Thanks Ben.
Dylan new remasters/SACD preview
I've picked up the soundtrack to Bob Dylan's new movie Masked &Anonymous today it comes in a limited 2 CD edition with a 7 track SACD/CD hybrid featuring tracks from the forthcoming (Sept.1st)series of Dylan SACD hybrid releases.
Each track is on CD, the SACD is in stereo and multi-channel.
I don't want to get into another SACD debate and I don't have a multi-channel set-up but suffice to say in my system the difference between SACD and CD is again not noticeable and my more expensive CD player gives optimum playback for me on Redbook.
The news is very good these remasters of forthcoming Dylan classic albums sound promising in the extreme.
The tracks all sound better by far than any previous CD incarnation (to my ears anyway and including the MOFI version of Blonde On Blonde) and it'll be a pleasure if the standard is kept overall on the CD's when they are released.
Love Minus Zero,Stuck Inside Of Mobile,Tangled Up In Blue and Gotta Serve Somebody all sound marvelous-more spacious,detailed and clearer.
Two other tracks haven't been previously released All I Really Want To Do(from the forthcoming 1964 live album) and a new version of Cold Iron Bound.
The one track that is a little peculiar is Moonlight from Dylan's last album (Love & Theft 2001)-it sounds more different than better with the bass not as prominent on the new version but the vocals perhaps better defined.
Of course there is the extra benefit of SACD for those who really hear the benefits of it.
Anyway I think the new version should be a treat for CD Audiogoners who like Dylan.
Of course 15 remasters are going to makea dent in my bank balance but I think it's going to be worth it.
Each track is on CD, the SACD is in stereo and multi-channel.
I don't want to get into another SACD debate and I don't have a multi-channel set-up but suffice to say in my system the difference between SACD and CD is again not noticeable and my more expensive CD player gives optimum playback for me on Redbook.
The news is very good these remasters of forthcoming Dylan classic albums sound promising in the extreme.
The tracks all sound better by far than any previous CD incarnation (to my ears anyway and including the MOFI version of Blonde On Blonde) and it'll be a pleasure if the standard is kept overall on the CD's when they are released.
Love Minus Zero,Stuck Inside Of Mobile,Tangled Up In Blue and Gotta Serve Somebody all sound marvelous-more spacious,detailed and clearer.
Two other tracks haven't been previously released All I Really Want To Do(from the forthcoming 1964 live album) and a new version of Cold Iron Bound.
The one track that is a little peculiar is Moonlight from Dylan's last album (Love & Theft 2001)-it sounds more different than better with the bass not as prominent on the new version but the vocals perhaps better defined.
Of course there is the extra benefit of SACD for those who really hear the benefits of it.
Anyway I think the new version should be a treat for CD Audiogoners who like Dylan.
Of course 15 remasters are going to makea dent in my bank balance but I think it's going to be worth it.