Clinton Heylin Knihy

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.

In virtually all areas of Dylan's life - his immigrant antecedents, his business dealings, his various addictions and his romantic attachments - Heylin is able to provide a fascinating picture of a man who changed the whole course of popular music in the sixties and, over thirty years later, won three Grammys.

"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".

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.

Bob Dylan - icon, legend, poet, singer and songwriter - is now 50. Much has been written about his early years, but the last 25 years contain some of his finest work, including "Blood on the Tracks". This biography gives a detailed history of Dylan's entire 50 years.

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.