Hotel California (1976) [VINYL]

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Hotel California is the fifth studio album by the Eagles. Released on December 8, 1976, by Asylum Records, Hotel California was recorded by Bill Szymczyk at the Criteria and Record Plant studios between March and October 1976. It was the band’s first album with guitarist Joe Walsh, who had replaced founding member Bernie Leadon and the last album to feature founding bassist Randy Meisner. Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2 etched, except "STERLING" is stamped): 7E-1084 B -5RE CSM "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING LH 1S

With UD1S, every aspect of vinyl production is optimised to produce the best-sounding vinyl album available today. That the album’s reach, boldness, vitality, accessibility, and understated intensity have never waned make it a marvel. Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Eagles Songs". Rolling Stone. July 29, 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018 . Retrieved September 29, 2018. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Mobile Fidelity has re-mastered this latest release from the original analog master tapes and had it pressed at RTI on 180gram SuperVinyl, a new vinyl formulation developed by NEOTECH and RTI providing significant improvements in both noise floor and groove definition.

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The removal of two steps of the plating process also reveals musical details and dynamics that would otherwise be lost due to the standard multi-step process. a b Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. Sullivan, Steve (October 4, 2013). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volume 2. Scarecrow Press. pp.135–137. ISBN 978-0810882959.

Top Selling Albums of 1977 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved November 8, 2021. Russell, Ron (January 29, 1995). "WESTSIDE COVER STORY: Unreal Life: Throughout Its Rowdy History, a Colorful Cast of Characters Has Been Livin' It Up at the Lido". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 12, 2020 . Retrieved September 5, 2017. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 8): 7E 1084 B RE SP 1-3 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING SRC I can hear the mastering choices for this favouring systems where midrange response is very present, low bass is on the lean side and the highs are a little dull and rolled off. Basically, if your speakers comprise of one big ass midrange driver in a box; stereo pair, then you’re good to go!A global phenomenon that marked the band debut of guitarist-singer Joe Walsh, Hotel California continues to resonate and connect with listeners of all generations taken by its narrative depth, stark directness, picturesque melodies, daring majesty, and ardent emotionalism.

Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): 7E 1084 B RE SP 1-1 "V.O.L. IS FIVE PIECE LIVE" STERLING SRC Adorned with a breathtaking exterior photograph of the Beverly Hills Hotel that serves as the simultaneously haunting and alluring cover art, and rounded out by a rear-cover shot of the Lido Hotel lobby that reinforces a notion that teeters between permanence and transience, Hotel California is brilliantly tied to a specific place that functions as a universally understood metaphor for the American Dream. This 2 disc, 180gram, 45RPM, SuperVinyl, Numbered Edition (MFSL45UD1S-028) was released by Mobile Fidelity in October 2023. A numbered SACD (UDSACD2233) was also released earlier that year. Both were created from the original 1/4″ / 15 IPS / Dolby A analog master tape, mastered to DSD 256 then to the analog console and lathe for the vinyl. This current release has been limited to 17,500 numbered copies.British album certifications – Eagles – Hotel California". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 23, 2020.