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SINCE AUGUST
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Welcome
to my web-site dedicated to one of the greatest artists of the 20th century -
Bob Dylan. After more than 40 years as a performer and recording artist, he
continues to make fascinating and powerful music. While many of his
competitors are either dead, retired or just simply forgotten, he travels
around the world with his “Never Ending Tour” and gives hundreds of concerts
every year. Most significant with Bob Dylan is his integrity and constant
refusal to give the audience and critics what they want. This may not have
been the best choice at all times commercially speaking, but today it’s one
of the main reasons why he receive more admiration and respect than any other
artist. When he changed from acoustic troubadour and folksinger to
electrified poet backed by The Band in the mid-sixties, many people shook
their heads and thought he was heading in the wrong direction.
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When others experimented
with drugs and made psychedelic music during the “flower power” period a few
years later, Dylan went to Nashville and made a country & western album!
This “strange” behaviour has
continued over the years and culminated in the beginning of the eighties,
when he was “born again” and performed only sacred material on records and on
stage for almost 3 years. By this time, both his audience and critics
dismissed him and by the end of the eighties, after several unsuccessful
albums, many thought of him as a has-been. But at the last moment of a
disappointing decade, he released one of his finest albums ever in 1989. With
“Oh! Mercy”, Bob Dylan was re-established as an artist and since then he has
made some of his finest and best-selling albums of all times. Both “Time Out
Of Mind” from 1997 and the latest “Love & Theft” from last year,
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Since there are lots of
excellent sites on the internet who deals with Bob Dylan in a more
biographical way, I only concentrate on presenting my collection of records
and other items. Although I have quite a lot, I don’t consider myself being a
person who must have every recording available. That, in combination with a
few bad experiences, is why I’m a bit restricted when it comes to trading.
That doesn’t mean you can’t write me with suggestions, but I think there are
lots of other collectors out there with a much greater interest in such
activities than me. But if I trade, I prefer to do it interactively and in
MP3 format. I know that most people want SHN files these days, but my
personal opinion is that MP3s are good enough for bootleg recordings and that
SHNs are way too big and often unreliable. I also would like to get in touch
with someone who are familiar with Bob Dylan rarities and perhaps could help
me out in order to determine the
value of some of the items in my lists. I’m thinking especially of the vinyl
bootlegs and some of the titles in the “Singles & EPs” section. Enjoy and thanks for visiting!
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