Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (2LP, 45RPM, Ultra Analog, Half-speed Mastering)
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Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, Acme siren [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bob Dylan]
Mike Bloomfield – electric guitar
Al Kooper – organ, piano
Paul Griffin – piano, organ
Frank Owens – piano
Harvey Brooks – bass
Bobby Gregg – drums
Bruce Langhorne – tambourine
Charlie McCoy – guitar ("Desolation Row")
Sam Lay – drums ("Highway 61 Revisited")
Russ Savakus – bass guitar, upright bass ("Desolation Row")
Joe Macho, Jr. – bass guitar ("Like A Rolling Stone")
All songs written by Bob Dylan
2 LP, gatefold jacket
Limited numbered edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half-speed Mastering
Gain 2™ Ultra Analog
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded June - August 1965 at Columbia Studio A, New York City
Produced by Bob Johnston, Tom Wilson ("Like a Rolling Stone")
Mastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in August 1965
Reissued in April 2014
Tracks:
Side A:
- Like A Rolling Stone
- Tombstone Blues
Side B:
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
- From A Buick 6
- Ballad Of A Thin Man
Side C :
- Queen Jane Approximately
- Highway 61 Revisited
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Side D:
- Desolation Row
Reviews :
“Taking the first, electric side of Bringing It All Back Home to its logical conclusion, Bob Dylan hired a full rock & roll band, featuring guitarist Michael Bloomfield, for Highway 61 Revisited. Opening with the epic "Like a Rolling Stone," Highway 61 Revisited careens through nine songs that range from reflective folk-rock ("Desolation Row") and blues ("It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry") to flat-out garage rock ("Tombstone Blues," "From a Buick 6," "Highway 61 Revisited"). Dylan had not only changed his sound, but his persona, trading the folk troubadour for a streetwise, cynical hipster. Throughout the album, he embraces druggy, surreal imagery, which can either have a sense of menace or beauty, and the music reflects that, jumping between soothing melodies to hard, bluesy rock. And that is the most revolutionary thing about Highway 61 Revisited -- it proved that rock & roll needn't be collegiate and tame in order to be literate, poetic, and complex.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra Analog™ : The GAIN 2 Ultra Analog™ Series stems from the use of the Gain 2 system, mastered at half speed from the original master tapes where possible, capturing and uncovering as before undiscovered sonic information.
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.9 / 5