The Swedish author, editor etc SamJ Lundwall has (or hasn't?) recorded Dylan.
Lundwall had a career in the 1960's as a singer-songwriter (one LP, a few
EPs/singles). There was an EP enclosed with the Swedish edition of his novel
King-Kong Blues. One of the tracks bear an uncanny resemblance to Dylan's
"Subterranean Homesick Blues", ie a Swedish translation of it.
We confronted Sam J with this on a con and it went something like this...
Sam J: No it isn't a Dylan translation!
We: But lines like /giving a few examples/
Sam J: It isn't a Dylan translation, and I have a paper to prove it!
My guess is that he did a translation, submitted it to Dylan or his agent,
but got a letter saying that the translation wasn't approved. That would be the
"paper to prove it"...
Fan David Nessle later made a parody song, introduced like this:
"Hi! I'm Sam J Lundwall and I have written a little song for you. It's called
Blowing in the Wind..."
--Ahrvid
Ps. BTW, the King-Kong Blues EP music is played by Michael B Tretow's
Orchestra. Tretow was the sound engineer for ABBA and a neighbour to Sam J.
(På engelska då jag först postade detta på en utrikisk lista.)
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