{"product_id":"pre-order-bob-dylan-bob-dylan-mfsl-supervinyl-mono-lp","title":"Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - MFSL Supervinyl Mono LP","description":"\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumbered, Limited Edition Mono 180g Vinyl LP from Mobile Fidelity!\u003cbr\u003eSourced from the Original Analog Master Tapes \u0026amp; Pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl!\u003cbr\u003eFeatures the Direct Sound Dylan Intended!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1\/4\" \/ 15 IPS Analog Mono Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBob Dylan's self-titled 1962 debut is as understated of an entrance as any significant musician as ever made. Well-versed in American roots music, Dylan simultaneously pays homage to tradition and extends it by putting his own stamp on classic material that metaphorically functions as the soil of contemporary songs and styles. Free of ego, and performed with masterful conviction,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eranks with the initial efforts of giants like Elvis Presley and the Rolling Stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNodding to Woody Guthrie and re-imagining Blind Lemon Jefferson's \"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean,\" Dylan straddles the past and future. He authoritatively displays the ability to handle weighty topics such as death, sorrow, and lamentation with the vaudeville flair, bluesy mannerisms, and poignant command of an artist three times his then-20-year-old age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from the original master tapes, housed in a Stoughton jacket, and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl mono LP brings the contents of this seminal release as close as they've ever come to live-in-the-studio quality. Transparent to the source, Dylan's voice, acoustic guitar, and harmonica come across with exceptional realism — the \"husk and bark\" to which Robert Shelton referred in his legendary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereview of a Dylan appearance at Gerde's Folk City — courtesy of the format's nearly non-existent noise floor, groove definition, and quiet surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeard in the original mono configuration, Dylan's vocals are in the heart of the musical action and as one with the accompaniment. This reissue paints an incredibly accurate portrait of the concrete mass of sound that features no artificial panning and offers a straight-ahead immersion into the music producer John Hammond recorded in just two days in November 1961.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough much has been made of the commercial indifference that greeted the album upon its low-key release, focusing on sales figures and the reaction of a public not yet hip to Dylan's name miss the forest for the trees. Distinguished from the era's other folk efforts by way of the singer-songwriter's determination, brazenness, and lived-through-this worldliness,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBob Dylan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elays the groundwork for the path he'd soon trailblaze and everyone else would follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Dylan scholar and pop-culture critic Greil Marcus observed in 2010: \"Everybody knew Joan Baez and the Kingston Trio; if you knew Bob Dylan, you knew something other people didn't, something that soon enough everybody had to know. Within a year, an album could put an adjective in front of the singer's name as if it were already common coin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMono is how almost everyone first heard Dylan's opening salvo. A career like none other starts here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoFi SuperVinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeveloped by NEOTECH and RTI, MoFi SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound ever devised. Analog lovers have never seen (or heard) anything like it. Extraordinarily expensive and extremely painstaking to produce, the special proprietary compound addresses two specific areas of improvement: noise floor reduction and enhanced groove definition. The vinyl composition features a new carbonless dye (hold the disc up to the light and see) and produces the world's quietest surfaces. This high-definition formula also allows for the creation of cleaner grooves that are virtually indistinguishable from the original lacquer. MoFi SuperVinyl provides the closest approximation of what the label's engineers hear in the mastering lab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumbered, Limited Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g High-Definition SuperVinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e33rpm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMono\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMastered from the 1\/4\" \/ 15 IPS Analog Mono Master to DSD 256 to Analog Console to Lathe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressed at Fidelity Record Pressing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStoughton Jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSelections\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're No Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTalkin' New York\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn My Time of Dyin'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMan of Constant Sorrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFixin' to Die\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePretty Peggy-O\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHighway 51\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGospel Plow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaby, Let Me Follow You Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouse of the Risin' Sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreight Train Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSong to Woody\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee That My Grave Is Kept Clean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Music Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59547646132305,"sku":"821797152310","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/mfsl1-523sv__63334.jpg?v=1779335839","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/pre-order-bob-dylan-bob-dylan-mfsl-supervinyl-mono-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}