Sealed - Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde 3LP MFSL 180 Gram 45 RPM Vinyl Box Set #289

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Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
• Still Factory Sealed
• 180 Gram 45RPM Vinyl 3LP Box Set
• Original Master Recording –  GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog • Hand Numbered - Hard to Find a Lower Number - 00289 • As part of its Bob Dylan Catalog Restoration Series -   Mobile Fidelity Mastered the Iconic LP from the Original Master Tapes and Pressed it on 45RPM LP's at RTI • Winner of a Gruvy Award, chosen by AnalogPlanet's editor, Michael Fremer -
  for vinyl records that are musically and sonically outstanding and are also well mastered and pressed
• Stored in and ships with an oversized protective plastic outer sleeve (last pic)
Condition:
Vinyl: Mint (unplayed)
Cover: Mint (factory sealed)
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Description: 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.

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 analog 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.

Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 3-45009
Format: 3 × Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country: U.S.
Released: 2013

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

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• Condition Code / Grading Scale:

Mint:

New, Sealed, Never Opened, Never Played, Undamaged

NM = Near Mint:

Record looks and sounds new. No scratches, surface noise, ticks or pops. If there would be any surface noise, it would be very soft. If there would be a tick or pop, it would only be one or two soft ones.

NM- = Near Mint Minus:

Record looks and sounds very acceptable. This is a record that can be enjoyed. It may have some slight visible marks and may have surface noise and a few ticks and pops, but this will still be minimal.

 VG = Very Good:

Record looks and sounds used. This record has lots of surface noise and has visible scratches. For listening or collecting it is only good as "filler".

 + = Plus: (such as VG+) indicates the degree of closeness to the next higher grade.