BOB DYLAN Blood On The Tracks 1975 UK CBS 1st PRESS MINT-
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Aug 22, 2013
Sold Date
Aug 12, 2013
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£ 24
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BOB DYLAN Blood On The Tracks 1975 UK CBS 1st PRESS MINT-
w/RED INNER SLEEVE, BEAUTIFUL COPY - UNPLAYED
BOB DYLANBlood On The Tracks
UK CBS (S 69097) FIRST PRESSING (February 1975) OF BOB DYLAN'S "Blood On The Tracks"
IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION (looks and sounds like it has never been played)
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE SOLID ORANGE CBS LABELS
MATRIX: CBS-S-69097-A2 / CBS-S-69097-B2
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DEEP RED INNER SLEEVE PRINTED ON THICK CARD WITH THE 'CBS 69097' CATALOGUE NUMBER PRINTED IN WHITE IN THE BOTTOM CORNER
Following on the heels of an album where he repudiated his past with his greatest backing band, Blood on the Tracks finds Bob Dylan, in a way, retreating to the past, recording a largely quiet, acoustic-based album.
But this is hardly nostalgia -- this is the sound of an artist returning to his strengths, what feels most familiar, as he accepts a traumatic situation, namely the breakdown of his marriage.
This is an album alternately bitter, sorrowful, regretful, and peaceful, easily the closest he ever came to wearing his emotions on his sleeve.
That's not to say that it's an explicitly confessional record, since many songs are riddles or allegories, yet the warmth of the music makes it feel that way.
The original version of the album was even quieter -- first takes of "Idiot Wind" and "Tangled Up in Blue," available on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3, are hushed and quiet (excised verses are quoted in the liner notes, but not heard on the record) -- but Blood on the Tracks remains an intimate, revealing affair since these harsher takes let his anger surface the way his sadness does elsewhere.
As such, it's an affecting, unbearably poignant record, not because it's a glimpse into his soul, but because the songs are remarkably clear-eyed and sentimental, lovely and melancholy at once. And, in a way, it's best that he was backed with studio musicians here, since the professional, understated backing lets the songs and emotion stand at the forefront.
Dylan made albums more influential than this, but he never made one better
Side 1:
Tangled Up In Blue (5:40)
Simple Twist Of Fate (4:18)
You're A Big Girl Now (4:36)
Idiot Wind (7:45)
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (2:58)
Side 2:
Meet Me In The Morning (4:19)
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts (8:50)
If You See Her, Say Hello (4:46)
Shelter From The Storm (4:59)
Buckets Of Rain (3:29)
LABELS: MINT
Clean, factory-fresh labels with no spindle traces or signs the record has ever been played - the spindle hole was still quite tight when I put the record on the turntable for possibly the very first time
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Both surfaces shine like new - under bright light a few harmless wispy hairlines can be seen from the inner sleeve but no other marks of any kind
VINYL Audio: MINT-
Beautiful sound - crystal clear, sharp and fresh and my play-check at loud volume found no audible issues of note
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
The first issue cover with David Oppenheim's back illustration and sleeve notes by Peter Hamill (New York, 1974) is clean and sharp with just a little storage rub to the bottom edge
INNER SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
The deep red card inner sleeve is practically like-new - no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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