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MTV Unplugged (1995)

Where the lyrics of MTV Unplugged take you, and where it was really made.

Dylan's MTV Unplugged album reached No. 10 in the UK and No. 23 in the US, and it gave him his best sales in years.

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Where the MTV Unplugged set was recorded (1995)

Recording site Sony Music Studios — Dylan's MTV Unplugged performance was recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 17 and 18, 1994. The album was released from these recordings. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• MTV Unplugged: live album by Bob Dylan
• Released by Columbia Records in Europe on April 11, 1995
• Released in the US on May 2, 1995
• Reissued by Sony in 2007
• Documents Dylan's appearance on the MTV Unplugged television series

Background

• MTV Unplugged is a television series; this album is the audio of Dylan's set on it
• Gave Dylan his best sales in years

Recording

• Recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 17 and 18, 1994
• Bob Dylan on guitar, vocals, harmonica
• Additional musicians: Bucky Baxter (Dobro, pedal steel, steel guitar, mandolin)
• Tony Garnier on upright bass; John Jackson on guitar; Brendan O'Brien on Hammond organ; Winston Watson on drums
• Mixing by Ed Cherney and Don Was; mastering by Greg Calbi and Scott Hull
• Executive producer: Jeff Rosen

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

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Artist

Formation

• Born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota; raised in Hibbing, Minnesota.
• Moved to New York City in January 1961 to pursue a music career.
• Signed to Columbia Records after playing harmonica on Carolyn Hester's album; debut album Bob Dylan released in 1962.

Members

• Solo artist; backed over the years by bands including the Hawks/the Band, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and his touring band led by bassist Tony Garnier.

Career

• Breakthrough with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963); protest songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" became anthems for the civil rights and antiwar movements.
• Went electric with Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited (1965) and Blonde on Blonde (1966), provoking controversy among folk fans.
• Motorcycle accident in 1966 led to nearly eight years without touring; Basement Tapes recorded with the Band.
• Converted to Christianity in the late 1970s and released gospel albums; won Album of the Year Grammy for Time Out of Mind (1997).
• Has toured since 1988 on the Never Ending Tour; won an Academy Award and ten Grammy Awards; awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released by Columbia Records in Europe on April 11, 1995
• Released in the US on May 2, 1995
• The album documents Dylan's appearance on the MTV Unplugged television series
• Recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 17 and 18, 1994
• Gave Dylan his best sales in years

Reappraisal

• Reissued by Sony in 2007
• The performance was released on DVD in March 2004, including a 5.1 surround sound mix
• The CD and DVD releases did not include 'I Want You', 'Don't Think Twice, It's All Right', 'Hazel', 'Everything Is Broken', 'Absolutely Sweet Marie', 'My Back Pages', and 'Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You', which were also performed at the shows

Records

• Reached No. 23 on the US chart
• Went gold in the US
• Reached No. 10 in the UK chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The CD and DVD releases left out seven songs that Dylan also performed at the shows.
• The DVD of the performance came out in March 2004 with a 5.1 surround sound mix.
• Sony reissued the album in 2007, twelve years after its original release.
• The album was recorded over two nights, 17 and 18 November 1994, at Sony Music Studios in New York City.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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