Standard vinyl is mastered from digital files, we leave that to others. Most of our titles are mastered from the original analogue tapes, the reason for this is simple, Sound Quality. You will find one of the UK’s widest selections of audiophile quality vinyl here at MCRU.

We stock titles from Mobile Fidelity Soundlabs (Mofi), Analogue Productions, Reference Recordings, Chasing the Dragon, Impex, Pure Pleasure, MA Recordings, Gearbox Records and more.

If you are serious about sound quality then you need to browse our vinyl selection.

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Bill Evans – Riverside Recordings 180g 45RPM Analogue Productions Vinyl 22 Disc Box Set

£1,200.00
Here it is: THE Audiophile Jazz Fan's box set to end all box sets - All Of Bill Evans' Riverside releases cut at 45 RPM PLUS The Cannonball Adderley Know What I Mean? release for which Evans was such an important contributor!
"These are, for the most part, extraordinary-sounding recordings, better than any you're likely to find. If you love the music, you should consider the purchase." — Fred Kaplan, Stereophile, Nov. 1, 2017
Of everything Analogue Productions has reissued, nothing has come close in sales or accolades to the 45-RPM versions of Bill Evans titles from his Riverside catalog. And now we've compiled all of them into one irresistible box set package. Includes facsimiles of each original jacket along with an 18-page booklet detailing Evans' career and Riverside era.
Titles Included: New Jazz Conceptions, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Portrait In Jazz, Explorations, Sunday At The Village Vanguard, Waltz For Debby, Moonbeams, Know What I Mean?, Interplay, How My Heart Sings! and At Shelly's Manne-Hole.

CHASING THE DRAGON – J.S. Bach Cello Suites – 5 LP Audiophile Box Set

£650.00
A year in the making, Bach’s complete Cello Suites have now been released by the Audiophile record label Chasing the Dragon. Recorded in the beautiful acoustics of Temple Church in London and St Botolph’s Church in Chevening, Kent, they have been recorded with just two valve microphones.

Janos Starker Bach: Suites For Unaccompanied Cello Complete 45RPM 180g 6LP Box Set

£295.00
JS Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Complete performed by Janos Starker Six 180-gram QRP-pressed LPs! Cut directly from the original 3-track, first-generation master tapes at 45 RPM by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound using an AMPEX ATR-100 tape machine customized with 3-track flux magnetic heads!

The Three Blind Mice – Box 180g 45rpm – 6LP Box Set

£288.00
180 Gram 45rpm Audiophile Vinyl Collector’s Box Set! Three of the All-Time Great Jazz selections from Three Blind Mice! A Must Own Collection!!! Mastered by Tohru Kotetsu & Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI! Finally returning after a long and mysterious absence, Impex’s re-pressing of the highly collectible Three Blind Mice 45 Box has been improved in almost every way: a full-cover box, newly rendered LP jackets with improved clarity and colour, a deluxe four-color insert with session photos and brand new notes by noted radio personality and audiophile Tom Schnabel (Rhythm Planet / KCRW Los Angeles).

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Bloodlines Analogue Productions 200g Vinyl Box Set

£250.00
Analogue Productions box set tells the story behind the groundbreaking horn band!
Four album 33 RPM set includes
Child Is Father To The Man Blood, Sweat & Tears Self-Titled Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 B, S & T 4
In-depth essay by lead singer David Clayton-Thomas highlights booklet with rare photos
LPs mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original master tapes
Quality Record Pressings plating by Gary Salstrom, pressed on 200-gram audiophile vinyl
Housed in a custom designed deluxe hinged box
 

Richard Wagner – Lohengrin 5 LP Box Set 180g Thorens Vinyl

£250.00
SEMYON BYCHKOV
Presented by THORENS® and PROFIL Edition Günter Hänssler. First time on Vinyl!
5 LPs, 180 g premium vinyl Best opera recording: BBC Award 2010 Classics today 10/10 rating  

Jennifer Warnes – Famous Blue Raincoat 1STEP Numbered Limited Edition Impex Vinyl

£215.95
In Stock Now.
1Step Process for Jennifer Warnes's Barber’s Famous Blue Raincoat, The Ultimate Audiophile Album! Limited to 7,500 only! You will not hear a better version than this!
Impex Records is celebrating the 35th anniversary of this seminal modern audiophile classic with our final and finest collaboration with longtime partner and raconteur Jennifer Warnes. This ultimate authorized production of Famous Blue Raincoat is getting the complete Impex 1STEP treatment! After Bernie Grundman cuts the last lacquers, Jennifer’s analog master tapes will return to the vault for good.

Miles Davis – Kind of Blue UHQR – 45RPM 200g Analogue Productions Vinyl

£200.00
45RPM VERSION NOW IN STOCK!!
Miles Davis Kind of Blue meets Analogue Productions' UHQR, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!
Definitive handmade limited run reissue Ultra High Quality Record! 33 1/3 RPM LP release limited to 25,000 copies Best-selling album in jazz history; mastered from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman

Nils Lofgren Acoustic Live – Analogue Productions 4 Disc 180g – 45RPM Box Set

£199.95
  • Now cut at 45 RPM on 4LPs!
  • Remastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
  • Deluxe box made by Stoughton Printing
  • 180-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds' state-of-the-art pressing plant, Quality Record Pressings
  • NOW IN STOCK

Jaco Pastorius – Truth, Liberty & Soul 2xHD 200g 45 RPM 3LP Audiophile Vinyl

£199.95
There have been many guitar gods, but there’s never been an electric bassist as deified as Jaco Pastorius. – Michael J. Agovino
This live album by Jaco Pastorius and the Word-of-Mouth Big Band, featuring harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans as special guest, was recorded in analog 24 tracks by the Record Plant mobile truck at Avery Fisher Hall in NYC on June 27, 1982, as part of George Wein’s Kool Jazz Festival. This Deluxe 45rpm 200g edition is the first one to be mastered from the original 2 track master tapes that were found some 30 years later (the previous digital download versions were released from a digital remix of the 24 tracks). What we have here is the direct copy of the original pure analogue 2 track mix

John Coltrane – Ballads – 45 RPM 200G – Analogue Productions UHQR Vinyl

£199.95
IN STOCK
You're about to experience Ballads at its peak of vinyl perfection — in UHQR format on Clarity Vinyl, with the added bonus of a double 45 RPM cut by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound. Ryan's cut has his characteristic clarity and transparency all set against Quality Record Pressing's usual noiseless backgrounds on 200-gram flawless records. Each UHQR will be packaged in a deluxe box and will include a booklet detailing the entire process of making a UHQR along with a hand-signed certificate of inspection. This will be a truly deluxe, collectible product.
For this 45 RPM 2LP edition you'll also receive a !2" x 12" 12-page booklet featuring liner notes by Ashley Kahn and recording session images by Jim Marshall.

Steely Dan – Aja 45 RPM 200G – Analogue Productions UHQR Vinyl

£199.95
Now in stock
  • Aja — Steely Dan’s landmark sixth studio album now on UHQR!
  • Definitive reissue Ultra High Quality Record, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!
  • 45 RPM LP release limited to 25,000 numbered copies
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman from an analog, non EQ’d tape copy
  • Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using 200-gram Clarity Vinyl®
  • Purest possible pressing and most visually stunning presentation and packaging!
  • Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing