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出版社:ROADWAY BOOKS
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ISBN:9780767931793
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作者:SEAN WILENTZ
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頁數:396
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出版日期:2010-01-01
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印刷日期:2011-01-01
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包裝:平裝
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開本:16開
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版次:1
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印次:1
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Among those who write regularly about Dylan, Wilentz possesses the rare virtues of modesty, nuance, and lucidity, and for that he should be celebrated and treasured....Wilentz is very, very good on the actual music. In fact, the centerpiece of his book is a vivid look at the 'Blonde on Blonde' sessions, during which the musicians teased and groped their way toward the album's 'thin, wild mercury sound,' in Dylan's famous description.
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Growing up in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Sean Wilentz
discovered the music of Bob Dylan as a young teenager. Almost half
a century later, now a distinguished professor of American
history, he revisits Dylan's work with the critical skills of a
scholar and the passion of a fan. Drawing partly on his work as
the current historian-in-residence on Dylan's official website,
Sean Wilentz provides a unique blend of biography, memoir and
anlysis in a book which, much like its subject, shifts gears and
changes shape as the occasion demands. Beginning with Dylan's
explosion onto the scene in 1961, this book charts his career and
the evolution of his astonishing output and places it firmly
within a vivid musical and cultural context. It examines the
influence of the Popular Front ideology and of Beat aesthetics, as
well as the debt and sometimes surprising connections to other
composers and performers - as diverse as Aaron Copland and Blind
Willie McTell. The result is a broad and brilliantly illuminating
appreciation of Dylan as both performer and songwriter up to the
present day. Sean Wilentz has had unprecedented access to studio
tapes, recording notes and rare photographs - many of which are
reproduced here. This remarkable material allows him to tell
Dylan's story - and that of such masterpieces as "Blonde on
Blonde" - with unrivalled authenticity and richness.
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Introduction PART I: BEFORE 1 Music for the Common Man:The Popular Front and Aaron Copland's America 2 Penetrating Aether: The Beat Generation and Mien Ginsberg's America PART I1: EARLY 3 Darkness at the Break of Noon: The Concert at Philharmonic Hall, New York City, October 31, 1964 4 The Sound of 3:00 A.M.: The Making of Blonde on Blonde, New York City and Nashville,October 5, 1965-March 10 (?), 1966 PART III: LATER 5 Children of Paradise: The Rolling Thunder Revue,New Haven, Connecticut, November 13, 1975 6 Many Martyrs Fell: "Blind Willie McTell,"New York City, May 5, 1983 PART IV: INTERLUDE 7 All the Friends I Ever Had Are Gone:"Delia," Malibu, California, May 1993 8 Dylan and the Sacred Harp:"Lone Pilgrim," Malibu, California, May 1993 PART V: RECENT 9 The Modern Minstrel Returns: "Love and Theft,"September 11,2001, and the Newport Folk Festival,Newport, Rhode Island, August 3, 2002 10 Bob Dylan's Civil Wars: Masked andAnonymous,July 23, 2003, and Chronicles: Volume One, October 5, 2004 11 Dreams, Schemes, and Themes: Modern Times, August 29, 2006; Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan, May 3, 2006-April 15, 2009; The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased, 1989-2006, October 7, 2008; and Together Through Life, April 28, 2009 Coda: Do You Hear What I Hear? Christmas in the Heart, October 13, 2009 Afterword to the Anchor Edition Acknowledgments Selected Readings, Notes, and Discography Illustration Credits Index Permissions Acknowledgments
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