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[-matthEw-]

is anyone else going to be watching this Scorsese led Dylan documentary over tonight and tomorrow?
Documents his career up til the motorcycle crash, part 1 starts tonight at 9pm.

Looking forward to it!

[french_disko]

yeah, I was going to watch it - I may just buy the DVD of it when it's released next week though. I got the CD the other week but haven't listened to it.

There's loads of Dylan stuff on BBC3 over the next few days as well.

[Alan Cynic]

It's BBC 4...tonight there's a doc. about Dylans heroes (Woody Guthrie, Hurricane Carter etc). On Saturday night they showed 'The Last Waltz'. Later in the week there's a concert one with people like Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy and Roy Harper doing covers.

I'm playing tonight, but should (hopefully!) be able to record both prog.s

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by Alan Cynic

It's BBC 4...tonight there's a doc. about Dylans heroes (Woody Guthrie, Hurricane Carter etc). On Saturday night they showed 'The Last Waltz'. Later in the week there's a concert one with people like Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy and Roy Harper doing covers.

I'm playing tonight, but should (hopefully!) be able to record both prog.s

"Masked & Anonymous" is on BBC2 at 10:10pm on Saturday night as well.

What time are you on-stage tonight, Alan? I was wanting to get your new CD from you.

[Dave]

I shall be watching this, and nothing will stop me.

Originally Posted by french_disko

yeah, I was going to watch it - I may just buy the DVD of it when it's released next week though. I got the CD the other week but haven't listened to it.

There's loads of Dylan stuff on BBC3 over the next few days as well.

BBC 4 I think if we're being pedantic. Are there going to be cool extras on the DVD? Otherwise I'll just be a cheapskate and record it on my DVD recorder.

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by DustyDeviada

BBC 4 I think if we're being pedantic. Are there going to be cool extras on the DVD? Otherwise I'll just be a cheapskate and record it on my DVD recorder.

I'm gonna edit my post to sort my typo, you pedantic sods! :-)

anyway, the DVD has the following features according to hmv.co.uk -

Bob Dylan Performances

Blowin' In The Wind - Live On TV, March, 1963

Girl Of The North Country - From Unaired Canadian TV Special 'Quest', February, 1964

Man Of Constant Sorrow - Live On TV, March, 1964

Mr. Tambourine Man - Newport Folk Festival, 26th July, 1964

Love Minus Zero/No Limit - London, England, May 21st, 1966

Like A Rolling Stone - Live In Newcastle, England, 21st May, 1966

One Too Many Mornings - Live In Liverpool, England, 1st May, 1966



Other Features

Unused Promotional Spot For 'Positively 4th Street'

I Can't Leave You behind - Work In Progress In Hotel Room, Glasgow, 19th May, 1966

[french_disko]

Originally Posted by Dave

I shall be watching this, and nothing will stop me.

Not even winged monkey stealing the remote control for your TV?

[Dave]

Originally Posted by french_disko

Not even winged monkey stealing the remote control for your TV?

I won't need the remote control, 'cos I won't be changing channels

The volume's going to be up full as well.

[french_disko]

what's on when.............


No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Arena, BBC2, tonight and tomorrow

Martin Scorsese's two-part documentary following the rise of Robert Zimmerman. Covering the years 1961-66, the film details Dylan's journey from his hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, to Greenwich Village, New York, boasts unseen footage from the Dylan Archives and interviews with Allen Ginsberg, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez. "For me," says Scorsese, "there is no other musical artist who weaves his influences so densely to create something so personal and unique."

Bob Dylan, No Direction Home: The Soundtrack

Along with key Dylan tracks, this double-CD album brims with rare and unreleased material, including a recording by a high-school friend, a cover of Woody Guthrie's This Land is Your Land, and a fuzzy When I Got Troubles from 1959 - believed to be the first song Bob ever put to tape.

Talking Bob Dylan Blues, the Barbican, tonight

An evening of Dylan covers and songs inspired by the great man, performed by Willy Mason, Razorlight, Billy Bragg, Martin Carthy and others.

Dylan Season, BBC4, September 24-30

A run of Dylan-flavoured programmes: The Last Waltz, Scorsese's film of the Band's farewell concert in 1976; Arena: Dylan in the Madhouse, documenting Dylan's first visit to Britain in 1962, when he also appeared in a BBC play; Arena: Dylan's Legends, a roll-call of Dylan's heroes, from Woody Guthrie to Lenny Bruce via Rubin "Hurricane" Carter; Arena: Highway 61 Revisited, an exploration of the road running southwards from Dylan's home town, which inspired one of Dylan's finest records; Storyville: Don't Look Back, a portrait of Dylan and co touring Britain in 1965; a recording of this week's Talking Bob Dylan Blues event at the Barbican; ( ... ) Sings Dylan, Dylan covers as sung by artists from Lulu to the Byrds. Something of a curate's egg, one expects.

The Official Bob Dylan Exhibition at the Proud Gallery, London, until October 15

A collection of early, mainly black and white photographs of Dylan, providing an intimate portrait of the man: from studio shots as he recorded Highway 61 Revisited, to playing a piano at his Woodstock house.

Chronicles: Volume I, Radio 2, starting October 7

Sean Penn reads an abridged version of Bob's autobiography.

Chronicles: Volume I, out in paperback

The bestselling memoir, which spent 19 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Bestseller list.

The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: An American Journey, 1956-1966 (Simon & Schuster)

Compiled with the help of Mr Dylan himself, this plush scrapbook documents his early years, with rare photographs, handwritten lyrics, concert programmes and tickets, documents and a CD holding interviews and live performances.

Dylan's UK tour begins, November

Dylan returns to Blighty for a tour that will encompass Nottingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Birmingham and London.