The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan (CD, 1963)

CBS Records

4562109407938

4050172341

Bob Dylan

CD

1963

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

50 mins 3 seconds

Rock

Also available in a 3-pack with THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' and ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN. Solo performer: Bob Dylan (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica). Engineers: Stan Tonkel, Peter Dauria, George Kneurr. Recorded in Columbia Sound Studios, New York, New York in 1963. Includes liner notes by Nat Hentoff. Japanese remaster in an LP-replica sleeve. With this album Dylan emerged from the cloak of Woody Guthrie and proclaimed his own unique talent. No longer detached--the set was originally entitled BOB DYLAN'S BLUES--he personalized his songs, famously rejecting four from the final draft in favor of others reflecting his newer muse. Protest songs were given a wider resonance--the text of "Masters Of War" remains sadly relevant decades later--while his love songs are haunting but universal statements. Dylan injected black humor into the talking blues and railed against injustice in all forms, with a perception encompassing the anger of a generation. FREEWHEELIN' is a landmark in the development of folk and pop music.

Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.118) - Ranked #97 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...On FREEWHEELIN', the poetry and articulate fury of Dylan's lyrics and his simple, compelling melodies transformed American popular songwriting..." Q (Magazine) (p.111) - "A giant leap forward from his 1962 debut, and the point at which the world beyond Greenwich Village's folk fraternity began taking notice..."

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