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From: olof@enea.se (Olof Bj|rner)
Date: 6 Jun 90 18:15:58 GMT
Reply-To: olof@enea.se (Olof Bj|rner)
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C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION
1. CALENDAR
2. RECORDINGS
3. SONGS 1985
4. SUGGESTED READINGS
INTRODUCTION
Despite the fact that Dylan did no tour 1985 was a year of extreme
visibility. At least 12 interviews, a new great album, EMPIRE BURLESQUE,
and no less than 4 charity engagements, "We Are The World" and "Sun City",
Live Aid and Farm Aid. Besides these two public performances Dylan also
played at youth festival in Moscow.
1. CALENDAR
January 28 Dylan participates in the We Are The World recording
session in Hollywood.
February/March Recording session in the Cherokee Studio in Hollywood
results in five of the EMPIRE BURLESQUE tracks.
March More recording for EMPIRE BURLESQUE at the Shakedown Sound
in New York.
March Bill Flanagan interviews Dylan for his book "Written
in My Soul".
March/April Several of the EMPIRE BURLESQUE tracks are overdubbed and
remixed at The Right Track in New York.
April Dylan plays harmonica at a Sly Dunbar - Robbie Shakespeare
session in RPM Recording Studio in New York. One track,
'No Name On The Bullet' is released on the album
'Language Barrier', August 5, 1985.
May The single 'Tight Connection To My Heart/We Better Talk
This Over' is released.
June 8 Release of EMPIRE BURLESQUE.
June 17 Bob Dylan answers telephone calls from listeners in the
radio program Rock-Line.
July 13 Live Aid appearance with Keith Richards and Ron Wood.
Dylan's proposal to set aside a tiny amount of the raised
money for the farmers inspires Willie Nelson to organize
Farm Aid.
July 25 Dylan sings 'Blowin' In The Wind', 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna
Fall' and 'The Times They Are A-Changin' at the "12th
World Festival of Youths and Students" in Moscow.
Summer Dylan makes his third benefit appearance when he participates
in the recording of the 'Sun City' single and video.
August Scott Chen from US music paper"Spin" interviews Dylan at his
home in Malibu.
August 22 Shooting of the video 'When The Night Comes Falling' at the
Gymnasium of First Methodist Church in Hollywood.
September Cameron Crowe interviews Dylan, the result is incorporated
in the BIOGRAPH booklet.
September Charles Young interviews Dylan for MTV. Dylan mentions his
collaboration with David Stewart and that he will be touring
next year with "60 to 100 shows".
September 19 Dylan is interviewed by Bob Brown from ABC-TV in Malibu.
The interview is later broadcast on October 20 in the program
"20-20".
September 19 Rehearsals for Farm Aid at Universal Studios in LA.
September 21 Rehearsals for Farm Aid at Memorial Stadium in Champaign,
Ill.
September 22 Farm Aid concert with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at
Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill.
Late September Mikal Gilmore interviews Dylan for the LA Herald Examiner.
Fall Charles Kaiser interviews Dylan for the Boston Review.
The result is not published until April 1986.
October David Fricke interviews Dylan for Rolling Stone.
October Release of 'Emotionally Yours/When The Night Comes Falling
From The Sky' single.
October 28 Release of BIOGRAPH.
Late October Denise Worell interviews Dylan for a profile in Time
magazine. The complete profile/interview is published in
Worrell's book "Icons" 1989.
Early November Robert Hilburn interviews Dylan for LA Times.
November 13 Bob Dylan's first 25 years in the music business is
celebrated at the Whitney Museum in New York. A short
acceptance speech by Dylan was broadcast by ABC-TV in the
program "Entertainment Tonight" and also by MTV.
November 20-23 Recording session in London in "The Eurythmics Church"
with Dave Stewart produces one track later released on
KNOCKED OUT LOADED.
November 22 Andy Kershaw interviews Dylan. The short conversation is
broadcast by BBC 2, November 26 in the program "Old Grey
Whistle Test"
December Dylan starts rehearsing with Tom Petty $ The Heartbreakers
at Soundstage 41, Universal Studios in Los Angeles.
2. RECORDINGS
Jan 28 We Are The World recording session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A&M Studios, Hollywood
1. We Are The World (Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie)
Released on single March 11, 1985 and on the album
'USA For Africa: We Are The World', April 1985.
A tape with 21 takes is circulating. Several of these takes can be
seen in the video 'The History Behind The Song', April 1986 also
available as commercial video 'The Making Of We Are The World',
February 1986.
February Recording session for EMPIRE BURLESQUE
March ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Cherokee Studio, Hollywood
1. I'll Remember You
2. Emotionally Yours
3. Trust Yourself
4. Seeing The Real You At Last
5. Maybe Someday (instrumental)
6. Dark Eyes
1-3 Bob Dylan piano.
