Bob Dylan's first album sold an average of one copy per record store after it was shipped and John Hammond still told Columbia "We must keep him. He is the future of American music."; takes a genius to know a genius.

@melodymakermark

4 жыл бұрын

Some he signed just didn’t develop under contract with Columbia, but that wasn’t John’s fault. Aretha comes to mind. Columbia released her, two Arabs and a Jew snatched her up and took her to Muscle Shoals and BAM! Aretha, baby!

@drewgibb2227

4 жыл бұрын

👑👑👑👑👑

@eddiemeyer5206

4 жыл бұрын

I heard Johnny Cash also had pushed Columbia to keep Bob too

@MrPernell27

3 жыл бұрын

Dylan was called Hammond’s folly. How wrong they were! Dylan is the greatest American artist of the last 100yrs.

@shiitakestick

3 жыл бұрын

my friend David at the time handed me Highway61 with the admonition “ if you dont like this youre an asshole “ just sayin’

1961: It´s hard times in the city, living down in New York town 1962: Hey, hey, Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song 1963: The answer is blowing in the wind 1964: I´m a poet, and I know it, hope I don´t blow it 1965: Like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone 1966: And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain 1967: The wind began to howl 1969: Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man a while 1970: If not for you, babe I couldn´t find the door 1973: I feel like I´m knocking on heaven´s door 1974: And may you stay forever young 1975: Like a corkscrew to my heart, ever since we´ve been apart 1976: Makes me feel ashamed to live in a land where justice is a game 1978: Do you love me or are you just extending goodwill? 1979: I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter 1980: I want to thank you, Lord 1981: I need a shot of love 1983: Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune 1985: Has anybody seen my love? 1986: Brownsville girl, show me all around the world 1988: Death is not the end 1989: We live in a political world 1990: Wiggle till the moon sees you 1992: He was her man but he done her wrong 1993: Because the world´s gone wrong 1997: It´s not dark yet but it´s getting there 2000: People are crazy, times are strange, I used to care but things have changed 2001: Said, Tweedle-dee dumb to Tweedle-dee Dee 2006: Ain´t talking, just walking 2009: Beyond here lies nothin', nothing done and nothing said 2012: It´s soon after midnight, and my day has just begun 2015: I´m a fool to want you 2016: But I´m with you always, I´m with you rain or shine 2017: I guess I´ll have to change my plans 2020: I´m a man of contradictions, I´m a man of many moods, I contain multitudes 2020: Mother of Muses, wherever you are, I´ve already outlived my life by far

@kylebookout1789

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment canal! Appreciate the dates. Dylan is an artist nearly beyond compare. Always changing. Always evolving. Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within and never looking back.

@Beatle-Byrd

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the greatest comment on all of KZread. I salute you.

@maxout7306

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the detailed list - an interesting and thought provoking format. I think your list also demonstrates an artist with an incredible recording career and deserves the recognition far beyond that of a pop star. Liked.

@raahilbhatia1866

3 жыл бұрын

Thank u. simply amazing

@shiitakestick

2 жыл бұрын

@@raahilbhatia1866 - moving . such a way with music & words..

one of the best LP's ever recorded. genius

@Bearlaker

4 жыл бұрын

Along with Hwy 61.

@rrock2025

4 жыл бұрын

Your comment is genius.

@Bearlaker

4 жыл бұрын

Bob elevates us all.

@ThomasDeLello

4 жыл бұрын

@Azbycxdwevfugthsirjqkplomn McPinth Blonde On Blonde sounds like one very long song... Kooper and Johnston should have changed up the band lineups just to give it's sound more variations. It all seems to just run together to me.

I remember when this album came out. I was already a Bobaholic, had all of his other albums, even a bunch of bootlegs, but this one was like manna from heaven. It was perfection. I still think of it as his best album.

John Hammond--what a profound positive impact he had on American music. Signed so many great artists. Respect!

Mr Hammond. What a guy. He knew what he was doing when he signed Bob Dylan.

@mortimerzilch2608

5 жыл бұрын

John Hammond recorded all the Leadbelly songs...I had a six disc set...almost all of it recorded in the field by John Hammond. (I left it with one of my "groupies" when I got drafted to Vietnam...and she "lost " it...I found out years later to my great disappointment.)

@EricScottBloom

5 жыл бұрын

John is a sweetheart and a genius and made SURE the world got the likes of not ONLY Bob Dylan....he shaped popular music and wears his hair like a soldier~E

We can all thank god for 'Hammond's folly'. To spot Dylan in '61, sign him, sheer bloody genius.

