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BOB DYLAN BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME

ROCK CLASSICS SERIES

OPHER GOODWIN

ISBN 978-1-78952-314-0

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Publication: 28 MARCH 2024
th
ISBN: 9781789523140
Price: £12.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 198 x 129 mm
Extent: 136 pp
Illustrated: 8 colour pages
Thema: AVLP Popular Music

Comparative title: 9781789522754 Bob Dylan 1962-
1970

• The second in a brand new series taking deep
dives into rock classics
• The album that saw Dylan go electric, it’s one
of the most influential albums of all time
• A number one album in the UK, ‘Maggie’s
Farm’ and ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’
were both hit singles in the UK

Sonic Bond podcast at http://www.sonicbondbookcast.co.uk/ One of the most pivotal albums in the evolution of rock
music, no other recording has had more impact than the
Opher Goodwin is the author of many books on rock music and ran 1965 classic Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home.
the UKs first ‘History of Rock Music’ courses. Fortunate to spend the
sixties in London, where the underground explosion of rock music In the mid-sixties, Rock Music was about to explode into
and culture happened, Opher was in the right place at the right time. psychedelia, prog and jazz fusion. Meanwhile, Bob Dylan
He was regularly out at the gigs of Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Cream, had made an enormous impact on songwriting with his first
Doors, Captain Beefheart, Country Joe and the Fish and many other four acoustic albums. He had created a different way of
exciting bands. Among his favourite songwriters are Bob Dylan, Phil writing songs with themes such as civil rights, anti-war
Ochs, Jackson C Frank, Leonard Cohen and Roy Harper. Opher now protests and social issues that lifted rock music from
lives and writes at home in Yorkshire but can still be found at the front teenage love songs to serious poetic works of art full of
of gigs. Where else? symbolism.

But with Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan shot his lyrics
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but contains classic cuts like ‘Mr Tambourine Man’
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Dylan had opened the door on experimentation. The
Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change Beatles, Stones, Who, Doors, Hendrix, Pink Floyd and
without notice. 16/10/2023 Cream all listened and responded. Songwriting rose to new
heights with few boundaries.

In the wake of Bringing It All Back Home, music was