Re: the Boxer - it's the shitty overdubbed/doubled vocals
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 September 2017 00:10 (six years ago) link
a side effect of getting really into self portrait is "days of '49" is stuck in my head forever
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 July 2019 12:33 (four years ago) link
RIP Poker Bill
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 July 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
also another self portrait is def the best bootleg series installment i've heard
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 6 July 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
yeah, it really makes a strong case for that era
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 6 July 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
I was skeptical about that one, but it definitely salvaged this era for me, with enough stuff to improve both New Morning and especially Self Portrait. I think there's a total of 16 studio cuts that are genuine Self Portrait recordings - i.e. the actual master takes without the orchestral overdubs or outtakes that would have been up for consideration - and just programming those together created an album that I mostly enjoyed. Maybe not his best work, but a hell of a lot better than the album he did release.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 06:16 (three years ago) link
The Isle of Wight show is fine, not one for the ages but much better than expected. The mixes released on Self Portrait sound incredibly shitty - they finally mixed it properly for the box set and it's a massive improvement. I'm not sure I'd listen to the whole thing again, but "Highway 61 Revisited" is the definite highlight. Greil Marcus's description of it is hilarious: "...[The Band] screamed “OUT ON HIGHWAY 61!” like PCP junkies hustling tourists into the worst whorehouse in Tijuana."
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 06:28 (three years ago) link
Nice caption on this official DylanCorp Insta post (if you can't beat 'em...).
― like a d4mn sociopath! (morrisp), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
Haha I thought this revive was gonna be about the guy who returned a 48-years-overdue copy of Self Portrait to the library
https://heightslibrary.org/better-late-than-never-san-francisco-man-returns-bob-dylan-album-48-years-late/
― J. Sam, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 23:03 (two years ago) link
Chum finds Bob Dylan... then THIS happens pic.twitter.com/SXt86nzyfs— Pawn Stars (@pawnstars) January 16, 2020
― flopson, Saturday, 19 February 2022 19:56 (two years ago) link
Here’s a little more background on that episode… I saw it when it first aired, it was pretty funny
― punching the clock on a tambo (morrisp), Saturday, 19 February 2022 22:24 (two years ago) link
ah 2010. was kinda surprised how spry BD looks. 12 years ago makes a little more sense
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Sunday, 20 February 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
I like how this is obviously staged but Dylan does it so half-assed that you can almost believe they really did just randomly run into him on the street
― soref, Sunday, 20 February 2022 08:45 (two years ago) link
i think all of us vinyl buyers in 2010 can remember how hard it was to buy a used copy for less than $50
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Sunday, 20 February 2022 08:57 (two years ago) link