Before VARIOUS POSITIONS...and afterwards, book by Jim Devlin

[jarkko]

A new book by Jim Devlin:

Leonard's VARIOUS POSITIONS album and the 1985 tours in Europe & North America & Australia (including all known venues and set lists)

61 pages, A5, single-sided, plastic comb binding, with some black&white and some colour photographs

Limited edition of 1st and only edition, dated March 29, 2022

You may order your copy directly from Jim Devlin. Payment via PayPal only; his account is at devlin534@btinternet.com. Please do NOT send cheques or cash in the mail!

These prices include padded envelope & postage
UK ... £10 [1st class]
Europe ... €15 euros [air mail]
USA ... $ 20 US [air mail]
Canada ... $25 canadian [air mail]
Australia ... $25 australian [air mail]

Please note: Jim apologises for any Customs problems in the EU which you may encounter in having to pay something like €2 to have it ‘released’ … because of Brexit, there may be new Postal Fees in some EU countries when goods arrive there from the UK.

This is the 3rd (of 4) booklets in the series; Also still available: copies of Jim’s previous booklets – The Future (1992 album + 1993 tours); and I’m Your Man (1988 album + tours).

The 4th and last booklet in the series: Recent Songs (1979 album + tours in ’79 + ’80) is now in preparation and will be on sale later this year in November/December 2022.

[Geoffrey]

A new book by Jim Devlin . . .

can you write the name of the publisher, please - and how many copies there are in a limited edition?

[jim devlin]

Hi Geoffrey
I've been self-publishing these album+tour booklets.
Limited edition of 100 copies per title.

Jim

[Geoffrey]

Hi Geoffrey
I've been self-publishing these album+tour booklets.
Limited edition of 100 copies per title.

Jim

ok. thank you, jim. i have been involved (illustrating, mostly) with a couple of amazon/kindle volumes and wondered if it was the same sort of thing.

i still refer quite often to your rare and wonderfully informative 'is this what you wanted' volume. maybe time for a revised update?

[its4inthemorning]

Hi Jim,

Just wanted to let you know that the tour books (I bought 3 different ones) are very interesting, chock full of Cohen tour trivia. Of particular interest are reading Leonard's banter with the audience during the concerts. I never had the pleasure of seeing him perform on any pre-2010 tours, it seems like when he was younger he would engage with the audience a lot. Was thinking about why he mostly (but of course not completely) curtailed that. I am guessing that when one is in his 70s it must be somewhat harder to concentrate on the songs and remember lyrics, so he didn't want to distract himself with the job on hand. Another reason could be the fact that Leonard only drank sparingly on the later tours as opposed to the old tours where references to imbibing wine during the intermissions were common.

Thanks again Jim!

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