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- Dennis Coulson -- vocals, guitar, keyboards

- Dixie Dean -- bass, harmonica 

- Hughie Flint -- vocals, drums, percussion 

- Tom McGuinness -- vocals, bass, guitar 

- The Blues Band (Hughie Flint and Tom McGuinness)

- Casey Jones and the Engineers (Tom McGuinness

- Chanter (Hughie Flint)

- Dennis Coulson (solo efforts)

- The London Thunderbirds (Tom McGuinness)

- Manfred Mann  (Tom McGuinness)

- John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (Hughie Flint and Tom McGuinness)

- McGuinness Flint (Highie Flint and Tom McGuinness)

- The Roosters (Tom McGuinness)

- The Taliesmen (Tom McGuinness)

Genre: rock

Rating: 5 stars *****

Title:  Lo and Behold

Company: DJM

Catalog: DJLPS-424
Year: 1972

Country/State: UK

Grade (cover/record): VG+/VG+

Comments: gatefold sleeve; textured cover; UK pressing

Available: 1

Catalog ID: 5529

Price: $50.00

Bob Dylan cover LPs are literally a rite of passage for rock artists with some of the biggest names in the business having succumbed to the desire/need to record one ...  The Byrds, Judy Collins, Bryan Ferry, Steve Gibbons, The Hollies, est., etc. ...  the list seemingly goes on and on.  That said, 1972's "Lo and Behold" is probably the best of the lot and also one of the least known ...

Following the collapse of McGuinness Flint mark one (Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle having elected to head off on their own), drummer Hughie Flint and singer/guitarist Tom McGuinness hooked up with singer/guitarist Dennis Coulson and bassist Dixie Dean to form the cleverly titled Coulson, Dean, McGuinness, Flint.  Released by DJM (Sire acquiring American distribution rights), their debut album found the quartet taking on a series of ten Dylan compositions, most little known Dylan compositions. Elsewhere 'Sign of the Cross' and 'Get Your rocks Off'' were previously unreleased "Basement Tapes" songs.  Co-produced by the band and Manfred Mann (McGuinness had previously been a member of Manfred Mann's band), the results were almost magical.  Powered by Coulson's rustic voice, these guys came off as an British version of The Band, albeit with a more commercial knack.  Virtually everyone of the ten tracks were worth hearing making it hard to come up with favorites.  If pressured I'd go with:

# 1 - 'Lo and Behold' - imagine The Faces doing a highly commercial Dylan number at their most carefree (as opposed to when they were trying to play while falling down drunk).

# 2 - 'Let Me Die In My Footsteps' - Hum, perhaps because of the Indian percussion (tablas) and rhythms this one's always reminded me of Roger McGuinn doing a Dylan after spending a month cleansing his spirit in India.  

# 3 - 'Open the Door Henry' - The most commercial tune on the LP ...

I'm not big on hyperbole, but this is truly one of those lost mid-1970s rock classics.  And the damn thing is still affordable too boot ...

"Lo and Behold" track listing:
(side 1)

1.) Eternal Circle   (Bob Dylan) - 

2.) Lo and Behold   (Bob Dylan) - 

3.) Let Me Die In My Footsteps   (Bob Dylan) - 

4.) Open the Door Henry   (Bob Dylan) - 

5.) Lay Down Your Weary Tune   (Bob Dylan) - 

(side 2)
1.) Don't You Tell Henry   (Bob Dylan) - 

2.) Get Your Rocks Off   (Bob Dylan) - 

3.) The Death of Emmett Till   (Bob Dylan) - 

4.) Odds and Ends   (Bob Dylan) - 

5.) Sign of the Cross   (Bob Dylan) -

Sire released the US version with different cover art - they slapped the UK LP inner sleeve group photo as the new cover (Sire catalog number SAS-7405).   Sire managed to misspell McGuinness' name as 'McGuiness'.

Genre: rock

Rating: 5 stars *****

Title:  Lo and Behold

Company: Sire

Catalog: SAS-7405
Year: 1972

Country/State: UK

Grade (cover/record): VG+/VG+

Comments: gatefold sleeve

Available: 3

Catalog ID: 5530

Price: $30.00

See above comments for a review of the LP.  

"Lo and Behold" track listing:
(side 1)

1.) Eternal Circle   (Bob Dylan) - 

2.) Lo and Behold   (Bob Dylan) - 

3.) Let Me Die In My Footsteps   (Bob Dylan) - 

4.) Open the Door Henry   (Bob Dylan) - 

5.) Lay Down Your Weary Tune   (Bob Dylan) - 

(side 2)
1.) Don't You Tell Henry   (Bob Dylan) - 

2.) Get Your Rocks Off   (Bob Dylan) - 

3.) The Death of Emmett Till   (Bob Dylan) - 

4.) Odds and Ends   (Bob Dylan) - 

5.) Sign of the Cross   (Bob Dylan) -