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BOB DYLAN - OH MERCY - COLLECTORS DECADES OUT OF PRINT LIMITED EDITION RARE JAPAN REPLICA OBI CD WITH THE ORIGINAL RELEASE BLACK & SILVER VERIFICATION STICKER STILL ATTACHED THAT PROVES THIS WAS FROM THE ORIGINAL COLLECTORS RELEASE. THESE STICKERS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE 1ST PRESSING RUNS FOR COLLECTORS WHAT IS A JAPAN "REPLICA-LP-SLEEVE" CD? Have you ever lamented the loss of one of the 20th Century's great art forms, the 12" vinyl LP jacket? Then "mini-LP-sleeve" CD's may be for you. Mini-sleeve CDs are manufactured in Japan under license. The disc is packaged inside a 135MM X 135MM cardboard precision-miniature replica of the original classic vinyl-LP album. Also, anything contained in the original LP, such as gatefolds, booklets, lyric sheets, posters, printed LP sleeves, stickers, embosses, special LP cover paper/inks/textures and/or die cuts, are precisely replicated and included. An English-language lyric sheet is always included, even if the original LP did not have printed lyrics. Then, there's the sonic quality: Mini-sleeves have dedicated remastering and can often be superior to the audio on the same title anywhere else in the world. There also may be bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere. Each Japan mini-sleeve has an "obi" ("oh-bee"), a removable Japan-language promotional strip. The obi lists the Japan street date of that particular release, the catalog number, the mastering info, and often the original album's release date. Bonus tracks are only listed on the obi, maintaining the integrity of the original LP artwork. The obi's are collectable, and should not be discarded. All mini-sleeve releases are tremendously limited editions mainly pressed on future orders only and once released immediately out of print. This fact along with other latter features we've mentioned make these titles rare collectibles that sell in the collectors markets for $100's of dollars apiece. Japanese digitally re-mastered Mini LP replica Limited Edition Collection with OBI sash down the front – VERY FEW pieces made world-wide and are immediately Out of Print. Recorded from the finest Original Masters available. Comes with anti-static sleeves similar to Vinyl LPs, Cardboard packaging like an LP. Actual miniaturized version of the 12” LP in 4” CD version. E-BAY STORE. FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL RARE OBI SELECTIONS - INDIVIDUAL TITLE INFORMATION OR INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE JUST HIT THIS STORES TAB >. & TYPE IN OBI OR FOR DYLAN TITLES USE CODE BDYLAN INTO THE SEARCH FIELD WITHIN OUR STORES SECTION AS YOUR PERSONAL CODE FOR ALL TITLES + INFORMATION WILL APPEAR The '80s was a particularly shifting, uncertain decade for Bob Dylan's creative voice. But he capped it off with his first album of all-original material in several years and his best since INFIDELS. A lot of the credit for Oh Mercy 's distinctive appeal has been given to producer/musician DAMIEL LANIOS (who backs Dylan on all but one cut), and there's no denying the effect of his magnetic, fog-thick sound sculpturing here. Overlays of lap steel, dobro, and mercy keys along with a slithering subterranean bass evoke a complete sonic climate, and the synergy between Lanois and Dylan would have a huge payoff with 1997's devastating TIME OUT OF MIND. But however tightly produced, Oh Mercy also displays Dylan at the peak of his songwriting craft, fracturing words and phrases for the things-fall-apart jeremiads of "Political World" and "Everything is Broken" and stringing images together for the noirish ballad "Man in the Long Black Coat." There's the usual dichotomy between Dylan's slashing accusatory mode ("What Was It You Wanted") and the self-effacement of "What Good Am I?" Aside from the miscalculated, sappy "Where Teardrops Fall" (the disc's sore thumb), this album has the classic staying power of Dylan's finest efforts. 1. Political World 2. Where Teardrops Fall 3. Everything Is Broken 4. Ring Them Bells 5. Man in the Long Black Coat 6. Most of the Time 7. What Good Am I? 8. Disease of Conceit 9. What Was It You Wanted 10. Shooting Star Check out Mymusicfix for additional Audiophile Vinyl by hitting “ME” or ‘STORE’ on the Title Purchase Page to view our current items up on E-Bay. Mymusicfix has been told we have the best collection of Rare, Out of Print music collectibles on E-Bay. bdylan On Sep-26-08 at 20:24:15 PDT, seller added the following information: International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. 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