I reckon McGuinn must have been listening to "Every Little Thing" when he invented the Mr Tambourine man riff. I know he says it's Bach, but you just play them both on a 12 string, they're virtually identical.
I loved BFS in the 80's, I t was my fave for ages. Since the Cd's were released It became my least fave.
therefore I reckon it's mostly down to the merdae CD remastering of the 80's CD.
Since I've had the superior stereo versions on the Capitol box set, I've fallen in love with it again.
Mr Moonlight blows whatever mix you hear, definitley should have put "Kitten" on instead.
I have the b'leg stereo mix of BFS...pretty good, imo.