Numbered, Limited Edition! Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI!
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Bette Midler The Divine Miss M on Numbered Limited Edition LP from Mobile Fidelity Silver Label!
Midlers Grammy-Winning 1972 Debut Announces the Birth of a Superstar!
The Divine Miss M overflows with energy and personality: Torch songs, girl-group classics, campy remakes, theatrical pieces delivered with supreme emotion!
Mastered on Mobile Fidelitys World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI (Best Plant in North America): Midlers Voice Upfront and Centered, Every Nuance of Her Phrasing Laid Bare.
Oh, behave! Bette Midlers sparkling, energy-pulsing 1972 debut features the singer honing her trademark brassy personality as well as showing off an intimate, raw edge that fell by the wayside later in her career. Witness her forlorn, melancholic, and heartbroken moods, all conveyed with supreme emotion on several riveting ballads. But this LP is no downer. Midler offsets any bleakness with playfully campy songs laced with unadulterated enthusiasm and joyous defiance. This is a diva lovers delight. The music is astonishingly alive. A superstar is born!
Mastered on Mobile Fidelitys world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI (the best record plant in North America), Silver Label numbered limited edition LP presents The Divine Miss M with the warmly cozy and front-row perspective that the music demands. Midlers voice is transparent and full, the timbral shadings colorfully outlined, the vocal images appearing as if shes singing just a few feet away. Similarly, her cast of back-up vocalists (the Harlettes) receives ample face time on songs that come across as if performed by a girl-group revue. Midler has cut many records in her career but none are this entertaining, diversified, and, now, sonically spectacular.
Theres always risk associated with interpreting other artists classics and hits, but Midler makes every song here her own. She injects Chapel of Love with extra swagger and feminine gusto. In her hands, the Carpenters Superstar becomes more heartbreaking, filled with desolate sentiment and lonesome ache. John Prines ballad Hello In There echoes, as if sung to an empty room, with forlorn emotion. The 50s smash Leader of the Pack positively stomps and declares, her band in tow, that shes not going to be stopped. Indeed, Midlers interpretations of these staples surpass the previous versions, mostly due to her impeccable strong vocals and contagious passion. She doesnt quit. And don't you dare decline her offer on "Do You Want to Dance!"
What else can be said of her trademark Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, her update of the Andrews Sisters jazzy hit landing in the Top 10, featuring a scat vocal (!), and smartly walking the line between campy fun and serious reverence. Similarly, Midlers two takes of Friends--the first off-the-cuff, wild, snappy, and humorous; the second slightly cooler and infused with gorgeous harmonies--remain modern marvels. Theres not a bad note on this incredible record.
The Divine Miss M has always been prized for its clear, clean production. Mobile Fidelitys Silver Series LP further improves the sound, which, in combination with Midlers performances, make this collectible reissue an absolute no-brainer!
About Silver Series: Coming from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series features an eclectic mix of recordings. This series is mastered and cut on the famous Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system. Vinyl is pressed at RTI on audiophile-grade standard vinyl and are numbered limited-editions. Future releases will continue to stretch stylistic boundaries, as the MoFi Silver Label continues to explore music from many different genres. Expand your musical horizons with the Silver Label!
"This was a well-targeted production that hit all the right places: it was campy, it was nostalgic, it was tender, it was sappy and seductive but at the same time showed Midler as vulnerable and accessible to the core audience." - Michael Fremer, analogplanet, Music 8/11, Sound 8/11
Features:
Limited Edition
Numbered
MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series
Mastered and Cut on the famous MoFi Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system.
Pressed at RTI on Audiophile-Grade Standard Vinyl
Musicians:
Bette Midler, vocals
Barry Manilow, piano (Side One, 1 & 5, Side Two, 1)
Ron Carter, bass (Side One, 1 & 5, Side Two, 1)
Dick Hyman, piano (Side Two, 5)
Selections:
Side One:
1. Do You Want To Dance?
2. Chapel Of Love
3. Superstar
4. Daytime Hustler
5. Am I Blue
Side Two:
1. Friends
2. Hello In There
3. Leader Of The Pack
4. Delta Dawn
5. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
6. Friends (Reprise)
This item not eligible for any further discount offers!
