8f8b5ab2cb "I said, 'Well, Bobby, I'm going into the studio soon and I'd like to record it.' And later he asked me again and I told him I wanted to record it myself, and he said, 'Oops, I already recorded it and I can't do anything about it because Columbia wants it.' For a period of about two months we didn't speak to each other. For me, this record seems like it could almost be part of one of those Bootleg Series that folks are making such a huge fuss over, songs that were left on the cutting room floor, or material he wanted to keep around for future consideration and exploration . 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack.). Retrieved 2013-11-10. (UK) Ltd. A diesel-tempoed "Highway 51" is of a type sung by the Everly Brothers, partially rewritten by Dylan. Hammond, and from Liam Clancy. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall Vol. "Freight Train Blues" John Lair, arr. A significant portion of the record is possessed by the style and spirit of Woody Guthrie, whose influence 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"; and it's also hard to believe that he wasn't aware of Jimmie Rodgers and Roy Acuff when he cut "Freight Train Blues." But on other songs, one can also hear the influences of Bukka White, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Willie Johnson, and Furry Lewis, in the playing and singing, and this is where Dylan departed significantly from most of his contemporaries.
Year Chart Position 1965 UK Top 75 13[10] . See That My Grave Is Kept Clean iTUNES Liner notes: Produced by John Hammond Columbia records is proud to introduce a major new figure in American folk music – Bob Dylan. No, there's nothing tenuous about that.20. Other white folksingers of the era, including his older contemporaries Eric Von Schmidt and Dave Van Ronk, had incorporated blues in their work, but Dylan's presentation was more in your face, resembling in some respects (albeit in a more self-conscious way) the work of John Hammond, Jr., the son of the man who signed Dylan to Columbia Records and produced this album, who was just starting out in his own career at the time this record was made. The album's four outtakes were also cut in single takes. it was one of those records most people found by walking the cat backwards, discovering it only after Dylan was already famous. Things are goin pretty good these days. back cover: on bottom sleeve says stereo albums can be played on mono record players Track A3: The sleeve notes comment that Dylan does not recall where he first heard it. "Man of Constant Sorrow" is a traditional Southern mountain folk song of considerable popularity and age, but probably never sung quite in this fashion before. ^ Ian Ousby (23 February 1996).
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