1-5 Mike Campbell (guitar).
1-4 Benmont Tench (organ & keyboards).
1-3, 5 Howie Epstein (bass).
4 Bob Glaub (bass).
1-3 Jim Keltner (drums).
4-5 Don Heffington (drums).
1-3 Madelyn Quebec (2nd vocal).
6 Bob Dylan solo.
2,3 and 4 overdubbed March-April.
The original version of 4 contains a 5th verse, which was cut
out in the overdubbing process.
5 vocal and overdubbing, May 1986.
1-3,4 and 6 released on EMPIRE BURLESQUE, June 8 1985.
3 released on single, October 1985.
5 released on KNOCKED OUT LOADED, August 8, 1986.
March Recording session for EMPIRE BURLESQUE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Probably Shakedown Sound, New York
1. Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)
2. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky
3. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky
4. Never Gonna Be The Same Again
5. Waiting To Get Beat
1-4 Bob Dylan on keyboards, backed by Robbie Shakespeare (bass)
and Sly Dunbar (drums).
1 Mick Taylor and Ted Perlman (guitars).
2,3,5 Al Kooper and Stuart Kimball (guitars).
4 Syd McGuiness (guitar).
2,5 Madelyn Quebec (2nd vocal).
3 "Urban Blight Horns"
1,3,4 overdubbed March/April.
1 released on single May 1985
1,3,4 released on EMPIRE BURLESQUE, June 8, 1985.
July 13 Live Aid Concert
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia.
1. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
2. When The Sip Comes In
3. Blowin' In The Wind
With Keith Richards and Ron Wood on acoustic guitars.
Sept 19 Farm Aid Rehearsals
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Universal Studios, Los Angeles
1. Forever Young
Backed by Benmont Tench (keyboards), Madelyn Quebec, Elisecia Wright,
Queen Esther Marrow and Debra Byrd (background vocals).
Partly broadcast by ABC-TV, October 10 in the program "20/20"
Sept 21 Farm Aid Rehearsals
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Memorial Stadium, University Of Illinois, Champagne
1. Shake (?)
2. Trust Yourself
3. That Lucky Old Sun (Haven Gillespie/Beasley Smith)
4. Maggie's Farm
5. I Like It Like That (Van Morrison)
Backed by Tom Petty (guitar), Mike Campbell (guitar), Benmont Tench
(keyboards), Howie Epstein (bass), Stan Lynch (drums) and
Madelyn Quebec, Elisecia Wright, Queen Esther Marrow and
Debra Byrd (background vocals).
Sept 22 Farm Aid Concert
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Memorial Stadium, University Of Illinois, Champagne
1. Clean-Cut Kid
2. Shake (?)
3. I'll Remember You
4. Trust Yourself
5. That Lucky Old Sun (Haven Gillespie/Beasley Smith)
6. Maggie's Farm
Backed by Tom Petty (guitar), Mike Campbell (guitar), Benmont Tench
(keyboards), Howie Epstein (bass), Stan Lynch (drums) and
Madelyn Quebec, Elisecia Wright, Queen Esther Marrow and
Debra Byrd (background vocals).
4-6 Willie Nelson (acoustic guitar).
3-4 Madelyn Quebec (2nd vocal).
1-4,6 broadcast live The Nashville Network cable TV.
Nov 20- The London sessions
23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Eurythmics Church, London.
1. Instrumental
2. Instrumental
3. Under Your Spell
Backed by David Stewart (guitar), Clem Burke (drums),
Patrick Seymour (keyboards) and John McKenzie (bass).
1-2 broadcast by BBC 2 November 26 in the TV-program
"Old Grey Whistle Test"
3 released on KNOCKED OUT LOADED, August 8, 1986.
3. SONGS 1985
January Emotionally Yours
I'll Remember You
Trust Yourself
Seeing The Real You At Last
February Never Gonna Be The Same Again
Straight A's In Love [1]
The Very Thought Of You [1]
Waiting To Get Beat [1]
March Dark Eyes
November Under Your Spell [2]
Notes
~~~~~
[1] A studio out-take is the only known version.
[2] Co-written with Carole Bayer Sager.
4. SUGGESTED READINGS
20 ABC Interview - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
Charles Young Interview - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
Empire Burlesque ... The Reviews - The Telegraph #21
Empire Burlesque by Larry Sloman - The Telegraph #21
Mikal Gilmore Interview - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
Mixed Up Confusion In Biograph's Dates - Clinton Heylin - The Telegraph #23
Movies Inside His Head - John Lindley - The Telegraph #25
Old Grey Whistle Test Interview - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
Robert Hilburn Interview - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
Rockline - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
The First Live Aid - Isis #21
We Are The World - John Bauldie - The Telegraph #20
Westwood One - Dylan on Dylan - Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985
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