Bette Midler The Divine Miss M on Numbered Limited Edition LP from Mobile Fidelity Silver Label!
Midlers Grammy-Winning 1972 Debut Announces the Birth of a Superstar!
The Divine Miss M overflows with energy and personality: Torch songs, girl-group classics, campy remakes, theatrical pieces delivered with supreme emotion!
Mastered on Mobile Fidelitys World-Renowned Mastering System and Pressed at RTI (Best Plant in North America): Midlers Voice Upfront and Centered, Every Nuance of Her Phrasing Laid Bare.
Oh, behave! Bette Midlers sparkling, energy-pulsing 1972 debut features the singer honing her trademark brassy personality as well as showing off an intimate, raw edge that fell by the wayside later in her career. Witness her forlorn, melancholic, and heartbroken moods, all conveyed with supreme emotion on several riveting ballads. But this LP is no downer. Midler offsets any bleakness with playfully campy songs laced with unadulterated enthusiasm and joyous defiance. This is a diva lovers delight. The music is astonishingly alive. A superstar is born!
Mastered on Mobile Fidelitys world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI (the best record plant in North America), Silver Label numbered limited edition LP presents The Divine Miss M with the warmly cozy and front-row perspective that the music demands. Midlers voice is transparent and full, the timbral shadings colorfully outlined, the vocal images appearing as if shes singing just a few feet away. Similarly, her cast of back-up vocalists (the Harlettes) receives ample face time on songs that come across as if performed by a girl-group revue. Midler has cut many records in her career but none are this entertaining, diversified, and, now, sonically spectacular.
Theres always risk associated with interpreting other artists classics and hits, but Midler makes every song here her own. She injects Chapel of Love with extra swagger and feminine gusto. In her hands, the Carpenters Superstar becomes more heartbreaking, filled with desolate sentiment and lonesome ache. John Prines ballad Hello In There echoes, as if sung to an empty room, with forlorn emotion. The 50s smash Leader of the Pack positively stomps and declares, her band in tow, that shes not going to be stopped. Indeed, Midlers interpretations of these staples surpass the previous versions, mostly due to her impeccable strong vocals and contagious passion. She doesnt quit. And don't you dare decline her offer on "Do You Want to Dance!"
What else can be said of her trademark Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, her update of the Andrews Sisters jazzy hit landing in the Top 10, featuring a scat vocal (!), and smartly walking the line between campy fun and serious reverence. Similarly, Midlers two takes of Friends--the first off-the-cuff, wild, snappy, and humorous; the second slightly cooler and infused with gorgeous harmonies--remain modern marvels. Theres not a bad note on this incredible record.
The Divine Miss M has always been prized for its clear, clean production. Mobile Fidelitys Silver Series LP further improves the sound, which, in combination with Midlers performances, make this collectible reissue an absolute no-brainer!
About Silver Series: Coming from Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, the MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series features an eclectic mix of recordings. This series is mastered and cut on the famous Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system. Vinyl is pressed at RTI on audiophile-grade standard vinyl and are numbered limited-editions. Future releases will continue to stretch stylistic boundaries, as the MoFi Silver Label continues to explore music from many different genres. Expand your musical horizons with the Silver Label!
"This was a well-targeted production that hit all the right places: it was campy, it was nostalgic, it was tender, it was sappy and seductive but at the same time showed Midler as vulnerable and accessible to the core audience." - Michael Fremer, analogplanet, Music 8/11, Sound 8/11
Features:
Limited Edition
Numbered
MoFi Silver Label Vinyl Series
Mastered and Cut on the famous MoFi Sound Lab state-of-the-art Tim de Paravacini-designed mastering system.
Pressed at RTI on Audiophile-Grade Standard Vinyl
Musicians:
Bette Midler, vocals
Barry Manilow, piano (Side One, 1 & 5, Side Two, 1)
Ron Carter, bass (Side One, 1 & 5, Side Two, 1)
Dick Hyman, piano (Side Two, 5)
Selections:
Side One:
1. Do You Want To Dance?
2. Chapel Of Love
3. Superstar
4. Daytime Hustler
5. Am I Blue
Side Two:
1. Friends
2. Hello In There
3. Leader Of The Pack
4. Delta Dawn
5. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
6. Friends (Reprise)
