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So fascinatingly behind-the-scenes that it will make you listen to the album as if you''ve never heard it before.--Esquire

In 1974 Bob Dylan wrote, recorded, reconsidered, and then re-recorded the best-selling studio album of his career. Blood on the Tracks was composed as Dylan''s twelve-year marriage began to unravel, and songs like Tangled Up in Blue and Shelter from the Storm have become templates for multidimensional, adult songs of love and loss. Yet the story behind the creation of this album has never been fully told; even the credits on the present-day album sleeve are inaccurate. Dylan recorded the album twice-once in New York City and again in Minneapolis, with a rag-tag gang of local musicians, quickly rewriting many of the songs in the process. For A Simple Twist of Fate, the authors have interviewed the musicians and producers, industry insiders, and others, creating an engaging chronicle of how one musician channeled his pain and confusion into great art.


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"So fascinatingly behind-the-scenes that it will make you listen to the album as if you've never heard it before." Esquire"

A Simple Twist of Fate

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      Publisher Hachette Books
      Published 3 February 2005
      ISBN-13 9780306814136
      978-0306814136
      ISBN-10 0306814137
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      So fascinatingly behind-the-scenes that it will make you listen to the album as if you''ve never heard it before.--Esquire

      In 1974 Bob Dylan wrote, recorded, reconsidered, and then re-recorded the best-selling studio album of his career. Blood on the Tracks was composed as Dylan''s twelve-year marriage began to unravel, and songs like Tangled Up in Blue and Shelter from the Storm have become templates for multidimensional, adult songs of love and loss. Yet the story behind the creation of this album has never been fully told; even the credits on the present-day album sleeve are inaccurate. Dylan recorded the album twice-once in New York City and again in Minneapolis, with a rag-tag gang of local musicians, quickly rewriting many of the songs in the process. For A Simple Twist of Fate, the authors have interviewed the musicians and producers, industry insiders, and others, creating an engaging chronicle of how one musician channeled his pain and confusion into great art.


      Trade Review
      "So fascinatingly behind-the-scenes that it will make you listen to the album as if you've never heard it before." Esquire"

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