Columbia

Bootleg series vol 11.

Få artister kan man väl säga ha påverkat musikhistorien så mycket som Bob Dylan. Det är tveksamt om det finns någon artist i modern tid, vars musik spelats in av så många som Bob Dylans. Och trots att Bob nu kommit upp i den respektabla åldern av 73 år, har han ingen som helst tanke på att dra ner på tempot. Hans "never ending tour" pågår konstant och mellan varven tar han en tur in i studion för att spela in nytt material. Sedan skivdebuten 1962 har det blivit dags för det 36:e studioalbumet och man kan tydligt se att han denna gång tagit inspiration från radioprogrammet "Theme Time Radio Hour" han sände mellan åren 2006 till 2009. Som alltid väljer Bob Dylan att överraska oss. Det är vi glada för.<br/><br/>Såhär säger Dylan själv om albumet:<br/>"Det var ett verkligt privilegium att göra detta album. Jag har velat göra något sådant här under en lång tid, men har aldrig varit modig nog att närma mig dessa orkesterarrangemang och skala ner dem för ett 5-manna band. Det är nyckeln till dessa inspelningar. Vi kände till dessa låtar väldigt väl. Allt är inspelat live. Kanske en eller två tagningar. Inga overdubbs. Inga sångbås eller hörlurar. Albumet är för det mesta mixat som det spelades in. Jag ser inte mig själv som tolkare av dessa låtar på något sätt. De har tolkats tillräckligt och nu hamnat i glömska. Vad jag och mitt band i grunden gör är att lyfta upp sångerna ur graven och låter dem åter se dagens ljus. "<br/><br/>Columba Records ordförande Rob Stringer förklarar:<br/>"Det finns inga stråkar, blås eller körsång som ofta finns på album med standards. Istället har Bob lyckats hitta ett sätt att ingjuta dessa sånger med nytt liv och samtida relevans. Det är ett alldeles lysande album och vi är oerhört glada över att vara presentera det för världen mycket snart. "

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En megabox innehållande alla kända inspelningar från Bob Dylan omskrivna och kontroversiella turné 1966 i USA, Europa och Australien. En 36CD box samt med inspelningar från mixerbordet, CBS mobile recording och inspelningar från publiken. Massor av dessa inspelningar har inte givit ut på suspekta bootlegs. Dessutom ingår en bok med liner notes av Clinton Heylin, som tidigare skrivit om denna turné.<br/><br/>Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings:<br/>Disc 1 - Sydney, April 13, 1966 (Soundboard recorded by TCN 9 TV Australia)<br/>Disc 2 - Sydney, April 13, 1966 (Soundboard recorded by TCN 9 TV Australia)<br/>Disc 3 - Melbourne, April 20, 1966 (Soundboard / unknown broadcast)<br/>Disc 4 - Copenhagen, May 1, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 5 - Dublin, May 5, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 6 - Dublin, May 5, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 7 - Belfast, May 6, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 8 - Belfast, May 6, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 9 - Bristol, May 10, 1966 (Soundboard / audience)<br/>Disc 10 - Bristol, May 10, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 11 - Cardiff, May 11, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 12 - Birmingham, May 12, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 13 - Birmingham, May 12, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 14 - Liverpool, May 14, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 15 - Leicester, May 15, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 16 - Leicester, May 15, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 17 - Sheffield, May 16, 1966 (CBS Records recording)<br/>Disc 18 - Sheffield, May 16, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 19 - Manchester, May 17, 1966 (CBS Records recording)<br/>Disc 20 - Manchester, May 17, 1966 (CBS Records recording except Soundcheck/Soundboard)<br/>Disc 21 - Glasgow, May 19, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 22 - Edinburgh, May 20, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 23 - Edinburgh, May 20, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 24 - Newcastle, May 21, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 25 - Newcastle, May 21, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 26 - Paris, May 24, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 27 - Paris, May 24, 1966 (Soundboard)<br/>Disc 28 - London, May 26, 1966 (CBS Records recording)<br/>Disc 29 - London, May 26, 1966 (CBS Records recording)<br/>Disc 30 - London, May 27, 1966 (CBS Records recording)<br/>Disc 31 - London, May 27, 1966 (CBS Records recordings)<br/>Disc 32 - White Plains, NY, February 5, 1966 (Audience tape)<br/>Disc 33 - Pittsburgh, PA, February 6, 1966 (Audience tape)<br/>Disc 34 - Hempstead, NY, February 26, 1966 (Audience tape)<br/>Disc 35 - Melbourne, April 19, 1966 (Audience tape)<br/>Disc 36 - Stockholm, April 29, 1966 (Audience tape)

