Bob Dylan Vinyl Box Set - the Original Mono Recordings

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  1. lobdale

    lobdale Forum Resident

    I didn't expect it, but my set was numbered (9319) with the clear (non pink) liners and the updated download card from We Are Vinyl. Sounds great!
     
  2. tubesandvinyl

    tubesandvinyl Forum Resident

    Are these a bit bright, the way Marino mastered Hendrix stereo reissues are?
     
  3. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

    Location:
    New York
    They’re brighter than the Kevin Gray recuts for Sundazed, but I don’t think the sound is tipped. If you own a combination of the Sundazed mono albums or the mono MoFi 45s, this box isn’t a necessary purchase.
     
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  4. digreyfox

    digreyfox Forum Resident

    Location:
    Lisbon, Portugal
    Went digging for this in Europe and the prices I’ve found were generally hiked (250-400 euros).

    Found it (and ordered it) for 161 here, if anyone’s interested Original Mono Recordings
     
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  5. englishbob

    englishbob has left the SH Forums...19/05/2023

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    I assume there is only US versions of this boxset, and the version you received from this site had all the RTI stickers on the front?

    Would you recommend the site you ordered this from?
     
  6. digreyfox

    digreyfox Forum Resident

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    Lisbon, Portugal
    Not sure on the RTI stickers. I assume it's US, yes, but I will check and share the code when i get a chance.

    Regarding the vendor, I have ordered several records from several dodax websites in the last six months (germany, uk, france, netherlands) and it has gone great so far. No issues with the packaging or any hazards,

    They do, however ,take a while to arrive, sometimes, to the point where I began wondering they would arrive at all. Everything eventually arrived so far. Unsure how long the longest took, but i believe around 5 weeks was the worst case so far.
     
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  7. mr.dave

    mr.dave Forum Resident

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    Hey Bob,

    besides the fact, that the boxset raised up in price: Dodax is - generally spoken - to recommend. NEVER had a problem. However, due to the actual circumstances, my last order took them 3 weeks to deliver...

    And sometimes, they have real bargains on their site (last order was Devo ;-)

    BTW: just ordered the BD Boxset from a local store for 165 Eur (after checking this forum). Thought I better buy now, as it can't possible get better. And I need more Monos for my new built up Mono player :) I really hope a similar Box for Simon & Garfunkel will show up eventually....
     
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  8. geddy402

    geddy402 Forum Resident

    Location:
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    Pretty cheap on Amazon right now, $124. I picked up the set.
     
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  9. mr.dave

    mr.dave Forum Resident

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    Berlin, Germany
    Holy Moly,

    I hadn't opened the box for a while, as I was waiting for a new interconnect for my mono set up. Now I have and I am stunned. I love records ever since, but I am very rarely as enthusiastic about a product. This set's the bar pretty high. And this came out even before the Beatles Mono Box???

    The Box is like it should be done always. AAA, great sound, great presentation (the sleeves....so great), great book, great pressings (so far), great, great, great. Very happy to buy it. And it's really helping me, getting more into the music! I am even thinking about getting a backup box....

    I make look other box sets, as what they really are.... --> not properly done!! This one is. Awesone!

    Cheers, D.
     
  10. Leonthepro

    Leonthepro Skeptically Optimistic

    Location:
    Sweden
    Will there be another repress round or was the last one the very last?
     
  11. Tony Plachy

    Tony Plachy Senior Member

    Location:
    Pleasantville, NY
    Yes, it is very nice, isn't it.
     
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  12. twowwheels

    twowwheels Forum Resident

    Agree it is a fantastic set.
     
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  13. Ryan Bedlack

    Ryan Bedlack Forum Resident

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Not sure if this is the right place at all for this, but has anybody else heard distortion from the right channel on the early acoustic albums? Sometimes it’s more prominent than others. I’m not sure if that’s just how it was on the tapes, or if it’s due to my setup. I have a Rega Planar 2 with an Exact cart. Anyone else experiencing this?
     
