Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding

Artikkelnr.: UDSACD 2183M

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A MELLOW RETURN TO DYLAN´S ROOTS AND HARBINGER OF COUNTRY ROCK: RANKED #301 ON ROLLING STONE´S 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME LIST

Leave it to Bob Dylan to follow three of the most pioneering electric-based albums in history by again deviating from the norm and straying from expectation. Hinting at a return to his folk roots and firmly pointing toward the field that became country rock, John Wesley Harding breathes with relief and freshness, the sound of an artist re-engaging with the past, forging a future, and stepping into new realms after recovering from an accident and unimaginable pressure.

 

Mastered on our world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI, this restored SACD version presents the 1967 album with the finite details and impressionistic tones. Immediately notable for the slimmed-down instrumentation, brisk flow, and simple approach, the record continues to endure via a rustic, era-defying naturalism tied to the organic sounds and warm production swathing Dylan's acoustic guitar, mellow voice, breezy harmonica, and minor accompaniments. All of these traits translate with incredible realism and lifelike air on this reissue, which also brings out the low end of Charlie McCoy's bass with a previously unheard supple character.

Recorded around the same time as the sessions that yielded The Basement TapesJohn Wesley Harding came together after just three studio sessions and approximately 12 hours of time. While many specifics are shrouded in mystery, a majority of songs are tied to Biblical figures, ominous matters, and morality themes. Making not just a clear sonic break from his most recent efforts, but a songwriting transformation as well, Dylan embraces a strict economy of scale, dropping beat-poetry techniques in favor of stanzas that waste no words and progress narratives at every turn. It's as if the Bard is saying that truth is spoken here. Few, if any artists, have captured the American myth and its population of immigrants, drifters, and outlaws with such convincing scope and parabolic sagacity.

Combined with the lyrical evolution and unabashed move towards country conventions, Dylan manages to turn popular music on its side, forging a subdued hybrid style no other peers had yet attempted. Arriving during a period of intense experimentalism and psychedelia, John Wesley Harding functions as a sigh of relief, a piano- and pedal steel-flavored set steeped in requisite simplicity in an environment that was increasingly marked by chaos and madness.

Climbing to number two on the Billboard charts and quickly tallying one million in sales, the pared-down work resonated with a public ensnared by its myriad charms. Then, of course, there's the utter brilliance of every one of the songs here, each seemingly occupying a timeless space that suggests they could've been made in 1967, 1937, or 2007. With "All Along the Watchtower," Dylan landed upon a tune that would soon become one of the most-covered and revered tracks in history. And yet it isn't even a standout on an album on which every note just belongs.

Ranked the 301st greatest album of all time by Rolling Stone, it's nothing less than seminal.

JOHN WESLEYHARDING
Artist Bob Dylan
Tittel John Wesley Harding
Sjanger Pop / Rock 
Mastret av Shawn R. Britton at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Format CD / SACD  (Hybrid SACD ) Mono
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Lydkvalitet Audiofil
Plateselskap Mobile Fidelity 
Utgivelsesdato 1967 / 2016
Platenummer UDSACD 2183M 
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Diverse Ultradisc UHR Gain HD
Opplag 3000 Nummerert!
JOHN WESLEY HARDING
Nr          TITTEL      
01 John Wesley Harding 
02 As I Went Out One Morning 
03 I Dreamed I Saw St- Augustine 
04 All Along The Watchtower 
05 The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest 
06 Drifter's Escape 
07 Dear Landlord 
08 I Am A Lonesome Hobo 
09 I Pity The Poor Immigrant 
10  The Wicked Messenger 
11 Down Along The Cove 
12 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight