What's going on with Mobile Fidelity?

Wait. No problem with that. The MoFi pressings are never only for orders. You can wait unti lthe actually release the title.
Some folks like to preorder... I do not.
Like I want the Dylan Blonde on Blonde 45's which are now delayed until August. No way am I preordering them.
Secondly they are listing them at $75, for 3 lp. The first three were $40 for two Lps, so if it IS $75 I will pass on the album.
I am way to cheap to blow $75 on my seventh different copy of Blonde on Blonde...

Mofimadness,
I usually get my new vinyl from soundstagedirect as they have free shipping if you spend $30 or more, if I recall correctly. I bought a few records when I purchased Santana III, and they charged me upfront for the entire purchase.

I totally concur that I'd rather wait longer for a good quality pressing than have it sooner at the cost of lesser quality. So it's not so much the wait time that annoys me as it is MoFi's habit of listing a particular album in their catalog that they don't have the faintest idea as to when it's going to be available. I don't see any other record companies do it. Just don't list it at all until you know it will be pressed within a month or two. Surely a company with such an extensive experience, renown, and resources as MoFi should be able to have first rate management team that can implement basic project management strategies and tools to know what and when they can deliver. And if they don't, then they should not be listing an album in the first place. It's not rocket science.

As far as the pressing plant, their records are pressed at RTI. It is possible that RTI is backed up with orders given the resurgence of vinyl, but again, either don't list it, or contract with another quality plant to spread the workload. In my opinion as a consumer, a wait for a mass produced product, which records are, for more than 3-4 months after being offered for sale is absurd and simply incompetent. We're not talking extremely rare, limited releases here with the demand exceeding the supply tenfold. It's a commercial product from an established company specializing in that product. Ok, rant over.

Not to mention Kiko by Los Lobos

Go get the K2 HD "Kind of Blue". I can't imagine the MoFi could be better. It is simply "Live".

I am thinking that there are a limited # of pressing plants. OTOH, I think that MFSL is 'testing' the buyer market w/ their pre-order system. Not much interest = longer wait times.