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John Wesley Harding is Bob Dylan's 8th studio album, released by Columbia Records in 1967.
 
Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to acoustic music and traditional roots, after three albums of electric rock music.
 
In 2003, the album was ranked # 301 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
 
Review from allmusic.com
Bob Dylan returned from exile with John Wesley Harding, a quiet, country-tinged album that split dramatically from his previous three. A calm, reflective album, John Wesley Harding strips away all of the wilder tendencies of Dylan's rock albums -- even the then-unreleased Basement Tapes he made the previous year -- but it isn't a return to his folk roots. If anything, the album is his first serious 
foray into country, but only a handful of songs, such as "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," are straight country songs. Instead, John Wesley Harding is informed by the rustic sound of country, as well as many rural myths, with seemingly simple songs like "All Along the Watchtower," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," and "The Wicked Messenger" revealing several layers of meaning with repeated plays. 
Although the lyrics are somewhat enigmatic, the music is simple, direct, and melodic, providing a touchstone for the country-rock revolution that swept through rock in the late '60s.
 
Track listing:
1. "John Wesley Harding" – 2:58
2. "As I Went Out One Morning" – 2:49
3. "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" – 3:53
4. "All Along the Watchtower" – 2:31
5. "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" – 5:35
6. "Drifter's Escape" – 2:52
7. "Dear Landlord" – 3:16
8. "I Am a Lonesome Hobo" – 3:19
9. "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" – 4:12
10. "The Wicked Messenger" – 2:02
11. "Down Along the Cove" – 2:23
12. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" – 2:34
 
Personnel
Bob Dylan - Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Pete Drake - Steel Guitar
Charlie McCoy - Bass
Kenneth A. Buttrey - Drums
Bob Johnston - Producer
Charlie Bragg - Engineer
 
Technical Log
Marantz SA-15 Stereo CD/SACD-Player
Tascam US-144 Audio Interface
Wavelab 5.01 Recording Software
 
SACD-Player > Tascam > Laptop > recorded in 24/96 > split into seperate Tracks >
FLAC encoded (1.21) > create m3U & cue with Foobar2000
 
Please burn gapless to match original track layout.