Dylan's "Isis" came into my head. I first heard that - where else - on the radio - back in Jan '77. The album from which it came, "Desire," was an exclusive - played by a DJ at KPFT. Played the entire album. WOW!! don't you wish music still had the same sort of power - to make you long for a record's release? to compel you to the record store and be the first to purchase? I do.
Once the album was released, i bought it at evolution tapes & records in baytown (baytown is cartown), then took it back to college with me for my final semester of my senior year. what a time, what a time. That song and all of dylan's ouevre sustained me and a lot of the other art students. We played Dylan non-stop as we pulled lithos and printed intaglio editions. a great time - actually a "splendid time was guaranteed for all."
Back to "Isis." my girlfriend in late '79, early '80 - margaret carter - worked at the record exchange on westheimer in houston. knowing her provided me access to the store's entire selection - all their rare and bootlegged material. of that massive collection, they had a promotional copy of an ep featuring songs from "renaldo and clara" - the favorite of which was a blistering live take of "Isis." Holy Mother - the rolling thunder review pulled out all the stops on that song!!!! Mick Ronson on guitar!?! Dylan introduced the song by saying, "this is for Leonard if he's still here (referring to Leonard Cohen). Btw, a partial video of the song can be found on the official "bootleg" Live in '75. Check it out.
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