Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

If Highway 61 Revisited played as a garage rock record, the double album Blonde on Blonde inverted that sound, blending blues, country, rock, and folk into a wild, careening, and dense sound. Replacing the fiery Michael Bloomfield with the intense, weaving guitar of Robbie Robertson, Bob Dylan led a group comprised of his touring band the Hawks and session musicians through his richest set of songs. Blonde on Blonde is an album of enormous depth, providing endless lyrical and musical revelations on each play. Leavening the edginess of Highway 61 with a sense of the absurd, Blonde on Blonde is comprised entirely of songs driven by inventive, surreal, and witty wordplay, not only on the rockers but also on winding, moving ballads like "Visions of Johanna," "Just Like a Woman," and "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands." Throughout the record, the music matches the inventiveness of the songs, filled with cutting guitar riffs, liquid organ riffs, crisp pianos, and even woozy brass bands ("Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"). It's the culmination of Dylan's electric rock & roll period -- he would never release a studio record that rocked this hard, or had such bizarre imagery, ever again. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Kooper Horn, Musician, Organ, Keyboards, Guitar Amy Herot Reissue Producer Bill Aikins Musician Bill Atkins Keyboards Bob Dylan Vocals, Piano, Harmonica, Keyboards, Guitar Bob Johnston Audio Production, Producer Charlie McCoy Trumpet, Bass, Musician, Harmonica, Guitar Didier C. Deutsch Tape Research Garth Hudson Saxophone, Keyboards Greg Calbi Mastering, Stereo Master Hargus "Pig" Robbins Musician, Piano, Keyboards Henry Strzelecki Bass, Musician Jaime Robertson Musician Jerry Kennedy Musician, Guitar Jerry Schatzberg Photography Joe South Guitar, Musician Josephine DiDonato Design Kenneth A. Buttrey Drums, Musician Mark Wilder Remixing, Remastering Michael Brauer Mixing Paul Griffin Piano Richard Manuel Drums, Keyboards, Vocals Rick Danko Vocals, Violin, Bass Robbie Robertson Guitar, Vocals, ? Sanford Konikoff Drums Stephen Saper Author Steven Berkowitz Reissue Producer, Mixing Vic Anesini Remixing Wayne Butler Trombone Wayne Moss Musician, Vocals, Guitar