Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965 - 2015 Remaster) [SACD ISO]

Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released in August 1965 by Columbia Records. On his previous album, Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan devoted Side One of the album to songs accompanied by an electric rock band, and Side Two to solo acoustic numbers. For Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan used rock backing on every track, except for the closing 11-minute acoustic song, “Desolation Row”. Critics have written that Dylan’s ability to combine driving, complex, blues-based rock music with the power of poetry, made Highway 61 Revisited one of the most influential albums ever recorded.

 

 

Leading off with his hit single of that summer, “Like a Rolling Stone”, the album features many songs that have been acclaimed as classics and that Dylan has continued to perform live over his long career, including “Highway 61 Revisited”, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, and “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”. Dylan named the album after one of the great North American arteries, which connected his birthplace in Minnesota to southern cities famed for their musical heritage, including St. Louis, Memphis, and New Orleans.

    Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, Acme siren

    Mike Bloomfield – electric guitar

    Charlie McCoy – guitar ("Desolation Row")

    Al Kooper – organ, piano

    Paul Griffin – piano, organ

    Frank Owens – piano

    Harvey Brooks – bass

    Russ Savakus – bass guitar, upright bass ("Desolation Row")

    Joe Macho, Jr. – bass guitar ("Like A Rolling Stone")

    Bobby Gregg – drums

    Sam Lay – drums ("Highway 61 Revisited")

    Bruce Langhorne – tambourine

1. Like A Rolling Stone 06:15
2. Tombstone Blues 06:02
3. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 04:11
4. From A Buick 6 03:21
5. Ballad Of A Thin Man 06:04
6. Queen Jane Approximately 05:32
7. Highway 61 Revisited 03:31
8. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 05:33
9. Desolation Row 11:25