A Collector Copy?

5 Stars
Posted
Saturday, January 25, 2025
by Anonymous
I know "Off the wall" like the palm of my hand. I still have my original copy from 1979, and I still listen to it regularly. In addition to it, I also have a an additional 1st issue, a Half Speed Mastered copy that it is supposed to be the audiophile one ( I do not care for half speed albums because they lack of low end range (Bernie Grundman's words), a 180 gram copy from Music on Vinyl, which is a decent digital issue and a CD copy.
So, I can compared the Mofi reissue with all of them. As we all know, "Off the wall" was produced by Mr. Quincy, engineered by Bruce Swedien using Acusonic Recording process and mastered by Bernie Grundman. Can you have a better team to improve it? If you like this album, you only need an original, mint copy. It is superb.
"Off the Wall" is an album that makes sense for a Mofi issue because, it is an analog production (there are not drum machines, programmed synthesizers, etc). All you hear is done by real people. So, I am glad that Mofi decided to