Bob Dylan [Remaster]

Performer: Bob Dylan
Producer: John Hammond
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Solo performer: Bob Dylan (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica). Recorded in Columbia Recording Studios, New York, New York in 1961. Includes liner notes by Stacey Williams and Robert Shelton. The first album from the greatest musical poet of the 20th century gave little indication of what was to come. Although released in 1962, it reeks of the 50s folk/protest movement. Many of the standards covered by Dylan had been sung by a thousand troubadours throughout the McCarthy era and the anti-war movement. Dylan sings like an innocent angel, and makes Eric Von Schmidt's lusty "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" sound sweet. The seeds of greatness were apparent in the sensitive original "Song To Woody," a sadly overlooked entry in the massive Dylan catalogue. A wonderful exercise in what was then and what is not now.

Uncut (p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[With] the Chaplineque 21-year old revealing the ancient prophet within, ready to face the end times head on." Goldmine - 5 Stars - "...A CD masterpiece, full-bodied, in stereo, sounding fresh, clean and new..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.122) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[I]t certainly is authentically rustic and promising..."

Bob Dylan began as a Woody Guthrie acolyte, imitating the dust-bowl balladeer as faithfully as a baby boomer from Hibbing, Minnesota, could. It wasn't long before he found his own voice, spearheading the early-1960s folk revival as well as the singer-songwriter movement, and introducing poetry into pop music. Through countless changes in sound, image, and even religion, he retained his unique artistic vision even when his popularity occasionally waned. By the 21st century, he was enjoying an upsurge of critical and popular interest based on a series of powerful late-career albums that crystallized his aesthetics and unique world view.

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