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Thin Wild Mercury

A LIMITED EDITION OF JUST 1,500 COPIES, EACH SIGNED BY JERRY SCHATZBERG, THIN WILD MERCURY FEATURES NEARLY 500 PHOTOS. MANY HAVE NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE WHILE OTHERS HAVE BECOME ICONIC, INCLUDING THE SHOTS USED ON DYLAN'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUM, BLONDE ON BLONDE, RELEASED 40 YEARS AGO, IN AUGUST 1966.

Jerry and Dylan first met in 1965 while the latter was recording Highway 61 Revisited. They became friends and, over the course of the next year, Jerry took an extraordinary collection of photographs of Dylan recording, playing live, socialising and in Jerry's studio. Having just 'gone electric' and in the process of recording Blonde on Blonde, the photos capture Dylan at the most exciting point of his career.

'I got a call from Sara [Lowndes]. She said: "Bobby hears you want to photograph him." I said, "I would love to." She said he was recording an album and gave me the address. When I showed up they were in the middle of recording Highway 61 Revisited.. That's how it began.'






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