Description
Stevie Nicks Sings for the Things Money Can’t Buy on Rock a Little: Platinum Album Features Extravagant Production, Includes the Hit Singles “Talk to Me” and “I Can’t Wait”
Mobile Fidelity’s 180g 45RPM 2LP Set Presents the 1985 Record in Audiophile Sound for the First Time: Strictly Limited to 4,000 Numbered Copies, 40th Anniversary Reissue Plays with Exceptional Clarity
1/4” / 15 IPS Dolby A analog copy to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe
Looking back on her career in the early 90s, Stevie Nicks described the first track of Rock a Little as “the most exciting song that I had ever heard.” This coming from a superstar who was already closely affiliated with several bajillion-selling Fleetwood Mac albums — to say nothing of her own benchmark solo debut. Her remarks attest to the enthusiasm and effort she invested in her third record, a 1985 work that quickly furthered Nicks’ profile and cemented itself as a piece of 80s pop lore.
Mastered at MoFi’s California studio, pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, strictly limited to 4,000 numbered copies, and housed in a Stoughton gatefold jacket, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g 45RPM 2LP set presents Rock a Little in audiophile sound for its 40th anniversary. Helmed by a cadre of producers and engineers, and recorded for a reported one million dollars, the platinum-certified album teems with a head-spinning array of colors, tones, dreamscapes, and accents. This reference-grade reissue marks the first time they are all brought to light and conveyed with proper balance, dimensionality, and positioning.
Though Rock a Little doubtlessly has period characteristics of a mid-80s LP, Nicks and company spare no expense when it comes to distinguishing the music with expansive sonics distinguished with lush melodies, high-tech percussion, echoing vocals, sampled keyboards, and layers of sophisticated accents. The degrees of spaciousness, headroom, and dynamics are nothing less than inspiring, while the newly enhanced detail, texture, and clarity make the songs sing like never before.
As Nicks asserts earlier on the album, she sings for things money can’t buy. So, rock a little, yes, but dare to feel even more.
Please note: The track listing on the gatefold jacket and center labels differs from the actual side splits on the records.
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