The Beatles The Collection Vinyl Box-Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFSL BC-1. The Beatles The Collection. All of the hinges and latches are in fantastic condition. No tarnishing at all on the hinges and latches. See pictures for condition. The actual records and sleeves are VG+ to LIKE NEW. The box is in fantastic condition. LP Album Boxed Set Limited Edition: #11,941 (of 25,000 pressed). A fantastic way to kick start your Beatles vinyl collection. Well cared for in a smoke free home. This collection is gorgeous!!!!! There are a few documents including a review (reproduced), an order sheet (original), and a flyer (reproduced) describing the boxed set. This item comes from the collection of a high end long time Beatle’s collector. Don’t let this one pass!!! Thanks for looking : Please take a look at my other Beatles auctions! GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BOX. The Beatles: The Collection was a vinyl boxed set of every Beatles album remastered at half speed from the original stereo master recordings, except for Magical Mystery Tour which was mastered from Capitol Records’ submasters with the last three tracks in rechanneled stereo. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) pressed a second run of the Beatles Boxed Set for a total production run of 25,000 over the next two years or until October 1985. Each album was pressed on black vinyl by the Victor Company of Japan. The album covers were replaced with photographs of tape boxes and log sheet. The original album covers were included in a booklet which also featured a certificate of authenticity as this was a limited edition collection. Missing from this collection were all of the Beatles’ singles, extended Play and a few miscellaneous tracks that did not appear on their original UK albums. Please Please Me – MFSL1-101. With the Beatles – MFSL1-102. A Hard Day’s Night – MFSL1-103. Beatles for Sale – MFSL1-104. Rubber Soul – MFSL1-106. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – MFSL1-100. Magical Mystery Tour – MFSL1-047. The Beatles – MFSL2-072 (2 LPs). Yellow Submarine – MFSL1-108. Abbey Road – MFSL1-023. Let It Be – MFSL1-109. The Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (or MFSL) Beatles Box set was released in 1982 (exact date unknown to me, either October or November). It’s official name is “The Beatles/ The Collection” and it’s catalogue number is MFSL BC-1. Before the box set, MFSL had already released three of the Beatles LPs as individual items. The first was “Abbey Road” either on December 1979 or January 1980. The process for the discs included using the master tapes (when available) and then utilizing “half-speed” mastering of the laquers. This was then pressed onto “super vinyl” when sent from California (MFSL headquarters) to the Yokohama factory of the Victor company in Japan in order to fabricate the metal masters and the press the records. This “super vinyl” was transparent when held up to light and was heavy vinyl and harder than regular vinyl in order to establish the best sound possible. The master tape used for “Abbey Road” was actually the Capitol sub-masters and not the original from Abbey Road. The second Beatles LP from MFSL was “Magical Mystery Tour”. The master used for this project was actually from EMI but this version originated from Capitol and was used by EMI for the 1970s re-issue. This didn’t make much sense when considering that this version contained second generation stereo for eight songs and fake (duophonic) stereo for three songs. This second release was put out on February 01 1981. The third Beatles LP from MFSL was “The Beatles (White Album)” issued on January 07 1982. The master tapes used for this project were also sub-masters from Capitol. The box set was then released. The remaining 10 LPs were as follows: “Please Please Me” (using the original master tape from EMI), “With The Beatles” (also using the original master tape from EMI) “A Hard Day’s Night” (also using the original master tape from EMI), “Beatles For Sale” (using a re-mix from the four track tape), Help! ” (using a re-mix tape), “Rubber Soul” (using a re-mix tape), “Revolver” (using the original master tape from EMI), “Sgt. Pepper” (using a re-mix tape), “Yellow Submarine” (using a re-mix tape) and “Let It Be (using a corrected copy tape). It is also interesting to note that “Pepper” in this set does not contain the recording of the high frequency or the “inner groove”. The box set also includes a “Geo-Disc” which is a 12 inch plastic platter used to align and set your stylus and cartridge to a transcription deck! It is reported that 25,000 copies of this box set were released. Starting in June 1984, the rest of the Beatles LPs were released individually as the remainder of the “Original Master Recordings” series start with “Rubber Soul”. One anomaly is the version of “With The Beatles” as an individual MFSL record, it is rarer than the others due to the fact that a damaged metal part for the recording ensured it had a very limited run. The item “Beatles The Collection MFSL BC-1 Box-Original Master Recordings-Vinyl” is in sale since Monday, October 03, 2016. This item is in the category “Music\Records”. The seller is “vinylwall” and is located in Muskegon, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States.
