Clinton Heylin Libros

"Song publishing is the one constant in the carousel of recorded music now spanning the past century, and has been the way that song-credits and publishing revenue have caused ructions and recriminations, and inspired writers by making them poor and lawyers rich. Whether it be Procul Harum going to court to decide who really wrote 'Whiter Shade of Pale' or the Moody Blues wanting their fair share of 'Nights of White Satin', when the song-credits get divvied up, a parting of the ways citing 'musical differences' is almost inevitable. So here are some choice examples of poplore held up to the light, some familiar to music fans others not, designed to prove that Dylan knew of what he wrote when he suggested, 'Money doesn't talk, it swears'. Between them, they provide the unvarnished story of popular song from the days jukeboxes and radio replaced wax cylinders and piano rolls to the era of digital downloads, legal and illegal..."--Publisher's description.

Presents a survey of the songs of Bob Dylan. This title covers from "Blood on the Tracks", the album filled with masterworks such as "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Simple Twist of Fate" that heralded a watershed in Dylan's creative journey, and up to 2006's "Modern Times".

In 1991 Clinton Heylin published what was considered the most definitive biography of Bob Dylan available. In 2001 he completely revised and reworked this hugely acclaimed book, adding new sections, substantially reworking text, and bringing the story up-to-date with Dylan's explosive career in 2000. Bob Behind the Shades Revisited follows the story of Dylan from his humble beginnings in Minnesota to his arrival in New York in 1961, his subsequent rise in the folk pantheon of Greenwich Village in the early '60s, and his cataclysmic folk-rock metamorphosis at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965. In the succeeding eighteen months, Dylan released Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde, and embarked on the legendary 1966 World Tour that culminated with an unforgettable concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Heylin details it all, along with the true story of Dylan's motorcycle accident, his remarkable reemergence in the mid-'70s, the only exacting account of his controversial conversion to born-again Christianity, the Neverending Tour, and yet another incredible Dylan resurgence with his 1997 Grammy Album of the Year Award-winning Time Out of Mind. Deemed by The New Yorker as "the most readable and reliable" of all Dylan biographies, this book will give fans what they have always wanted -- a chance to get to know the man behind the shades.

Discusses the life and work of the rock singer and songwriter, tracing his evolution from his working-class roots in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, through his disastrous business dealings which left him penniless, to the current state of his solo career

Clinton Heylin has devoted his career to Bob Dylan's work and presents here a comprehensive study of all of Dylan's recording sessions.

"The first of two volumes, this companion to every song that Bob Dylan ever wrote is by far the most comprehensive book on the words of America?s greatest songwriter. Here you?ll find not just opinionated commentary or literary interpretation, but facts, first and foremost. Clinton Heylin is the world?s leading Dylan biographer and expert, and he has arranged the songs--including a number that have never been performed--in a continually surprising chronology of when they were actually written rather than when they appeared on albums. Using newly discovered manuscripts, anecdotal evidence, and a seemingly limitless knowledge of every Bob Dylan live performance, he has uncovered a wealth of information about the songs, leaving no stone unturned in his research."--Publisher description.

Slavný hudební demytizátor Clinton Heylin, renomovaný autor životopisů rockových hvězd, přichází s dosud nejobšírnější publikací o „Šéfovi“ a jeho kapele. Popisuje Springsteenovo nelehké mládí, hudební začátky a období slávy, kdy musel se svým vydavatelstvím i kapelou svádět těžké boje, aby se nezpronevěřil sám sobě a své tvorbě. Kniha je navíc opatřená rozsáhlým popisem všech oficiálně vydaných písní i bootlegů. Pro fanoušky naprostá nutnost.

Bootleg tells the whole fascinating saga of the industry dedicated to making unofficial recordings available to true fans - from its underground infancy through the CD protection gap era, to the recent explosion of online trading of MP3 files.