The Bob Dylan Scrapbook: An American Journey, 1956-1966

Excellent condition - a treasure!

Old Bob seems to have more product out this autumn than anytime in the last decade. What with 'Chronicles' due in paperback in November, more volumes to come, and the upcoming 'Arena' documentary 'No Direction Home', you do get a feeling of it being time to set the record straight, while he's still around to do it his way. This book, containing facsimile pull-outs of tickets, posters, flyers etc, may sound little more than an anorak's gimmickry, overkill or xmas marketing ploy maybe. Until you see it, that is.Santelli's insightful text covers the same time frame as the Scorcese documentary, and indeed Bob's own 'Chronicles,' and does a good job of filling in all the background without reading like the dry, factual chronology other books tend toward. You can read the whole thing in a couple of hours, probably less if you don't get caught up in all the truly pleasurable business of pulling out sheets of lyrics in Bob's hand on 60's 'Waldorf Astoria' notepaper, foldouts of 'Melody Maker' from 1965, assorted letters, contact sheets, and photos from his school yearbook. OK, maybe I am an anorak, but it's hard to describe the joy of seeing how the original cover of Guthrie's 'Bound for Glory' looked. Peppered with photographs and marketing paraphernalia, providing the kind of authentic period information it's hard to get from text alone, nothing in this book feels either out of place, or cynical at all. There's also a CD with 14 tracks of Bob interviews, from his first radio interview in 1961, to interviews with Scorsese from the forthcoming film. Hearing Dylan going from nervy, enthusiastic teenager to an engaging oldster recollecting early days with all the wit and humour of someone half his age is never less than fascinating, and somehow completely moving. There's an honesty and integrity here that's seldom seen.The best recommendation is that even those who've never really been Dylan fans might enjoy this book. Oh, and on page 44, you get a pull out, cardboard stand-up Bob too. Now who wouldn't want that?

This book is an extraordinary volume, arriving in a hard slipcase and giving you the kind of tactile thrill not experienced since those childhood days of pop-up books! For the Dylan completist it is a must have! The care and attention to detail and the sheer craftsmanship involved in its production is immense, every page brings a surprise: ticket stubs, posters, facsimile news pages, publicity cut outs, carefully copied lyric sheets that are eminently frameable, all held in delicate envelopes and attached with masking tape that's obviously all been prepared by hand. One hopes it's not piece time from the football sewing child-labour factories of Asia, but it undoubtedly makes you feel you are handling something unique! It seems as though no expense has been spared. For example, instead of just printing a series of photos of Dylan and Baez, you get a neatly stapled little photo album, elsewhere contact sheets, and even the 'normally' printed photographs are superb, many never published before. There is a childish delight in accessing the sheer cornucopian variety of stuff the book holds neatly in its pages. The CD is great and gives full versions of the revealing (for Dylan anyway!) interview with his manager from 2001 that peppered the Scorsese film as well as a selection of historical encounters. Surprisingly, given the riches of the extras and the delights of the presentation, the text is pretty good and accurate too! I notice it sells for $45 in the States, so £18 is a bit of a bargain.Go on, treat yourself to an early Christmas gift; for the price of a takeaway or a round of drinks you will have yourself your very own precious Dylan archive. (If you buy a takeaway too, you rich people, give your fingers a good wipe before touching this book, there are too many delicate treasures within to be ruined by sticky fingers!)

Bought this for birthday present for Dylan fan friend. He loved it. Unusual and full of fun bits and pieces. Not sure about its lasting appeal but had plenty of interesting snippets and the replica tickets and lyric sheets are fun.

Excelente edicion de un libro que nos aporta algo mas que palabras. Muy ilustrativo. Podemos ver la vida de Dylan desde un punto de vista de autentico fan, y si no tuvimos la suerte de vivir esa epoca, podemos acercarnos con una vision muy viva de la misma

Fantastic. I felt like a kid in a sweetie shop. Lots of little bits to pull out and look at, tickets stubs, promo flyers, for any real Dylan fan, this is a must.

This book was a very good price. I have not seen it cheaper. It came very quickly & was well packaged. A good Read.

I am a self confessed and long standing Dylan fan. Having read much of what has been printed I stil found this insightful and informative.

A great gift for any Dylan fan, this scrapbook is creatively put together and provides great insights into an important 10 years of Bob’s life. Very pleased with the decision to purchase it. It arrived new and in perfect condition - a big thank you to the seller!

Amazing book, beautifully crafted. Bought it used wasn't precisely in mint condition but instead of being a coffee table book is more like a bar book in its past life (it smelled like tobacco and alcohol spills). It's always risky to buy one of this books used because they are full of memorabilia reproductions. The one I got was almost complete only missing one piece.

Das Bob Dylan Scrapbook ist unverzichtbar für jeden Fan dieses großen Künstlers. Mit unglaublicher Liebe zum Detail wurde dieses Sammlerstück zusammengestellt - einzigartig. Ich empfehle es ohne 'Wenn und Aber'. The Bob Dylan Scrapbook

驚くべき精巧な作りによる見事な本である。装丁の美しさ、丁寧な作り、ユニークなコンセプトによる体裁、しかもこの低価格。おそらく類書はないだろう。作成は手作りなのではないかと思われる。　Dylanの場合、単なる人気歌手の関連本的なものより、ハードな研究書的なものや伝記の類が多いが、本書もそのような部類に属する内容でありながら、実にわくわくするようなあたかも宝箱のような作り方になっている。本書に記載されているメモによれば、本書は近日放映およびDVDがリリースされるマーチンスコセッシの「Bob Dylan: No Direction Home」の関連書籍として製作されたものである。したがって1966年までのDylanに関する資料が満載された内容となっており、それもタイトルが示す通りただの本ではなく、、インタビューのCDやスクラップブック風にレコードデビュー前のコンサートのチラシやチケット、新聞の切り抜き、宣伝用のグッズ、写真、なにより驚嘆するのは「Blowin’ in the wind」などいくつかのDylanの歌がはじめて生まれた時のメモ書きなどが、そのときの便箋やメモ用紙をそっくり再現してスクラップされている。それもなんとタバコの焼け跡や、色落ち、折り目までが!!。　当然Dylanに興味の無いものには全く意味が無い書物ともいえる。しかし、レプリカとはいえ、それらを手にとってをながめていると、私の中に刷り込まれているDylanの歌が生まれた「瞬間」を感じられるようなリアルさを体験できるほどである。なおかつ実に美しい装丁であり、Dylanが辿った足跡を「実物（のレプリカ）」を手にとりながら味わえる幸福感さえ感じられる。この感覚は、以前発売された見事なCD-ROMや他のメディアでは味わえないダイレクトな実感を伴う。　この本は感服するほどの労力と愛情と丁寧さをもって作成された「傑作」である。

This book is an amazing collection of all things Dylan during the period from 1956-1966. These are the years I am most interested in and the book didn't disappoint. There are copies of notes Dylan wrote on scraps of paper. There are copies of all sorts of things from those days that look like a person is handling and reading Dylan's actual things. The copies are that good. This is a really fun book and it isn't the kind of book you have to sit down and read cover to cover, though you will want to. This book can be opened to any page and be enjoyed! I love this book and it really does cause a person to feel like they are reading Dylan's own scrapbook!