Highway 61: Fifty Years On

Published On 31 October, 2015 | By Andy Kershaw | Journalism, Radio

Andy’s radio documentary to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Bob Dylan’s record ‘Highway 61 Revisited’.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 12th October 2015.

Click on the thumbnails below to view photographs relating to the documentary.

  • Dylan, during the Highway 61 sessions, in Columbia Studio A, New York City, 15 or 16  June 1965.
  • Dylan with Tom Wilson, the producer for the first two days of the Highway 61 sessions, Columbia Studio A, New York City, 15 or 16 June 1965.
  • In the control room, probably listening to a playback of Like A Rolling Stone, 16 June 1965. On the far right is organist, Al Kooper.
  • The cover of the Highway 61 Revisited LP. The photo was taken by Daniel Kramer in the spring of 1965.
  • Andy, photographed in Sepember 2015, by Daniel Kramer, in the precise location of Daniel's original cover photo for Highway 61 on the steps of 4 West Gramercy Park, New York City.
  • Andy, photographed in Sepember 2015, by Daniel Kramer, in the precise location of Daniel's original cover photo for Highway 61 on the steps of 4 West Gramercy Park, New York City.
  • Columbia Recording Studios (circled), at the junction of 7th Avenue and W 52nd Street, New York City, prior to the building's demolition in 1983.
  • Andy pointing to the former location of Columbia Studio A, at the junction of 7th Avenue and W 52nd Street, New York City, September 2015.
  • Andy with Frank Owens, September 2015, pianist on the first day of the Highway 61 sessions, 15 June 1965.
  • Andy with the doyen of American rock crtics, and author of the book Highway 61 Revisited, Greil Marcus, New York City, September 2015.
  • Andy with Al Kooper, September 2015, organist on the Highway 61 sessions.

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