Bob Dylan - The Press Conferences [2CD] Limited Edition Set (import)

Three Full Press Conference Recordings + Bonus 1966 Interview With Dylan On Top Form On Two Disc Collection!

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For the casual observer, however academic their study, to appreciate the characteristics of Bob Dylan's personality to the fullest degree possible, the student of such matters can only get so far by listening to the man's music.

But to hear the man speaking in length in response to pointed questions from the media, reveals many, often vaguely understood, concepts and theories that Dylan has formulated and used in his work across the years. Opportunity to hear such opinions however are rare - Bob is historically against press intrusion and has at times become hostile and belittling towards members of the fourth estate; who can forget the hilarious, albeit somewhat unkind, reaction the young journalist shown questioning Dylan alongside Alan Price in Don't Look Back received?.

But at press conferences, although rare occurrences too throughout Dylan's career, Bob reacts a little differently and will usually be receptive to questions and generally good natured. Three such press gatherings - in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1965 and in Rome in 1989 - reveal more about the man than most one-to-one conversations with journalists ever do, and provide some fertile material for the budding researcher or the interested party. Full recordings of all these events are included in this delightful boxed set, along with a bonus interview given to Canadian broadcaster and journalist Martin Bronstein in 1966, during which Bob was on his best behaviour and was here too a revealing subject. Packaged elegantly with booklets and further sleeve notes by Derek Barker from the Isis Magazine, this set will prove and enticing item for anyone with a hunger for discovering more about this enigmatic personality than is generally known.

Track List

1. San Francisco Press Conference - Dec 3rd 1965
2. The Los Angeles Press Conference - Dec 16th 1965
3. Martin Bronstein Interview Montreal - Feb 20th 1966
4. Introduction
5. Love ; Theft
6. Charley Patton Robert Johnson and the Blues
7. Love ; Theft and Production
8. Po' Boy and Audiences
9. Love ; Theft and Arrangements
10. A World of Fear and Feelings
11. On Writing and Concerts
12. The Never Ending Tour and Mortality
13. I'm a Spokesman for a Generation
14. Stage Clothing
15. 60th Birthday Celebrations
16. Winning Awards
17. Dealing with Fame
18. Music Chose Me
19. Ever Since I Set My Suitcase Down
20. Nostalgia
21. Do You Enjoy Life?
22. React to the Times
23. The Backing Band
24. How Long Will You Continue?
25. I Feel I Could Get Better
26. Making Choices
27. Poetry and Writing
28. Dylan and the Internet
29. The Romans and Reading the Bible
30. Music and Elvis
31. Love ; Theft Songs Live
32. Hardcore Fans and Biographers
33. On Tarantula and Writing Books
34. Surrendering Ambitions
35. Being Someone Else
36. Not Everyone Has a Purpose in Life
37. I Don't Listen to My Own Albums
38. On Recording
39. Now I'm Gonna See the Coliseum

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