The times *are* a-changin' - or are they?
Apple's iTunes Music Store is featuring a new exclusive release of a live Dylan concert from 1964.
This recording, with 19 previously unreleased tracks, captures the 23-year-old Dylan at a transitional mometn in his career. The Philharmonic Hall concert came two months after the release of Another Side of Bob Dylan and shortly before he headed into the studio to embark on the experiment that would result in the electrified rock heard on Bringing It All Back Home (several songs from whcih were performed at this concert). This iTunes-exclusive album stands as the only official release of an all-acoustic Dylan concert.
Guess Sony is buying into Apple's vision. Good new all around, except the $17.99 price - no wonder they're buying in - keep the ridiculously high price for forty year old content and they don't even have to manufacture or ship physical product - what more could a mega-corporation want?

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