A never-before-seen recording of the classic Blowin’ in the Wind, by Bob Dylan, sold for nearly $1.5 million at auction last week at Christie’s auction house in London. It was the first studio recording of the song since Dylan wrote it in 1962.
“We recorded it live,” musician T Bone Burnett, who produced Dylan’s new recording, told BBC News. “And I think we did it in one take, if I’m not mistaken. It always feels sacred to me to play with Bob.”
The play lasted just four minutes, the same time the song played. The new version was presented on an “Ionic Original” disc, a technology with higher quality audio than vinyl. The record is made of aluminum coated with sapphire and quartz, which can be played on any record player, however not everyone will be able to hear the music because the record was sold as a single physical object and the buyer cannot distribute it.
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“We’re only making one because that’s how we want to introduce it to the world. It’s the equivalent of an oil painting,” Burnett told the BBC.
The musician explained that the idea is to support artists who had reduced profits due to streaming and the drop in CD sales.
“Over time, as we are able to develop this market, all musicians will have access to it and will have a whole new way of making a living. Musicians fell victim to the age of mechanical reproduction. Now, we’re heading back to the future with unique pieces of singular art,” concludes Burnett.
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