanish-styled flavors,
blazing hand percussion, and
mesmerizing Hammond organ
lines throughout are that good.
Street Survivors remains Lynyrd
Skynyrd’s finest hour. The last
album recorded with original
members Ronnie Van Zant and
Allen Collins, who passed away
in a tragic plane accident three
days after its release, the 1977
set is mythical for its historical
significance and infallible
songwriting. Add in freshly
inspired performances and classic
Muscle Shoals production, and
you have a timeless work of art.
Street Survivors
DUKE ELLINGTON
BILL EVANS AND JIM HALL
It captures a performance so
energetic, wild, and unexpected
that the music literally caused
thousands of people to stand
on chairs, worrying officials a
riot might ensue. It is jazz of
the highest order, played at a
rock n’ roll pace that confirms
Duke Ellington and Co. fed
off the crowd’s reactions. It is
Ellington’s best-selling album. It
is Ellington at Newport. Boasting
tremendous separation, deeper
low frequencies, clearer highs,
and front-to-back dynamics, this
LP is your ticket to history.
Whether owing to the intimate
pairing, brotherly chemistry, or
exquisite material, Undercurrent
comes across as a private
meditation. Such is the level of
introspective depth and quietly
shaded interplay. For Bill Evans,
the duet functions as a healing
episode in which his partner
patiently lays back, shadowing
moves and suggesting others,
each musician striving for lasting
beauty. No other version brings
you face-to-face with these
giants’ sonic communion and
spiritual summit.
Undercurrent
ROD STEWART
Cosmic Thing
Wild Planet
The B-52’s
Nearly every music lover is unanimous in
choosing Rod Stewart’s early 1970s output
as his very finest. Why? It’s when he had
few rivals as a blue-eyed soul singer. The
evidence is on Gasoline Alley and Every
Picture Tells a Story, organic classics that on
these LPs boast full-range sound and earthy
tones. On these records, Stewart makes
folk music rock like no one had before
while maintaining a rarified grit, integrity,
and style. As for the vocals? Sensitive,
understated, wistful, and, in a word, ageless.
Every Picture Tells a Story
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Love Is Hell
Gasoline Alley
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