BOB DYLAN “SAME” (COLUMBIA EYES ) STEREO CS8579 SWEET COPY

BOB DYLAN “SAME” (COLUMBIA EYES ) STEREO CS8579 CVR IS MINT IN SHRINK DISC IS SHINY AND HEAVY, A SOLID VG++ YOU HAVE TO REALLY LOOK CLOSELY TO SEE A SCANT FEW SMALL MARKS…SO A GREAT COPY
The legend of Bob Dylan begins with his self-titled 1962 folk album, recorded for Columbia Records on the cheap by legendary producer and A&R man John Hammond. Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman, was only 20 years old when he cut the album in three sessions in late November, 1961. Dylan, fresh from the folkie streets of Greenwich Village, writes only two of the album’s thirteen songs. And those two numbers, “Talkin’ New York” and “Song to Woody,” give little hint of the amazing songs that would come pouring out of him over the next six decades.

Bob Dylan is an album whose reputation generally precedes it. It sold poorly upon release, and was dubbed “Hammond’s Folly” (because of the track record of its producer, John Hammond, had helmed the careers of such icons as Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and Aretha Franklin, just to name a few). Because Dylan would soon become known as one of the century’s greatest songwriters, fans–and Dylanologists in particular–have tended to ignore this early album because it lacks anything remotely comparable to, say, “Blowin’ in the Wind.”

But the secret truth about Bob Dylan is that it is a pretty great album. And, truth be told, it’s actually better than The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Blasphemy, I know. But Dylan exudes the purest kind of enthusiasm on this album. He sounds generally excited to be in the studio cutting songs, no matter who wrote them. The tracks are generally quicker in tempo and Dylan’s voice is wild and unrestrained. As a result, the album moves by briskly, yet manages to be consistently engaging. His performances on numbers such as “Highway 51,” “See That My Grave is Kept Clean,” “Baby Let Me Follow You Down,” and the peppy opener “You’re No Good” give us a glimpse into a Dylan we would never see again. There is a purity of approach and vision here that would later become subsumed by the political and cultural realities of life in the 1960s. And while there’s nothing wrong with that, Bob Dylan is the only album that presents Bob Dylan freed from the pressures of being Bob Dylan. Fans expecting every song to be “Blowin’ in the Wind” or “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” will undoubtedly find this a tedious affair. But if you just want to listen to a young kid singing a bunch good ol’ tunes with a wide world full of possibility in front of him, then you will find Bob Dylan to be a real treat.

Track listing
A1
You’re No Good1:37
A2
Talkin’ New York3:15
A3
In My Time of Dyin’2:37
A4
Man of Constant Sorrow3:06
A5
Fixin’ to Die2:17
A6
Pretty Peggy-O3:22
A7
Highway 512:49
B1
Gospel Plow1:44
B2
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down2:32
B3
House of the Risin’ Sun5:15
B4
Freight Train Blues2:16
B5
Song to Woody2:39
B6
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean2:40
Total length: 36:09

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