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Reviews and Commentaries for the Music of Bob Dylan
One of our good customers had this to say about some Hot Stampers he purchased recently:
Dear Tom,
Four 3+ sides that sound unlike any other version of this available, of arguably one of the most important rock records of the century from its top artist… It may be a niche taste compared to Zep etc., but you could probably have charged $2k for this.
Never had any idea Blonde on Blonde could sound so 3D and live… it’s really well recorded.
Reinvigorated my passion for this music which I’ve heard a million times over the decades.
Wow… at $1.3k you definitely underpriced this one!
Dear Conrad,
Awesome to hear. It is a really well recorded album, but how would anyone know that who hasn’t heard it sound like the copy we sent you?
We’d love to charge $2k. It is indeed worth every penny of what you paid. (Some folks think some of our records are worth $15,000, but that may be a bit of a stretch.)
It takes many years to find a copy that sounds like that one. When we get hold of such a copy, we really have no idea whether it’s a diamond in the rough — since all the early 360 pressings we prefer look pretty much the same — or just another run-of-the-mill Columbia pressing with good, not great, sound. Fortunately, once the needle had dropped that copy showed us that it had the right stuff in its grooves.
Thanks for your letter.
Best, TP
P.S.
We talked about this very issue in a commentary describing bell curve distributions (which, as I’m sure you can imagine, makes for some fun reading!)