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- Release Date: April 24, 2007
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Raucous (USA)
- UPC: 5013929449824
- WAPI (Tower ID): 106787833
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #100800 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #137 in Spoken Word (See Top 100 Spoken Word Bestsellers)
- #131 in General/Spoken Word (See Top 100 General/Spoken Word Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Sebastian Cabot, Actor" by Sebastian Cabot to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Sebastian Cabot, Actor"Browse more products related to "Sebastian Cabot"Title NoteCult records rarely come any better than Sebastian Cabot's 1967 classic, Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet, an album where the actor -- best known for playing Mr. French on the television series Family Affair -- speaks the lyrics to us, mama, as he goes through a selection of 11 early classics from the Bard. As befitting Bob's reputation as a seer, there's a fair selection of protest tunes -- "Who Killed Davey Moore," "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," but strangely no "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" -- but they're outweighed by romantic tunes and epics like "Boots of Spanish Leather," "Seven Curses," and "Like a Rolling Stone" that fall somewhere in between. Those are the songs that trip off an actor's tongue like poetry, so of course Cabot gravitates toward those, relishing the turns of phrase but not quite with any sense of the meaning of the words. Naturally, this disconnect, combined with the florid symphonic support, is what launched Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet into the cult record stratosphere, rivaling if not quite surpassing William Shatner's glorious odd The Transformed Man, the 1968 LP where Captain Kirk performed "Mr. Tambourine Man" as if he was in the throes of a horrifying acid trip. Cabot isn't frenzied, he's warm, even cuddly, a trait that strikes an odd note on "Who Killed Davey Moore," and that strangeness is the very reason that Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet is worth hearing decades later, but this is also a superb cultural artifact, capturing how the middle-brow mainstream viewed Dylan in 1967. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Album DescriptionCult records rarely come any better than Sebastian Cabot's 1967 classic, Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet, an album where the actor -- best known for playing Mr. French on the television series Family Affair -- speaks the lyrics to us, mama, as he goes through a selection of 11 early classics from the Bard. As befitting Bob's reputation as a seer, there's a fair selection of protest tunes -- "Who Killed Davey Moore," "Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," but strangely no "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" -- but they're outweighed by romantic tunes and epics like "Boots of Spanish Leather," "Seven Curses," and "Like a Rolling Stone" that fall somewhere in between. Those are the songs that trip off an actor's tongue like poetry, so of course Cabot gravitates toward those, relishing the turns of phrase but not quite with any sense of the meaning of the words. Naturally, this disconnect, combined with the florid symphonic support, is what launched Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet into the cult record stratosphere, rivaling if not quite surpassing William Shatner's glorious odd The Transformed Man, the 1968 LP where Captain Kirk performed "Mr. Tambourine Man" as if he was in the throes of a horrifying acid trip. Cabot isn't frenzied, he's warm, even cuddly, a trait that strikes an odd note on "Who Killed Davey Moore," and that strangeness is the very reason that Sebastian Cabot, Actor/Bob Dylan, Poet is worth hearing decades later, but this is also a superb cultural artifact, capturing how the middle-brow mainstream viewed Dylan in 1967. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine If You Enjoy "Sebastian Cabot, Actor (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Sebastian Cabot, Actor (CD)" by Sebastian Cabot (Artist)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! General/Spoken Word BestsellersSpoken Word Bestselling CDs
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