Untold Dylan: the series we should never forget: 1 – The album covers

By Tony Attwood

It is very rare for me, secured in my East Midlands village in middle England, to meet those people who so kindly and willingly give up their time to write for Bob Dylan.

And indeed once they have finished writing, they vanish from my life, which I regret.  Obviously, the articles by these dedicated souls are still on the site, and flipping back through the site, as I often do, but I’ve recently thought it might be nice from time to time to look back at one or two of the really wonderful series that we have had on this site.

Now I should say that in almost every case, it is the author of the series who has come up with the idea – not me.  I’ve just sat here and published the work, generally as interested and often thrilled by the series, as many readers have been.

So I’ve decided from time to time to publish an occasional article celebrating past series – so that if you’ve read them and forgotten them, or maybe joined us on Untold Dylan after their publication, you might consider going back and taking a look at what has gone before.

I’m starting with the album artwork series, which with illustrations, considering the origins of and decision making that went into the making of each of the covers of Bob Dylan’s albums.