THE BOB DYLAN BOOKMARKS

    The bookmarks presented here are promotional or bonus items that usually came with a book, but not only: they were also made to promote an album, an event, a shop... There are also (see bottom of the page) some home-made bookmarks, made for fun or for $ale...

    They are sorted in four categories: First the Books, then the Albums, the Special Events, the Shops, Others and the Home Made bookmarks...

    Special thanks to Hanns-Peter Bushoff who sent a lot of bookmarks scans from his impressive collection.  

 

BOOKS BOOKMARKS:

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      SONG AND DANCE MAN III (Michael Gray)

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      INTIMATE INSIGHTS FROM FRIENDS AND FELLOW MUSICIANS, Omnibus Press

THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS by Anthony Varesi

Genesis Publications for DYLAN IN WOODSTOCK by Elliott Landy

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DYLAN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - THE RECORDING SESSIONS by Clinton Heylin

China (2017): THE LYRICS 1961-2012, 'The Potato Chip 'bags: -see here for more about this very special item-

            

            

 

Korea: THE LYRICS 1961-2012, 3 volumes:

Volume 1, front  
Volume 1, back

Volume 2,front   
Volume 2, back

Volume 3, front  
Volume 3, back

Canada: BLOWIN' IN THE WIND LES PARCOURS DE BOB DYLAN, by Michel Jacques	France: D'OÙ VIENS-TU DYLAN? by Louis Skorecki	France: PLAYLIST by Charles Berberian
Greece: LYRICS 1962-2001	Poland: DUSZNY KRAJ.	Romania: Humanitas fiction for SUFLARE ÎN VÂNT
Spain: LA BIOGRAFÍA by Howard Sounes front	same, back	Spain: PETANDO NAS PORTAS DE DYLAN (Galician book)
Spain: ANOS DE JUVENTUD by Paul Williams Ediciones Robinbook front (with Jim Morrison on back)	Spain: Ediciones Malpaso (Catalan language)	Turkey: HAYIRSIZ PEYGAMBER, Paris Yayinlari 2020 (Wicked Messenger)

ALBUMS BOOKMARKS:      top of page

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France (2005): Sony Musique for CHRONICLES exclusive CD

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MODERN TIMES (2006)

front      back   I'M NOT THERE (2007) original soundtrack

front      back   TOGETHER THROUGH LIFE (2009)

front      back  TROUBLE NO MORE, Germany (2017)

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MORE BLOOD MORE TRACKS, Sony Germany (2018) 

 

SPECIAL EVENT BOOKMARKS:      top of page

The Bridge School 18th Annual Concerts (2004)  front	-back	Live Nation.com, 2007 concert
Germany, 1997 Tribute Concert. front	back	Châtillon, Italy, 18 June 2008 concert
Spain, 2012: Catalunia. This bookmark was created for the concert of Gerard Quintana's group "Els Miralls de Dylan" at the Ateneu Barcelonès, 29 June 2012. (info Xavier Cunillera)
The Brazil Series (2010), Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark front	back #1	back #2

 

SHOPS BOOKMARKS:      top of page

 ROLLING TOMES #1              #2                                 #3 

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  Japan: Disk Union (a chain of stores) offered you this 'gift' item when you bought something in their book shop in Autumn 2012. It is a 13,5 cm x 4,5 cm Bob Dylan bookmark, made from glossy thick card. The two pics are: Record Collector's Magazine, issue October 2012 and CD Tempest, Japanese limited edition (Sony SICP 3663). The bookmark was released seperate from the Tempest CDs, it's just a gift.
Thanks to Wil Gielen for the scan and information.

 

OTHER BOOKMARKS:      top of page

 front     back   Hibbing Public Library

 

Below: Set of Dylan quotes bookmarks, as decribed by the seller (Azeeda): "A charming set of three laser engraved bookmarks. The bookmarks are 191mm high by 45mm wide and come in a set of three. They are 1.5mm thick and are made out of a high quality birch plywood from sustainable sources.
Each of the bookmarks has a slightly different shaped 'top' for a little variation, although each have a hole to thread through some twine or rope. We recommend using Dette's 2mm Satin Rope; this is available in a range of beautiful colours.
Each bookmark is laser engraved and cut and so may have a delightful 'smoky wood' aroma on receipt - unfortunately, this will fade fairly quickly. You may choose to give the bookmarks a very light sanding / buffing to remove any signs of the laser engraving method but many people leave them untouched for that authentic look."

quote #1: "Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be"	quote #2: "I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it acccepts me"
quote #3: "He not being born is busy dying"	quote #4: "You need something to open up a new door, to show you something you seen before but overlooked a hundred times or more"
quote #5: "If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them"

 

HOME MADE BOOKMARKS:      top of page

Oil pastel and sharpie on doubled cardstock, leather tassel and beads (glass and metal) from craft store, covered with plastic wrap to protect the drawing. (eBay information)

Blonde On Blonde (probably sacrilegious cut-out of the LP cover!)

 

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A Baby Stop Crying 7" was sacrified to make this original bookmark. .