Moody Blues "Question of bal." CD or SACD vs Vinyl

The MoFi vinyl pressing is inarguably better than the original US, UK and especially Japanese LP's. The original tapes are clearly of mediocre fidelity (Lodge and Hayward have long ago said such, also) and there's little that could be done, but MoFi did the best job with its Anadisc 2000 issue.

The SACD is wonderful sounding reworking, giving the very believable and acceptable illusion that the original recording was pretty good. Even as a purist I am very happy with the results.

So - the SACD ain't the original, but it's a much better option than anything on vinyl except the MoFi vinyl issue. I think that it would be virtually impossible to pick the MoFi over the SACD and vice-versa.

aside from the original pressings on Deram, the japanese mini lp cd is the best.

I have the original British and German vinyl pressings and the SACD versions are much better.

Rwwear,

Could you be more specific as to the differences?

Thanks,
Richard

One thing about "Question", the song, not the album - the only true original version is the original pressing LP. In post production, as I have heard it, the boys added some mellotron stabs and high vocals, and mixed them in on the fly. In all subsequent verions of the song on reissues and remasters, different masters were used, and those "add ons" are missing. You can easily hear the difference if you have the original vinyl.
I have NOT yet received my "QOB" SACD (just purchased Friday from Amazon.com), but it will be interesting to see which version is on there.
There are other MB songs that are this way - "Tuesday Afternoon" and "Evening" original LP has high vocals and harmonies added, as does "Isn't Life Strange" from 7th Sojourn.
To my ears, the old original vinyl sounds very thin and bass shy compared to the SACDs of Threshold and Days. However, I do like the MOFI vinyl A LOT - these were my "go to" versions when I really wanted to listen. Now it's a toss up between the SACDs and the MoFI vinyl.
Hope this helps!