Album Released: March 27, 1967
Audio Fidelity CD Released: August 7, 2012
Label: Audio Fidelity HDCD (AFZ 140)
-Audio Fidelity's 24K Gold series releases the greatest hits of the living legend, Bob Dylan.
-Album contains "Like a Rolling Stone", the biggest chart hit for Dylan himself, along with "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Mr. Tambourine Man."
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits is the eighth album released by Bob Dylan on Columbia Records. It contains every Top 40 single Dylan enjoyed through 1967. It peaked at #10 on the pop album chart in the United States, and went to #3 on the album chart in the United Kingdom. Certified five times platinum by the RIAA, it is his best-selling album in the U.S. This Limited 24kt Gold disc pressing from Audio Fidelity is mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephan Marsh Mastering.
Arriving in 1967, Greatest Hits does an excellent job of summarizing Dylan's best-known songs from his first seven albums. At just ten songs, it's a little brief, and the song selection may be a little predictable, but that's actually not a bad thing, since this provides a nice sampler for the curious and casual listener, as it boasts standards from "Blowin' in the Wind" to "Like a Rolling Stone." And, for collectors, the brilliant non-LP single "Positively Fourth Street" was added, which provided reason enough for anybody that already owned the original records to pick this up. This has since been supplanted by more exhaustive collections, but as a sampler of Dylan at his absolute peak, this is first-rate. Reviewed by Stephen Thomas Erlewine allmusic.com
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits is a masterful sampler of Dylan at his absolute peak, a first-rate
summary of his incredible output and best-known songs from his first seven albums
starting with a cut from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) and ending with a selection from Blonde On Blonde (1966).
It's hard to find ten songs that are better and more musically relevant than those on this disc. From folky classics like "The Times They Are A-Changin'" to poetic bluesy rock songs like "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
Bob Dylan's early days were as tumultuous and groundbreaking as anything else in the history of popular music, he was the undeniable voice of the 60's and so many artists have covered songs included on this recording. In 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary enjoyed a #2 hit single with "Blowin' in the Wind" and in 1965 "Mr. Tambourine Man" was a number # 1 hit for The Byrds and the Turtles folk-rock version of "It Ain't Me Babe" reached #8. The epic "Like a Rolling Stone" was the biggest chart hit for Dylan himeslf and the tune Rolling Stone magazine chose as the #1 Pop Song of All Time.
Dylan is by now a living legend and recently received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honour. At the award ceremony President Obama said, "Bob's voice, with its weight, its unique gravel power, was re-defining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music."
The iconic album cover won the 1967 Grammy award for Best Album Cover, Photography. This release includes a booklet-size copy of the now-familiar psychedelic poster of Dylan done by Milton Glaser that was included in the original LP.
Producers: John H. Hammond, Tom Wilson, Bob Johnston
Mastered by STEVE HOFFMAN at Stephen Marsh Mastering
Complete scans included.
Enjoy!
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