S01.22 Steven Hyden - Liner Notes Writer for FRAGMENTS: Time Out Of Mind Sessions (Bootleg Series 17)

02/03/23 • 28 min

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Steven Hyden wrote the liner notes for The Bootleg Series 17: Fragments - The Time Out Of Mind Sessions, and in this episode talks to us about the assignment, his assessment of Bob Dylan in 1997, and how the narrative of the times stood up to 25 years of additional Bob Dylan output.

Hyden is a respected music writer, and his latest book is called Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack for a Generation, and he's also the author of Your Favorite Band is Killing Me, Twilight of the Gods and several others. He writes regularly at Uproxx where he is officially the ‘Cultural Critic’, Plus: he has a new Bob Dylan Podcast focusing on Live shows from the Never Ending Tour - called Never Ending Stories.

His essay in the CD and LP box sets talks about how Dylan was positioned and perceived in the media around 1997, and how that narrative didn’t exactly align with reality and how 25 years has utterly destroyed the popular assumptions of the time.

In this conversation we talk about how Steven got the gig, what he was asked to do, his thoughts about summing up 60 years of Bob Dylan, what it meant at the time for a 55 year old to make an album, the role Daniel Lanois played, what the new mix and outtakes say about the album, his thoughts on the live tracks that are included, the future of the Bootleg Series, and much more.

This is a new interview done on January 30, 2023

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Steven Hyden writing at Uproxx
Book: Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
Book: Twilight of the Gods: A Journey To The End of Classic Rock
Book: Your Favorite Band is Killing Me
Book: This Isn't Happening - Radiohead and 'Kid A'
Podcast: Never Ending Stories (AppleMusic) (Patreon)

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This is a new interview done on January 30, 2023

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Steven Hyden writing at Uproxx
Book: Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
Book: Twilight of the Gods: A Journey To The End of Classic Rock
Book: Your Favorite Band is Killing Me
Book: This Isn't Happening - Radiohead and 'Kid A'
Podcast: Never Ending Stories (AppleMusic) (Patreon)

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S01.22 Steven Hyden – Liner Notes Writer for FRAGMENTS: Time Out Of Mind Sessions (Bootleg Series 17)

>> There is an Extended Version and Video of this episode available. Details below.<<

This is a new interview done on January 30, 2023

LINKS:

Steven Hyden writing at Uproxx
Book: Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
Book: Twilight of the Gods: A Journey To The End of Classic Rock
Book: Your Favorite Band is Killing Me
Book: This Isn't Happening - Radiohead and 'Kid A'
Podcast: Never Ending Stories (AppleMusic) (Patreon)

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S01.23 Time Out Of Mind on Blu-Ray: The 2022 Mix in Hi-Res & Atmos with Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition

It turns out Fragments wasn't the last Time Out Of Mind release for the year. A few days ago SuperDeluxeEdition.com made the surprise announcement of a new Time Out Of Mind Blu-Ray disc offering the 2022 Remix in 24/96 High Resolution and the Dolby Atmos Mix. This is on pre-sale until Feb 24, 2023 and then will be out-of-print.

Paul Sinclair of SuperDeluxeEdition.com joins us today to talk about this exciting new Audiophile release. Music fans know the website for sharing info on all cool box sets, but this exclusive release is part of a Spatial Sound Series that Paul has been working on - it's actually the 8th release in the series.

In this conversation we learn how the opportunity to work with Dylan came up, more about the high-res and Atmos mixes, and why the limited edition ordering period. For anyone who cares about hi-res, or has a home theater with 5.1 or better speaker configuration, this is a very interesting offer. Given the limited edition nature, it's also a Dylan collector event as well.

This is a new interview done on February 13, 2023

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