Dylan fans are raising a rukus

[An...@ao1.com]

After the reviewer's pre-release version of Dylan's new record was pressed,
but before the final shipping copy went to the stores, it went through a
blockhead compress-for-volume process.

The differences and artifacts are easily audible and a revolt is beginning
as I type this. It's gonna make easy justification for illegal copies.

You can see the posting thread at
http://pool.dylantree.com/phorum5/read.php?1,638316

[Geoff]

Overcompressed it maybe, but this post and the forum it points to is just
typical of the inconcise misinformation that surrounds this topic.

The WAVEFORMS as shown in the sample are not flat-topped. The ENVELOPE is.

There is a world of difference. The first is an engineering fault, the
second is a production choice - love it or hate it.

geoff

[Geoff]

[0jun...@bellsouth.net]

On 2006-09-01 An...@ao1.com said:
>After the reviewer's pre-release version of Dylan's new record was
>pressed, but before the final shipping copy went to the stores, it
>went through a blockhead compress-for-volume process.
>The differences and artifacts are easily audible and a revolt is
>beginning as I type this.

Hey, CHev Dumb would say it sounds better after the
overcompression. SHows ya what he knows about real music of
any flavor.

Richard webb,
Electric Spider Productions
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"In some hands, all the knobs are suck knobs." -- Jay Kadis

[Dr. Dolittle]

An...@ao1.com wrote:

> After the reviewer's pre-release version of Dylan's new record was pressed,
> but before the final shipping copy went to the stores, it went through a
> blockhead compress-for-volume process.
>
> The differences and artifacts are easily audible and a revolt is beginning
> as I type this. It's gonna make easy justification for illegal copies.

Interesting turn of events. Dylan's own recent rant was about just such
problems with the state of music today.

Such a revolt sounds like just the ticket. And I'm sure Dylan would be
tickled pink.

[philcycles]

Dr. Dolittle wrote:

> Interesting turn of events. Dylan's own recent rant was about just such
> problems with the state of music today.
>
> Such a revolt sounds like just the ticket. And I'm sure Dylan would be
> tickled pink.

In a previous life I mastered some Dylan albums-Blood OnThe Tracks,
Basement Tapes, Slow Train Coming-and find it difficult to believe that
the CDs-whatever version-=were not approved by Dylan.
Phil Brown