Covers: All I Really Want to Do

“All I Really Want to Do” is a 1964 Bob Dylan song. Covers include versions by the Byrds and Cher.

Do you remember Morris the Cat?

Blonde on Blonde released in 1966 – May 16 or June 20?

Blonde on Blonde was released on June 20, 1966. I think it’s Dylan’s best album.

From the Wikipedia article:

Blonde on Blonde was released on June 20, 1966, but for many years, May 16 was thought to be the correct date.[120] Michael Gray, author of The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia, had contended that the release date was actually around late June or early July.[30] This coincides with the album’s promotion in Billboard, which carried a full-page Columbia advertisement on June 25,[121] selected the album as a “New Action LP” on July 9,[122] and ran a review and article on July 16.[108] In 2017, after viewing a Sony database of album releases, Heylin found that the release date was in fact June 20.[1] This is supported by the fact that an overdub on “Fourth Time Around” was recorded in June.[120]

May 16: Bob Dylan released Blonde On Blonde in 1966

I’ve been reading this excellent book about the recording of Blonde on Blonde – That Thin Wild Mercury Music

Book Review: That Thin Wild Mercury Sound: Dylan, Nashville, and the Making of Blonde on Blonde

Republican candidate’s ad featuring violence

This is your 2022 GOP.

Before the Flood released on 6/20/74

I have posted about this two-record set before which was taken from live recordings made in January and February 1974. It does a great job of conveying what the shows were like – I saw one on January 6, 1974 in Philadelphia. Basically, it’s a shorter version of the concert. Dylan did five songs solo, the album has three. The Band did 11 songs, the album has eight. Multiple shows were recorded but I read Dylan doesn’t like the tour so I doubt we well see a Bootleg series set with them.