Dylan SACD-good news.


In theory at least....................

SONY MUSIC ANNOUNCES NEW BOB DYLAN SUPER AUDIO CD (SACD) SERIES
January 10, 2003
LAS VEGAS (CES, Booth #N109), Jan. 10, 2003 -- Sony Music
Entertainment (SME) today announced it will be releasing a new series of
classic albums by Columbia Records artist Bob Dylan on hybrid Super Audio CD
(SACD) this Fall. The announcement was made by Jeff Jones, Senior Vice
President, Legacy Recordings during a special SACD reception sponsored by
Sony and Philips at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

The Bob Dylan titles mark the beginning of an ongoing program to
enhance and upgrade the sonic quality and packaging elements of the Dylan
catalog. These 15 titles are also the first Sony Music recordings to be
released on hybrid SACD and will be produced on a new hybrid disc
replication line that is scheduled to be launched in May, 2003 at Sony Disc
Manufacturing's U.S. flagship facility in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 15
titles comprise many iconic titles from Dylan's canon: Free Wheelin';
Another Side of Bob Dylan; Bringing It All Back Home; Highway 61 Revisited;
John Wesley Harding; Nashville Skyline; Blood On The Tracks; Desire; Slow
Train Coming; Infidels; Oh Mercy; Time Out Of Mind; Love and Theft; Royal
Albert Hall and Street Legal.

"The release of these classic Bob Dylan albums on hybrid SACD will
extend the benefits of this exciting format to a much wider audience,"
stated Jeff Jones. "Each of these Dylan titles will be reissued in stereo,
and they will be carefully remastered and reproduced to the highest quality
standards." The entire series of reissues will be remastered by Greg Calbi,
Senior Mastering Engineer at Sterling Sound in New York, whose credits
include John Lennon's Walls and Bridges and Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run
albums.

To date, Sony Music has released approximately 200 SACD titles
including nearly 60 in multichannel surround sound. During the first quarter
of this year, Sony Music will be releasing a variety of other stereo and
multichannel SACD titles including Aerosmith's Toys In The Attic; James
Taylor's Flag and Dad Loves His Work; and a new album by Macy Gray.
ben_campbell
You know, I own to much Dylan to re-buy it all. I just don't think I want to do it.
Me, too, Pardales!! I have one LP collection, another of CDs, and a third of boots which is a mixture of CD and LP. Oh, and another one of books! Geeesh...they sound good enough to me as it is.

I would MUCH rather see SME issue all the backlog of stuff they have in their vaults (more "Bootleg Series" kind of material) that have everything reissued on SACD.
September 1960. Freshman orientation week at Brooklyn Polytech. First night we all had for the village where we stop in at Gerdes Folk City. Bob Dylan live; we didn't know we were seeing and hearing the beggining of a legend!!!

Oh yeah; second night we head for Manhatten to see a Bardot movie. They cut all the good parts (no pun intended).
Tomryan,

I am looking forward to the DSOM on SACD. I was a little disappointed when I first heard it was coming out on DVD-A (after buying an SACD player) but it looks like luck broke my way and it is on SACD only NOT DVD-A. DSOM is still a classic and I am hoping it will sound great! And NO, I don't think the music is silly (obviously!).