Best Selling Audio Books by Bob Dylan

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE The celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan. “I’d come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and nobody else.” So writes Bob Dylan in Chronicles: Volume One, his remarkable book exploring critical junctures in his life and career. Through Dylan’s eyes and open mind, we see Greenwich Village, circa 1961, when he first arrives in Manhattan. Dylan’s New York is a magical city of possibilities—smoky, nightlong parties; literary awakenings; transient loves and unbreakable friendships. Elegiac observations are punctuated by jabs of memories, penetrating and tough. With the book’s side trips to New Orleans, Woodstock, Minnesota, and points west, Chronicles: Volume One is an intimate and intensely personal recollection of extraordinary times. By turns revealing, poetical, passionate, and witty, Chronicles: Volume One is a mesmerizing window on Bob Dylan’s thoughts and influences. Dylan’s voice is distinctively American: generous of spirit, engaged, fanciful, and rhythmic. Utilizing his unparalleled gifts of storytelling and the exquisite expressiveness that are the hallmarks of his music, Bob Dylan turns Chronicles: Volume One into a poignant reflection on life, and the people and places that helped shape the man and the art.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music legend Bob Dylan's only work of fiction—a combination of stream of consciousness prose, lyrics, and poetry that gives fans insight into one of the most influential singer-songwriters of our time. Written in 1966, Tarantula is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and offers unique insight into Dylan's creative evolution, capturing the stream-of-consciousness preoccupations of the legendary folk poet and his eclectic, erudite cool at a crucial juncture in his artistic development. It has since been welcomed into the Dylan canon, as Dylan himself has cemented his place in the cultural imagination, inspiring Todd Haynes’s acclaimed 2007 musical drama I’m Not There, selling more than 100 million records, and winning numerous prizes, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017. In his acceptance speech for the Nobel, Dylan acknowledged the early influence on his work of Buddy Holly and Lead Belly as well as of wide-ranging classics like Don Quixote, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Moby Dick. Tarantula is a rare chance to see Dylan at a moment in which he was still deeply connected to his country roots and a folk vernacular while opening himself up to the influence of French 19th-century Surrealist writers like Arthur Rimbaud and the Comte de Lautreamont. A decade before the confessional singer-songwriter who would create the 1975 epic, Blood on the Tracks—which was just optioned by filmmaker Luca Guadagnino—here is Dylan at his most verbally playful and radically inventive. Angry, funny, and strange, the poems and prose in this collection reflect the concerns found in Dylan's most seminal music—a spirit of protest, a poetic spontaneity, and a chronicling of the eccentric and the everyday—which continue to make him a beloved artist and cultural icon.

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Celebrates the joy and beauty of the spirit of being young and all the thrills that come with it as expressed in the noted singer's hit "Forever Young" from 1974. 50,000 first printing.

Offers insight into one of the musician's most eventful and formative periods, tracing his arrival in New York and providing on the accompanying CD excerpts from early interviews and his 1965 performance at the Newport Folk Festival.

On October 13, 2016, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognizing his countless contributions to music and letters over the last fifty years. Some months later, he delivered an acceptance lecture that is now memorialized in book form. In 'The Nobel Lecture', Dylan reflects on his life and experience with literature, providing both a rare artistic statement and an intimate look at a uniquely American icon. From finding inspiration in the music of Buddy Holly and Leadbelly to the works of literature that helped shape his own approach to writing - 'The Odyssey', 'Moby-Dick', and 'All Quiet on the Western Front' - this is Dylan like you've never seen him before.

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Featuring 19 Bob Dylan classics, this songbook is the ultimate resource for the guitarist looking for authentic versions of this rock pioneer's songs. All songs have been meticulously transcribed in tablature and standard notation with guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. Includes: Blowin' in the Wind * Don't Think Twice, It's All Right * Just like a Woman * Mr. Tambourine Man * Shooting Star * Visions of Johanna * and more.

(Music Sales America). 17 songs from the album including: A Hard Rain's Going to Fall * It Aint Me Babe * Subterranean Homesick Blues * Positively 4th Street * Highway 61 Revisited * I Want You * Silvio * Hurricane * and more.

