LIKE A ROLLING STONE b/w GATES OF EDEN
by Jochen Markhorst (in English)

   "We were listening to, I think, WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody kicked open the door to your mind, from Like a Rolling Stone." (Bruce Springsteen, 1988).
   "Record company Columbia Records doesn't see a single in it at all; the marketing guys are bothered because the song is far too long - over six minutes - and the sound is too unpolished, far too rough. The one employee who does see a hit in it, smuggles out a test press and hands it over to a friend: a disc jockey. That has some effect. Soon the calls start pouring in and Columbia releases a single version after all, with Like A Rolling Stone on the A-side and Gates Of Eden on the flip side.
    In LIKE A ROLLING STONE b/w GATES OF EDEN – Bob Dylan kicks open the door, Dylan expert Jochen Markhorst takes the reader through the beauty and background of the songs, the genesis and the sketches, the build-up to the masterpieces and its reverberations."

The book was published in English, Dutch and German.

    - BOB DYLAN KICKS OPEN THE DOOR, Independently published (26 January 2025) H61 Serie - part 3, paperback, 165 pages. ISBN 979-8308462200. Thank you to Jürgen Wasser for the information. [0225]