Bob Dylan - Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Hybrid SACD UDSACD2202
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes and Limited to 2,500 Numbered Copies
On the surface, Bob Dylan's Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid serves as a potent soundtrack to Sam Peckinpah's western of the same name. Dating from 1973, the Grammy-nominated set continued a rustic current Dylan explored on prior efforts such as Nashville Skyline and John Wesley Harding. It also demonstrated the singer could successfully lend his talents to a film and produce music that not only illuminated the mood, personalities, and actions on screen but exist and thrive independent of them. Yet Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid is much more, and most importantly, finally receives its just sonic due more than four decades after its initial release.
Mastered from the original master tapes on Mobile Fidelity's world-renowned mastering system, and strictly limited to 2,500 numbered copies, this hybrid SACD features reference-level instrumental separation and full-bodied tones that allow the songs to blossom amidst soundstages whose dimensions are limited only by the breadth of your stereo system. The flinty, raw acoustic edge of Dylan and Bruce Langhorne's guitars come into immediate relief. Booker T. Jones' relaxed albeit taut bass, Jolly Roger's down-home banjo, Russ Kunkel's textured bongos, and the crucial string accompaniments similarly flourish.
Tracklist
1 Main Title Theme (Billy)
2 Cantina Theme (Workin' For The Law)
3 Billy 1
4 Bunkhouse Theme
5 River Theme
6 Turkey Chase
7 Knockin' On Heaven's Door
8 Final Theme
9 Billy 4 (Recorded In Mexico City)
10 Billy 7
