Touring Bob Dylan 1970s

In the early 1970s, critics charged Dylan's output quality is variable and unpredictable. Rolling Stone magazine writer and Dylan loyalistGreil famous Marcus asked "What is this nonsense?" Self-portrait at first listen the 1970s. Self Portrait In general, a double LP including few original songs, is not acceptable. Later that year, Dylan released New Morning, some as a return to form. In November 1968, with Dylan wrote "I've always" with George Harrison, Harrison recorded both "I've always" and Dylan's "If Not For You" solo album in 1970 for his triple-All Things Must Pass. Dylan's surprise appearance at Harrison 1971Concert in Bangladesh has attracted extensive media coverage, indicating that the appearance of Dylan's life has become rare.
Between 16 and 19 March 1971, Dylan reserved three days at Blue Rock Studios, a small studio in New York's Greenwich Village. This session provides a single, "Watching the River Flow" and a new record "When I paint my masterpiece" On November 4, 1971 Dylan recorded "George Jackson," which was released a week later. . For many people, the single was again surprising to protest against the material, mourning the murder of Black Panther George Jackson at San Quentin Prison this summer.
In 1972, Dylan entered the Sam Peckinpah film Pat Garrett and Billy Kid, provide support for song and music for movies, and play the role of "Alias", a member of Billy some historical basis. Despite the failure of the film at the box office, the song "Knockin 'on Heaven's Door" has proven durability as one of the songs of Dylan's most widely covered
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Dylan started 1973 with the signing of a new label, David Geffen Records asylum, when his contract with Columbia Records ended. On the next album, Planet Waves, he used the group as a support group while training for a great ride. This album includes two versions of "Forever Young", which became one of the most popular songs. As one critic has described the song should be "something and sincere songs that speak of the father of Dylan, and Dylan himself commented:". I wrote it thinking about one of my boys and did not want too sentimental "Soune Biographer Howard noted that Jakob Dylan thought the song was about him.
Columbia Records simultaneously released Dylan, anarchic collection falls studio (almost exclusively of times), which is widely interpreted as a severe reaction to Dylan's signing with a rival label. In January 1974, Dylan returned to live tour after a break of seven years, supported by the band, he began touring the coast to the other major North America, playing 40 concerts. A double live album from the tour before the Flood, was released on Asylum Records. Soon Columbia Records did say they "will spare nothing to bring into the fold of Dylan" Dylan a. Reflections on asylum, apparently annoyed that, despite the millions of satisfied demand to tickets for the tour 1974, Geffen sold Only 700,000 copies of Planet Waves. Dylan returned to Columbia Records, later reissued two albums for asylum in their footsteps.

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