Bob Dylan's Secret Archive

March 2, 2016 8:47 AM

The George Kaiser Family Foundation and the University of Tulsa have acquired a huge trove of documents, tapes, and film from Bob Dylan. The (NYTimes) article describes many of the goodies.
posted by OmieWise (10 comments total)

I keep meaning to visit the Woody Guthrie Center during my trips to Tulsa for Christmas (it didn't exist yet when I moved away) but never get around to it during the craze of the holidays. But if they add this I can't ignore it any longer.
posted by downtohisturtles at 8:59 AM on March 2, 2016

Road trip!
posted by Capt. Renault at 9:16 AM on March 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

I wonder how LaSalle University feels about this.
posted by Rob Rockets at 9:25 AM on March 2, 2016

I hope they have a share-off, seeing who can post the best Dylan bits. Everyone wins!

But honestly, I wonder how much we can hear from the tapes and how much will be claimed like prior copyright grabs by Columbia Records.
posted by filthy light thief at 10:09 AM on March 2, 2016

Really glad it's going to one place and not being sold and scattered all over the place.
posted by marxchivist at 11:17 AM on March 2, 2016

"Don't tie no bows". Huh
posted by iotic at 11:23 AM on March 2, 2016

I hope they have the basement of the basement tapes, containing the early first drafts of the songs from that great album, including ("So I wouldn't Feel So All Alone) Everybody Must Get High on Marijuana."
posted by maxsparber at 12:13 PM on March 2, 2016

Probably beats the AJ Weberman collection...
posted by AJaffe at 2:57 PM on March 2, 2016

I don't know, I might bet against you there. How many cigarette butts are in this archive?
posted by OmieWise at 3:07 PM on March 2, 2016 [1 favorite]

Not only is this cool Dylan news, but George Kaiser sounds like someone I need to learn more about (as the son of an Okie mother whose father was a consultant to the oil industry).
posted by TedW at 6:14 PM on March 2, 2016