Bob Dylan - "Murder Most Foul"

Surprised no one has commented about the recording itself. IMO for the Qobuz version, the recording is reference quality; the texture of the voice, snares, deep bass and sense of space. Hats off to the recording engineer.

The first half of the song sounded a lot more focused to me than the second half.

My thought is that he had an idea for a song but didn't really know where he wanted to go with it so he decided to play with it during a studio rehearsal. The second half of the song sounds like he is just riffing, throwing ideas against the wall and seeing if anything sticks. My guess nothing or at least not enough did so the song was abandoned at that time and not released.

Why it is being released now is a very good question and we can all speculate until the cows come home and have calves. Maybe he wanted to see if any of the comments he gets spark an idea on how to finish it

I'm waiting for "Murder Most Foul" the musical.

Well I have Dylan that I appreciate and that I can leave behind, as I am sure he would himself agree. I do appreciate the respectful tone this particular thread has evolved to. 
A lot of his riffing stream of consciousness mid song and later speaks to other musical art and artists... might be worth digging thru that playlist....

what a terrible world if Bob ( RZ ) was our only prophets...

” they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look “ just another Bob

@orpheus10 

I've been told more than once that this forum is exclusively for audio, and that my posts deviate from that subject; consequently, anyone who wants to has my permission to delete this post.

You've been hangin' out with the wrong crowd! :~) 

I'm the OP, and I welcome your comments.