Hot Stamper Pressings of the Music of Bob Dylan Available Now
Here’s a little something that you may have come across on your own, but since we’ve never seen it mentioned anywhere else, perhaps this will come as news to you the way it came as news to us about ten years ago.
There is a stamper used on some Blonde on Blonde side fours that is so ridiculously bad, you might as well be listening to a cassette playing underwater.
To be sure, we pick up plenty of mediocre copies all the time, but these side fours are so beyond terrible it’s clear someone was asleep at the wheel.
They’re fascinating to hear in their own way, because it’s simply shocking that a good recording could sound that bad. Like the best pressings of our favorites (but in a very different way), words don’t do it justice.
Its awfulness has to be heard to be believed.
If you’ve been reading this blog much, you may have noticed that we’ve been saying that more and more lately.