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"All Along the Watchtower" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his eighth studio album, John Wesley Harding (1967). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston . The song's lyrics, which in its original version contain twelve lines, feature a conversation between a joker and a thief.
All compositions by Michael Hedges except "All Along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan. "Face Yourself" – 4:43 "I'm Coming Home" – 4:14 "Woman of the World" – 4:17 "Watching My Life Go By" – 3:16 "I Want You" – 4:00 "The Streamlined Man" – 3:46 "Out on the Parkway" – 2:58 "Holiday" – 5:14 "All Along the Watchtower" (Bob Dylan) – 3:01
John Wesley Harding is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records.Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music.
Hendrix also plays a makeshift kazoo made with a comb and tissue paper in tandem at points with his lead guitar, and backing vocals are performed by Redding along with Dave Mason. With its hard rock riff, the song mixes elements of blues and acid rock .
"All Along the Watchtower" became the band's top-selling single and their only US top 40 hit, peaking at number 20; it reached number five in the UK. [22] The album also included one of Hendrix's most prominent uses of a wah-wah pedal , on "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", which reached number 18 in the UK charts.
The concert was dubbed "Bobfest" by Neil Young at the beginning of his "All Along the Watchtower" cover. A VHS collection of the same name was released on August 25, 1993. On March 4, 2014, the concert was released in Deluxe Edition 2-DVD and Blu-ray sets with bonus performances and behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, as well as a 2-CD set ...
Dave Mason is a 1974 album by Dave Mason and was released on the CBS Records label (a subsidiary of Columbia Records). It was reissued on CD on the One Way label in 1995. This album marked a major change in Mason's sound after his blues rock sound with his Blue Thumb Records releases, blending pop rock and yacht
The album included a cover of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower", a stage version which "directly inspired Hendrix's arrangement of the song". [3] In 1968 they performed "We Can Help You" on Top of the Pops ; this was at No 26 in the UK chart but the pressing plant went on strike, so they could not capitalise on the exposure.