Bob Dylan - Debut Album [Blue Vinyl]

Cat. no: 350253
Format: LP Blue Vinyl
Barcode: 8436563184451
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Folk

Limited edition 180g blue coloured vinyl, original album + 3 bonus tracks

Dylan's self-titled debut album was produced in a matter of hours and cost just $402 to record (according to producer John Hammond).It serves as an introduction for anyone wanting to explore Dylan's frst steps as a professional musician.Recorded at New York's Columbia Recording Studios, on November 20-22, 1961, Dylan sang topical folk songs, accompanying himself on harmonica and guitar. The album contained only two originals ("Song to Woody" and "Talking New York") and eleven cover versions, mostly old folk and blues numbers. 

Dylan takes an arranger's credit on many of the traditional songs, but a number of them can be traced to his contemporaries. For example, the arrangement of "House of the Rising Sun" was developed by Dave Van Ronk, who was Dylan's close friend at the time. A signifcant portion of the album is possessed by the style and spirit of Woody Guthrie, whose infuence as a singer and guitarist hovers over "Man of Constant Sorrow" and "Pretty Peggy-O", as well as the two originals here - the savagely witty "Talkin' New York" and the poignant "Song to Woody".

Tracks: Corrina, Corrina / Baby, Please Don't Go / See That My Grave Is Kept Clean / Song To Woody / Freight Train Blues / House Of The Risin' Sun / Baby, Let Me Follow You Down / Gospel Plow / Mixed-Up Confusion / Highway 51 / Pretty Peggy-O / Fixin' To Die / Man Of Constant Sorrow / In My Time Of Dyin' / Talkin' New York / You're No Good

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