Bob Dylan – Another Side Of Bob Dylan (1964) [Monoural – MFSL 2018] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz}

Mastered from the original master tapes and strictly limited to 3,000 copies, this mono hybrid SACD reissue illuminates Dylan’s emotional condition – he laughs in the midst of songs, experiences a few false starts, hits a couple of bum notes, occasionally sings as if he’s stumbling down a Manhattan sidewalk after having one too many at a smoky pub, prizes rawness over perfection – with microscopic accuracy and unparalleled directness. The preferred mix at the time of the recording, the mono version presents Dylan as he and his producers originally intended. Since the separation of the stereo versions isn’t as sharp, this mono edition places Dylan’s vocals in the heart of the musical action and as one with the accompaniment. It paints listeners an incredibly accurate portrait of the attention-getting, concrete mass of sound that features no artificial panning and straight-ahead immersion into the music. This is how almost everyone first heard this timeless album – making the mono mix all the more historically valuable and truthful.

The other side of Bob Dylan referred to in the title is presumably his romantic, absurdist, and whimsical one – anything that wasn’t featured on the staunchly folky, protest-heavy Times They Are a-Changin’, really. Because of this, Another Side of Bob Dylan is a more varied record and it’s more successful, too, since it captures Dylan expanding his music, turning in imaginative, poetic performances on love songs and protest tunes alike. This has an equal number of classics to its predecessor, actually, with “All I Really Want to Do,” “Chimes of Freedom,” “My Back Pages,” “I Don’t’ Believe You,” and “It Ain’t Me Babe” standing among his standards, but the key to the record’s success is the album tracks, which are graceful, poetic, and layered. Both the lyrics and music have gotten deeper and Dylan’s trying more things – this, in its construction and attitude, is hardly strictly folk, as it encompasses far more than that. The result is one of his very best records, a lovely intimate affair.

Tracklist:
01. All I Really Want To Do
02. Black Crow Blues
03. Spanish Harlem Incident
04. Chimes Of Freedom
05. I Shall Be Free No. 10
06. To Ramona
07. Motorpsycho Nitemare
08. My Back Pages
09. I Don’t Believe You
10. Ballad In Plain D
11. It Ain’t Me Babe

Mastered by Rob LoVerde, Assisted Shawn R. Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Sebastopol, CA.

SACD ISO

B0bDylanAn0therSide0fB0bDylan1964MFSL2018SACDIS0M0N0.part1.rar
B0bDylanAn0therSide0fB0bDylan1964MFSL2018SACDIS0M0N0.part2.rar
B0bDylanAn0therSide0fB0bDylan1964MFSL2018SACDIS0M0N0.part3.rar

FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz

B0bDylanAn0therSide0fB0bDylan1964MFSL2018FLACM0N02488.part1.rar
B0bDylanAn0therSide0fB0bDylan1964MFSL2018FLACM0N02488.part2.rar