Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (Track 1-5)

Een van de mooiste albums uit mijn verzameling. Veveelt na al die jaren nog geen minuut. Tien ijzersterke songs ,prachtige teksten en bovendien zeer muzikaal. Dylan heeft altijd ontkent dat de songs autobiografisch waren ,maar zijn zoon Jacob zei ooit: Hier zijn mijn ouders aan het woord. Al de songs zijn in eerste instantie opgenomen tijdens de New York City sessions,geproduceert door Phil Ramone. Toen Columbia het album uit wou brengen trok Bob Dylan zijn toestemming daarvoor in.Op het eind van het jaar nam hij vijf nummers opnieuw op in Minneapolis met lokale sessiemuzikanten verzameld door zijn broer David Zimmerman.

Personnel

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• Bob Dylan – Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Organ, Mandolin
• Bill Peterson – Bass
• Eric Weissberg – Banjo, Guitar (NYC Sessions)
• Tony Brown – Bass (NYC Sessions)
• Charles Brown, III – Guitar (NYC Sessions)
• Bill Berg – Drums
• Buddy Cage – Steel guitar
• Barry Kornfeld – Guitar (NYC Sessions)
• Richard Crooks – Drums (NYC Sessions)
• Billy Preston - Organ, Keyboards
• Paul Griffin – Organ, Keyboards
• Gregg Inhofer – Keyboards
• Thomas McFaul – Keyboards (NYC Sessions)
• Chris Weber – Guitar, 12 String Guitar
• Kevin Odegard – Guitar
• Phil Ramone – Engineer

 

1 Tangled up in Blue 

 The song was written by Dylan and produced by David Zimmerman, Dylan's brother. Released as a single, it reached No. 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song concerns relationships and contains different narrative perspectives. Dylan has altered the lyrics in subsequent performances, changing the point of view and details in the song.(Wikipedia)

 

2 Simple twist of Fate 

 The complete recording sessions of "Simple Twist of Fate" were released on the deluxe edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks in 2018. The first take of the song was recorded on September 16, 1974, and was also included on the single-CD and 2-LP versions of the album.(Wikipedia)

 

    

 3 Your a big girl now 

 Like most songs in Blood on the tracks, "You're a Big Girl Now" tells a story about two lovers that is near to get to an end. In the lyrics, the narrator begs his lover to give him one more chance and forgive him along the five verses.(Wikipedia)

 

4 Idiot Wind 

 Some reviewers have speculated that the song is a reflection on Dylan's personal life, and in particular, on his deteriorating relationship with his wife Sara Dylan. In contrast, Dylan has denied that it is autobiographical. Like the album it was included on, the song received a mixed critical reception on release. Commentators have acclaimed both the lyrics and performance in the intervening years, and the song was given prominence from some critics' assessments as one of Dylan's best.(Wikipedia)

                                     5 You gonna make me lonesome when you go 

The Daily Telegraph described the song as "Dylan's most fully realised masterpiece, crammed with lyrical blood and thunder and piercing observations." According to the Telegraph, it is the album's "simplest, breeziest song – yet it remains heartbreaking in its almost carefree surrender to the inevitability of romantic pain.(Wikipedia)