--- description: Old Man Dylan does something for the olds title: Bob Dylan Will Mail 50,000 Free Copies of New Album to AARP Members image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta18060599f17306d/69876bba35ba6f5ab7c05a39/bob-dylan.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bob Dylan Will Mail 50,000 Free Copies of New Album to AARP Members by [Miles Raymer / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Miles Raymer / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 6:26 PM CUT  Bob Dylan performs on stage during Hop Farm Festival on June 30, 2012 in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom. Bob Dylan performs on stage during Hop Farm Festival on June 30, 2012 in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.Gus Stewart—Redferns via Getty Images by [Miles Raymer / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Miles Raymer / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 23, 2015 6:26 PM CUT On Feb. 3 Bob Dylan will release _Shadows in the Night_, a collection of covers of pop standards from Frank Sinatra’s repertoire. If that sounds to you like something that only people over the age of 50 will be interested in, you and Dylan are on the same page: He’s broken his latest bout of media silence by giving his first interview in three years to [_AARP The Magazine_](http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/style-trends/info-2015/bob-dylan-aarp-magazine.html?cmp=DYLN%5FJAN09%5F015%5FATM "undefined"), where he tells former _Rolling Stone_ writer Robert Love, “a lot of those readers are going to like this record. If it was up to me, I’d give you the records for nothing and you give them to every \[reader of your\] magazine.” And he’s following through with that sentiment—at least partway. He and Columbia Records will be mailing out physical copies of _Shadows_ to 50,000 randomly selected AARP members—physical copies, sent through snail mail, with few to no issues that will require recipients to call up their children or grandchildren for tech support. There’s no word whether or not the packages will include lists of talking points about why music isn’t as good today as it used to be, back in the ’60s, when things really mattered. _This_ [_article_](http://www.music-mix.ew.com/2015/01/23/bob-dylan-aarp-album-shadows-in-the-night/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3680671/bob-dylan-aarp-shadows-in-the-night/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3680671/bob-dylan-aarp-shadows-in-the-night/"},"headline":"Bob Dylan Will Mail 50,000 Free Copies of New Album to AARP Members","datePublished":"2015-01-23T18:26:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:50:31.188Z","description":"Old Man Dylan does something for fans knocking at heaven's door","url":"https://time.com/3680671/bob-dylan-aarp-shadows-in-the-night/","keywords":["Music","Bob Dylan","AARP"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta18060599f17306d/69876bba35ba6f5ab7c05a39/bob-dylan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Miles Raymer / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta18060599f17306d/69876bba35ba6f5ab7c05a39/bob-dylan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Bob Dylan performs on stage during Hop Farm Festival on June 30, 2012 in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.","caption":"Bob Dylan performs on stage during Hop Farm Festival on June 30, 2012 in Paddock Wood, United Kingdom.","creditText":"Gus Stewart—Redferns via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3680671/bob-dylan-aarp-shadows-in-the-night/","name":"Bob Dylan Will Mail 50,000 Free Copies of New Album to AARP Members"}}]}] ```