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Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

Mobile Fidelity  UDSACD 2266

Stereo Hybrid

Pop/Rock


Bruce Springsteen


THE SOULFUL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL REVUE ON WHICH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BECOMES THE BOSS: THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E STREET SHUFFLE TEEMS WITH DISCOVERY

Released only eight months after his exhilarating debut, Bruce Springsteen's The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle contains rousing dispatches from the boardwalk, the street, the beach, and the bedroom. It explodes with energy, dares to dream, teases with humor, crackles with tragedy, clings to hope, and overflows with discovery, youthfulness, and personality. It features an unforgettable cast of characters — corner boys, teenage hustlers, doomed lovers, jazz men, junk men, factory girls, fortune tellers, alley cats, pimps, escorts, and more — illuminated by vivid color, breathtaking detail, and poetic action.

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Comment by Downunderman - August 5, 2024 (1 of 1)

Not an OMR but MoFi seem to have got lucky with their source tape all the same.

My experience of this album on CD has been of a very clean, slightly bright and thin sound with not much bottom end. Whilst also being a bit forward.

This SACD is pretty much the opposite and much better overall in comparison. It is the best sounding version I have heard.

Mastered by Shawn R. Britton and whilst his mastering does reveal the occasional limitations of the original mixing choices/tape condition it sounds true to tapes from that era.

If I were to guess, he may have given the bottom end a bit of a lift, but that would be about all. It seems to be a pretty flat transfer and sports an average dynamic range of 14. Pretty unusual these days.

Play it loud and you will be rewarded with a naturalistic non fatiguing tape like analogue sound, plus a spacious and detailed soundstage to go with it.

Recommended.