Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings

Just listen for a long time my numbered copy 0795, luckily so as noticed that these old RTI inner sleeves are turning color like a bit red. They feel little bit greasy. No damage yet to my disks but the inners are wrapping and may damage records in time. Pls change inners immy if you have this same problem.

I agree with everyone who has said how well done this set is. However, the sound is not as good as the originals. I have two copies of Bob Dylan - Another Side Of Bob Dylan, one NM and one VG+, and they are much richer. By comparison, the box set pressing sounds slightly muffled. I find this to be pretty common with reissues; I'm guessing it is due to slight loss of the high end due to the age of the tapes. Still, let me be clear: The copy from the box set is totally listenable and sounds good in its own right; it just doesn't sound as good as the original. And clean copies of those are pricey!

This is what every box set should aspire to be. The slipcase, the tip-on jackets, the beautifully pressed LPs - it's all perfect. Absolutely worth every penny.

Seems to be some confusion in the comments. The first pressing run of this box set in 2010 was numbered. RTI, on their instagram page stated that 2 further production runs of this set have been made since (most likely 2015 and 2019). The Represses are identical apart from numbering and have a seperate release page on Discogs - see "All Versions of this Release"

There is absolutely no way they made enough of these in 2010 to keep selling them through 2021, but if that’s really what they did they finally seem to have sold all of them.

phenomenal sound. very nice replica sleeves. sounds better than the MFSL dylan records i have. price is crazy low for what you get, compared to the beatles mono box.

I really can't believe the 2022 reissue of the single Blonde On Blonde album was merged with the listing for the entire Mono boxset. That is a HUGE mistake. The listings for sale now show the "entire box set" for sale for less than $75 in many cases. Some sellers are NOT indicating that their FS ad is for a single record and not the entire box set. PLEASE FIX THIS!!

Wanted to shout out one title in particular, The Times They Are A-Changin', for having a spectacular beautiful textured jacket and the best pressing I've ever heard of this title. Seeing it in a whole new light. This set is essential. Fuck Mofi.

now we know why this sounds better than the MOFIs this is all analog while the MOFIs were all digital

IN REFERENCE TO THE U.S., RTI PRESSINGS:

AAA, ALL-ANALOG RELEASE, sourced from original master tapes provided by Sony/Legacy producer Steve Berkowitz.

All except for TTTAAC, which used a three-track, 1A LP mixed down on an all-tube chain to provide the two-channel analog reference tape. This was because no original master could be sourced.

I've become extremely frustrated with the Discogs platform over the last few years. They allocate prominent space (i.e. a dedicated input field) on an album's release page for where it was pressed, where it was recorded, who it was mastered by, hell even who provided the album's photography—but not for where/how the tracks were sourced.

Unless someone adds it to the notes, discerning this information requires immense, idiosyncratic industry knowledge or hours sorting through cryptic forums and arcane google results. Sure, not a lot of people care about this. But with vinyl slowly becoming less of a gimmick, and more care is devoted to releasing AAA cuts, the information should be readily available.