| Product Summary | | Label: Sanctuary Records Group | | UPC: 00060768991422 | | Release Date: 8/10/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 61016751 | | Item#: MEVF4T | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Times They Are A-Changin', The - Apple Gabriel ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Maggie's Farm - Toots Hibbert ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Just Like A Woman - Beres Hammond ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Lay, Lady, Lay - The Mighty Diamonds ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Gotta Serve Somebody - Nasio - (featuring Drummie Zeb/The Razor Posse) ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Luciano ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, The - Michael Rose ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Subterranean Homesick Blues - Sizzla ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Mr. Tambourine Man - Gregory Isaacs ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - JC Lodge ~ Various Artists | | | 11. One Too Many Mornings - Abijah ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Blowin' In The Wind - Don Carlos ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, A - Billy Mystic ~ Various Artists | | | 14. I And I - Bob Dylan (Reggae remix) ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Initial pressings of IS IT ROLLING BOB? include a bonus CD featuring 8 dub mixes. | | Tributee: Bob Dylan. | | Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Chuckie Youth, Dwight Pinkney, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Mark Knopfler, Mick Taylor (guitar); Lee Jaffe, Toots Hibbert (harmonica); Dean Fraser (saxophone); Robert Lyn (keyboards, synthesizer); Courick Clarke, Alan Clark (keyboards); Drummie Zeb, Deleon Jubba White, Sly Dunbar (drums); Raul Jr. Rico (congas); Sky Juice (percussion); Leeba Hibbert (background vocals). | | Liner Note Author: Roger Steffens. | | Recording information: Anchor Studios, Kingston, Jamaica (06/03/2003-06/05/2003). | | The music of Bob Dylan has long been highly valued in Jamaica (the Wailers recorded an odd, eerie version of "Like a Rolling Stone" as early as 1966), and given the amazing elastic mutability of his songs (and the equally elastic adaptability of reggae rhythms), it should come as no surprise that a collection of reggae covers of his compositions should pop up now and again. Is It Rolling Bob? presents 14 reggaefied versions of Dylan songs, and while nothing is patently awful, the truth is that most of these tracks are more curious than inspiring or memorable. The fact that Jamaica was once essentially an island slave plantation (and given that Toots Hibbert could sing the want ads and make them stick) gives "Maggie's Farm" an added poignancy here, while "Mr. Tambourine Man" makes an amazingly fluid transition to reggae in the hands of the great Gregory Isaacs, but tracks like "Lay Lady Lay" by the Mighty Diamonds mostly just sound strange, even slightly off-kilter. The disc closes with a remix of Dylan's vocal version of "I and I" done by Doctor Dread, and aside from being a bit more atmospheric than the version from Infidels (which already had the great Jamaican rhythm section of Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare on it), it is surprisingly close to the original mix. For the casual listener, these versions will simply be mildly interesting curios. ~ Steve Leggett |
Producer: Doctor Dread; Bob Dylan |
Engineer: Nigel Burrell; Jimmie Gately; Dwight "Fudgie" Dias; Tixie; Derrick Litchmore; Fatta; Greg Ladanyi; Jim Fox; Dr. Marshall |
Musical Guests | | Drummie Zeb | | The Razor Posse |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/10/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 89914 | | Label : Sanctuary (USA) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00060768991422 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.78)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]here are some real highlights - most notably Toots Hibbert's version of 'Maggie's Farm'..." |
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