Unreleased Joni Mitchell, Blue 45rpm Clarity Test Pressing Box Set

$

810

SS: Still Sealed
Label: Asylum
Catalog Number: 7E 1001-45
Product Condition: NEW
VERY LAST ONE!!!

This auction is for a STILL SEALED, NUMBERED (1 of 4) from the Michael Hobson Demo Archives, 45rpm* 4LP CLARITY Test Pressing Box Set. This set consists of 4 single sided discs, for optimal sound performance, of the Classic Records 200gram planned, but never released reissue of Joni Mitchell's "Blue" thereby making this an ultra collectible set.

These highly collectible test pressings are from the first stamper. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value and store of value.

Only a very small number of these unreleased sets exist and thus this is a special opportunity to hear your favorite title on Classic's 200g Super Vinyl Profile on Clarity Vinyl at 45 rpm - it doesn't get any better than this!

This set is packaged in a white special edition box and each test pressing comes in a white jacket.

*45 rpm records have long been recognized as providing a higher fidelity musical experience resulting purely from the cartridge being able to extract more of the nuance from the complex vertical and horizontal groove modulations in stereo LP’s. Further, Classic Records 45 rpm “single sided” pressings dramatically reduce the mechanical resonances created by the cartridge during playback by allowing these resonances to be more fully transmitted to and absorbed by the turntable platter.  Classic Records Clarity Vinyl 45 rpm pressings are designed and manufactured to provide the “LOWEST DISTORTION” in every aspect of LP playback resulting in putting the listener as close to the music as possible. 

Demo Archives

Before the sale of Classic Records to Acoustic Sounds in 2010, Michael Hobson, founder of Classic Records had a plan to promote Clarity vinyl reissue titles that were planned to be released in deluxe boxed sets.  As Hobson was famous for, Clarity Test Pressing DEMO boxes were to be sent out to a small group of reviewers to compare to non-Clarity LP’s  they had previously received.  In many cases, only one DEMO set was assembled after being approved personally by Hobson. With the sale of Classic the Clarity Test Pressing DEMO boxes were forgotten about until this past July when the remaining parts of The Hobson LP empire was moved from its home of 16 years at 1027 N. Orange Drive in Hollywood, CA. During the move, the Clarity Test Pressing boxes were rediscovered and are now being made available.  These sets represent possibly the rarest of the rare Classic Records products that remained hidden for nearly a decade after the sale to Acoustic Sounds.  These rarities will almost surely increase in value over time and be sought after by collectors worldwide!

Background on Clarity Vinyl Pressings
In 2008, Classic discovered that de-magnitizing black vinyl records leads to better sound in playback.  The engineers at Furutech in Japan, makers of a commercial record demag machine, explained that the carbon black that was added to PVC record pellets contained trace metal that became randomly magnetized and while spinning below an electro-mechanical transducer (phono cartridge) caused electrical distortion inside a cartridge during LP playback.  Hence, demagnetizing a black vinyl record dramatically reduces the electrical distortion and leads to more "Clarity" in playback.  Michael Hobson, founder of Classic Records reasoned that if the carbon black were removed then the result should be more Clarity in playback.  Working closely with the PVC manufacturer Kenan, Classic developed its own proprietary "Clarity Vinyl" devoid of the problems with trace magnetic particles contained in black vinyl formulas.  A Clarity vinyl pressing on a flat profile die is the absolute ultimate pressing possible and even a step above the JVC UHQR black vinyl pressings.  Not to be missed - you can hear the difference!
ULTRA RARE item... Good luck!
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