Bob Dylan – Slow Train Coming

Great sounding Canuck-pressed beauty, with a great mastering on whisper-quiet vinyl. Sounds better the louder you play it, in particular 'Gotta Serve Somebody' which has a whomping rhythm-section par excellance.

Although this album is often less appreciated, partly because some people didn’t like Dylan’s religious texts, this album has got plenty of groove and swing. ‘Gotta Serve Somebody’ and ‘Gonna Change My Way of Thinking’ are punchy and still typically Dylan. This vinyl issue is okay, not bad, but not spectacular either. Still a lovely addition for any Dylan fan.

maybe it's the wrong cover. here we have a 1979 pressing with barcode?

I have grown up listening to Bob Dylan now as an older man to capture my youth I am out to purchase as much Dylan vinyl as I can. This is a fantastic album for its time.

This Canadian pressing sounds, to my ears, incredible. The detail, dynamic range, and "depth" of the mix is quite something. Good stuff.

My copy is also flawless, there are no problems at all.

This is the music period when his holy Bobness became really weird. Serving the Lord, or any religious ideology, after he shook up the mainstream in the 60ies with his lyrics is just strange. It makes me wonder. A song like "serving somebody" stands completely diametrical to a song like Lennons "God". And both caracters have been enourms influencal in participating in the counterculture, but obiously gained a very different perspective. Most of his later albums, made it really hard to listen the earlier Dylan, it really blurs the listening experience as a whole.

What a gorgeous pressing. Rich and clear with lots of depth.

Tremendous record. I know it's sacrilegious to say it (pun not intended), but I think this might be Dylan's best record since Blonde on Blonde. Musically, he's in top form. Lyrically - it's like he's caught his second wind. He's writing with a purpose like he hadn't had for years. He's polemicizing the crooks and sinners of society. I can understand why some find the sudden transformation of Dylan's ethical/political commitments grating, but he is nonetheless one of music's great all-time polemicists. And he brings all his tools to bear here. The pressing sounds solid.

Very nice laid back album. First impressions are a mix of stef kamil carlens and Herman brood. ☺