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It’s been exactly one week since Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks marked it’s 50th anniversary, and so our celebration of the classic album concludes with the finale of our The Opus: Blood on the Tracks podcast re-release. Episode 4 explores how Dylan’s legacy parallels that of bootleg culture, and you can listen above, or wherever you get your podcasts.
For this episode, host Paula Mejía is joined by a trio of Dylan aficionados, record collectors, and critics: Jesse Jarnow, Alison Fensterstock, and More Blood, More Tracks liner notes author Jeff Slate. Together, they explore how bootleg recordings thrived alongside Dylan’s studio release, including shedding some light on the myths surrounding what became The Bootleg Series Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks.
They also dive into how Dylan continues to reinvent these songs in the present. Hear it all on this final episode of The Opus: Blood on the Tracks, and revisit our episodes on defining an “opus” amongst Dylan’s canon, Dylan’s songwriting (with Kevin Morby and Beth Orton), and Dylan’s cinematic legacy.
Speaking of that cinematic legacy, you should also check out our 2024 Film Performance of the Year cover story with Timothée Chalamet, honoring the Oscar-nominated performance he gave as Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown.
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