I'm in BobDylanLand in my studio, every darn pressing ever, getting ready for Greatest Hits, Vol 2..

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  1. Steve Hoffman

    Steve Hoffman Your host Your Host Thread Starter

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    Getting ready for mastering Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 from scratch for Audio Fidelity and I'm surrounded by every variation of the two LP set plus every album that the songs were originally taken from. It's monumentally confusing but I'm trying to get each and every song from a pure ORIGINAL mix and hopefully I can do it. If not, such is life, some of the tapes are pretty shot but surprisingly, most aren't.

    Basically I'm revisiting the Dylan catalog. I have each and every in print disk plus all the original vinyls I can lay my hands on. :^) to try and figure out what they did originally on the two LP set and what they did for the CD version.

    I have all the old 45's as well. Can you say "Watching The River Flow", dude?

    At any rate, that's my end of the week so far. Stephen Marsh had a bunch at his studio (each and every Dylan SACD both MoFi and Columbia) and he just ended up shipping them to me so he could have a life. However, this is mine for the moment, good thing I like Bobby Dylan.

    The vinyl is trippy to listen to for some of these original albums. There is so much bass cut on some of them that I hear nothing below 100 cycles sometimes. Then other cuttings have more bass but less good midrange magic. It's interesting how the cuttings vary in terms of sonics.

    My goal (as ever) is to make Dylan sound as much like a human man as possible and let the instruments fall where they may. One thing we must not do however is vary the CONTENT one little bit. There are some nice count-offs and doodad's at the end of the reels but we can't use them, sorry. Only content that was on the original two record album set.

    Looking forward to the actual mastering which will take a lot longer than usual due to the nature of the music, the condition of the music and the length of this release. Fun time!

    Stay tuned!
     
    Steve Hoffman, Feb 15, 2013
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  2. SimplyOrange

    SimplyOrange Forum Resident

    Why no count-offs and doodads? You should release the studio chatter as bonus tracks :D
     
    SimplyOrange, Feb 15, 2013
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  3. Metralla

    Metralla Joined Jan 13, 2002

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    Fun time, indeed.
     
    Metralla, Feb 15, 2013
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  4. Gary

    Gary Nauga Gort! Staff

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    No doo-dads??? Who cares, will purchase no matter what!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
    Gary, Feb 15, 2013
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  5. misterbozz

    misterbozz Senior Member

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    Going to love this one, my favourite compilation from start to finish.
     
    misterbozz, Feb 15, 2013
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  6. PTgraphics

    PTgraphics Senior Member

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    Thanks for the insight into this project. Have fun with it.

    Pat
     
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  7. 905

    905 Senior Member

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    This one's going to be a treat.
     
    905, Feb 15, 2013
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  8. Urban Spaceman

    Urban Spaceman Forum Eulipion

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    Ha ha! You wrote VINYLS and put it in bold print! Heh heh! This project sounds like a winner and a worthy followup to the Greatest Hits disc! Cheers!
    ------- Chris
     
    Urban Spaceman, Feb 15, 2013
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  9. drbryant

    drbryant Senior Member

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    Awesome - Mighty Quinn!
     
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  10. babyblue

    babyblue Patches Pal!

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    Being surrounded by Dylan tapes, CDs and VINYLS sounds like a dream come true. I can hardly wait to hear the results.
     
    babyblue, Feb 15, 2013
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  11. JohnT

    JohnT Senior Member

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    Even if it isn't a hybrid this is huge.
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    But will it be a hybrid?
     
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  12. 1970

    1970 Forum Resident

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    Steve,

    You have a cool job.


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    1970, Feb 15, 2013
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  13. spideyjack

    spideyjack Well-Known Member

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    volume two is such a great zim lp, one of my favorites, I bet this will be a blast to do. :)
     
    spideyjack, Feb 15, 2013
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  14. The Hud

    The Hud Breath of the Kingdom, Tears of the Wild

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    This can't come out soon enough.

    I wonder if Greatest Hits Vol. 3 will be done by Audio Fidelity? I sure hope so!
     
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  15. MAYBEIMAMAZED

    MAYBEIMAMAZED Don't think Twice it's alright

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    How exciting so cool! Can't wait.
     
    MAYBEIMAMAZED, Feb 15, 2013
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  16. stumpy

    stumpy Forum Resident

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    No doubt impossible, but to have noted every single decision you had to make between one variation and another would probably fill a book that I'd stand in line for.

    Can't wait for your finished re-workings.
     
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  17. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

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    That's great news Steve! I cannot wait to hear the songs he recorded for this album! Finally a SH mastered You Ain't Goin' Nowhere! Oh man...the first CD issue of that song had great bass...the second remastered CD took some off? The original album had thunderous deep acoustic bass on YAGN...super news!!!
     
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  18. spencer1

    spencer1 Great Western Forum Resident

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    Bob who ?
     
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  19. jamesmaya

    jamesmaya Senior Member

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    Very cool. So this would be the first double cd AF gold?
     
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  20. DPM

    DPM Senior Member

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    AF gold CD or AF SACD? The mind spins.
     
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  21. PBo

    PBo Forum Resident

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    Nice! I'm looking forward to this. This is such a great collection of songs.
     
    PBo, Feb 15, 2013
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  22. PBo

    PBo Forum Resident

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    I'm hoping for SACD. Make it happen, Steve!
     
    PBo, Feb 15, 2013
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  23. jwoverho

    jwoverho Licensed Drug Dealer

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    First Dylan I bought (8 track) :). A great comp with a fantastic cross-section of material.
     
    jwoverho, Feb 15, 2013
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  24. PhantomStranger

    PhantomStranger Man of Mystery

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    Really looking forward to hearing how "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" and "When I Paint My Masterpiece" turn out.:waiting:
     
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  25. George Blair

    George Blair Senior Member

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    I picked up a Canadian copy on vinyl recently. Oddly, it has a slightly different track listing.
     
    George Blair, Feb 15, 2013
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