Bob Dylan at 80: Celebrate with The Currentīob Dylan was born in Duluth and raised in Hibbing, and went on to become the most acclaimed singer-songwriter of his generation.Despite its sometimes painful subject matter, Desire hums with the warmth of a collaborative community. Bob Dylan Springtime In New York (1980-1985) celebrates the rich creative period surrounding Dylan’s albums Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Empire Burlesque with previously unreleased outtakes, alternate takes, rehearsal recordings, live performances and more. Though Dylan would return to solo authorship for most of his subsequent work, Desire was all the stronger for the artist's willingness to raise a big tent and share his process with a sympathetic group of like-minded souls. Her furiously impassioned playing adds momentum and dimension to the album's best-known song, "Hurricane." Dylan's most important protest song since his folksinger days, it's a howl of indignation at the racist treatment of boxer Rubin Carter, who was imprisoned on highly dubious murder charges.ĭesire also marked a new writing technique for Dylan, who collaborated on seven of the album's nine songs with co-writer Jacques Levy. He'd spent much of 1975 touring with the aptly-named Rolling Thunder Revue, a sprawling group of musicians who Dylan brought into Columbia's New York studios for a set of sessions that became steadily more stripped down as Dylan searched for the intimacy he needed for songs like "Sara," a song about his failing marriage that would stand as one of the most nakedly autobiographical compositions in Dylan's entire catalog.Īlthough the album features legends like Emmylou Harris and Eric Clapton, the signature musical presence of Desire is Scarlet Rivera, whose violin lends an air of mystery and romance to the entire LP. In typical Dylan style, the recording was mostly bashed out in one all-night New York session. The month long Power Station recording session produced: 1) The Infidels LP and singles 2) European only 45 rpm release of Union Sundown backed with 4 disc one. As with The Basement Tapes, though, Dylan got a lot of help from his friends. The plethora of material and versions recorded include the above outtakes as well as official releases. It was released on January 5, 1976: just a year after his wildly acclaimed Blood on the Tracks and just half a year after the official release of the seminal Basement Tapes. Like many Dylan albums, Desire had a tough act to follow. One of Bob Dylan's most atmospheric albums, alternately riveting and ruminating, Desire stands alongside Blood On the Tracks as a crucial turning point between Dylan's explosive early work and his wide-ranging maturity.
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