@jsigur157

4 жыл бұрын

or the beginning of the government psyop called "the hippie movement". Most of those LA musicians were originally bob dyllan want to bes living in New York till they all decided to move to LA at the same time to "California dream"

@rrock2025

4 жыл бұрын

Your comment is genius.

I just played this album over and over on a road trip. It’s such a brilliantly complete album. The title suggests there has been an accident, someone got hurt, and the songs start blue and contemplative, get a little irate, then cheer up, chill out, offer sanctuary, and end on a light hearted note. It’s a very healing album. I love it.

I still remember going through my older brothers albums looking for something interesting to play on my record player...I was 15. It was 1977 and i had no idea who Bob Dylan was..since I was into poetry, it was the album cover and the album title that caught my eye and interest. I took the album to my room and put it on...tangled up in blue came on and I couldn't believe it...I was mesmerized. Every song was captivating and a feast for the ears and heart. I'm 57 now..still a fan. Once Bob came to my town and I gave a book to his tour bus people to give to Bob...I wonder if he ever got it💘

@laughliketheflowers

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the story. Joyful to read. I discovered Bob with Desire when I was 10.

@susantorres8590

4 жыл бұрын

Please!!! I gotta know,what book was it?

@anda6963

4 жыл бұрын

Discovered him when l was 17 18 and L live all the way across the pond in Greece. None of my friends liked that kind of music, highway 51 revisited my first one.. Wow.. Still remember that first hearing

@fivehead6675

2 жыл бұрын

@@laughliketheflowers I discovered Bob with Desire as well going through my aunts and uncles old records in a drawer to play on a record player I got at a garage sale.

" Blood on the Tracks", a masterpiece for the ages. And the "Idiot Wind" is sure blowing through our country now.

Bob Dylan's a genius.... only a fool would doubt

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

lonely stalker Amen, to that!

@lcohen4633

4 жыл бұрын

I do doubt that, isn’t he a god?

@kymbrenton

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely couldn't agree more

The Greatest Poet Of Our Time. Dylan. That’s Bob Dylan.

@laughliketheflowers

4 жыл бұрын

How would you know? Have you read and studied all the others?

Five DAYS and two for mixing...Holy God that's unreal!!!

Blood On The Tracks is a Masterpiece

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

peter2010900 Agreed!!

@fivecitydirttracker4776

4 жыл бұрын

Monumental.......

@raindeerprojekt4119

4 жыл бұрын

@@SwinginPig It is a living example of what it means to be mindful and reflective!!! I know YOU get this, Mr. pig!!! A breathing masterpiece

I walked into a room as a kid and Idiot Wind was playing on the turntable. I stopped still and couldn’t move. It’s still the best thing I’ve ever heard.

Jesus this is amazing . Made my day. So wonderful there’s still new stuff coming out all this time later. I wonder what else is in the vaults ??

A college classmate gave me BOTT my freshman yr and it quickly became my fav, as a stripped back, heartbroken emotionally honest record. But when I bought the LP years later it sounded nothing like I was familiar w. I quickly learned I had the bootleg NY sessions. To me, this is the true Blood on the Tracks. Still my fav complete Dylan album

People see him all the time, but they just can't remember how to act.This was the high water mark in a 60yr career that has had many others. An amazing piece of work that has stood the test of time...

Nice words. Bob Dylan has always been a nice person.

I've seen Bob live twice. Blood on the Tracks is the greatest.

Wonderful historic interview. Thanks for putting it out for all to see!

Bird on the horizon, sittin' on a fence He's singin' his song for me at his own expense And I'm just like that bird, oh Singin' just for you I hope that you can hear Hear me singin' through these tears

Fantastic to have this footage relating to the process of producing one of the best albums of all time. A💕💕💕💕💕

Thankyou Mr Gunn...this was a wonderful album for me...once again..how was Mr Dylan able to write things that could relate to things I was going through in the years I discovered this material... Everyone was always seeking what his music meant..but to me it was what it meant to me...everyone should mind their own business I believe...great interview...once again on one of my heroes...☺

John Hammond..a true "New York" icon, showman, genius and musical historian. "Blood on the Tracks" was the first Super Audio CD that I ever purchased (back in 2005). Just about every track got played on the local FM station when I was in college, so I never bought the original LP since radio was always playing it. I fell in love with it the first time I heard "Tangled Up in Blue" while eating a cheeseburger at the student union.

