Talk:Self Portrait (Bob Dylan album)/Archive 1

Comment
Alternate version of page includes blantant NPOV violations (e.g, "hilariously sub-par") and highly subjective commentary in lieu of appropriate content. Songwriting credits were incorrect (many well-known traditional songs listed as Dylan originals). Musician credits incomplete/incorrect; correct credits from Columbia session records have been published and are available online. Monicasdude 21:34, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

McGuinn comments
Unfortunately, the story McGuinn tells about "Self Portrait" isn't accurate. McGuinn and the Byrds were recruited to work at the first "New Morning" session.

http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01790%201970.htm#DSN01810

The correct chronology is reported in Clive Davis' autobiography and in Heylin's original "Behind The Shades." McGuinn believed he was going to work on "Self Portrait" because he bought into the well-circulated myth that Dylan didn't start working on "New Morning" until after "Self Portrait" was released, but the Columbia session records have been dug out and published; they show that Dylan was working on the "New Morning" songs as early as March 1970, and all but one of the "New Morning" sessions took place before "Self Portrait" was released. Cf the Bjorner site linked above, Heylin's "Recording Sessions," Dundas' "Tangled (Up In Tapes)." Monicasdude 00:45, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Man, that's a bummer, it seemed like a cool story.

Let me add this is a tough entry to right...I'll probably give up for now, but considering the Frankenstein nature of how it was recorded/mixed/pieced together from different sessions, writing up the complete details would be...uuuuuuuughhh.....

Sorry, I still have no idea how to post 'replies' to talk pages. I'll forget it out, but in the meantime, this is not Monicasdude, this is L1759.

Appropriate language
This article contains two instances of unapproprate language, both in quotes. I have rewritten these words with astersisks, to clean up the language.203.214.75.127

Copyvio?
The section "The making of Self Portrait" is almost entirely lifted from the Rolling Stone article, I don't think that its an interview changes its copyright status. I'm aware that there is a fair use principle that allows to quote articles and such, but lifting this large a chunk and making it so exclusive to the section seems counter to this principle. I'm not well versed enough in copyright policies to feel comfortable making any changes myself, but I find the section troubling, so thought I'd throw it out for discussion. Gheorghe Zamfir 10:35, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Missing Songs
Self Portrait has 24 tracks, not 17. Why is this page missing seven songs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.0.60.105 (talk) 05:28, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Vinyl / cd tracklistings
The listed tracklistings are simply untrue - there has only ever been a 24-track version of Self Portrait. There are no 'cd bonus tracks' because all the tracks on the CD were originally on the vinyl too, six per side: http://www.searchingforagem.com/1970s/1970s_Pictures/SelfPortraitBrazSide4.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.89.177.76 (talk) 11:19, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

The Mighty Quinn
"The Mighty Quinn" is not a 1967 Basement Tapes version. It is a live board tape from the 1969 Isle of Wight performance with the Band. I do believe 3 other tracks are from that performance, but I am not an expert on this album. Sojambi Pinola (talk) 18:02, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Aftermath
Whoever is adding sections to articles entitled "Aftermath" has to stop, and this term has to be removed. Albums do not have aftermaths. They can have legacies, impacts, effects, or influences, but they cannot have aftermaths. That is an incorrect use of the word. This should be stricken from every entry and replaced with something accurate. PJtP (talk) 14:38, 11 September 2013 (UTC)