{"product_id":"hard-rain-1","title":"Hard Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the last few months of 1975 and the first few of 1976, Bob Dylan led two tours, both unoffically called 'Rolling Thunder.' The tours were a kind of travelling circus, with many guest musicians (Roger Mcguinn, Joan Baez, T-Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson, Ronee Blakely) and some weird hangers-on (Dennis Hopper, Sam Shepard). out of these notorious shows came Dylan's much ballyhooed (and largely unseen) four-hour film renaldo and clara, a tv concert special, and this live album, released in late 1976. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOften dismissed as one of Dylan's lesser recordings, \u003ci\u003eHard Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is actually, in some ways, one of his best. partially inspired by Patti Smith and by a chaotic personal life, this album captures Dylan's music at its most raucous. Indeed, some have called it his 'punk' album. His singing, especially on \u003ci\u003eIdiot Wind\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShelter From the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, has never sounded more venomous. Older material like \u003ci\u003eMaggie's Farm\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Too Many Mornings\u003c\/i\u003e is drastically rearranged. \u003ci\u003eHard Rain\u003c\/i\u003e should rightfully be compared to Neil Young's \u003ci\u003eTime Fades Away\u003c\/i\u003e as a wrongfully overlooked live album by a major artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"We Are Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50491298775371,"sku":"345233","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Hard_Rain_Live_0f72b07d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727685052","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/hard-rain-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}