MTV Unplugged

by Bob Dylan

Overview

This show, taped for MTV, finds Dylan turning in an 11-song set, with eight of the songs dating from his 1963-1967 heyday, including such standards as "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Like a Rolling Stone." ("John Brown," a powerful antiwar song from 1963, had not been released on a Dylan album previously.) The '70s are represented by "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," and the '80s by "Shooting Star" and "Dignity" (a trunk song, the studio version of which had emerged only the previous November on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3). Dylan, accompanied by a competent five-piece band, approaches his material in a gentler fashion than on some of the originals -- "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "With God on Our Side," for example, seem sadder and less defiant than they did back in 1964. Otherwise, unlike some other Unplugged performances, this one doesn't offer a noticeably different view of the artist's work. But then, Dylan has been unplugged for much of his career, anyway. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	04/28/2009
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0886974859024
Rank:	185328

Tracks

1. Tombstone Blues
2. Shooting Star
3. All Along the Watchtower
4. The Times They Are A-Changin'
5. John Brown
6. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
7. Desolation Row
8. Dignity
9. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
10. Like a Rolling Stone
11. With God on Our Side

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Dylan   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Winston Watson   Drums
Milt Lage   Director
Tony Garnier   Bass
Bucky Baxter   Guitar (Steel),Dobro,Pedal Steel
Larry Campbell   Guitar
John Jackson   Guitar
Brendan O'Brien   Organ,Organ (Hammond)

Technical Credits

Bob Dylan   Composer
Frank Micelotta   Photography
Kim Gaucher   Illustrations,Artwork
Allen Weinberg   Art Direction,Design
Tommy Morrongiello   Stage Technician
Don Was   Mixing
Alan Santos   Production Coordination
Jules Aerts   Monitor Engineer
Ed Wynne   Engineer
Ed Cherney   Mixing
Greg Calbi   Mastering
Jeff Rosen   Executive Producer
Scott Hull   Mastering
Randy Ezratty   Engineer