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Bob Dylan - Changing Times - 1989

Bob Dylan - Changing Times: 1989 Oh Mercy. Bob records with Daniel Lanois in New Orleans and continues his 'never-ending tour'. Presented by John Wilson.

John Wilson continues to explore Bob Dylan's career at the end of three decades - 1969, 1979 and 1989 - and, with the help of those who have worked with and written about the enigmatic star, assesses the ways in which he re-invented himself at those times.

Tonight John looks back at 1989 and the album Oh Mercy, which was seen as a comeback and was the first album Dylan had written entirely himself for four years. Recorded in an imposing house in New Orleans and produced by Daniel Lanois (who had been recommended to Dylan by Bono), it was a return to form.

Dylan also stepped up his touring schedule, clocking up ninety nine concerts - an average he has kept up more or less every year since then on what he described as his 'never-ending' tour.

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Thu 7 Nov 2024 01:00

Music Played

  • Bob Dylan

    KNOCKIN' ON HEAVENS DOOR

    • BOB DYLAN.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • CK-32460.
  • Bob Dylan

    POLITICAL WORLD

    • OH MERCY.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 512-3432.
  • Billy May & His Orchestra & Bobby Darin

    YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU

    • Great Gentlemen of Song Spotlight on Bobby Darin.
    • Capitol.
    • 7243-82851226.
  • Bob Dylan

    Where Teardops Fall

    • OH MERCY.
    • CBS.
    • 465-8002.
  • Bob Dylan

    EVERYTHING IS BROKEN

    • TELL TALE SIGNS.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • N/A-01.
  • Bob Dylan

    Ring Them Bells

    • TELL TALE SIGNS.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • N/A-01.
  • Bob Dylan

    MAN IN A LONG BLACK COAT

    • FOREVER YOUNG.
    • CBS.
    • XPCD-116.
  • Bob Dylan

    MOST OF THE TIME

    • OH MERCY.
    • CBS.
    • 465-8002.
  • Bob Dylan

    WHAT GOOD AM I?

    • Oh Mercy.
    • Columbia.
    • 465800-2.
  • Bob Dylan

    Disease Of Conceit

    • OH MERCY.
    • CBS.
    • 465-8002.
  • Bob Dylan

    What Was It You Wanted

    • OH MERCY.
    • CBS.
    • 465-8002.
  • Bob Dylan

    SHOOTING STARS

    • OH MERCY.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 465-8002.
  • Bob Dylan

    Series of Dreams

    • BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 3.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • COL-477805 2.

Credit

Role Contributor
Producer Frank Wilson

Broadcasts

  • Tue 29 Dec 2009 19:00
  • Mon 12 Jul 2010 03:00
  • Thu 26 May 2011 00:00
  • Thu 17 Dec 2020 01:00
  • Tue 18 May 2021 03:00
  • Thu 7 Nov 2024 01:00