Sealed Bob Dylan Planet Waves MFSL MOFI Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 180g Vinyl LP

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Bob Dylan – Planet Waves
• Still Factory Sealed
• Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab - Original Master Recording - GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog LP 180 Gram Series
• Limited Edition - Gold Foil Number-Stamped - No. 003341
• Mastered from the Original Master Tapes
• Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 Gram High Definition Vinyl
• Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
• Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
Condition:
Vinyl: Mint (unplayed)
Cover: Mint (factory sealed)
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Album Description:
Chart-Topping 1974 Record Reunites Bob Dylan With the Band: Edgy Album Captures Him Straddling Line Between Romance and Suspicion, Includes “Forever Young” and “You Angel You”

Bob Dylan’s Planet Waves became an event even before the album was released and revealed itself as an understated masterwork. His first studio recording in nearly four years, the homespun 1974 effort finds him reuniting with the Band, by then firmly established as virtuosos. The chemistry is obvious on every song. And the modest and spare production only magnifies the honesty and purity of the collaboration. Mobile Fidelity’s 180g LP deepens the music’s emotional connection and rustic warmth to the fullest possible extent.

Mastered from the original master tapes, this collectable audiophile edition brings to the surface the communal interplay and warm, relaxed vibe established by Dylan and the Band. Listeners will finally sense the sensitive tones made possible by the ensemble’s laidback nature and watertight playing. The deep body of Richard Manuel’s piano, pinpoint decay of Garth Hudson’s organ, and clarity of Dylan’s vocals emerge with new perspective. As a result, Planet Waves leaps from the background of Dylan’s catalog into the fore, the revelatory sonics helping earn the record serious consideration as one of the Bard’s finest.

Recorded in just three days time, Planet Waves is at its core an exhibition of the inimitable folk-rock honed by Dylan and the Band. Recalling the Americana spirit of The Basement Tapes while adding a domesticated edginess and subtracting a degree of wildness, the set personifies simple charm and scraggly sweetness. Couched in the context of Dylan grappling with the chasm between family life and the road, Planet Waves fittingly encompasses myriad moods and contradictions, with tunes ranging from unquestionably devotional to overtly dark. In between, the singer attempts to navigate peace, catharsis, and resolve.

Per Dylan’s hallmark, many tunes on Planet Waves involve twists and subterfuge. Not, however, the best-known offerings—the often-covered wish “Forever Young,” celebratory roll-and-tumble “On a Night Like This,” devotional “You Angel You,” which spark with love, romance, and prayer-like tenderness. Yet the seeds that blossomed into 1975’s traumatic break-up album Blood on the Tracks are also planted here. Complex feelings and deep-seated personal confusion surface on “Wedding Song,” the hardscrabble “Tough Mama,” piano-centered “Dirge,” and knocking-on-heaven’s-door darkness of “Going, Going, Gone.”

Throughout, Dylan’s voice supplies subtle hints about his mindset and intent as the Band shadows him step for step, adding to the thematic ambivalence and contributing to a debate over meaning that continues today. Indeed, such relevance confirms the significance of Planet Waves 40 years after its original release. Mobile Fidelity’s analog version digs beneath the surface and helps expose the record’s buried strains.

Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – MFSL 1-443, Columbia – 88875022731
Series: Original Master Recording, GAIN 2™ Ultra Analog LP 180g Series
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: U.S.
Released: 2015

Tracklist:
A1        On A Night Like This
A2        Going, Going, Gone
A3        Tough Mama
A4        Hazel
A5        Something There Is About You
A6        Forever Young
B1        Forever Young (continued)
B2        Dirge
B3        You Angel You
B4        Never Say Goodbye
B5        Wedding Song

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• Condition Code / Grading Scale:

Mint:

New, Sealed, Never Opened, Never Played, Undamaged

NM = Near Mint:

Record looks and sounds new. No scratches, surface noise, ticks or pops. If there would be any surface noise, it would be very soft. If there would be a tick or pop, it would only be one or two soft ones.

NM- = Near Mint Minus:

Record looks and sounds very acceptable. This is a record that can be enjoyed. It may have some slight visible marks and may have surface noise and a few ticks and pops, but this will still be minimal.

 VG = Very Good:

Record looks and sounds used. This record has lots of surface noise and has visible scratches. For listening or collecting it is only good as "filler".

 + = Plus: (such as VG+) indicates the degree of closeness to the next higher grade.