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*27 DECEMBER 1967*
*12 SONGS*
*’38 MINUTES’ / ’24 SECONDS’*
(average song length of ‘3 minutes’ / ’12 seconds’)
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*SIDE 1*
“JOHN WESLEY HARDING”
“AS I WENT OUT ONE MORNING”
“I DREAMED I SAW SAINT AUGUSTINE”
*THE BALLAD OF “FRANKIE LEE” + “JUDAS PRIEST”*
“DRIFTER’S ESCAPE”
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*SIDE 2*
“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”
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(“John Wesley Harding” is the 8th studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on 27 december 1967 by ‘Columbia Records’)
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(produced by ‘Bob Johnston’, the album marked Dylan’s return to acoustic music and traditional roots, after 3 albums of electric rock music)
(“John Wesley Harding” shares many stylistic threads with, and was recorded around the same time as, the prolific series of home recording sessions with the ‘Band’, partly released in 1975 as The Basement Tapes, and released in complete form in 2014 as “The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete”)
(“John Wesley Harding” was exceptionally well received by critics and enjoyed solid sales, reaching #2 on the US charts and topping the UK charts)
(the commercial performance was considered remarkable considering that Dylan had kept Columbia from releasing the album with much promotion or publicity)
(less than three months after its release, John Wesley Harding was certified gold by the RIAA)
(“All Along the Watchtower” became one of his most popular songs after it was recorded by Jimi Hendrix the following year)
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(in 2003, the album was ranked #301 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, moving to 303 in the 2012 version of that list)
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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👈👈👈 ☜ *“BLONDE ON BLONDE” (1966)*
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*“NASHVILLE SKYLINE” (1969)* ☞ 👉👉👉
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👈👈👈☜*THE SONGS OF ‘BOB DYLAN’* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