- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) (5 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0756617189
- ISBN-13: 978-0756617189
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 20.8 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,081,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the perfect book for anyone who has just come under the spell of Dylan - a coffee table book that's informative as well as a visual feast. As for the long-time Dylan fan, or any music lover actually, this is a delightful overview of the Bard's career. Sit down and pour through all the anecdotes about his tours, recording sessions and numerous grand (and not so grand) gestures: Annoying the folkies at Newport and the Free Trade Hall, grooving with The Band in Woodstock, the Rolling Thunder Revue, Never Ending Tour, disasterous films... It's all here with a wealth of wonderful photographs. And remember, the Pope don't worry 'cos the vandels took the handles...
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47 of 48 people found the following review helpful
The Greatest 'Playbill' To The Film, No Direction Home
21 Nov 2005
Format:Hardcover
This First American Hardcover Edition is the ultimate 'playbill' to the DVD "No Direction Home" - mentioned in the beginning of the book. Why? My guess is that the brilliant Mr. Blake thought we might like some answers to questions (raised by Dylan himself), that many of us were dying to ask after experiencing that extraordinary work of art. When I bought the book, (after buying the DVD), I had no idea (even though this book is a 2005 First Edition) that it would explain (for example - and these are just a few): Dylan's "coded" reference to his relationship with Joan Baez and their artistic-romantic conflicts that later developed and why; the detailed account of Dylan's historical visit with Woody Guthrie at Greystone Hospital in NJ, w/ Guthrie's heartrending efforts to play for Dylan w/ photos (and Guthrie's remarks about Dylan as well!); what The Beatles thought of Dylan at first (almost a god); and visa versa (certainly not gods) along with the testy relationship that developed between Dylan and Lennon musically, politically, and philosophically later on; Dylan's close relationship with the late George Harrison; the horrors for many long-lost-artists of the "Dylan era" re drugs and alcohol; Dylan's relationship, marriage and divorce with his great love, Sara - and why. I could go on and on. The book documents all of this with gorgeous inside cover art, photos, (many not in the film as stills) and the best prose on Dylan I have ever read by some of the greatest writers who-knew-him-when; then, and now. But the book goes even further - right up to Dylan's Grammy Award for "Time Out of Mind" w/ photos and text to back up what really happened from the outside in and inside out. Artistically, and historically, this is the single-most important book (w/ Bono in his terrific Foreward admitting that even today he would carry Dylan's bags) on the enigmatic, mystically mysterious, and most private poetic and musical genius - the one, the only Bob Dylan. At this low price (for now...) grab it while you can.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Dylan: Visions, Portraits, & Back Pages
9 Mar 2006
Format:Hardcover
This is a superb book. For those, like me, eager for more information on the ever-enigmatic Dylan, this is the book to read. It is a montage of recollections from musicians/photographers/friends, etc. over the years, which is about as close as one is likely to get to a true picture of Dylan's life to date. It is a bit confusing because the essays often cover similar periods of time, but from different eyes, but this also increases the veritas. The chronology also becomes a bit jumbled, but that is inevitable in this sort of format. I highly recommend the book if you are a Dylan fan. To my knowledge, there is nothing else like it "out there."
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Great book, thoroughly enjoyed
18 April 2006
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Been a Dylan fan for a long time and this book came pretty close to answering the questions that have popped up over the years, you know questions you just can help asking...like what was Sara like and what happened to the marriage. None of my business but I can't help wondering. I thought the pictures were excellent and think if you're a Dylan fan, you'll like it too!
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