Bo Kaspers Orkester: I denna mörka vintertid -21 [CD]

Violence Insane In A Beautiful World is the brand new studio album from Roger Taylor, legendary Queen songwriter, musician & singer.<br/> <br/>Roger wrote (with the exception of an exquisite cover of 'Jealous Guy,' which he describes as "one of the greatest, ballads ever written"), produced, sang and performed all the songs on the album himself.<br/> <br/>Violence Insane In A Beautiful World is Roger Taylor's seventh album in a solo career stretching back to 1977 and is his first since 2021's critically and fan-acclaimed top 3 album Outsider.<br/><br/>TRACK BY TRACK:<br/><br/>A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - FEAT. THE NDLOVU YOUTH CHOIR<br/><br/>It's from the viewpoint of an alien orbiting the earth in a spacecraft, and being blown away by how beautiful the earth is, this green and blue sphere, but on closer inspection, he sees signs of infection, and what's going on there? It's sort of referring to all the bad things that are happening at the moment, and then it lists all the great points about the planet, and in the end, he just sort of goes, 'don't fuck it up'. The lovely Ndlovu choir from South Africa makes it feel more like world music, it's a wider feel than I can pull off by myself.<br/><br/>VIOLENCE INSANE<br/><br/>It started off, I was going to do the music for a video game, and it was really dark, and then that sort of didn't work out, and so Josh (Joshua J. Macrae, co-producer and long-time collaborator) and I just started playing about with it. I wanted it to be really, really dark, you know, brains on the floor, that sort of insane violence in what's going on. It's a dark, atmospheric track, and there are also collective nouns like the unkindness of ravens and murder of crows, which bring it this feeling of darkness and terrible things happening. <br/><br/>WHAT REALLY MATTERS<br/><br/>I suppose it's about the three stages of life. Early on in your life, your first love and you get a bit obsessed, and that's the only thing that really matters at the time, and then middle age, when it's all about you having a great time, and then in your sort of wiser, older years, you realise that kindness is the very important thing. <br/><br/>DON'T PHOTOGRAPH FOOD<br/><br/>This one's daft, really. I just think, oh, for God's sake, don't take photographs of your food, we know what it looks like. We're not all Marcus Wareing! <br/><br/>I SEE YOU NOW<br/><br/>It's a love song, and I suppose it's really about my wife. We've been together for quite some time, and I think when you really get to know someone, at first you really don't see everything about them, but when you really get to know someone, it's 'oh, I see you now, that's it'.<br/><br/>CHUMP<br/><br/>I think it says it all, really. I actually think he's a truly evil and rotten human being, and I think we're all suffering, and I think America's suffering, he's ruining it, he's turning it into a fascist state. It had so many great things going for it, America, for all its violence and faults, and I have no wish to go there anymore. I used to have a house there, which I sold just before he came back, thank God. I just cannot understand why people cannot see how intrinsically rotten he is. Everything he says is a lie or an exaggeration, at the very best, it's terrifying, actually. I can't even remember doing it, it came out very quickly, I just thought, you've got to say something, and now, of course, he's ruining everyone's lives all over the world by making fuel very expensive, and all the repercussions of that, putting up interest rates, making everyone's life more expensive through a war he can't get out of.<br/><br/>SPIT IN HIS EYE<br/><br/>That was the last song we did, actually. I suppose it's just a bit of rebellion, really, don't put up with any shit. I think everyone dreams about the Queen at some point in their lives, she's just there, isn't she? So I just thought it was amusing, I like the idea of her listening to (Bob Dylan's) Blood On The Tracks. <br/><br/>JEALOUS GUY<br/><br/>I find it very moving. I don't think it was ever a single for John, but I remember Bryan Ferry did it when John Lennon was killed, and I thought he just missed what it was about, It was all glossy, but it's just a heartfelt song, but many people liked it, I think it was a number one when that meant something.<br/><br/>COME ON SUMMER (IT'S PARTY TIME) - FEAT. THE NDLOVU YOUTH CHOIR<br/><br/>I just like the idea of the sun is up, I am reborn and having a good time, party time, and it's kind of fun. When we put the choir on it, I asked Ralph, their MD, an idea of what we wanted on it, and he came back with all this fabulous stuff. They were such a joy to work with. I think they transformed it into, you know, something you might hear in a club. I'm not an expert on that kind of music, but they made it into something better, and they really lifted it, I thought.<br/><br/>A GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL WORLD (REPRISE) - FEAT. THE NDLOVU YOUTH CHOIR<br/><br/>A rough reconstruct of the first track, but without all the main verses and stuff, and it's really just affirming that it's a great big, beautiful world. It's a real showpiece for the choir.