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Bob Dylan - Guitar, Harmonica, Piano & Police Car
Michael Bloomfield - Guitar
Alan Kooper - Organ and Piano
Paul Griffin - Piano and Organ
Bobby Gregg - Drums
Harvey Goldstein - Bass
Charley McCoy - Guitar
Frank Owens - Piano
Russ Savakus - Bass
Produced by Bob Johnston
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Dylan's
first fully fledged electric album engendered considerable
controversy. Folk purists had already waved goodbye to
him, but rock had become the m‚tier through which the
singer could now best express his vision. Session organist
Al Kooper and blues guitarist Michael Bloomfield were
among those providing free-spirited accompaniment to a
collection of songs that redefined pop music. Wrapped in a
raw, driving sound, Dylan's poems - part beat, part
symbolist, part concrete - ensured that contemporaries
could no longer rely on traditional forms, an influence
immediately apparent on recordings by the Beatles and the
Rolling Stones. There are lyrics of a generation still to
be found on this album.
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