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15-disc SACD hybrid box set of key Bob Dylan studio recordings, digitally remastered for the ultimate listening experience. This release contains all the original remastered SACD hybrids with original artwork in a Digipak format and is compatible on both CD and SACD players.
Bob Dylan - Limited Edition Catalog Box Set Reviews
Bob Dylan - Limited Edition Catalog Box Set Reviews
| 81 of 83 people found the following review helpful:  Perhaps too expensive, poorly designed......but....., By Mistral (California Dreamin, USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Bob Dylan - Limited Edition Catalog Box Set (Audio CD) The music is well worth it. Listening to these SACDs will make you aware of how incredibly desolate the current musical landscape is. I find myself REALLY appreciating Dylan, the Dead, the Beatles, the Stones, the Doors.... Senility? Surely you jest. The music and songwriting of these groups ages well and endures.That said, here come the caveats. First, the cardboard packaging is not up to SACD standards. Yes, I realize the Stones used the same, but Columbia should have learned from history, instead of repeating it. If you look at Classical SACDs, you will find them packaged in very sturdy, classy, plastic jewel boxes, NOT cardboard! To remove the Dylan SACDs from the spindles requires considerable effort and flexing of the SACD. Bad Karma! Three of the SACDs in my Box Set were actually damaged. They had fine cracks around the hole, no doubt caused by their extremely tight fit on the plastic spindles. If you own this Box Set, I encourage you to carefully check each... Read more 23 of 23 people found the following review helpful: Kudos to Columbia Records!, By A Customer This review is from: Bob Dylan - Limited Edition Catalog Box Set (Audio CD) Kudos to Columbia for finally giving Dylan's catalog the sonic upgrade it deserves! The sound quality of each disc is a vast improvement over the old cds - and I'm talking about only the remastered conventional CD layer, not the SACD layer (as I don't yet have an SACD player).The detail and clarity in Dylan's voice and musical accompaniment is absolutely stunning. You will hear things in the songs that you never heard before - for instance, the dramatic intake of breath before he sings the first line of All I Really Want to Do to kick off Another Side of Bob Dylan. Thankfully, the remastering was done with the utmost respect for the original recordings. Nothing has been remixed (aside from the 5.1 remix of the SACD layer, of course); the glorious sound of these reissues was acheived through careful mastering of the original source tapes. As an added bonus, the packaging for each album has also been restored so if you never owned the original vinyl, you'll have Dylan's... Read more 26 of 27 people found the following review helpful: Rated 5 stars only until the next repackage/remastered set., By Mercury "Mercury" (Wilton Manors, FL) - See all my reviews This review is from: Bob Dylan - Limited Edition Catalog Box Set (Audio CD) In other words, this is by far the best sounding set available right now (although the packaging lacks in the usual "We don't try hardest" American sub-standard spirit). The good things about this set are: 1. For regular CD listeners, the DSD mastering is brilliant and pristine. To use the worn out cliché; it is like hearing them again for the first time. The bad things about this set are: 1. I swear this box is only made to hold 14 CDs and not the 15 that are stuffed into it. |
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