COULSON, DEAN, MCGUINNESS, FLINT
''LO AND BEHOLD: WORDS AND MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN''
1972
RAVEL
50:30
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1/Eternal Circle/Dylan/3:01
2/Lo and Behold/Dylan/4:12
3/Let Me Die in My Footsteps/Dylan/4:18
4/Open the Door Homer/Dylan/4:26
5/Lay Down Your Weary Tune/Dylan/4:13
6/Don't You Tell Henry/Dylan/1:57
7/Get Your Rocks Off/Dylan/4:50
8/The Death of Emmett Till/Dylan/3:35
9/Odds and Ends/Dylan/2:36
10/Tiny Montgomery/Dylan/7:29
11/I Wanna Be Your Lover/Dylan/3:38
12/Sign on the Cross/Dylan/3:32
13/Eternal Circle [Alternate Mix] /Dylan/3:04
Harold Beckett/Flugelhorn
Harry Beckett/Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Dennis Coulson/Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Dixie Dean/Cornet, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Harmonica, Jaw Harp, Jew's-Harp, Keyboards, Vocals
Hughie Flint/Drums, Percussion, Tabla, Vocals
Mike Hugg/Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Jimmy Jewell/Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Tom McGuinness/Accordion, Banjo, Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Judith Powell/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Paul Rutherford/Euphonium, Horn, Trombone
Barry St. John/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Liza Strike/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder/ALLMUSIC
This is one of the finest records of its era (originally issued on DJM and Sire) and, amazingly, as a record of cover versions, had lots of rock press credibility as well. It should have fared about as well as the Hollies' venture into Dylan territory, except that Coulson, Dean, McGuinness, Flint were more suited to the Dylan material, and the Dylan songs they chose were a deliberate effort to delve specifically into material that Dylan had not released (as of that time) in any official versions -- this was stuff that was known either only as compositions, or from various white-label bootlegs that were around then. The result was a record as good as anything the Band ever turned in, a gorgeous, haunting electric/acoustic mixture with impassioned vocals, impeccable musicianship, and what were then revelations about some of Dylan's best and least-known songs. (Remember, he was off the road then, and releasing maybe an album a year.) The numbers include "Eternal Circle" (added to this reissue in an alternate mix version as a bonus track), "Lay Down Your Weary Tune," "Open the Door Homer," "Don't You Tell Henry," "Get Your Rocks Off," "Tiny Montgomery" (a bonus track previously available only as a single B-side), "I Wanna Be Your Lover," "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," "Lo and Behold," and "Sign on the Cross." The sound is stunningly clean, and the new historical notes by Tom McGuinness are cool.
''LO AND BEHOLD: WORDS AND MUSIC BY BOB DYLAN''
1972
RAVEL
50:30
DOWNLOAD
1/Eternal Circle/Dylan/3:01
2/Lo and Behold/Dylan/4:12
3/Let Me Die in My Footsteps/Dylan/4:18
4/Open the Door Homer/Dylan/4:26
5/Lay Down Your Weary Tune/Dylan/4:13
6/Don't You Tell Henry/Dylan/1:57
7/Get Your Rocks Off/Dylan/4:50
8/The Death of Emmett Till/Dylan/3:35
9/Odds and Ends/Dylan/2:36
10/Tiny Montgomery/Dylan/7:29
11/I Wanna Be Your Lover/Dylan/3:38
12/Sign on the Cross/Dylan/3:32
13/Eternal Circle [Alternate Mix] /Dylan/3:04
Harold Beckett/Flugelhorn
Harry Beckett/Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Dennis Coulson/Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Dixie Dean/Cornet, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Harmonica, Jaw Harp, Jew's-Harp, Keyboards, Vocals
Hughie Flint/Drums, Percussion, Tabla, Vocals
Mike Hugg/Keyboards, Piano, Piano (Electric)
Jimmy Jewell/Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Tom McGuinness/Accordion, Banjo, Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Judith Powell/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Paul Rutherford/Euphonium, Horn, Trombone
Barry St. John/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Liza Strike/Vocals, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder/ALLMUSIC
This is one of the finest records of its era (originally issued on DJM and Sire) and, amazingly, as a record of cover versions, had lots of rock press credibility as well. It should have fared about as well as the Hollies' venture into Dylan territory, except that Coulson, Dean, McGuinness, Flint were more suited to the Dylan material, and the Dylan songs they chose were a deliberate effort to delve specifically into material that Dylan had not released (as of that time) in any official versions -- this was stuff that was known either only as compositions, or from various white-label bootlegs that were around then. The result was a record as good as anything the Band ever turned in, a gorgeous, haunting electric/acoustic mixture with impassioned vocals, impeccable musicianship, and what were then revelations about some of Dylan's best and least-known songs. (Remember, he was off the road then, and releasing maybe an album a year.) The numbers include "Eternal Circle" (added to this reissue in an alternate mix version as a bonus track), "Lay Down Your Weary Tune," "Open the Door Homer," "Don't You Tell Henry," "Get Your Rocks Off," "Tiny Montgomery" (a bonus track previously available only as a single B-side), "I Wanna Be Your Lover," "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," "Lo and Behold," and "Sign on the Cross." The sound is stunningly clean, and the new historical notes by Tom McGuinness are cool.
2 comments :
Thanks for this one davi - wasn't aware it even existed, but as an old McGuinness Flint fan, I'm happy that it does!
Have had this now for a couple of years. Great to see you post it as it is still one of the best Dylan covers albums of all time - and one that contains material not covered all that often. Also great to see the Mott the Hoople posts and the Blue Ridge Rangers.
Would love to also hear the Dylan Project 2 as Steve Gibbons always does a fine job of covering Dylan.
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