Sony’s acquisition spans 60 years’ worth of classic recordings as well as upcoming releases.
Few if any artists in history have a recorded legacy as deep, long-lived and influential as Bob Dylan, who released his first record nearly 60 years ago and has a catalog of more than 75 studio, live, compilation and box-set albums in print. Today, Sony Music Entertainment announced it has “fully acquired” this treasure trove of his entire recorded body of work with an estimated value of over $200 million according to Billboard. The deal also covers “multiple future new releases,” according to the announcement. Dylan signed with Columbia Records, now part of Sony, in 1961 at the age of 20 and has spent nearly his entire career with the imprint, with the exception of a brief stint on Geffen Records in the early 70s. That long relationship apparently helped the two sides reach an agreement. ““Columbia Records and Rob Stringer have been nothing but good to me for many, many years and a whole lot of records,” said Dylan. “I’m glad that all my recordings can stay where they belong.