Only took 5 days to record and two days to mix 🤯 proving genius doesn’t need to over think and try too hard, it comes naturally 🎁

@michaelmcdonald8452

5 жыл бұрын

Shyra M uh.... is he talking about Blood on the Tracks? Because it was infamously very much not “recorded in five days.” 🤣🤣🤣

@41Shyra7

5 жыл бұрын

Michael McDonald I thought that was what he said it, I could be wrong...

@tripgunn5549

5 жыл бұрын

"This album, unlike any album that's cut with groups these days, was finished in 5 days and mixed in 2." Some details on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Tracks#Recording_sessions

@petermackie7233

5 жыл бұрын

This interview must have been recorded before he went to Minnesota and re-recorded five of the tracks. The New York version was done in five days, actually the bulk of it was done in three, Sept 16,17 and 19, 1974.

@seanmcardle4007

5 жыл бұрын

Then Bob halts the release and re-records 5 of the songs in Minnesota. 😄 However, BOTT is one of the greatest albums of all time.

Always wished he had done more for his own gifted son, John Hammond, Jr...Scholar & a gentleman, wonderful performer.

Wow this is so rare and amazing! Cannot wait for this. God bless Bob Dylan

This video was amazing. There's something great about the sincerity of these guys in their communication.

@chawkinz

5 жыл бұрын

Marketing.

@jacobjinglehymer8789

5 жыл бұрын

Sincere, yet everything they said turned out being wrong. Dylan wasn't happy with those recordings and went to Minnesota to re- record everything😂

@jamesclendon4811

5 жыл бұрын

Sincerity? Ya think so? I seems like sleazy record company spin to me. They're talking about one of the greatest albums ever, but I think they would manage to fake equal enthusiasm if they were talking about "Self Portrait." This video is about the planned marketing of the album--I'm not sure who the intended audience was (Columbia salesmen , maybe?), not about musical excellence. I know who John Hammond was, but don't forget he was at heart a record company employee, whose job was to sell product. Sometimes, as in this case, that product just happened to be one of the greatest albums of all time, by one of the greatest artists ever.

@_arman_

5 жыл бұрын

These are fair points being made. In retrospect it seems I've been glamorized by salesmen.

@carmelcrowley158

5 жыл бұрын

History reliving, Robert Zimmerman the asi know loved you. Thanks for your message, lolxxx

Pretty cool to see this. Sounds like promo that was shot before Bob re-recorded the 5 songs in Minneapolis.

@RuaTheRapoet

4 жыл бұрын

The Sal Inski You sure about that? The second guy in the interview was talking about a 'contrast of tracks with just Bob and ones with him with a full band, organ etc.' Doesn't that sound like the final version?

@TheSalinski

4 жыл бұрын

Hammond said "This album, unlike any album that's cut with groups these days, was finished in five days and mixed in two days." but I knew the final record was recorded in two sessions: NYC in September and Minneapolis in December. So actually "finished" in over three months, and that made me think perhaps this interview was recorded before the Mpls sessions. But now I see Hammond was likely thinking about the actual days in the studio that the label would have to pay for, and that would indeed be five days: New York Sept 16, 17, 19, and Minneapolis December 27, 30.

@RuaTheRapoet

4 жыл бұрын

The Sal Inski Oh wow, that's even more incredible. I couldn't have imagined that it could've been five days, both sessions combined. But, there it is. Amazing.

i think I've listened to this album all the way through more than any other album

"Someone's got it in for me/They're printing stories in the press..."

@jameslloyd949

4 жыл бұрын

My favourite lyric of all time

@hydra7616

4 жыл бұрын

Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick but when they will i can only giess

@prescottcomputer

3 жыл бұрын

they're planting stories in the press

Looking SO forward to More Blood, More Tracks!!

One of Bob's greatest. Very personal.

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

clarkewi agreed! It’s a masterpiece.

My favorite album of all time

Hammond is the real genius to recognize Dylan's talent when most would have dismissed him

Interesting that Hammond mentioned Bruce - who had yet to break through with Born to Run when this interview was conducted - and how long it was taking to complete that album. It appears that he kept tabs on all his signings.

Still the best album I've ever heard. #masterpiece

Man, they were spot on.

Great footage man keep em' coming.

Beauty walks a razors edge, someday I'll make it mine.

best album he ever did

@jorgejohnson451

5 жыл бұрын

Simon Robeyns Not sure about that. But certainly in the top 5.

@SimonRobeyns

5 жыл бұрын

@@jorgejohnson451 What would you chose over BoTT!

