Columbia Records A painting created by Bob Dylan for the cover of his album “The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971).â€Whenever Bob Dylan picks up a paintbrush he usually stirs up trouble. It happened in 2011, when a gallery exhibition of his paintings looked more like famous photographs of Asia than scenes he might have observed on his travels there. And, perhaps most notoriously, it happened in 1970 when Mr. Dylan put a painting of himself on the cover of an album called “Self Portrait†â€" an album that provoked a Rolling Stone review by Greil Marcus so negative that its opening rhetorical query cannot be reproduced in a family newspaper.
But apparently Mr. Dylan’s feelings weren’t too badly hurt by that kiss-off, as he is now preparing a new album of his previously released recordings, taken in part from the sessions that yielded “Self Portrait,†which he is calling â€" what else? â€" “Another Self Portrait.†Columbia Records said on Tuesday that the album, officially titled “The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971),†would be released Aug. 27, and would contain outtakes from the sessions for “Self Portrait†and its follow-up, “New Morning,†including alternate versions and demos of songs like “Went to See the Gypsy,†“If Not For You,†“Wigwam†and “All the Tired Horses.†The album will be released in a two-disc version as well as four-disc edition containing a live recording of Mr. Dylan and the Band performing at the Isle of Wight festival in 1969.
And, to stir the pot further, Columbia said Mr. Dylan had created a new painting for the album’s cover art, as seen above.
