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Take 114, november 2006

15 tracks, 58:45

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Editor’s Letter
Reader correspondence over the past month has been coming in like rocket fire – without, of course, the high-impact detonations, collateral damage and flying shrapnel. The sad passings within weeks of each other of psychedelic pioneers Syd Barrett and Arthur Lee continue to attract comment, tribute and poignant reminiscence, but the bulk of our recent mailbag has been made up of your thoughts on Dylan’s Modern Times, a record that finally arrived among us after the kind of build-up you might more legitimately associate with an act of God, an apocalypse foretold, perhaps, and looked forward to with excitement and dread.

In the event, Modern Times turns out to be an unbelievable record. If I’d been playing it back in the days of what used to be called vinyl, my copy by now would have been warped, grooves worn to dust, or something like it. It’s also given Bob his first US No 1 since Desire, which has given rise to much debate about Dylan’s enduring popularity, his career-renaissance, a variety of pundits attributing this to, for instance, the bestselling Chronicles or Scorsese’s No Direction Home. It’s curious how few of these noble fellows gave consideration to fact that Modern Times got to No 1 because it’s a fucking great record –nothing much more complicated than that! For a fascinating analysis of the roots and influences of of this remarkable album, see our special feature on page 22. 

OPINION - Howard Marks 
YOU HAD TO BE THERE - The Smiths split up in a chippy 
IN HIS OWN WRITE - Devendra Banhart 
CH-CH-CH-CHANGES - The Cult’s Ian Astbury 
FIGHT CLUB - Are music awards a self-congratulatory circus? Brett Anderson vs Badly Drawn Boy 
THE STARS THAT FAME FORGOT - Townes Van Zandt 
MY LIFE IN MUSIC - Carl Barât 
FROM THE VAULT - 1985: R.E.M. recall their early days 
THE MAKING OF… - “All Right Now” by Free 
I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD - Lloyd Cole 
JON WILDE INTERVIEW - Juliette Lewis 
AN AUDIENCE WITH… - Beck Hansen 
FEEDBACK - Readers’ letters 
STOP ME… - Television

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