@jorgejohnson451

5 жыл бұрын

Simon Robeyns That’s a fair question, but just flipping the albums like “The Free Wheeling’ Bob Dylan,” “Bringing it All Back Home,” “Blonde on Blonde,” “Desire,” “Slow Train Coming,” “Infidels,” and “Time Out of Mind” tells me it requires serious consideration. I’ll get back with you on that.

This is a really cool look behind the scenes of the business of music distribution and promotion in the mid 70s. The audience is probably regional music distributors who are going out to promote the record to retailers.

Fabulous and Fantastic, Thx.u

Love this. Very interesting. Thanks.

They knew back then it was a masterpiece.

@jorgejohnson451

5 жыл бұрын

Tommy Wiseau Didn’t you, when you first heard it? I sure did.

@SEGoddard

5 жыл бұрын

Yep, from the first chords...@@jorgejohnson451

Brilliant upload, thank you 🙏🇮🇪

Not sure about the "Top 40" comment but it's certainly a great album; if not his best then certainly on the short-list of his best. And they didn't even mention Tangled Up in Blue or Shelter From the Storm.

We're lucky there were guys like this who actual got it. So many people have a hissy fit over Dylan's voice.

One of my favorite albums!

I don't trust a man who NEVER stops smiling.

There were a few good record men back then, John Hammond was one. Columbia needed artists like Bob Dylan. Like Bob said, " the times they are a' changin' " . Hammond saw changes in the business coming. .

Glad Hammond saw talent "when he's standing in front of you". Love Bob💎

My all time favourite album from Bob Dylan. At least so far.

Wow is this curious thing having Hammond and DeVito true company men espousing Bob's latest work. Rackjobbers, payola guys, the suits, and scenesters...kinda has a Sinatra vibe as they are talking of him. Now this would be a podcast. Both these guys pumped up Bob's career at certain times.

Great discussion....one of my favourite albums "Blood on the Tracks "..... ....😘

@hugokelvin6048

3 жыл бұрын

How are you doing ?

@nikachimes6675

3 жыл бұрын

.....Fine....Gabriel...email me at.....nikachimes@hotmail.ca....I am having trouble with tech.......with KZread......okay?

Irony is the so called New York sessions version is so much enjoyable to my ears

My favorite Dylan album!

Amazing. They were probably talking about the original acetate version of the album. Lots of preparation to get it released and market it just right. And what does Dylan do: he goes out and re-records half of it at the very last minute! I’m a commercial point of you I think it’s Definitely the case that the Minneapolis sessions gave the record I need even more professional Sheen and brightness.

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

Markus Rose I had no idea he re-recorded half of it! I’m a Dylan but, but I’d never heard that. Fascinating!

@frankirons9337

2 жыл бұрын

I think they were talking about the final version. They referenced how it switched back and forth between acoustic and electric and how the album was recorded over five days (the acetate version was recorded over three days).

@vinylarchaeologist

9 ай бұрын

@@frankirons9337Correct 😊

One of the greatest (if not the greatest) albums ever made

There review is spot on..Masterpiece.

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

Doug agreed!

Bob Dylan s a poet in his own making yours sincerely Gary

thank you BLOOD on the tracks. Lilly rosemary and the Jack of hearts great track♠️🖤♣️♦️ superb .SPADES SHOVELS BARRELS

I remember being 18 yrs old and discovering blood on the tracks. I just started smoking weed and I don't think I came out of my room for a week. I remember opening the liner notes and reading Pete Hamil's essay on Dylan. I thought this isn't just a songwriter.

Incredible Album it certainly is

Nice Columbia guys talking about this Wonder ‘Blood on the Tracks’ Album.. listen to John at 6:20 This album I, in some poor London days, brought to the Pawnshop with some other Albums... Madness.. Got to get it again.. on CD this time..cause it was a Beauty...🌻💥👌❣️Got it now🎶❣️🌺

Not only had a good aptitude for detecting talent, but seemed like a cheerful dude as well.

has there ever been so much truth in advertising?

I would have loved to have been alive during it's official release!

It's a great record. It flows and is over way too soon.

I tell everybody, "Highway 61" is the greatest album of all time. But "Blood On The Tracks" is Bob Dylan's greatest album...

@thevoid99

5 жыл бұрын

for me, it's "the basement tapes" and "blonde on blonde".

@John-xn3dr

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, Blonde on Blonde is a ground breaking album. First double album and every song is a classic. "Visions of Johanna" proved that Dylan is the greatest song writer/poet to ever live.

@VideoAmericanStyle

5 жыл бұрын

John Don’t forget about Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands! Hard to believe that’s on the same album, they’re both so good.

