One of the strangest albums to come out of the late 60s spoken word record boom – a collection of Bob Dylan tunes, read with a heavy English accent by actor Sebastian Cabot! Cabot's probably best known for his roles
in the shows Checkmate and
Family Affair – and he uses that familiar growly voice to great effect here on Dylan's tunes – spitting them out with a slightly bitter quality that's a fair bit different than Bob's original versions, but still very much
in the same spirit! The backings are relatively spare – bits of strings, guitar, and other instrumentation –
all handled by Irving Spice – and tunes include "It Ain't Me Babe", "Don't Think Twice, It's
All Right", "Like A Rolling Stone", and "Blowin
In The Wind". One of the best examples of "establishment hip" we can think of – and it's records like this that took more steam out of the left than Barry Goldwater ever did!
(Mono pressing, still sealed with some sticker remnants.)