38 Special

All in one place: the complete transcripts to our epic Dylan cover story

"One of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced"

The 1985 track is on course for a second week at Number One on the UK singles chart following its appearance in Stranger Things

This double LP brings together 18 of the finest tracks from our beloved CD series

Tickets will made available through a prize draw

The band's Maida Vale performance can be seen on BBC2 at 11.05pm

On the eve of the release of The Basement Tapes Complete, we examine this fascinating time in Bob Dylan’s career in an in-depth feature in the new Uncut, dated December 2014 and out now.

Sad news this afternoon, with the announcement that the great JJ Cale has died. According to a statement on www.jjcale.com, the singer-songwriter suffered a heart attack and died at 8pm last night (Pacific time) in Scripps Hospital, La Jolla, California. He was 74. "Donations are not needed," the statement continued, "but he was a great lover of animals so, if you like, donations can be made to your favorite local animal shelter."

Lots of links to follow from this week’s playlist, although one should be treated with fairly obvious caution. Not many survivors from previous charts, either; seems we’ve hit a decent new wave here.

I can’t pretend that we’ve been playing the Bob Dylan album that much, but a bit of interesting Dylan news did surface this week; that a previously unreleased song from the “Bringing It All Back Home” sessions called “California” is set to appear, with characteristic weirdness, on something entitled “NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack – Vol. 2”.