Here’s Bob Dylan singing “Yestersay” with George Harrison on guitar.
This was recorded May 1, 1970 at Columbia Studios in New York.
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The best Bob Dylan site, with the exception of Dylan’s own site, is Expecting Rain, and the man behind Expecting Rain is Norway-based Karl Erik Andersen.
This week he spoke to Ennyman’s Territory.
Read the interview here.
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Earlier this year Juliana Hatfield let it be known that she had regrouped her mid-90s trio, The Juliana Hatfield Three, the group that made the excellent 1993 album Become What You Are.
The song is off a new crowdfunded album, Whatever, My Love, and it will be released early next year.
Here’s a note from Hatfield that she posted on the Pledgemusic page for the crowdfunding of the album:
Todd, Dean, and I have just begun recording with the lovely and talented Tom Beaujour (who worked with me and Matthew [Caws] on the Minor Alps album) at the Nuthouse in Hoboken, New Jersey, and so far it is going great. Some of you may have previously heard some version of some of the songs we are working on. For example, one of the songs we are exploring is “If I Could”. We have always loved this song but there have only ever been demos of it; it has never been properly finished or produced. There are multiple attempted versions of it but the nut has never been quite cracked, and this has always sort of haunted me. Now I feel like I finally have the chance to get it right with Todd and Dean.
We are also exploring electricized band versions of a couple of the punchier acoustic home-recorded songs from my last album, “Wild Animals”. And there will be some other surprises.Stay tuned for updates – we will keep in touch during the recording and mixing and in-between processes with photos, videos, and music.
Thank you so very much for being here with us to help us and encourage us and support us.
JH3 2014
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Last night, December 10, 2014, playing a gig at Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern, The Hold Steady covered Neil Young’s classic “Don’t Let It Bring You Down.”
The clip also includes the group’s own “Constructive Summer.”
Plus a clip of “Knuckles”:
And two songs – “Spinners” and a cover of Kiss’ “Hard Luck Woman” – from Collective Arts Black Box Sessions:
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The Thomas Pynchon novel, “Innerent Vice,” has been turned into a movie by Paul Thomas Anderson, a movie that will be released this Friday, December 15, 2014.
Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood composed the score. Pynchon by the way, wrote the intro to Richard Fariña’s novel, “Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.”
Here’s a song, “Spooks,” from the film that features vocals from Joanna Newsom, plus music by Greenwood and Supergrass members Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey.
Very cool!
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Now that we know the songs that will be on Bob Dylan’s next album, Shadows In The Night, all of which are best known for Frank Sinatra’s recordings of them in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. I thought it would be fun to hear Sinatra’s versions, along with versions of three of them by Dylan.
In addition to Dylan’s version of “Full Moon And Empty Arms,” which was officially made available online last May, I’ve included a live version of “Stay With Me” from one of the Beacon Theater shows, and two versions of “That Lucky Old Sun,” one with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers backing Dylan.
In a statement Bob Dylan said this about the upcoming album: “It was a real privilege to make this album. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That’s the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded. I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.”
Enjoy.
Frank Sinatra, “I’m A Fool To Love You”:
Frank Sinatra, “The Night We Called It A Day”:
Frank Sinatra, “Stay WIth Me”:
Bob Dylan, “Stay With Me,” live at the Beacon Theater, NYC, Nov. 29, 2014:
Frank Sinatra, “Autumn Leaves”:
Frank Sinatra, “Why Try To Change Me Now”:
Frank Sinatra, “Some Enchanted Evening”:
Frank Sinatra, “Full Moon And Empty Arms”:
Bob Dylan, “Full Moon And Empty Arms”:
Frank Sinatra, “Where Are You?:
Frank Sinatra, “What’ll I Do”:
Frank Sinatra, “That Lucky Old Sun”:
Bob Dylan & Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, live, True Confessions Tour, 1986:
Bob Dylan, “That Lucky Old Sun,” live, Irvine Meadows Amphitheate, Irvine, CA, June 29, 2000:
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This from Bob Dylan’s official website:
Columbia Records announced today that Bob Dylan’s new studio album, Shadows In The Night, will be released on February 3, 2015. Featuring ten tracks, the Jack Frost-produced album is the 36th studio set from Bob Dylan and marks the first new music from the artist since 2012’s worldwide hit Tempest.
Upon Columbia’s announcement of the album’s forthcoming release, Bob Dylan commented, “It was a real privilege to make this album. I’ve wanted to do something like this for a long time but was never brave enough to approach 30-piece complicated arrangements and refine them down for a 5-piece band. That’s the key to all these performances. We knew these songs extremely well. It was all done live. Maybe one or two takes. No overdubbing. No vocal booths. No headphones. No separate tracking, and, for the most part, mixed as it was recorded. I don’t see myself as covering these songs in any way. They’ve been covered enough. Buried, as a matter a fact. What me and my band are basically doing is uncovering them. Lifting them out of the grave and bringing them into the light of day.”
As Columbia Records Chairman Rob Stringer explains, “There are no strings, obvious horns, background vocals or other such devices often found on albums that feature standard ballads. Instead, Bob has managed to find a way to infuse these songs with new life and contemporary relevance. It is a brilliant record and we are extremely excited to be presenting it to the world very soon.”
SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT TRACK LISTING:
1. I’m A Fool To Want You
2. The Night We Called It A Day
3. Stay With Me
4. Autumn Leaves
5. Why Try to Change Me Now
6. Some Enchanted Evening
7. Full Moon And Empty Arms
8. Where Are You?
9. What’ll I Do
10. That Lucky Old Sun
Shadows In The Night is available now for pre-order on iTunes and Amazon.
New album “Shadows In The Night” Out Feb. 3
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Bob Dylan performed in New York at the Beacon Theater over the course of the last week or so.
Here are audio/video files from a few shows. The audio is quite good.
Enjoy.
“Beyond Here Lies Nothing,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
Another fan video.
“Beyond Here Lies Nothing,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Early Roman Kings,” Nov. 29, 2014 show (note that the video itself is mislabeled):
“Waiting For You” (excerpt), Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Pay In Blood,” Dec. 2014 show:
“Tangled Up In Blue,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Love Sick,” Dec. 2014 show:
“Simple Twist Of Fate,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
Another fan video:
“Simple Twist Of Fate,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Forgetful Heart,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Long And Wasted Years”:
“Blowin’ In The Wind,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Blowin’ In The Wind,” Dec. 2, 2013 show:
“Stay With Me,” Nov. 29, 2014 show:
“Stay With Me,” December 3, 2014 show:
