BOB DYLAN - STEREO JOHN WESLEY HARDING COLLECTION FOR YOUR HOME TURNTABLE TO YOUR CAR AND HOME CD PLAYER.
- THIS ALL STARTS FOR THE COLLECTOR WHO WANTS OWN IT ALL FROM THE RARE OUT OF PRINT 180 GRAM ORIGINAL HEAVY VINYL 33 & 1/3 STEREO PRESSING - THIS WAS THE 1ST RE-ISSUE EVER ON 180 GRAM HEAVY VINYL FROM THE ORIGINAL LABEL COLUMBIA/SONY RECORDS PC9604 STEREO PRESSING OUT OF PRINT FOR WELL OVER A DECADE - THE BAR CODE IS OBSOLETE IT'S SO LONG OUT OF PRINT.
AND FOR AN AUDIOPHILE COMPARISON FOR COLLECTORS WE ARE OFFERING THE 1ST EDITION EVER IN AN AUDIOPHILE MFSL 45 SPEED DOUBLE STEREO LP SET EACH INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED 3015 OUT OF PRINT LIMITED EDITION.
PLUS FOR THE AUDIOPHILE IN YOU WE ARE ADDING THE THE RARE JAPAN REPLICA OBI CD IN STEREO AS A BONUS TO THE SET FOR YOUR HOME & CAR STEREO.
- WHAT IS A JAPAN "REPLICA-LP-SLEEVE" CD? Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you.
Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics.
Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering, and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere.
Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded.
All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece. Japanese digitally re-mastered Mini LP replica Limited Edition Collection with OBI sash down the front – VERY FEW pieces made world-wide and are immediately Out of Print. Recorded from the finest Original Masters available. Comes with anti-static sleeves similar to Vinyl LPs, Cardboard packaging like an LP. Actual miniaturized version of the 12” LP in 4” CD version.
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MFSL Numbered, Limited Edition 180 GRAM 45rpm 2LP! Pressed at RTI!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 303/500!
Stripped-Back, Unobtrusive 1967 Album a Mellow Return to Dylan's Roots and Harbinger of Country Rock
Hear the Musical Cousin to Dylan and The Band's The Basement Tapes in Extraordinary Fidelity: Transparent 45RPM Edition Mastered on Mobile Fidelity's World-Renowned Mastering System
Includes Original Version of "All Along the Watchtower"
Leave it to Bob Dylan to follow three of the most pioneering electric-based albums in history by again deviating from the norm and straying from expectation. Hinting at a return to his folk roots and firmly pointing toward the field that became country rock, John Wesley Harding breathes with relief and freshness, the sound of an artist re-engaging with the past, forging a future, and stepping into new realms after recovering from an accident and unimaginable pressure.
Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI, this restored 45RPM analog version presents the 1967 album with the finite details and impressionistic tones. Immediately notable for the slimmed-down instrumentation, brisk flow, and simple approach, the record continues to endure via a rustic, era-defying naturalism tied to the organic sounds and warm production swathing Dylan’s acoustic guitar, mellow voice, breezy harmonica, and minor accompaniments. All of these traits translate with incredible realism and lifelike air on this reissue, which also brings out the low end of Charlie McCoy’s bass with a previously unheard supple character. Wider grooves mean more information reaches your ears.
Recorded around the same time as the sessions that yielded The Basement Tapes, John Wesley Harding came together after just three studio sessions and approximately 12 hours of time. While many specifics are shrouded in mystery, a majority of songs are tied to Biblical figures, ominous matters, and morality themes. Making not just a clear sonic break from his most recent efforts, but a songwriting transformation as well, Dylan embraces a strict economy of scale, dropping beat-poetry techniques in favor of stanzas that waste no words and progress narratives at every turn. It’s as if the Bard is saying that truth is spoken here. Few, if any artists, have captured the American myth and its population of immigrants, drifters, and outlaws with such convincing scope and parabolic sagacity.
Combined with the lyrical evolution and unabashed move towards country conventions, Dylan manages to turn popular music on its side, forging a subdued hybrid style no other peers had yet attempted. Arriving during a period of intense experimentalism and psychedelia, John Wesley Harding functions as a sigh of relief, a piano- and pedal steel-flavored set steeped in requisite simplicity in an environment that was increasingly marked by chaos and madness.
Climbing to number two on the Billboard charts and quickly tallying one million in sales, the pared-down work resonated with a public ensnared by its many charms. Then, of course, there’s the utter brilliance of every one of the songs here, each seemingly occupying a timeless space that suggests they could’ve been made in 1967, 1937, or 2007. With “All Along the Watchtower,” Dylan landed upon a tune that would soon become one of the most-covered and revered tracks in history. And yet it isn’t even a standout on an album on which every note just belongs.
Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• 45rpm Speed Edition
• Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
• Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl
• Double LP
• Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
• Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
• Pressed at RTI
Selections:
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. John Wesley Harding
2. As I Went Out One Morning
3. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. All Along the Watchtower
2. The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
3. Drifter's Escape
LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Dear Landlord
2. I Am a Lonesome Hobo
3. I Pity the Poor Immigrant
LP 2 - Side 4:
1. The Wicked Messenger
2. Down Along the Cove
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
45 RPM & 180 GRAM STEREO LP AS WELL AS THE JAPAN OBI CD ALL HAVE THE SAME TRACKS AS THE MFSL PRESSING OF THIS JOHN WESLEY HARDING LP
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