Bob Dylan / The Band Before the Flood 1974 Original WL Promo 2LP Kenoun
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Bob Dylan / The Band
Before The Flood
1974 Original White-Label Promo pressing.
Asylum Records - AB-201
Double Vinyl / 2 LP Set
VInyl are EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint-
Vinyl look EX++ to Mint-: light marks and faint, light, inaudible scuffs.
Vinyl play EX++ to Mint-, mostly Mint- : very light background-crackle faintly in a few, quiet passages.
Matrix lead-out : A2/D3 B2/C2; "Kenoun" on all 4 sides.
Labels are EX: pen marks and manufacturer imperfections.
Gatefold Cover with custom stickers is EX to EX+ : intact seams and promo-sticker; small bends, indentations, small bends and pen inside 1st fold.
Includes a HQ inner-sleeve (pictured) which the vinyl is stored in after being professionally machine-cleaned and graded.
Out of print White-Label Promo Original pressing ~
Bob Dylan and the Band both needed the celebrated reunion tour of 1974, since Dylan's fortunes had been floundering since Self Portrait and the Band stumbled with 1971's Cahoots. The tour, with its attendant publicity, definitely returned both artists to center stage, and it definitely succeeded, breaking box office records and earning great reviews. Before the Flood, a double-album souvenir of the tour, suggests that these were generally dynamic shows, but not because they were reveling in the past, but because Dylan was fighting the nostalgia of his audience -- nostalgia, it must be noted, that was promoted as the very reason behind these shows. Yet that's what gives this music such kick -- Dylan reworks, rearranges, reinterprets these songs in ways that are still disarming, years after its initial release. He could only have performed interpretations this radical with a group as sympathetic, knowing of his traits as the band, whose own recordings here are respites from the storm. And this is a storm -- the sound of a great rocker, surprising his band and audience by tearing through his greatest songs in a manner that might not be comforting, but it guarantees it to be one of the best live albums of its time. Ever, maybe.
-allmusic
There may be some slight camera-glare on the cover and other surfaces from the angle and lighting.
Packaged protectively for safe and secure shipping with USPS tracking.
Thank you and have the best day ever ~
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