EDLIS - Lyrics
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 01:09:42 GMT
From: Ben Taylor (bptaylor@LAGUNA.DEMON.CO.UK)
EDLIS Lyrics has never and will never present itself as an alternative to
the various Bob Dylan sanctioned lyric books. Copying to evade purchase is
wrong. Period. Users of the EDLIS service generally wish to have lyrics on
computer for ease of searching and analysis and they will already have
purchased published versions of songs and music. The agency has no
hesitation in recommending to everyone the purchase of
Author: Dylan, Bob, 1941-
Title: Lyrics, 1962-1985 / by Bob Dylan.
Imprint: New York : Knopf, 1985.
Description: 524 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes: Revised edition of: Writings and drawings. 1973.
Includes index.
LCCN: 85-40408
ISBN: 0394542789
the most complete compendium of Bob Dylan lyrics available in print. It is
regarded as essential if you have anything approaching even just a passing
interest in Bob Dylan's lyrics. Why would anyone posting to rec.music.dylan
not own a copy of this book?
If you are looking for the same text in electronic form you will find no better
source than the officially sanctioned "Highway 61 Interactive" CDROM (1995).
This is regarded as the successor to the above book (although the medium isn't
as widely accessible of course) because it includes post-1985 album releases.
If you're looking for lyrics to a small number of Dylan albums you may prefer
to buy one or more of the following songbooks instead:
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1963
The Times They Are A-Changin'. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1964
Bringing It All Back Home. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1965
Highway 61 Revisited. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1965
Bob Dylan Songbook. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1965
Blonde on Blonde. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1966
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1967
John Wesley Harding. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1967
Bob Dylan: A Collection. New York: Warner Bros. Publications, 1968
Bob Dylan: A Retrospective. New York: Warner Bros. Publications, 1968
Nashville Skyline. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1969
Song Book. New York: Warner Bros. Inc., 1970
Self Portrait. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1970
New Morning. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1970
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Berlin: Rolfe Budde Musikverlag, 1973
Planet Waves. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1974
Blood on the Tracks. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1975
The Basement Tapes. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1975
Desire. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1976
The Songs Of Bob Dylan,
1966 through 1975. New York: Knopf, 1976
Street Legal. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1978
Slow Train Coming. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1979
Saved. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1980
Shot of Love. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1981
Infidels. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1983
Empire Burlesque. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1985
Knocked Out Loaded. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1985
Down In The Groove. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1988
Oh Mercy. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1989
Bob Dylan: An Anthology. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1990
Rock Score. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1990
Under The Red Sky. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1990
Good As I Been To You. New York: Music Sales Corp., 1992
Classic Dylan: A Collection Of
All The Music From Four
Landmark Dylan New York: Music Sales Corp., 1992
World Gone Wrong (details?), 1993
Less mainstream songs and non-English translations are also officially
available. Here is a very brief and incomplete listing of some books which
may be of interest:
Author: Herdman, John, 1941-
Title: Voice without restraint : a study of Bob Dylan's lyrics
and their background / John Herdman.
Imprint: New York : Delilah Books : Distributed by G.P. Putnam's
Sons, c1982.
Description: 164 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes: Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 155.
Discography: p. 156-160.
LCCN: 81-69870
ISBN: 0933328184 0862280192 0862280370
Author: Day, Aidan.
Title: Jokerman : reading the lyrics of Bob Dylan / Aidan Day.
Imprint: Oxford : B. Blackwell, 1988.
Description: xiv, 189 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN: 88-6104
ISBN: 0631158731 0631172459
Author: Bowden, Betsy.
Title: Performed literature : words and music by Bob Dylan /
Betsy Bowden.
Imprint: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1982.
Description: x, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes: Includes index.
Includes bibliographies and discography.
LCCN: 81-7217
ISBN: 025334347X
Author: Tito Schipa Jr
Title: Mr Tambourine Tutte le canzoni e le poesie
Notes: Three volume Italian translation of Bob Dylan Lyrics
Author: Imre Barna
Title: Bob Dylan
Imprint: Regeny : Budapest, 1986
Notes: (Translation of Bob Dylan lyrics)
Author: Dylan, Bob, 1941-
Title: Damer i regn /
Imprint: [s.l.] : Den norske Bokklubben, 1977
Description: 132 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes: Norwegian translation of 70 Bob Dylan songs.
ISBN: 8252502695
If you would like a complete listing of lyric and lyric-related books you are
directed to the EDLIS Bibliographical Agency assistants, Ronald Lamars
and Mel Johnson . Many
newbies ask how to access the various EDLIS agencies. The procedure is the same
for all. Simply post your request for information to rec.music.dylan or via
private e-mail and, allowing for vacations (aka "time off for good behaviour"),
you will receive an answer (in your mailbox or on rmd, as appropriate).
Ben Taylor
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Leeds, England
bptaylor@laguna.demon.co.uk