Last updated: Saturday, August 26, 2006

DYLAN REGRETS 1980S DOUBLE ALBUM CONFLICT

BOB DYLAN regrets trying to record two albums at the same time in the late 1980s - because he failed to give his best on either.

A scheduling conflict meant the folk-rock icon was recording with supergroup the TRAVELING WILBURYS by day and then hitting the studio with producer DON WAS for night sessions that became UNDER THE RED SKY.

Dylan recalls, "I worked with GEORGE (HARRISON) and JEFF (LYNNE) during the day... and then I'd go down and see Don Was, and I felt like I was walking into a wall.

"He'd have a different band for me to play with every day, a lot of all-stars, for no particular purpose.

"I wasn't bringing anything at all into the studio, I was completely disillusioned. I'd let someone else take control of it all and just come up with lyrics to the melody of the song.

"It was sort of contrary to the Wilburys scene, which was being done in a mansion up in the hills. Then I'd go down to these other sessions, and they were in this cavelike studio, where I'd spend the rest of the night, and then try to get some sleep.

"Both projects suffered some - too many people in the room, too many musicians, too many egos."

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