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JEM Records Celebrates
Bob Dylan

(Various Artists)

2026 JEM Records (CD/VINYL)

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Release Date: August 21st

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Also in the series:
JEM Records Celebrates Rock Icons Series
(Various Artists)

Does the world really need another Bob Dylan tribute album? The answer, at least for the foreseeable future, will always be "Yes" But why?

It is an inescapable fact that Dylan\'s songs remain inescapable. It's not only the enigmatic wordplay inspired by the Beat poets during his early Greenwich Village days, but also the tremendous range of personal interpretation and self-expression that Bob Dylan's words continue to inspire in musicians. It's uncanny that, when covered, his songs seem to embody, reveal, and communicate the innermost thoughts and even musical tendencies of the performer.

Through his writing and his carefully crafted image, the man and the myth became one. Yet, his own recordings of his songs, though iconic, are not always THE definitive versions. Which brings us to the matter at hand: JEM Records Celebrates Bob Dylan. Six-and-a-half decades after Robert Zimmerman first set a booted foot on MacDougal Street and changed his name to Bob Dylan, the illustrious roster of Marty Scott's JEM Records has come together to celebrate an icon whose music changed everything.

The 7th in the series of Jem artists celebrating the great rock writers, Jem Records Celebrates Bob Dylan is by far the most diverse, covering his folk, gospel, electric periods among others. Each artist makes Dylan's song their own. Take the Midnight Callers' nuanced "All Over Now, Baby Blue,' which reveals an unforeseen majesty with a power-pop perfection that rivals Badfinger. Or the Grip Weeds' blazing, Beatlesque " This Wheel's On Fire," Nick Piunt's bouncy, riff-driven "Mr.Tambourine Man," and the Weeklings' "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" with its searing slide-guitar boogie. The Jive surprise us with a stirring "Ain't Gonna Go To Hell for Anybody," from Dylan's controversial gospel period, and the Cynz rock the hell out of the also-controversial "Neighborhood Bully."

Each track is a highlight. Each vinyl groove and every bit of binary data is overloaded with attitude. And each artist on the album shines by making the song their own. JEM has done it again. Here in your hands, you hold proof of the power of Bob Dylan's writing. It is yet another example of a mystery and a miracle: Even at their most personal, Dylan's songs are universal. He speaks for us all."

Mastered by Kurt Reil at The House Of Vibes; Many of the tracks were also recorded and mixed there by Kurt Reil.

Track Listing
1. It Ain't Me Babe (The Airport 77's)
2. The Mighty Quinn (The Half Cubes)
3. Queen Jane Approximately (The Anderson Council)
4. This Wheels On Fire (The Grip Weeds)
5. Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (The Jive)
6. Neighborhood Bully (The Cynz)
7. Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 (The Weeklings)
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues (The High Frequencies)
9. Stuck in Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Paul Collins)
10. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (The Midnight Callers)
11. Meet Me In The Morning (The One and Ons)
12. Mr. Tambourine Man (Nick Puinti)