{"product_id":"9780571254453-bob-dylan","title":"Bob Dylan","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritings 1968-2010\u003cbr\u003eMarcus's \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e piece on Dylan's album \u003ci\u003eSelf Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e - often referred to as the most famous record review ever written -  began with 'What is this shit?' and led to his departure from the  magazine for five years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreil Marcus weaves individual moods and moments into a brilliant history of  their changing times. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book begins in Berkeley in 1968, and  ends with a piece on Dylan's show at the University of Minnesota on  election night 2008. In between are moments of euphoric discovery: from  Marcus' sleeve notes for the 1967 \u003ci\u003eBasement Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e to his exploration of  Dylan's reimagining of the American experience in 1997's \u003ci\u003eTime Out of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. And rejection; Marcus's \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e piece on Dylan's album \u003ci\u003eSelf Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e - often referred to as the most famous record review ever written -  began with 'What is this shit?' and led to his departure from the  magazine for five years. Marcus follows not only recordings but  performances. books, movies, and all manner of highways and byways in  which Bob Dylan has made himself felt in our culture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTogether,  the dozens of pieces collected here comprise a portrait of how,  throughout his career, Bob Dylan has drawn upon and reinvented the  landscape of American song, its myths and choruses, heroes and villains.  They are the result of more than forty years' engagement between an  unparalleled artist and a uniquely acute listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57536523665782,"sku":"9780571254453","price":18.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36344865.jpg?v=1774289142","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571254453-bob-dylan","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}