Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (Hybrid SACD, Mono, Ultradisc UHR)
Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano [click here to see more Vinyl / SACD featuring Bob Dylan]
Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar on "Down Along the Cove" and "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
Charlie McCoy – bass guitar
1 Hybrid SACD, Ultradisc UHR
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Mono
Studio
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Columbia
Recorded October 17 and November 6 and 29, 1967
Engineered by Charlie Bragg
Produced by Bob Johnston
Remastered by Krieg Wunderlich
Originally released in 1967
Reissued in 2017
Tracks:
- John Wesley Harding
- As I Went Out One Morning
- I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
- All Along The Watchtower
- The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
- Drifter's Escape
- Dear Landlord
- I Am A Lonesome Hobo
- I Pity The Poor Immigrant
- The Wicked Messenger
- Down Along The Cove
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Awards:
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 303/500!
Reviews :
"Bob Dylan returned from exile with John Wesley Harding, a quiet, country-tinged album that split dramatically from his previous three. A calm, reflective album, John Wesley Harding strips away all of the wilder tendencies of Dylan's rock albums -- even the then-unreleased Basement Tapes he made the previous year -- but it isn't a return to his folk roots. If anything, the album is his first serious foray into country, but only a handful of songs, such as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," are straight country songs. Instead, John Wesley Harding is informed by the rustic sound of country, as well as many rural myths, with seemingly simple songs like "All Along the Watchtower," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," and "The Wicked Messenger" revealing several layers of meaning with repeated plays. Although the lyrics are somewhat enigmatic, the music is simple, direct, and melodic, providing a touchstone for the country-rock revolution that swept through rock in the late '60s." AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ultra High-Resolution (UHR) is a dual-layer hybrid SACD recorded with Direct Stream Digital Technology at a sampling rate of 11.2 MHZ and a frequency response of DC to 100KHz. In addition, a high-precision down-conversion is utilized for the CD layer (16bit/44.1kHz) to preserve the sonic integrity of the original DSD capture. The result: State-of-the-art sound on any machine that can play either standard compact discs or SACDs.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,24 / 5