But his affection for Liverpool was not forgotten. His family bequeathed the vast majority of the Shelton archive to the University of Liverpool which now utilises it is as part of its MA Music Industry Studies course.
It not only contains Shelton's original material about Dylan but also the writer's other chronicles which dug down to the very deepest origins of North America's musical roots.
Their significance has not been forgotten to the outside world, least of all to Martin Scorsese's researchers or Dylan's staff when they were looking for material to help them in their quest in painting a comprehensive picture of his early career.
Course director Dr Mike Jones, (pictured), says that both made contact during the formative stages in the making of No Direction Home and a large amount of material had their part to play.
"There are some extremely rare bits and pieces there and when Scorsese's people got in touch a couple of years ago we scanned such things as hand bills for some of Dylan's earliest performances in New York. Dylan's manager, Jeff Rosen, even got on the phone to ask what we had that he thought that they might like to use. We've also got Bob Shelton's phone and address book from that period in the 60s and there are some big names in there. People like Phil Spector, Lou Reed, the Warhol model Edie Sedgewick...
