The Collection: Nashville Skyline / New Morning / John Wesley Harding (3-CD)

by Bob Dylan

Product Description:

THE COLLECTION contains: NASHVILLE SKYLINE (1969)/NEW MORNING (1970)/JOHN WESLEY HARDING (1967).

Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Johnny Cash (vocals); David Bromberg (electric guitar, dobro); Al Kooper (electric guitar, French horn, piano, organ); Rob Cornelius, Buzzy Feiten (electric guitar); Pete Drake (steel guitar); Harvey Brooks, Charles McCoy, Charlie Daniels (bass instrument); Russ Kunkel, Billy Mundi, Kenny Buttrey (drums); Hilda Harris, Maeretha Stewart, Albertine Watson (background vocals); Norman Blake, Bob Wilson.

Recording information: 1967 - 1970.

This 3-CD set highlights both Bob Dylan's retreat from the cauldron of 1960s social unrest and his increasing involvement with country music. 1966's JOHN WESLEY HARDING, his first release after his debilitating motorcycle accident, found the singer's preoccupations more opaque than ever, its unadorned arrangements paving the way for the more obvious country stylings of 1969's NASHVILLE SKYLINE, while 1970's NEW MORNING confirmed the artist's lyrical and musical drift toward gentle domesticity.