  14. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

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    Not me
     
  15. Thing Fish

    Thing Fish “Jazz isn't dead. It just smells funny.”

    Location:
    London, England
    I picked this up last week and although i've only played freewheelin' it's sounds fantastic!!!
    I'm also very impressed with the packaging.

    Cheapest I could find in the UK was $250. It's sold out most places.
    I have seen it advertised for over $450!!
     
  16. webmatador

    webmatador Friend Of The People

    Location:
    Austin, TX, USA
    This mono boxset is as valuable to me as the Beatles one from 2014. It simply sounds fantastic.
     
  17. Leonthepro

    Leonthepro Skeptically Optimistic

    Location:
    Sweden
    Post samples.
     
  18. geddy402

    geddy402 Forum Resident

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    Haven’t heard distortion but I’m seem to be getting sibilance on most of these records. Might be my cart but seems extra prominent on these cuts.
     
  19. moomaloo

    moomaloo All-round good egg

    I bought my copy of the BD mono vinyl box when a ‘damaged’ copy of the first pressing showed upon Amazon Marketplace a few years ago. Pretty much all of the sleeves are split but, actually, for the price I paid (about £65) I’m happy...
     
  20. Fractured

    Fractured Forum Resident

    Well, these are mono tapes, so there can't be distortion on just the right channel on the tape – there's just the one! Possible to introduce during playback, but I suspect they would have gone to the trouble of getting a full-track head for this project, for playback. The cutter head, on the other hand, may well have been stereo (from what I've read here, it's pretty rare to cut with a true mono cutter these days), but I haven't seen any other reports of issues, and haven't noticed any myself.

    So my guess would be a setup issue, maybe anti-skate or azimuth – something that might cause the stylus to lose contact with just one groove wall. Come to think of it, I recall having a similar issue with some of the Classic Records Blue Note monos, before dialing back the anti-skate (per Peter Ledermann's method), so maybe give that a try.
     
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  21. Ryan Bedlack

    Ryan Bedlack Forum Resident

    Location:
    CT, USA
    Yeah that's almost what I was thinking. Unfortunately, there's really no way to adjust the anti-skate on my turntable, so I may have to just live with it until I upgrade my turntable
     
  22. Tony Plachy

    Tony Plachy Senior Member

    Location:
    Pleasantville, NY
    Check your azimuth, check your VTF.
     
  23. astro70

    astro70 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Southern Illinois
    Definitely sounds like an issue with your playback system. There are a couple spots, maybe once or twice per album on these where I get mild distortion for a half second or so, but it’s in both channels and is probably on the tapes, or is my cartridge miss-tracking a little as it usually happens during a loud burst.

    ...I have to agree with the comment above about this being as great of a set as the Beatles monos. The amount of care put into making these as close as possible to the experience of listening to one of these albums in the 60s is insane. All the way down to exact replica labels (guaranteed high fidelity, 360 sound, and just plain MONO on JWH) to match the years these originally released, to the replica inner sleeves that are exactly what you would have gotten in the 60s, to even the jacket material on Changin’ being a rough textured slick. I have to give praises to that care that was taken to get these right. You don’t see that very often and the only other example I can think of that comes anywhere close would be the Beatles monos. Even those don’t use the old Parlophone inner sleeves like the originals did, but I can’t complain about the poly lined inners those use either.

    This box set could actually satisfy one’s need for originals. It almost makes me want to give up getting all the originals but I’ll still get them because I’m a completionist. You could be completely happy with these instead of M- originals, which, good luck finding anything higher than a VG++ of any of these. Not exactly the types of albums that got played on expensive equipment and handled with the utmost care.
     
  24. misterdecibel

    misterdecibel Bulbous Also Tapered

    Is it time for another reminder to use the MONO switch when playing mono LPs on a stereo playback rig?
     
  25. Fractured

    Fractured Forum Resident

    If you have one. I've never seen one on any amp or phono stage I've owned or demo-ed, so I'm out of luck. But it's definitely something I'll be looking for on my next upgrade or addition.
     
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