Clinton Heylin is the foremost Dylanologist and the author of one of the most acclaimed and bestselling biographies of Bob Dylan, Behind the Shades (1991) and Behind the Shades Revisited (2003)

In November 2016, Columbia Records released The 1966 Live Reordings simultaneously with The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert, both of which sold well, and, for which, Clinton Heylin wrote the liner notes.

Interest in Bob Dylan is at an all-time after he was named the recipient of The 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature.