"THAT THIN, THAT WILD MERCURY SOUND:" GROUND-SHAKING SET SENT TREMORS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
1/2" / 30 IPS analog remix master to DSD 64 to analog console to lathe
Blonde on Blonde: A double album that transcends time, defies space, suspends reality, and looks through the human soul and tells the listener characteristics about themselves they didn't know. Professor Sean Wilentz, historian-in-residence for Bob Dylan's Web site, comes as close to summing up its brilliance in his superb Bob Dylan In America as any who've tried: "The songs are rich meditations on desire, frailty, promises, boredom, hurt, envy, connections, missed connections, paranoia, and transcendent beauty – in short, the lures and snare of love, stock themes of rock and pop music, but written with a powerful literary imagination and played out in a pop netherworld." No lie.
Tracklist:
A1 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 4:35
A2 Pledging My Time 3:55
B1 Visions Of Johanna 7:30
B2 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) 4:57
C1 I Want You 3:10
C2 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 7:07
C3 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 3:50
D1 Just Like A Woman 4:52
D2 Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine 3:30
D3 Temporary Like Achilles 5:07
E1 Absolutely Sweet Marie 4:57
E2 4th Time Around 4:37
E3 Obviously 5 Believers 3:37
F Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands 11:20
As part of its Bob Dylan catalog restoration series, we are thoroughly humbled to have the privilege of mastering the iconic LP from the master tapes and pressing it on 45RPM LPs at RTI. We feel that the end result is the very finest, most transparent edition of Blonde on Blonde ever produced. Forever renowned for what the Bard deemed "that thin, that wild mercury sound," the album's famed aural character lives and breathes on this superb version, with wider and deeper grooves affording playback of previously buried information and lifelike presentation of the studio sessions.
Prized for a unique sound that cultural critic Greil Marcus tagged "the most glamorous record imaginable; listening you [can] see the checkered jester's suit Dylan had worn on stage for the nine previous, furious months," Blonde on Blonde is to music, production, prose, and performance as what hydrogen is to water. The secret to its inimitable aural character partially stems from Dylan's request in Nashville to producer Bob Johnston to remove the baffles from the studio room, allowing the musicians to interact as well as the music to assume a more organic quality that drifts from one microphone to another.
The story of Blonde on Blonde is almost as compelling as the music within. Dylan, frustrated with how initial attempts fared in New York, relocating to Tennessee and pairing with Nashville's top session players as well as members of what would become the Band, feverishly chasing perfectionism while also arriving at an on-the-fly feel that remains a reference point for recorded music. The Bard sweated over lyrics, demanded his band get the exact sounds he heard in his head, and limited most takes to a handful at most. A majority of songs were recorded long after midnight, the post-A.M. vibe reflected in the nocturnal aura, woozy optimism, inversion of intervals, and spiritual soulfulness of the playing.
Recording information:
Title: Blonde On Blonde
Artist: Bob Dylan
Genre: Pop-Rock
Media: 3x 180g LP Vinyl Stereo 45rpm, Limited Box Set, Numbered, Remastered, . Mastered from 1/2", 30ips Original Analog Master Tapes to DSD64 to analog console to lathe. The Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, Specially Plated & Pressed on 180g High-Definition Vinyl. Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich @ Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.
Label: MoFi - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Cat#: MFSL-3-45009
Released: 2021 in US
Original release: 1966 by Columbia C2S 841
EAN: 0821797450096
Discogs rel.#: 21305521
