Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (1967/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (1967/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 38:55 minutes | 795 MB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Columbia

John Wesley Harding is Bob Dylan’s eighth studio album and was originally released on December 27, 1967 on Columbia Records. It marked Dylan’s return to acoustic roots music after having made three albums of electric rock. The album was incredibly well-received by listeners and critics alike, and the song “All Along the Watchtower” became one of Dylan’s most popular numbers after it was covered by Jimi Hendrix the following year.

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.

Tracklist:

01. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (03:00)
02. Bob Dylan – As I Went out One Morning (02:52)
03. Bob Dylan – I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (03:55)
04. Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower (02:34)
05. Bob Dylan – The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest (05:35)
06. Bob Dylan – Drifter’s Escape (02:48)
07. Bob Dylan – Dear Landlord (03:18)
08. Bob Dylan – I Am a Lonesome Hobo (03:24)
09. Bob Dylan – I Pity the Poor Immigrant (04:16)
10. Bob Dylan – The Wicked Messenger (02:05)
11. Bob Dylan – Down Along the Cove (02:25)
12. Bob Dylan – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (02:38)

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