Another Side Of Bob Dylan CD

This is a multi-channel hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

On this album it was clear that Dylan was becoming bored with straight folk, although his music was still acoustic. His left-thinking devotees began to raise an eyebrow at subtle lyrical shifts, yet this album was to be raided time and again--particularly by the Byrds--in 1965's folk rock boom. There is much free-spirited music, as if Dylan was somehow aware of the acceptance that was around the corner, and it has been noted that here were the first signs of his trademark vocal style so prevalent through the rest of the '60s. Take your pick: most of the offerings are striking. "My Back Pages," "All I Really Want To Do," "It Ain't Me Babe," and even a last nod to protest, "The Chimes Of Freedom." How can one man have been so prolific?

The other side of Bob Dylan referred to in the title is presumably his romantic, absurdist, and whimsical one -- anything that wasn't featured on the staunchly folky, protest-heavy Times They Are A-Changin', really. Because of this, Another Side of Bob Dylan is a more varied record and it's more successful, too, since it captures Dylan expanding his music, turning in imaginative, poetic performances on love songs and protest tunes alike. This has an equal number of classics to its predecessor, actually, with "All I Really Want to Do," "Chimes of Freedom," "My Back Pages," "I Don't' Believe You," and "It Ain't Me Babe" standing among his standards, but the key to the record's success is the album tracks, which are graceful, poetic, and layered. Both the lyrics and music have gotten deeper and Dylan's trying more things -- this, in its construction and attitude, is hardly strictly folk, as it encompasses far more than that. The result is one of his very best records, a lovely intimate affair. [In 2003, Columbia/Legacy reissued 15 selected titles from Dylan's catalog as hybrid SACDs, playable in both regular CD players and Super Audio CD players. Each title is packaged as a digipak, containing the full original artwork. On each of the titles, and on each of the layers, the remastered sound is spectacular, a considerable upgrade from the initial CD pressings. Another Side of Bob Dylan was one of five titles that also included a 5.1 Surround Sound mix.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Originally released in 1964, this reissue is a hybrid CD consisting of remastered regular version playable on all CD players and a super audio CD version for players equipped with the format. 5.1 Surround Sound too! 11 tracks. Digipak. Sony. 2003.

Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, New York on June 9, 1964. Includes liner notes by Bob Dylan.

Solo performer: Bob Dylan (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano).

Engineers: Roy Hallee, Fred Catero.

Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, trumpet).

Audio Mixers: Michael Brauer; Steven Berkowitz.

Photographers: Hank Parker; Daniel Kramer; Sandy Speiser.Mojo (Publisher) (10/03, pp.124-6) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Dylan's acoustic guitar is bright and crystalline, and his vocals mysteriously acquire a new vitality..."