October 17: Bob Dylan first recording session for “John Wesley Harding” in 1967
I heard the sound that Gordon Lightfoot was getting, with Charlie McCoy and Kenny Buttrey. I’d used Charlie and Kenny both before, and I figured if he could get that sound, I could…. but we couldn’t...
View ArticleOctober 23: Bob Dylan – The 4th recording session for “The Times They Are...
“The message isn’t in the words, …. I don’t do anything with a sort of message. I’m just transferring my thoughts into music. Nobody can give you a message like that.” ~Bob Dylan (to Ray Coleman, May...
View ArticleOctober 24: Bob Dylan – The 5th recording session for “The Times They Are...
Come writers and critics Who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide The chance won’t come again And don’t speak too soon For the wheel’s still in spin And there’s no tellin’ who That it’s...
View ArticleBob Dylan & The Band: The Genuine Basement Tapes Volume 1-5 (audio)
On November 4, 2014, Columbia/Legacy will issue The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, an official 6-CD box set of all Dylan’s available basement recordings, including 30...
View ArticleNovember 9: Bob Dylan recorded Wedding Song in 1973
I love you more than ever, more than time and more than love I love you more than money and more than the stars above Love you more than madness, more than waves upon the sea Love you more than life...
View ArticleNovember 20: Bob Dylan: first recording session for.. “Bob Dylan”– 1961
CBS is proud to introduce a major new figure in American folk music—Bob Dylan. Excitement has been running high since the young man with a guitar ambled into a recording studio for two sessions in...
View ArticleNovember 22: Bob Dylan: second recording session for.. “Bob Dylan”, 1961
CBS is proud to introduce a major new figure in American folk music—Bob Dylan. Excitement has been running high since the young man with a guitar ambled into a recording studio for two sessions in...
View ArticleNovember 29: Bob Dylan – Third (and final) recording session for “John Wesley...
JW: John Wesley Harding – why did you call the album that? BD: We… I called it that because I had that song John Wesley Harding. It didn’t mean anything to me. I called it that, Jann, ‘cause I had the...
View ArticleDec 6: The 7th Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan recording session in 1962
Freewheelin’ in it’s released form is essentially a “best of” from one of the most creative years in Dylan’s life. The lag between sessions resulted in an album whose sound metamorphosed at least...
View ArticleDec 27: Bob Dylan Blood On The Tracks, 5th recording session in 1974
By November 1974 Dylan had cut a test pressing of “Blood On The Tracks” based on his 4 recording sessions in New York (in September), and Columbia was aiming for a pre-christmas release. Our earlier...
View ArticleDec 30: Bob Dylan Blood On The Tracks, 6th & final recording session
The second session @ Minneapolis’ Sound 80 Studios, and the last recording session for “Blood On The Tracks”. With the first session being a success, Dylan was more relaxed for this session. He knew...
View ArticleBob Dylan: First recording session for “Under The Red Sky”, 6 January 1990
I made this record, Under the Red Sky, with Don Was, but at the same time I was also doing the Wilburys record. I don’t know how it happened that I got into both albums at the same time. ~Bob Dylan (to...
View Article50 years ago: Bob Dylan – The first recording session for “Bringing It All...
I never wanted to write topical songs,…. Have you heard my last two records, Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61? It’s all there. That’s the real Dylan. ~Bob Dylan (Frances Taylor Interview, Aug....
View ArticleJan 14: Bob Dylan – The Second Recording Session for “Bringing It All Back...
….Bringing It All Back Home, that was like a break through point, it’s the kind of music I’ve been striving to make and I believe that in time people will see that. It’s hard to explain it, it’s that...
View ArticleJan 15: Bob Dylan – The third & final recording session for “Bringing It All...
I’ve written some songs that I look at, and they just give me a sense of awe….stuff like, It’s Alright, Ma, just the alliteration in that blows me away. And I can also look back and know where I was...
View ArticleFeb 12: Bob Dylan 2nd Saved recording session 1980
A far more productive session at Muscle Shoals yields three [four] cuts on Saved, including the seemingly improvised opener, “Satisfied Mind,” which is cut in a single rake, as is “Saved” (although...
View ArticleFeb 13: Bob Dylan – 2nd Nashville Skyline session in 1969
Well, Jann, I’ll tell you something. There’s not too much of a change in my singing style, but I’ll tell you something which is true… I stopped smoking. When I stopped smoking my voice changed… So...
View ArticleFeb 14: Bob Dylan- Third Recording Session for “Nashville Skyline” in 1969
This new album is country Dylan, a collection of unaffected and highly tuneful love songs, riding comfortably cushioned on the Nashville sound, which sometimes, as in “To Be Alone With You” or “One...
View ArticleFeb 17: Bob Dylan’s 4th recording session for “Nashville Skyline (w/Johnny...
I like Johnny Cash a lot. I like everything he does really. ~Bob Dylan (to Nat Hentoff – Autumn 1965) In the end, Nashville Skyline is a lovely album but not a heavyweight contender, though its effects...
View ArticleFeb 18: Bob Dylan’s 5th recording session for “Nashville Skyline (w/Johnny...
I like Johnny Cash a lot. I like everything he does really. ~Bob Dylan (to Nat Hentoff – Autumn 1965) In the end, Nashville Skyline is a lovely album but not a heavyweight contender, though its effects...
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