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Glen Campbell, Mr. Twelve String Guitar, 1966

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

Glen Campbell is a name I remember from my parents’ record collection. Therefore the idea of a Glen Campbell collection of Dylan covers is automatically fighting an uphill battle to gain any kind of credibility in my mind. Furthermore, this … Continue reading →

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The Metropolitan Pops Orchestra, Plays Instrumental Versions of Bob Dylan Favorites, 1966

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

So, if 1965 was the year of the folk rock boom, 1966 was the year of instrumental Dylan cover albums, with no less than four being released that year. The Metropolitan Pops Orchestra produce by far the poppiest collection of … Continue reading →

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The Gene Norman Group, Dylan Jazz, 1966

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

I was quite excited when I discovered this album. Arriving in 1966, hot on the heels of free jazz and such avant-garde luminaries as Coltrane, Dolphy, Ayler and Sanders I thought it might really mess with the Dylan catalogue in … Continue reading →

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Gotham String Quartet, The Immortal Songs of Bob Dylan, 1966

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Alan Bumstead Vinyl Reviews

I read somewhere that this was one of the strangest Dylan cover albums you’d ever hear, and so I braced myself for weirdness. Instead this delivered what I thought the Golden Gates Strings were all about—Dylan done as classical music. … Continue reading →

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