BOB DYLAN – NASHVILLE SKYLINE LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ UK A2/B2 ORIG 1969

Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline
(CBS Records  1969  S63601)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Front Laminated Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear along spine edge – back cover hqs name and date written at top

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author and painter, who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became a reluctant “voice of a generation” with songs such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are a-Changin'” that became anthems for the Civil Rights Movement and anti-war movement. In 1965, he controversially abandoned his early fan-base in the American folk music revival, recording a six-minute single, “Like a Rolling Stone”, which enlarged the scope of popular music.

Dylan’s lyrics incorporate a wide range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences. They defied existing pop-music conventions and appealed to the burgeoning counterculture. Initially inspired by the performances of Little Richard and the songwriting of Woody Guthrie, Robert Johnson, and Hank Williams, Dylan has amplified and personalized musical genres. In his recording career, which spans more than 50 years, Dylan has explored many of the traditions in American song—from folk, blues, and country to gospel, and rock and roll, and from rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, embracing even jazz and the Great American Songbook. Dylan performs on guitar, keyboards, and harmonica. Backed by a changing lineup of musicians, he has toured steadily since the late 1980s on what has been dubbed “the Never Ending Tour”. His accomplishments as a recording artist and performer have been central to his career, but his songwriting is considered his greatest contribution. Since 1994, Dylan has also published seven books of drawings and paintings, and his work has been exhibited in major art galleries.

As a musician, Dylan has sold more than 100 million records, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. He has also received numerous awards including eleven Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award. Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2008 awarded him a special citation for “his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power”. In May 2012, Dylan received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, and, in 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

Nashville Skyline is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 9, 1969 by Columbia Records.

Building on the rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline displayed a complete immersion into country music. Along with the more basic lyrical themes, simple songwriting structures, and charming domestic feel, it introduced audiences to a radically new singing voice from Dylan—a soft, affected country croon.

The result received a generally positive reaction from critics, and was a commercial success. Reaching number 3 in the US, the album also scored Dylan his fourth UK number 1 album.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan.

Side one

1. “Girl from the North Country” (with Johnny Cash) – 3:41
2. “Nashville Skyline Rag” – 3:12
3. “To Be Alone with You” – 2:07
4. “I Threw It All Away” – 2:23
5. “Peggy Day” – 2:01

Side two

6. “Lay Lady Lay” – 3:18
7. “One More Night” – 2:23
8. “Tell Me That It Isn’t True” – 2:41
9. “Country Pie” – 1:37
10. “Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You” – 3:23

Personnel

• Bob Dylan – guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

• Norman Blake – guitar, dobro
• Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
• Johnny Cash – vocals
• Fred Carter, Jr. – guitar
• Charlie Daniels – bass guitar, guitar
• Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar
• Marshall Grant – bass guitar on “Girl from North Country”
• W.S. Holland – drums on “Girl from North Country”
• Charlie McCoy – guitar, harmonica
• Bob Wilson – organ, piano
• Bob Wootton – electric guitar on “Girl from North Country”

Technical personnel

• Bob Johnston – production
• Charlie Bragg – engineering
• Neil Wilburn – engineering