Bob Dylan has an unbelievable amount of unreleased, live and demo material floating around and over the years I've managed to collect a fair amount. Over the next month or so I'll be posting some of this material.

Eric Clapton 03/30/76 Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, CA (AKA Happy Birthday Eric!)

I haven't seen this movie yet, so I can't comment on how good or bad it may be, but as far as the soundtrack goes, it's very good. The premise for the movie as I understand it is there are 6 actors who play different characters throughout the movie.

A great example of the early coffee house shows before Bob was picked up by CBS Records can be heard in the Chapter Hall concert. He was, of course, newly signed at this point, but was still doing the coffee house type show.

Following on the heels of an album where he repudiated his past with his greatest backing band, Blood on the Tracks finds Bob Dylan, in a way, retreating to the past, recording a largely quiet, acoustic-based album.