BOB DYLAN Good As I Been To You (Original Master Recording limited edition 13-track LP mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180-gram SuperVinyl from a formula developed and manufactured by NEOTECH, cut at 33RPM. The under-heralded 1992 album, Dylans first solo acoustic album in nearly 30 years and first all-covers effort in nearly 20 years, can be seen as a prophetic prelude to what has become the Nobel Laureates celebrated late-career arc. Its also an absorbing continuation of the custom Dylan has embraced since he first picked up a guitar. Presented in audiophile sound for the first time. Picture sleeve individually gold-foil numbered and limited to 5000 copies, factory sealed. Recommended)

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1/2″ / 30 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe

Sourced from the original master tapes, pressed at RTI, housed in a Stoughton jacket, and strictly limited to 5,000 numbered copies, Mobile Fidelity’s 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP of Good As I Been to You reveals the immediacy, detail, and stripped-down nature of recording sessions that took place in Dylans garage studio in California. Simple, raw, and unplugged, the record presents Dylan in peak form and showcases a diversity of vocal phrasing, soulful chording, harmonica accents, and close-up ambience that on this reissue emerge like never before. As the first-ever audiophile edition of this almost-lost classic, this LP also benefits from SuperVinyls extraordinary properties: a nearly inaudible noise floor, superb groove definition, and dead-quiet surfaces among them.

Recorded and mixed by Micajah Ryan, and supervised by Debbie Gold, Good As I Been to You took shape at Dylans home shortly after the singer-songwriter completed sessions in Chicago with a full band. Unaccompanied, he again gravitated to existing works in this case, traditional folk music and, with Gold serving as a trusted advisor, performed the songs in multiple keys and tempos until he arrived at what he desired. That careful, determined albeit loose, organic approach emanates from this reissue, on which each note, movement, and space come across more directly, fully, and immediately than on the original formats. It helps draw a through-line to Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964) as well as the similarly themed follow-up, World Gone Wrong (1993) and immersive old-world storytelling of Tempest (2012) and Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020).

Well before Dylan made those renowned 21st century LPs, however, he needed to find a way out of a funk that save for his 1989 collaboration with Daniel Lanois, Oh Mercy followed him for years. As author Clinton Heylin reported Dylan admitting in 1997: My influences have not changed and any time they have done, the music goes off to a wrong place. Thats why I recorded two LPs of old songs, so I could personally get back to the music thats true for me.

Truth: Few, if any, concepts better encapsulate Good As I Been to You. It resonates with the same originality, honesty, resolve, and age- and time-defying relevance as the seminal Anthology of American Folk Music that fired Dylans imagination as a kid in small-town Minnesota and, later, per Greil Marcus That Old Weird America book, informed Dylan and the Bands Basement Tapes sessions. This record also contains the type of music Dylan was playing during his acoustic sets at his period Never Ending Tour shows; within a year of the records release, Dylan would play half the albums songs live.

As for those songs: Rife with strange mystery, common circumstance, and epic adventure, the stories appeal to our base instincts. Their themes jealousy, temptation, sacrifice, love, revenge, identity, opportunity operate on a fundamentally human level immune to trends, generations, or eras. Theyre ancient and modern, serious and comical, open and disguised, simple and multi-layered. They talk of vengeance and justice (Frankie & Albert; Jim Jones), romance and tenderness (Tomorrow Night, Froggie Went a Courtin), the troubled and trouble-free (Hard Times, Sittin on Top of the World). They lend voice to lovers scorned and freed (Blackjack Davey), the used and users (Diamond Joe), the powerful and powerless (Arthur McBride, Canadee-I-O), the followed and followers (Little Maggie). And akin to much of Dylans finest output, things are not always what they appear to be.

Spanning country, folk, sea shanty, bluegrass, and blues motifs, Good As I Been to You re-confirms Dylans position as an elite interpreter and sculptor not of just structure but emotion. Dylan delivers the tunes as if hes known them forever. He plays with a subtle sense of mischievousness and retains a largely upbeat demeanor; his eyes seemingly twinkle as he sings and picks. His guitar serves as the guidepost for shuffles, boogies, ballads, and mess-arounds while his innate feel for each specific arrangement and melody helps inform pacing, tone, attack.

Like a great author, he understands the importance of adhering to concision, luring an audience, holding their attention, and maximizing the impact of details, actions, and unexpected turns. Though already coarse and ragged, his voice feels ideal for the subject matter and his phrasing from the clever ways he stretches syllables to underline meanings on the surprise twists of Canadee-I-O to the sheer delight he gets from singing rowdy-dow-dow on the protest song Arthur McBride outstanding.

The sound? Authentic.
Ken Kessler, Hi-Fi News, 90% rating

MoFi SuperVinyl
Developed by NEOTECH and RTI, MoFi SuperVinyl is the most exacting-to-specification vinyl compound devised. Expensive and extremely painstaking to produce, the special proprietary compound addresses two specific areas of improvement: noise floor reduction and enhanced groove definition. The vinyl composition features a carbonless dye (hold the disc up to the light and see) and produces ultra-quiet surfaces. This high-definition formula also allows for the creation of clean grooves that are virtually indistinguishable from the original lacquer.

Side One:
Frankie & Albert
Jim Jones
Blackjack Davey
Canadee-I-O
Sittin on Top of the World
Little Maggie
Hard Times

Side Two:
Step It Up and Go
Tomorrow Night
Arthur McBride
Youre Gonna Quit Me
Diamond Joe
Froggie Went a Courtin’

Artist – Bob Dylan (click link for complete listing)
Title – Good As I Been To You (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release – 2023
Original Year of Release – 1992
Format – vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label – Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Catalogue No – MFSV1-532 (click link for more)
Country of Origin – United States (USA)
Language – Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Audiophile This is an Audiophile item. Click link for similar items
Additional info – Sealed, Picture Sleeve
Barcode – 196587247119
Condition – Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No – DYLLPGO878917
Alternative Names – Bob Dilan.
Related Artists – Blind Boy Grunt, Gilbert Hetherwick, Helena Springs, Jakob Dylan, The Los Angeles Gospel Choir, The New Basement Tapes, The Wallflowers.

GENRES
60s Rock, 70s Rock, 70s Artists, American Folk, Artist / Graphic Design, Folk, Poetry, Singer/Songwriter.

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