Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)

Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)
by D.A. Pennebaker

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• Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back - 65 Tour Edition is the ultimate look at Bob Dylan's concert tour of England in the spring of 1965 - one of the most intimate profiles of an artist ever put to film. This definitive set includes the remasteredic film by D.A. Pennebaker, a brand-new, hour-long look at Dylan, and the original 1968 companion book to the film, all housed in an eye-catching, collecti

Summary of Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back (1965 Tour Deluxe Edition)

Pennebaker's access to the legendarily private troubadour enables us to witness Dylan's shifting moods as he performs, relaxes with his entourage (including then lover Joan Baez, road manager Bob Neuwirth, and poker-faced manager Albert Grossman), and jousts with other musicians (notably Animals alumnus Alan Price and Scottish folksinger Donovan), fans, and press. It's a measurement of the filmmaker's acuity that the conversations are often as gripping as Dylan's solo performances. Grossman's machinations with British promoters, Baez's hip serenity, a grizzled British journalist's surrender to the fact of Dylan's artistry, and the artist's own taunting dismissal of a clueless sycophant are all absorbing.

With the exception of the studio recording of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," the live performances (including five newly restored, complete audio tracks excised from the original film but included on the DVD version) are constrained by crude audio gear. Their urgency, however, is timeless, as is Pennebaker's film, a legitimate cornerstone for any serious rock video collection. --Sam Sutherland