Blonde On Blonde On Vinyl - Which Version?

My theory is double LPs will have one side NM that the original owner just didn't like as much.

 

Thanks I guess. All I was trying to do was reply to the sale you initiated. Enjoy your record.

 

Thanks, Myke. Yes, I couldn’t resist the price, and I gambled on a record with no groove damage. I lucked out! And I’m glad we can both enjoy, in perpetuity, our US mono...Claudia Cardinale photo!

 

..... and I thought the more records a person has, the less play they will get. Old record dealer theory!


But back to your original post: The MFSL stereo box is good? Bought it years ago for a great price, never opened it. I've also got the Sundazed mono but this album never really clicked for me in mono.

 

I’m probably in the minority but I really like my Columbia 360 Stereo label sound 1968 pressing. It sounds really good to me, I got rid of the Sundazed mono after I found this original stereo copy.

 

Why are you in the minority? The originals sounds great, especially if you can find one with Sooner Or Later with minimal IGD

 

My favorite version is CBS/SONY 40AP 274~5 Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (Vinyl, Japan, 1976) Zu verkaufen | Discogs
I got it in NM at a very reasonable price. This release used the original 1966 US stereo mix!!

Sometimes I listen to a mono version... or I put on the 45 RPM MFSL for a completely different listening experience.

Certainly the link was posted before, but here is a great overview of the different releases:
Blonde On Blonde 1966

 

It's the best stereo imo. Mofi nailed it.

 

This used the original 1966 US stereo mix? For real? I must get this. I have a nice original US stereo but it has an annoying tick on “Just Like a Woman.”

 

Yes open the MOFI!

 

Please. Open that thing. It’s wonderful!!

Also, my first copy had two warped LPs. So...

 

I have a Simply Vinyl stereo Blonde On Blonde from 1998. It's nothing special and I would like to upgrade. I thought of getting one of those mono Sundazed copies mastered by Kevin Gray but there aren't many around. After reading this thread it looks like the majority like Blonde On Blonde in stereo. I would prefer to buy a recent reissue rather than take a crap shoot on a used copy from the net. I don't like the looks of some recent reissues from the EU so I'm thinking MOFI is the best bet. what say you

 

You can preorder the MoFi on the Music Direct site last I checked. When it’s repressed you’ll be guaranteed a copy.

 

Depending on which of two Simply Vinyl copies you got, you may be in possession of the only instance on vinyl of the first truncated CD issue, which is quite horrible.


I don’t understand why you would baulk at EU copies; these are excellent pressings by MOV and use the US mono mix. They are exactly the same as the reissue in the box set, are cheap and plentiful, labels and sleeve are lovingly reproduced (albeit minus Claudia) and as an added bonus are AAA.



A MOV pressing is exactly what you need -if looking for mono - and one of the very best and more desirable versions is the 2019 exclusive by the FNAC in France on white vinyl, for much the same money. As an owner, I can testify as to how good it is.

 

I give the MOFI stereo my absolute highest recommendation.

 

The version in the mono boxed set is outstanding in my opinion, mastered by Kevin Gray. Not sure if it’s available individually; may not be. I’m set for life with that copy, which I will only play through annually, at best.

 

I think the 2010 MOV copy is cut by RKS at sterling, and not by Kevin Gray that cut the sundazed mono version

 

Thanks for this info. I didn't know about using the US mono mix. I'm not a fan of white vinyl but the SQ is what it's really all about. AAA

 

I haven't seen anything about Kevin Gray except on the later Sundazed reissue

 

Well, it’s easy enough to pick up on black vinyl too, but the white vinyl edition is sublime (as are all the FNAC’s coloured vinyl editions).

 

I thought George Marino cut the mono box, I thought it was his last project before he died. I agree it’s great though. The entire box is great. Haven’t compared it to an original lately.

 

My mistake; I checked blonde on blonde and it says Sterling stamped into the dead wax.

 

The MFSL 45 Stereo of this DOES sound awesome. One thing about the current stereo mix that is irritating to me is having the drums hard right panned. I really wish that when this was remixed (1999 maybe?) for stereo most recently that they would have put the drums dead center behind Bob. If that was the case, this MFSL version would be even better than it is! I am one that thinks drums should pretty much always be centered. Having them off on the side is distracting to me and takes away from the realism of the recording.

 

hi guys. looking to get a blonde on blonde copy. preferably mono. all original us are expensive for me. id like to ask if there is any idea how good are the c2l41 sony music, columbia legacy eu lps released from 2015 and onwards. any idea what they used for masters btw? thank you

ps. is the deagostini italian 2019 pressing also any good?

 

The 2015 are uniformly excellent, superb pressing and sound. They use the American mono mix, using the AAA stampers from the 2010 box set.

I haven’t heard the DeAgostini pressing, I’m afraid.