@MrPernell27

5 жыл бұрын

John Blond on Blonde! Followed by Hwy 61 and Time Out of Mind

@waterfordrs22

5 жыл бұрын

I believe his earliest albums were just amazing and influential. Another Side of BD, Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde were absolute game changers that arrived in a span of about 18 months- Absolute Brilliance. There are other highlights and live performances not to be forgotten. And then There is Blood On The Tracks. It's his most intimate album by a country mile and unique in that regard. It's a jewel of an album in either released or unreleased versions. It wasn't a game changer, but it is his masterpiece and speaking for myself, the songs never grow old in a very personal sense. I've listened to so much Dylan over the years, I believe I could almost play all the early Dylan albums back in my mind and hear them as if they were on the stereo. Blood On The tracks hits myself and many people closer to the core. It arrives on a different level.

The best thing about Idiot Wind is that after all the terrible shit said, he says he is sorry. 10/10 album

@jj80808

7 ай бұрын

Idk if he says sorry per se,if you take it as face value about being about a relationship he's actually pretty unaccountable for his actions in the song (as he/most often tend to be after breakups if we're being honest,and made no mistake I wouldn't rather it any other way) but the end where he admits they're both idiots is the perfect climax. That song sums up a breakup better than any song before or since,with the exception MAYBE of another bob dylan track.

@jj80808

7 ай бұрын

Too many quotable gems to even list a dozen in one comment but the "idiot wind blowing through the flowers on your tomb" line always strikes me. How the hell could you even think of someone you once loved so dearly and feared ever losing's death?!? Because that's what heartbreak does to you.

A MASTERPIECE.

Bob!!!

Great album..

Bob Dylan - Point to Purchase Support.

Favorite. Record. Ever.

It's his best album.

@ryan98408

4 жыл бұрын

Correct!

Gr8 Stuff Bob.

John. hammond most influential figures in 20th-century popular music.🇨🇱🇦🇺

TOP 5 DYLAN ALBUMS: 1.) Blood on the Tracks 2.) Time Out of Mind 3.) Highway 61 Revisited 4.) Blonde on Blonde 5.) Love & Theft (tied with) Tell Tale Signs

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

Henry Porter No room for Bringing It All Home?

@DarrylMcCartney

5 жыл бұрын

Oh Mercy

@belasgirl6

5 жыл бұрын

I love the list, but I would have to add Bringing it All Back Home

Of course people always talk about Dylans great Trilogy in 65/66. we all know what those three albums are. but to me his greatest single album and probably best work is Blood on the Tracks.

Early Bob Dylan: "Hey, hey Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song . . . ". Sums it up for me.

احبك bob Dylan ❤

Prophetic!

Such a killer album

I day blonde on blonde is the best...

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

Thomas Price agreed!

"time buys" and "point of purchase support"!?! yep... that's what ever you were talking about for ya!

BLOOD was the breakthrough TRACKS of our times...change from 60's to 70's to 80's.. My grandfather promoted great Violinist of 20th century and company was sold to become Columbia with 4 other outfits combined... I grew up 60's with Dylan Lennon Hendrix triumvirate of rock.. now in my 60's I write 400+ songs in the past 10 years.. and am producing fine songs with absolutely no sales.. and average 50 video tub views.. Yet this is not about sales, for whats really important? Its about content and construction, building something real.. In my (paneaglesong) case its all free music provided for any form or adaptation by media artists, and non-commercial value, its development of a real NU View and Tru Altitude of freedom and "spiritual" vision but as inspired as Dylan was for us all, now it is here all the more in the ALL IS...that is what we share... please hear some of the paneaglesong on yutu including when elvis was king, and make no mistakes, and HEY from the Treasure Tree .

It’s a damn good record !!!!

love Mr. Hammond's distinct, regional "accent"

@gilchasin1022

4 жыл бұрын

Why did you put accent in quotes?

if u see her say hello

@SwinginPig

5 жыл бұрын

DAKSA PUNDIR that’s my favorite one!

For those of you who are unaware there's also, Blood on the tapes: even more raw, not as produced. if you want to explore a real and felt experience.

I’m guessing this interview was before Bob scrapped a bunch of songs and re-recorded some in his home state? The final album most definitely took more than 5 days to record. Great lil interview though!

Wow talking about the blood tracks insane

Yes

Can't wait for the rolling thunder documentary!

studio execs doing their crap but in this case it was all worth it and true!

Everything they said about blood on the tracks was true.

hammonds follie the man knew talent when he heard it, yall know the list, nuff said