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No Direction Home by Robert Shelton, Review

Robert Shelton’s biography of Bob Dylan is the definitive read on Dylan’s first four decades

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No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan

(Updated) Robert Shelton was the first mainstream, music critic to discover Bob Dylan in 1961. Dylan was playing in Gerdes, a Greenwich Village folk club, at the time.

Shelton wrote up one of those performances for the newspaper and the rest, they say, is history.

Weighing in at a hefty 3 lb, 330 dense pages and 290,000 words, No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan No Direction Home by Robert Shelton, Review photo is the definitive insider’s view of Bob Dylan’s life and career up to 1978.  Continue reading →

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George Harrison’s Living in the Material World coming May 1, 2012

Award winning documentary about the quiet Beatle is finally available for pre-order in North America

Living in the Material World George Harrisons Living in the Material World coming May 1, 2012 photoBy Stephen Pate – Released in the UK and EU last October, fans on this side of the Atlantic will soon get to watch and own Martin Scorsese’s documentary “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.”

The release date on Amazon.ca is May 1, 2012. You can pre-order now and Amazon guarantees to protect pricing if the price goes down. Inexplicably, the Canadian pre-order saves you $5.00.

If you’re a Beatles fan, and who isn’t, this is a must-see video. It has a warts and all view of the “quiet Beatle” who played lead guitar and became the spiritual centre of the band in later years.  Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan performs Blind Willie McTell at Critics Choice

In honor of Martin Scorsese, Dylan performs “Blind Willie McTell” at the Critics Choice Awards tribute to Martin Scorsese.

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Bob Dylan performs Blind Willie McTell at Critics Choice

At the 2012 Critics Choice Awards, Director Martin Scorsese was the honoree for the category of Music + Film.

Bob Dylan performed “Blind Willie McTell” for Scorsese and the ceremony.

After years of trying to sound like an ancient blues singer, Dylan today sounds like Willie McTell. Continue reading →

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UK Pre-Order George Harrison Living in the Material World

Now available for US and Canadian pre-order – release date May 1, 2012

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Living in the Material World

Three versions of documentary will release on October 10, 2011 but only in UK and EU, pity!

Beatles and George Harrison fans will able to get three versions of Martin Scorsese’s documentary: DVD, Blu-Ray and Deluxe Edition Blu-Ray. Unless your player is all-regions you’re out of luck.

For North American fans, that source is not going to work since both the DVD and Blu-Ray formats are restricted to the UK, Europe, the ,Middle East and South Africa. The Blu-Ray disk will also play in Greenland, French territories, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.  Continue reading →

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Now available for US and Canadian pre-order – release date May 1, 2012

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George Harrison

DVD Talk “George Harrison: Living in the Material World tells a great many stories: how George developed his musical persona, how he made his musical masterpiece (the three-record All Things Must Pass), how he became a film producer almost by accident, how he was nearly killed in a weird, horrible home invasion.  Continue reading →

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George Harrison Living in the Material World

Now available for US and Canadian pre-order – release date May 1, 2012

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George Harrison, Living in the Material World documentary

Life and times of The Beatles George Harrison is a much anticipated BBC Special.

The documentary will have its UK première at the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool on 2 October 2011, and will air on HBO in two parts on 5 and 6 October in the US. Wikipedia

This DVD or Blu-Ray will be a must own for all fans of The Beatles.

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Rare Bob Dylan video from The Last Waltz

Wolfgang’s Vault releases Dylan singing Hazel, I Don’t Believe You and other rare tracks from The Last Waltz

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Bob Dylan singing Hazel with The Band at Winterland 1976 (image Wolfgang’s Vault)

(Updated) – Wolfgang’s Vault is showing raw black and white rushes from “The Last Waltz”.

They 52 videos are not perfect but they are fun to watch and show you how things look and sound before they get edited and mixed.

Dylan is bang on with his performances. The Band sounds ragged but right in places. Continue reading →

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