1962 COLUMBIA RECORDS BOB DYLAN BIO

     This is a four page typed document from Columbia Records dated May 1962, containing an early biographical profile of their new artist, Bob Dylan, who had released his debut album just two months prior.
     The bio begins 'Excitement has been running high since a young man with a guitar ambled into a Columbia recording studio for two sessions in November 1961, for at only 20, Bob Dylan is a most unusual new talent in American folk music.' The content of the bio is largely the same as the biographical information printed on the back of his first album, re-arranged in parts with slight re-wording here and there.
     One paragraph stands out on the second page that reads, 'A cross between a choirboy and a beatnik, Dylan has a cherubic look and a mop of tousled hair he partly covers with a black corduroy cap. His clothes may need a bit of tailoring, but when he works his guitar, harmonica or piano and composes new songs faster than he can remember them, there is no doubt that he is bursting at the seams with talent'.

Information and images: Julien's Auctions.Thank you to Jürgen Wasser, and to François Guillez for the photos.