BOB DYLAN – SLOW TRAIN COMING LP – Nr MINT A2/B1 UK 1979

Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming
(CBS Records  1979  86095)
Matrix No’s: A2/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few crackles at the very start of side 2)

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 68-year career. With an estimated 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it “with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry”. His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop musicconventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.

Slow Train Coming is the nineteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 20, 1979, by Columbia Records. It was Dylan’s first album following his conversion to Christianity, and the songs either express personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings and philosophy. The evangelical nature of the record alienated many of Dylan’s existing fans; at the same time, many Christians were drawn into his fan base. Slow Train Coming was listed at No. 16 in the 2001 book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan.

Side one

1. “Gotta Serve Somebody” – 5:22
2. “Precious Angel” – 6:27
3. “I Believe in You” – 5:02
4. “Slow Train” – 5:55

Side two

5. “Gonna Change My Way of Thinking” – 5:25
6. “Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)” – 3:50
7. “When You Gonna Wake Up” – 5:25
8. “Man Gave Names to All the Animals” – 4:23
9. “When He Returns” – 4:30

Personnel

• Bob Dylan – guitar, vocals

Additional musicians

• Barry Beckett – keyboards, percussion
• Mickey Buckins – percussion
• Carolyn Dennis – background vocals
• Tim Drummond – bass guitar
• Regina Havis – background vocals
• Mark Knopfler – lead guitar
• Muscle Shoals Sound Studio – horns
• Helena Springs – background vocals
• Pick Withers – drums

Technical personnel

• Barry Beckett – production
• Harrison Calloway – arrangements
• Gregg Hamm – engineering
• Bobby Hatta – original mastering engineering
• Wm. Stetz — cover concept/design
• Jerry Wexler – production
• Paul Wexler – original mastering supervision
• David Yates – assistant engineering