{"product_id":"bob-dylan-blonde-on-blonde-mfsl-lp","title":"Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde - MFSL LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"gray\"\u003eBob Dylan \u003cem\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e on Numbered Edition 180g 45RPM Vinyl 3LP Box Set from Mobile Fidelity\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH2\"\u003e\"That Thin, That Wild Mercury Sound\": Dylan's Ground-Shaking 1966 Double LP Sent Tremors Throughout the World, Ranked #9 on \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH2\"\u003eWider Grooves, Superior Sonics: Mobile Fidelity's Definitive 45RPM Vinyl Box Set Is the Last Word in Analog Fidelity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MdRemovedH2\"\u003eRecorded With One of Most Ear-Awakening Lineups Ever Assembled: Al Kooper, \"Pig\" Robbins, Joe South, Kenny Buttrey, and The Band's Rick Danko and Robbie Robertson Among Musicians\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e: 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 \u003cstrong\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/strong\u003e, historian-in-residence for \u003cstrong\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/strong\u003e's Web site, comes as close to summing up its brilliance in his superb \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBob Dylan In America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e as any who've tried:\u003cem\u003e \"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.\"\u003c\/em\u003e No lie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of its \u003cstrong\u003eBob Dylan catalog restoration series, Mobile Fidelity is thoroughly humbled to have the privilege of mastering the iconic LP from the master tapes and pressing it on 45RPM LPs at RTI\u003c\/strong\u003e. The end result is the very finest, most transparent analog edition of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrized for a unique sound that cultural critic \u003cstrong\u003eGreil Marcus \u003c\/strong\u003etagged \"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,\" \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is to music, production, prose, and performance as what hydrogen is to water. The secret to its inimitable aural character partially stems from\u003cstrong\u003e Dylan's \u003c\/strong\u003erequest in Nashville to producer \u003cstrong\u003eBob Johnston \u003c\/strong\u003eto 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. \u003cstrong\u003eMobile Fidelity's reissue captures this ensemble ambience, with echoes, resonation, and some of the most natural timbres you'll ever hear in plain sight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is almost as compelling as the music within. \u003cstrong\u003eDylan\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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 \u003cstrong\u003ethe Band\u003c\/strong\u003e, 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. \u003cstrong\u003eA 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the tunes? Chapters of books and lengthy theses are dedicated to the sheer conscious-altering power, mythical weight, character cast, and convention-obscuring magnetism of the lyrics—to say nothing of the sophisticated albeit pure playing within, as arrangements touch upon gospel, R\u0026amp;B, pop, traditional and contemporary blues, vaudeville, folk, and more. Then there's \u003cstrong\u003eDylan's\u003c\/strong\u003e inventive phrasing, his manipulation of pitch and locution, helping the narratives to take on epic, inchoate, and cryptic meanings that continue to be deciphered to this day. Punch lines occur as frequently as romantic declarations, all delivered with \u003cstrong\u003esalient references, traditional parallels, and elusive interpretations on par with those of\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Visions of Johanna.\" \"I Want You. \" Rainy Day Women #12 \u0026amp; 35.\" \"Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.\" \"Absolutely Sweet Marie.\" We could go on.\u003cstrong\u003e \"Essential\" doesn't even begin to cover the genius of this record that, now, sounds better than Dylan himself can imagine\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBob Dylan \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlonde on Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e Track Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003col data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRainy Day Women #12 \u0026amp; 35\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePledging My Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVisions of Johanna\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of Must Know (Sooner or Later)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI Want You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJust Like a Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMost Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTemporary Like Achilles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbsolutely Sweet Marie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4th Time Around\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eObviously 5 Believers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Music Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59548460646481,"sku":"821797450096.0","price":28.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/original_f6b3660b-346c-4d83-8908-cfdbca0e0a8a.jpg?v=1779351890","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/bob-dylan-blonde-on-blonde-mfsl-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}