Comments on: Bob Dylan vs. AJ Weberman

By: gary green

gary green — Fri, 13 May 2011 04:02:15 +0000

i produced the album for Folkways & Broadside Magazine… (yes my name is on the label and the booklet) and was the target of a $636-million lawsuit by CBS Records and Dylan. The suit named Folkways, Broadside, me, Weberman, and a bunch of John Doe’s. Someday I will tell the whole sordid story. In the meantime…listen and learn from this amazing tidbit of music lore.
–gary green

By: Keegan

Keegan — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:07:05 +0000

Thanks for the info T. Slim… it’s cool to find out this info.

By: T. Slim

T. Slim — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:23:25 +0000

I worked for a record company in Boston that distributed Folkways in the late 1970s and was astonished when a box of five copies of Dylan v. Weberman appeared one day. Within a couple of weeks, Folkways recalled its shipment after Mr. D. threatened to sue. Folkways usually issued new releases in small print runs of 1,000-1,500, sent out a tiny fraction of that in initial orders and was required to destroy all copies of the album as part of a legal agreement – so there can’t be more than a few dozen copies out there. I’m happy to say that one of them is mine, as I squirreled it away as soon as it arrived. Still on my shelf in absolutely mint condition, with a Folkways-style booklet included. The David Peel intro song is also killer…..

By: Francis

Francis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:14:00 +0000

Dylan sounds like a moron because:

*He’s got some beef with Roger McGuinn? What do you know about it?

*He said he’s a better songwriter than Lennon? He is. And even if you don’t think so, it’s a close enough contest to where the word “moronic” certainly has no place in a description of such a boast.

*He called Creedence “faggot shit”? No, he didn’t. He called the Stones song “Memo From Turner” faggot shit. Because it is. Well, no it’s not. It’s actually a good tune but he was right about the gay thing; the (fucking great) lyrics allude consistently to homosexuality. He sounds a little jealous and insecure here, like maybe he’s sick of hearing people tell him about how “Mick really stepped his game up lyrics-wise with this one, man”. And he sounds a bit culturally unrefined with the “faggot” part, but he doesn’t sound like a moron.

By: Keegan

Keegan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:33:16 +0000

I recently purchased a copy of this album on ebay for $100…I got a good deal, and the album is near-mint condition and plays perfectly well. Considering that I never see this album listed anywhere, I assume that it is extremely rare; I feel that I got a good deal on this, I’d be interested to see how much it is actually worth and how many there are out there.

By: Swan Fungus » Mushroom Ceremony Of The Mazatec Indians Of Mexico

Swan Fungus » Mushroom Ceremony Of The Mazatec Indians Of Mexico — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:37:45 +0000

[...] in a ritual mushroom ceremony. This is one of the harder-to-find Folkways releases (see also: Bob Dylan vs. AJ Weberman), and a recent reissue copy from the mid-’70s sold for well over $100 on eBay. The original [...]