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« on: August 16, 2015, 10:37:25 AM »

Very sad to hear of legendary Columbia producer Bob Johnston's passing. He did some great work over the years.

From Rolling Stone's website:

"Bob Johnston, a staff producer at Columbia Records who worked on legendary LPs like Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison and Simon & Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, passed away Friday at a Nashville hospice. He was 83.

A friend of Johnston's confirmed the producer's death to the Austin Chronicle, saying, "For several days before, swinging, swaying, and waving around his hands, telling stories out loud, entertaining and consuming all those that saw and heard him. Once he was confined to [a] bed and connected to machines, hospice only gave him a few days to live. He was on morphine to help any pain he was experiencing. Bob's wife told me he pass[ed] away peacefully. The grand master waved his magical wand for the last time, then disappeared off into the night."
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« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2015, 01:21:33 PM »

Oh man, another one. I like his Cash productions and the Carl Perkins ones very much.
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« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2015, 01:53:23 PM »

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-johnston-bob-dylan-producer-dead-at-83-20150816
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« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2015, 03:04:22 PM »

Been looking everywhere (in vain) for an audio/video of "To Be Alone With You", which kicks off with Dylan's immortal words to his producer, "Is it rolling, Bob?"...

R.I.P., sir.
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« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2015, 06:03:17 PM »

The dude was a titan. So many great records made under his watch.
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« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2015, 08:25:04 PM »

Been looking everywhere (in vain) for an audio/video of "To Be Alone With You", which kicks off with Dylan's immortal words to his producer, "Is it rolling, Bob?"...

R.I.P., sir.

Here ya go John. Like 10 secs in, they are already playing:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eos_70yqX8E
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2015, 02:44:05 AM »

Been looking everywhere (in vain) for an audio/video of "To Be Alone With You", which kicks off with Dylan's immortal words to his producer, "Is it rolling, Bob?"...

R.I.P., sir.

Here ya go John. Like 10 secs in, they are already playing:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eos_70yqX8E

Thanks, ORR. I can't see it myself ("this video is unavallable----sorry about that") but at least others can check it out now. :=)
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2015, 03:10:08 AM »

Been looking everywhere (in vain) for an audio/video of "To Be Alone With You", which kicks off with Dylan's immortal words to his producer, "Is it rolling, Bob?"...

R.I.P., sir.

Here ya go John. Like 10 secs in, they are already playing:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eos_70yqX8E

Thanks, ORR. I can't see it myself ("this video is unavallable----sorry about that") but at least others can check it out now. :=)
You are welcome John!

The video is just a still image of the album cover. The "Is it rolling, Bob?" question from Dylan is on the released track of "To Be Alone With You" from Nashville Skyline.


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« Reply #8 on: August 18, 2015, 05:50:45 AM »

I keep reading this as "Bruce Johnston" and my heart drops and then I quickly realize I'm not even on the main forum  LOL
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« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2015, 10:13:06 AM »

Really late to this, but here's an obit and a reminiscence:

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/bob-johnston-rip.html
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