Bob Dylan 1965 Bringing It All Back Home Columbia Promotional Stand-Up.... (Total: 2 Items)

Description

Bob Dylan 1965 Bringing It All Back Home Columbia Promotional Stand-Up. An extremely rare, charming little Columbia Records point-of-purchase easel-backed promo standee for Bob Dylan's early 1965 masterpiece album, Bringing It All Back Home. Made for the countertops of record and department stores, back when there were hardly any record stores, this item was undoubtedly made in a tiny quantity and then, just like a concert poster, 99% of them were thrown away either immediately or later that year.

We love the way it alludes to the master's fifth album, and first electric one, rather than naming it outright or picturing it. Could it be because Columbia wanted to take baby steps into marketing Dylan's new amplified direction? Maybe just showing him with an electric guitar was enough at the time. Remember, when Bringing was released in March 1965, Dylan had yet to "go electric" publicly at the Newport Folk Festival - that July. A third of a year away. So this was Columbia telling customers, many for the very first time, what direction their hero was moving in! Best to do it gently.

Also included in this lot is a book titled The Ghost of Electricity, because it has a picture of the standee brilliantly in use at a 1966 Dylan press conference. The standee measures 6" wide by 9 7/8" tall and grades to Very Good framed condition. From the Mitch Barth Collection. COA from Heritage Auctions.

More Information: The writer of this description, Pete Howard of Heritage, used to own this item for many years in his collection. That's me, and I'm the one who had it very carefully and expertly framed, using UV-Plexiglas so that it would tone no further and never fade. It is also suspended in the frame by clear plastic edge holders, so it could easily be freed from the frame with no effort... it would tumble right out once you took off those plastic holders. This was intentional, of course; any good collector insists that their framed valuables be completely free of any tape, glue or foreign adhesive materials.

As a bonus, the Ghost of Electricity book has been first-name signed by its author, John Bauldie, the late publisher of The Telegraph U.K. Dylan fanzine so many years ago.

Condition details: Like what almost always happens with these standees, this one is creased at both Bob's neck and on the neck of his guitar. Both break color of course, although the guitar-neck one is a little hard to see, because it's almost like just another fret. It's just west of his pinky. There's a water-stain spot to the left of Dylan's shin; a much smaller and lighter one near the bottom edge between his feet; and a few light dots scattered in the white near the tiny corporate fine print. Also, the piece has strong toning throughout. The backside hasn't been seen in decades due to the frame, but I recall it being fine and not an issue. The easel is certainly still there... you can see the bottom of it by peeking under the bottom edge.


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