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Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — After nearly five decades of blowin’ in the wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has a direction home: A man living in San Francisco has mailed the vinyl back to an Ohio library 48 years after it was supposed to be returned. Howard Simon recently sent the album along with a letter to Heights Libraries apologizing for his tardiness, according to a news release from the library system outside Cleveland. Simon checked out...

Howard Simon sent the album along with a letter to Heights Libraries apologising for his tardiness.

The record was a good 17,480 days overdue but hes "quite sorry" Photo: Howard Simon Published Jun 03, 2021 Back in 1973, an eighth-grader named Howard Simon borrowed a Bob Dylan record from the University Heights Public Library in Ohio. Now, 48 years later, Simon has finally returned the librarys copy of Dylans Self Portrait, along with an apology and a donation to make up for the thousands of days worth of late fees. Chalking up his mega-tardy return to his "nomadic lifestyle" over the years,...

The long-lost record was a copy of Dylan’s 1970 double album Self Portrait. In 1973, Howard Simon, then an eighth grader at Wiley Middle School in Cleveland Heights, checked out the LP from the University Heights branch of Heights Libraries. It was due back in June 1973, which means Simon returned it during the right month — he was just off by a few years. The story began making the rounds last week after Heights Libraries published an article about it on its blog. Sara Phillips, manager ...

Howard Simon, a retired biotech attorney and San Francisco resident, found a Bob Dylan...

It was "Self Portrait" so no one missed it.

Due back in June 1973, the album was approximately 17,480 days overdue before it returned home.

6 hours ago in Entertainment, Features In this photo provided by Heights Libraries, Sara Phillips, a branch manager with Heights Libraries in Ohio, holds the Bob Dylan double album "Self Portrait" borrowed in 1973 by eighth-grader Howard Simon he returned recently 48 years overdue. (Heights Libraries via AP) Photo: Associated Press UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — After nearly five decades of blowin’ in the wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has a direc...

Howard Simon sent the album along with a letter apologising for his tardiness.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — After nearly five decades of blowin in the wind, a...