Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos will be released on Tuesday, October 19th, in conjunction with the re-release of the artist's first eight long-playing albums in a box set titled Bob Dylan – The Original Mono Recordings. Both sets have been long sought-after by collectors and fans worldwide, with The Witmark Demos seeing their first commercial release nearly five decades after they were first recorded, and The Original Mono Recordings returning to the marketplace for the first time ever on CD as well as on fully analogue 180-gram vinyl. Both are now available for pre-sale with an exclusive t-shirt and limited edition 18x24" Bob Dylan poster at SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan. You can also pre-order the CD or vinyl sets at Amazon.
The Witmark Demos features 47 Bob Dylan songs recorded by the artist accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, harmonica and occasionally piano on 2 CD or 4 LP 180-gram vinyl. All of these songs were written – and their subsequent demos recorded – before Bob Dylan turned 24 years old.
Among the many gems are 15 Bob Dylan songs that were recorded by the artist only for these sessions, and which have never been officially released to the public until now. These include the plaintive "Ballad For A Friend," the civil rights era-inspired "Long Ago, Far Away" and "The Death Of Emmett Till," and the poignant "Guess I'm Doing Fine."
The Original Mono Recordings is comprised of Bob Dylan's first eight long-playing albums, painstakingly reproduced from their first generation monaural mixes as the artist intended them to be heard. These eight albums – spanning the artist's self-titled debut in March 1962, through John Wesley Harding released on December 27, 1967 – are universally regarded as some of the most important works in the history of recorded music.
Together with The Witmark Demos, they provide the public with a wide-ranging view of Bob Dylan's work during the 1960s, and chronicle his amazing evolution from fledgling songwriter to one of the world's most inventive and singular recording artists.
Rolling Stone Preview Bob Dylan's Major New Art Show
Exhibit in Denmark features paintings of Brazil
By Daniel Kreps
Bob Dylan, who has been painting since the 1960s (he created the cover of the Band's Music From Big Pink) will have new paintings and drawings on display at Denmark's Statens Museum for Kunst September 4th through January 30th. "It was an honor to be asked and a thrilling challenge," Dylan said in a statement about the collection, called "Brazil Series," which he created exclusively for the museum: "I chose Brazil as a subject because I have been there many times and I like the atmosphere." Inspired by early 20th century American realism and painters like Matisse, Dylan depicts politicians, gamblers, wine growers, and other denizens of Brazil. The exhibit will feature 40 acrylic paintings and eight drawings. See five "Brazil Series" paintings, plus earlier artwork by Dylan, in this gallery.
Dylan's Slow Train Coming track, "Man Gave Names to All the Animals," inspired the new children's book illustrated by artist Jim Arnosky. The book will feature drawings inspired by Dylan's lyrics and an accompanying CD of the song (publication date: TBA). To find out more or to check out Bob Dylan's own artwork in Rolling Stone's Art of Music gallery, visit RollingStone.com by clicking here.
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10 of 115Morei'm sorry i have a backache...think i'm MOT(member of the tribe) hope u are now people expect u to whine, then like, get who HaShem is, k?
im gonna rag on ya mr z but y do approve me? don't wanna b harassed
can't usually do something i have trouble spelling unless its kurdistan
oh please b my friend...i can't live if aren't u have the same birthday as rosa parks?...thats impressive
Well, I sure know what I want for Christmas. I never thought at 63 I'd be asking Santa for the same thing I asked for when I was 13.
Hope you become hundred. Bu
Lewis died with final words for Clark. Adams had words for Jefferson. Who are your words for? Who? Einstein's long gone. Who ya got to rattle your cage? Yank your chain ? Blow smoke up yer trouser leg? Come again? tsk tsk tsk. Ollie ollie ox in free.
Happy birthday! Long live the writer, the poet and singer robert Zimmerman, Bob Dylan!!!!!
KPFK
A Los Angeles Pacifica radio station is giving away a set of CDs of Pacifica rADIO INTERVIEWS and performances from WBAI in NY, plus more much of which was just discovered...(They been doing restoration of the archives big time for the last couple of years..
almost 4 hours of material only 17 minutes of which have been released in the past.
All it takes is a $50 donation to the station.
The show is streaming on the web now!
http://www.kpfk.org/listen-live.html
Congratulations with your birthday, Bob Dylan. In this special occation, danish TV celebrated with interviews and films and music. It was really a succesfull ending, with a life performance of "Knock on Heavens Door". It gives a lot of culturel thoughts and feelings in the evening. Good luck.
may, 24- 2011 - Happy Birthday dearest Bob.!! And all the best.!! Regards.