That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound, Daryl Sanders
That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound, Daryl Sanders
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That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound
Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

Author: Daryl Sanders

Narrator: Graham Halstead

Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/02/2018

Synopsis

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan's magnum opus, Blonde on Blonde, not only providing the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the trailblazing album, but also setting the record straight on much of the misinformation that has surrounded the story of how the masterpiece came to be made. Including many new details and eyewitness accounts, as well as keen insight into the Nashville cats who helped Dylan reach rare artistic heights, it explores the lasting impact of rock's first double album. Based on exhaustive research and in-depth interviews with the producer, the session musicians, studio personnel, management personnel, and others, Daryl Sanders chronicles the road that took Dylan from New York to Nashville in search of "that thin, wild mercury sound." As Dylan told Playboy in 1978, the closest he ever came to capturing that sound was during the Blonde on Blonde sessions, where the voice of a generation was backed by musicians of the highest order.

About Daryl Sanders

Daryl Sanders is a music journalist based in Nashville and is one of the foremost authorities on the city's extensive rock and soul history. Sanders has been the editor of a number of magazines covering "the other side of Music City" dating back to the late '70s, including Hank, the Metro, and Bone. He has also written for Performance, the Tennessean, Nashville Scene, City Paper (Nashville), the East Nashvillian, and the Nashville Musician. While his focus has been on music coming out of Nashville, in a career spanning nearly four decades Sanders also has interviewed many legendary rock, soul, and jazz artists not associated with the city, including Frank Zappa, Tom Petty, Joan Baez, Billy Gibbons, Robert Palmer, J. J. Cale, Al Kooper, the Neville Brothers, Betty Carter, Gary Burton, John Handy, Ian Astbury, and Cassandra Wilson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fred on October 21, 2018

I couldn't resist this exploration of three of my favorite subjects: Bob Dylan, the Nashville music scene, and those crazy fecund years of 1966-67 and their impact on our music and culture. Author Sanders really drills down into the recording of Blonde on Blonde, session by session, lick by lick, ly......more

Goodreads review by Richard on March 07, 2019

Daryl Sanders' account of the making of Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, a landmark album whose influence resonates to the present day, is a fascinating read for Dylan fans and will also be of interest to anyone curious about the history of rock'n'roll music writing and production. Sanders offers a wel......more

Goodreads review by Richard on April 20, 2019

I found this compulsive, perhaps mainly because of a renewal of enthusiasm for the great album B on B. The writer is inevitably an anorak --lots of excessive detail about what mumblings were in the control booth on the endless takes of songs and so on. Some tantalizing references on for example Baez......more

Goodreads review by Barry on June 17, 2020

Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde was not only the first double LP record in history (depending on its official release date which may or may not be prior to Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention's Freak Out) but the first time an east coast folk/rock singer songwriter went to Nashville to record with t......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on September 05, 2019

I used to reserve my five stars for timeless classics, but now I'm relaxing my rules. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I learned a lot and totally enjoyed looking back on those days when Dylan did the first rock double album.......more

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