Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (Ultradisc One Step LP) / 45RPM 2LP Mobile Fidelity

The "King" made one of the most impressive comebacks in music history with "From Elvis In Memphis: After 14 years in film and show business, Presley returned to his roots in the city of his youth, Memphis, in 1969.

There, after years of soundtrack work, he returned to his musical best as a solo artist and recorded perhaps his most mature and emotional album, bursting with great songs like "Long Black Limousine" or the classic

"In The Ghetto." Many fans celebrate "From Elvis In Memphis" as his masterpiece, reminiscent of the "good old" Sun Records recordings from the 50s. Peppered with rhythmic country, gospel, pop, R&B and blues, the

album was voted one of the 500 best of all time by Rolling Stone, and not for nothing.

Even the original recordings were praised for their natural and open sound, which comes across even warmer and more intense thanks to a successful remastering. Presley's vocal performance (and strongly supported

by the "Memphis Boys" in the background) is celebrated as the best of his career and gets an honorable stage in the one-step pressing. The 2LP box set with 180g and 45RPM is limited to 10,000 numbered copies and

makes a wonderful addition to the shelf of any fan or collector in its high-quality box with extensively illustrated booklet.

Elvis Presley (voc, g, p); Ronnie Milsap (p); Bobby Emmons (org); Reggie Young (g, el-g); Tommy Cogbill, Mike Leech (b); Gene Chrisman (dr); The Memphis Horns and background vocals; a.o.

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.

This edition is limited to 10,000 copies.

We recommend the use of "L'Art du Son" LP cleaner to wet wash your vinyl. Even new records of high quality production will benefit from this.

Title

1. Wearin' That Loved On Look

2. Only the Strong Survive

3. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)

4. Long Black Limousine

5. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'

6. I'm Movin' On

7. Power of My Love

8. Gentle on My Mind

9. After Loving You

10. True Love Travels on a Gravel Road

11. Any Day Now

12. In the Ghetto

13. Suspicious Minds