New Highway 61 Revisited MFSL Vinyl

This is not correct, the remix starts with a 2 prefix. There are plenty of examples of 1B and possibly 1C as well, check out searching for a gem. I can't remember which my Alt copy is , but I wanted to update the record here.

 

Yes, I double-checked my copy with the alternate version and it's 1C/1C.

 

Thanks Cassius for the correction. I was told the 1A was the only pressing that had the alt version. I appreciate the update!

 

Sorry for the threadcrap, but is there any updated information about when the MOFI CD will be coming out, or "SACD" for those of you so equipped?

 

It's been suggested that they are coming by the end of the summer. I hope so.

 

No worries I didn't want to be a jerk, just make sure when people are reviewing the archives in the future that they don't get bad info. Cheers
C

 

No worries at all. I am all about truth - and this forum is what we are looking for with regards to certain pressings. I am a big boy and have been known to be wrong before

 

The Facebook insinuated that Times, 61, New Morning and Flood would see SACDs Aug to October if no prod delays.

 

Do you have evidence to support your not so subtle implication that they're using a digital source? That is what you're implying right?

 

Not vague at all. They state it in uppercase type on every album. And when it's not clearly sourced from the original master it's clearly labeled. Why the innuendo? What are your sources please? No vague answers please.

 

Got my copy yesterday from Amazon, it sounds great on my system.

 

I thought it was already established that it was from a digital source since they used the remix.

 

The Blonde on Blonde remix was printed to analog tape.

 

Ok sorry. Thanks Luke

 

FYI:

"Brauer, under the guidance of Columbia Legacy producer Steve Berkowitz, set out to create a mix that would match as closely as possible the sound of the stereo vinyl version which people would be familiar with. Berkowitz located as good and as original a vinyl copy as he could find, and he and Brauer used that as a reference point. The remixing was done from a copy of the original four-track studio master tapes, using Brauer's extensive range of vintage and modern equipment at Quad studios in New York. According to Brauer, they carefully matched the stereo positioning and balance of the instruments, the fade-outs and all the other sonic characteristics, constantly listening to what Brauer was producing and comparing back with the vinyl. Given this, it is clear that what they worked from was not (as they believed) an original 1966 stereo copy of the album, but a somewhat later copy containing most if not all of the revised mixes. This may have been unwitting, but I think it was also fortuitous given the poor quality of the original stereo mix.

Once Brauer had finished the analogue remix, well-known mastering engineer Greg Calbi then transferred it into two digital formats: DSD for production of the Super Audio CD, and PCM format for the possible production of a conventional CD version. Again, his work was checked back against the reference vinyl copy of the album."

http://www.rdf.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BobPart1/BobPart1.htm

 

Mofi themselves verified this when I emailed them.

 

What does it mean when they say the original stereo mix is of poor quality?

 

All of the details are on Roger's site (linked in my post), but early pressings of the album had alternate mixes for some songs, which he considers inferior. That is what the line refers to.

 

So even the original four tracks were copied? Wow - those original session tapes must have been stored in a furnace lol! Do we know why they didn't mix from the original four tracks?

 

Unfortunately I have found System unreliable recently. I preordered the MFSL Los Lobos Kiko in March; it never turned up and I only managed to secure a refund in June. They have been fine in the past.

 

Bob Dylan's ability to see the archetypal journey of the human psyche while exploring (in Dylan fashion) mythical references such as Helen of Troy and pop culture, like the tragic recent death of Robin Williams is expressed in this album review of Highway 61 Revisited here:

http://rollingstones500albummarathon.blogspot.com/2014/08/4-highway-61-revisited-bob-dylan.html

 

They would have had to make a copy for safety reasons I would think. Too dangerous to risk doing mixing using the original tapes even if they exist and are in good condition.