A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.
A picture of the KRLA Beat published in Los Angeles, California by KRLA radio station September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.

KRLA Beat Bob Dylan Covers — 2-Issue Lot (1965–1966)

$40.00

Offering: KRLA Beat (2 issues). Los Angeles, California: KRLA Beat, September 11, 1965 and January 22, 1966.

VG in original tabloid-format newspapers. Both issues scarce for fragile mid-1960s teen papers. Uniform age toning, light edge wear, and expected handling creases from original distribution. Folds are clean and intact; pages are complete, firmly bound, and fully legible. No loose pages.

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Description

This two-issue lot of KRLA Beat captures Bob Dylan at a pivotal moment — not once, but twice — as the culture struggled to keep up with his velocity. The September 11, 1965 issue presents Dylan in fractured motion on the cover, reflecting the turbulence of his electric turn and his looming presence alongside the Beatles’ Hollywood Bowl appearances. He is framed as something new and unsettling: poet, performer, provocateur. The January 22, 1966 issue deepens that portrait. With its iconic close-up image and headline (“The Man, The Myth, The Music”), Dylan is no longer reacting to pop culture — he’s shaping it.

Coming just months before the 1966 world tour and the motorcycle crash, both issues read like a pause before disappearance, documenting the moment Dylan’s influence felt both omnipresent and unknowable. Together, these two issues form a compact visual and editorial record of Dylan’s mid-60s transformation, told through the lens of a Los Angeles teen paper scrambling to document a rapidly shifting cultural center.

A strong, display-worthy Dylan lot — frame these and hang them in your record room!

Additional information

Weight 1 lbs
Dimensions 9 × 12 × 1 in

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