A new collection of Bob Dylan's most essential lyrics - one hundred songs that represent the Nobel Laureate's incredible musical range through the entirety of his career so far. Bob Dylan is one of the most important songwriters of our time and the first musician in history to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 100 Songs, Dylan delivers an intimate and carefully curated collection of his most important lyrics that spans from the beginning of his career through the present day. Perfect for students and younger readers as well as long-time fans, this portable, abridged volume of Dylan's lyrics shines a light on the songs that mean the most from a music and cultural legend.

(E-Z Play Today). 15 tunes from the folk-rock legend, all in our world famous, easy-to-read (and play!) keyboard notation. Songs: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Forever Young * Hurricane * It Ain't Me Babe * Just like a Woman * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Lady Lay * Like a Rolling Stone * Mr. Tambourine Man * Positively 4th Street * Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 * Shelter from the Storm * Tangled up in Blue * The Times They Are A-Changin'.

(Harmonica Play-Along). The Harmonica Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the notation, listen to the audio to hear how the harmonica should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. 8 songs, including: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * It Ain't Me Babe * Just like a Woman * Mr. Tambourine Man * Shelter from the Storm * Tangled Up in Blue * The Times They Are A-Changin'.

(Music Sales America). Matching folio to the album from this legendary artist. Over 30 songs including: Blowin' in the Wind * It Ain't Me, Babe * Maggie's Farm * It's All over Now, Baby Blue * Mr. Tambourine Man * Like a Rolling Stone * All Along the Watchtower * Lay, Lady Lay * If Not for You * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Tangled up in Blue * Jokerman * and more.

(Easy Piano Personality). Easy piano arrangements of 13 Dylan classics: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Forever Young * Hurricane * It Ain't Me Babe * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Lady Lay * Like a Rolling Stone * Mr. Tambourine Man * Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 * Shelter from the Storm * Tangled Up in Blue * The Times They Are A-Changin'.

Brings together two works of art--James Ensor's "Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889" and Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row"

Bob Dylan is not a poet. He is a singer-songwriter, a performing artist. The unit of his art, as collected and documented by his intended audience, is the live performance. Right now, no existing technological tool can give researchers ready access to his entire corpus of work. Revised from the author's Ph.D. dissertation (UC Berkeley, 1978) and again from its first edition (Indiana UP, 1982), Performed Literature develops a methodology for close analysis of verbal art that is heard, not seen, using as comparative examples 24 performances of 11 songs by Bob Dylan. The second edition adds a preface, two major appendices and one minor one, and a detailed index.

A study of the Basement tapes, recordings made by Bob Dylan and the Band in Woodstock, New York, in 1967, analyzes this secret music never intended for release in terms of its place in contemporary music and in Dylan's career. Originally published as Invisible Republic. Reprint.

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Music icon Bob Dylan and acclaimed illustrator Scott Campbell team up in this delightful interpretation of Dylan’s 1970 song, “If Dogs Run Free”! If dogs run free, Why not we? In this quirky, spirited interpretation of Bob Dylan’s 1970 song, “If Dogs Run Free,” illustrator Scott Campbell brings Dylan’s lyrics to life as a celebration of the freedom and creativity of childhood. Children of all ages will delight in the message, “Just do your thing!”

"Rendered in striking, explosive graphic form, many of Bob Dylan's most famous songs illustrated as they've never been before. Mesmerized by the power of his lyrics and intrigued by the possibilities of translating his powerful, enigmatic personality into

(Music Sales America). 22 songs including: Blowin' in the Wind' * Lay, Lady Lay * Mr. Tambourine Man * Like a Rolling Stone * and more.

"A superb collection of 13 songs from the iconic singer-songwriter, complete with chord symbols, fingering and lyrics"--Cover.

Based on a song by Bob Dylan, the revered musical legend who rarely allows his songs to be illustrated, this stunning picture book tells the story of how man named the animals of the world, with a parade of spectacular creatures ready to receive their names--until the surprise ending, when children get to name an animal themselves! Includes a CD of the original recording embedded in the back cover.

(Music Sales America). Complete lyrics and guitar chord diagrams for 33 classic Bob Dylan songs, all arranged with full lyrics, chord diagrams and chord symbols. Titles include: All Along the Watchtower * Blowin' in the Wind * Lay Lady Lay * Forever Young * Mr. Tambourine Man * The Times They Are A-Changin' * and more.

Gathered here are the most revealing and personal of enigmatic superstar Dylan's previously unavailable interviews. As a group they show a brilliant, adored, and eclectic musician, unsettled and angered by the fame and reverence surrounding him.