Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon (One Step) / 45RPM Mobile Fidelity

Paul Simon's "There Goes Rhymin' Simon" is considered by many fans as the real masterpiece of the artist on the way to the classic "Graceland". The very first song "Kodachrome" became a big hit and set the mood for a versatile album,

which was released in 1973 (one year after the musical separation from Art Garfunkel). The harmonious mixture of soul, R&B and folk, with gospel and even Dixieland elements, makes the listener sway along comfortably warm.

Simon's wonderful baritone is rendered absolutely naturally in this re-release by MoFi and comes across crystal clear in songs like "American Tune" and "Love Me Like A Rock" (for whose background he enlisted support from the renowned

gospel group "Dixie Hummingbirds"). The album was nominated for two Grammys and rose to #2 on the Billboard charts.

The audiophile reissue as a 180g double lp with 45 rpm collector's edition is limited to 10,000 copies.

MFSL's one-step LP boxes are the measure of all things in the field of audiophile re-issues and can be placed qualitatively even above the other productions of the probably most famous remastering studio in the world. The original analog tape was

transferred by the MFSL sound engineers into a 4xDSD file after an individual adjustment of the track position of the tape and the bias setting for each individual title. This was then used to create the lacquer cut in the Sebastopol studio. What's special

about the LPs is not only a new vinyl granule without carbon colorants used at RTI in Camarillo, but more importantly the one-step process of LP manufacturing. The only place you can get closer to the sound of the master tape is at MFSL's studio in California.

By this is meant the following: In normal LP productions, the lacquer cut is turned into an initial "father stamp with inverted groove structure." From this, a "mother stamp" with correct groove structure is then created. From this, the actual press stamp with inverted

groove structure is then created and consumed for pressing the actual LP with correct groove structure. This approach allows almost any number of LPs to be pressed with just one coating cut.

In the One-Step process, this is all done much more simply. The actual coating cut itself is converted directly to the press die used to make the LP. So two steps of mechanical conversion are eliminated. Unfortunately, each coating cut can only produce a limited number

of LPs. So if more than a few hundred LPs are to be produced, several lacquer cuts are needed. MFSL has issued the motto that a new set of press stamps should be used every 500 copies. This means that for a run of 7,500 copies, fifteen sets of the four lacquer cuts

are used. However, since things sometimes go wrong in production, 18 sets are usually created at once. That means 72 lacquer cuts are made for the double LP. By hand, one after the other. Every day, the created lacquer cuts are flown by express to RTI for reworking and

then a test pressing must be created for each side and also listened to in MFSL's studio. A time-consuming and also expensive process, resulting in an expensive product and high collector demand. The delivery is made in an elaborate box. The serial number is entered by

hand on the back. MFSL states that there will be no further re-pressings.

Title

1. Kodachrome

2. Tenderness

3. Take Me to the Mardi Gras

4. Something So Right

5. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor

6. American Tune

7. Was a Sunny Day

8. Learn How to Fall

9. St. Judy's Comet

10. Loves Me Like a Rock