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0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Tape quality extremely poor,. Should have known better! Dec 24, 2009
I've never received a poor-quality tape from Amazon before, but there's always a first time and this was it. It's worse than my old tape. It's nothing I can listen to. Sounds like it's being played on a noisy old ferris wheel going up and down!
Thanks for asking!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
ESSENTIAL DYLAN Jan 08, 2009
WHAT IS THE BEST BOB DYLAN ALBUM? THAT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION TO ANSWER, 'CAUSE THE MAN IS A POET AND HE HAS WRITTEN SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC. BUT "BLOOD ON THE TRACKS" IS A HEARTFELT EFFORT, TRULY INSPIRED. AFTER KIND OF FALLING OFF THE MAP FOR AWHILE, DYLAN CAME OUT WITH THIS GREAT OFFERING IN THE MID 70'S. HE SEEMS TO HAVE REDISCOVERED HIMSELF ON THIS ALBUM. IT'S GREAT FROM BEGINNING TO END. ESSENTIAL BOB DYLAN RECORDING.
Pick your precious poison... Sep 23, 2008
In the slighted reflection of a time gone by, where progressive blue-rock was the soul and voice of a generation, perhaps this album is easily lost amongst the tide of masterpieces that flooded in seemingly from all directions. Indeed, 'Highway' and 'Blonde on Blonde' can be seen as far more 'important' albums, at least as far as musical - as well as social - evolution is concerned.
But as the dust settles on those days, we begin to form a clearer picture of that which owes itself truly to the music. For Dylan, there was no greater moment than Blood On The Tracks. Released at a time when Vietnam, Woodstock, and the swingin'-60's were blemishes in the rear-view mirror, the Man somehow tapped into something quite magical - something greater than social or political despair, something more significant than electric folk and blues laden rock riffs. He tapped into love.
Never since, before, or during, have I ever witnessed such a concentrated and definitive exploration of the soul: where love is born, and where it goes to die. We are taken on an intensely personal journey into one man's mind, into his emotions - through a chiaroscuro of pleasure and despair, of hopefulness and hopelessness, of humor, anger, fear, fate, delusion, death.
Like I said in the title, pick your poison. There is much littered through this album (in a good way, obviously). And if this poison happens truly to be fatal, I will have died happily.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
"Shelter from the storm" and excellent on sunny days too Jul 06, 2007
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
I recall early 1975 as if it were yesterday. Progressive Rock radio led by WNEW-FM in New York City was alive and well. The moment Columbia Records dropped off "Blood On The Tracks" the grooves would be worn out long before its time.
Critics of Dylan were muzzled after experiencing the ten tracks. The group that loved to say he was a man from the sixties now a fish out of water, ate their own words a plethora of times. On another side of the fence were those that didn't like Dylan. After "Tangled Up In Blue" became entrenched in their minds they couldn't help come up with the five bucks for the LP.
A record full of masterpieces doesn't necessarily grab your attention the first time. It may need several spins before you comprehend the message. That wasn't the case with "Blood On The Tracks." Do you recall the initial listening to "Idiot Wind" with Dylan's phrasing of the word idiot? It was authoritative, haunting, and brilliant, and that was only verse one. "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" didn't simply command your attention, it put you in the role. You seemed glued in your tracks, unable to move until the final notes were played. "Shelter From The Storm" and "Buckets Of Rain" were a marvelous combination of tracks from the genius of Bob to end one of his most important records ever.
If you never experienced this on CD or need a better pressing than the oldest version, it sound magnificent as she gives you shelter from the storm.
For those that thought this may be hard to parallel even by Dylan, "Desire" took care of any self-doubt!
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
"Shelter from the storm" anytime you seek some sanctuary Jul 06, 2007
As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.
I recall early 1975 as if it were yesterday. Progressive Rock radio led by WNEW-FM in New York City was alive and well. The moment Columbia Records dropped off "Blood On The Tracks" the grooves would be worn out long before its time.
Critics of Dylan were muzzled after experiencing the ten tracks. The group that loved to say he was a man from the sixties now a fish out of water, ate their own words a plethora of times. On another side of the fence were those that didn't like Dylan. After "Tangled Up In Blue" became entrenched in their minds they couldn't help come up with the five bucks for the LP.
A record full of masterpieces doesn't necessarily grab your attention the first time. It may need several spins before you comprehend the message. That wasn't the case with "Blood On The Tracks." Do you recall the initial listening to "Idiot Wind" with Dylan's phrasing of the word idiot? It was authoritative, haunting, and brilliant, and that was only verse one. "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" didn't simply command your attention, it put you in the role. You seemed glued in your tracks, unable to move until the final notes were played. "Shelter From The Storm" and "Buckets Of Rain" were a marvelous combination of tracks from the genius of Bob to end one of his most important records ever.
If you never experienced this on CD or need a better pressing than the oldest version, it sound magnificent as she gives you shelter from the storm.
For those that thought this may be hard to parallel even by Dylan, "Desire" took care of any self-doubt!
Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
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