Where to Find Bob Dylan Instrumentals?

May 7, 2011 6:21 AM

Where could I find an instrumental of Bob Dylan's "The Times They are a Changin' " that is pulled from the actual song, rather than a karaoke facsimile?

I've been looking around for an instrumental of Bob Dylan's "The Times They are a Changin' " but can't seem to find anything but those that have been posted to YouTube as karaoke backings. Does anyone know where I could find this?

posted by Wanderboy to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Doubtful. The original probably wasn't multitrack recorded, and even if it was there wouldn't be any way to isolate just the guitar from any of the microphones used.
posted by iotic at 7:46 AM on May 7, 2011 [2 favorites]

You could get a normal mp3 version and remove the vocals yourself using Audacity.

Google "how to remove vocals from a song" for explicit instructions.
posted by perspicio at 12:05 PM on May 7, 2011

That's not going to work, for the reasons above. Vocal elimination assumes vocals are panned dead centre and there is enough left of the track that is useful after what's panned dead centre is removed. Not applicable in the case of guitar and vocals recorded in one room at the same time with 1-2 mics.
posted by iotic at 12:13 PM on May 7, 2011

Well, er, ah, um, yeah...as long as the vocals and instruments are recorded as separate tracks.

Shot from the hip, wounded myself in the foot.
posted by perspicio at 12:17 PM on May 7, 2011