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33 minutes
English
United States
14 episodes
since June 18, 2025
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Bob Dylan (1962)

Going back to the beginning with Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album. Released in 1962, the record was a low-key introduction for the singer who would go on to be one of popular music's most important and iconic figures. But what does it tell us about Bob Dylan's early career and are there clues ab…

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Our first bootleg revisit takes us to Greenwich Village in the early 1960s where a young Bob Dylan is honing his craft in the heart of the folk music revival. This episode covers three different live shows at the famous Gaslight Café. The first is from September 1961, a couple of months before Dyla…
The album that made Dylan a star. The record with the iconic cover. The one with a handful of his most famous songs. But is it as loose and loved-up as that title and photo suggests? In this episode of Dylan Revisited, we look back at the 18-month period from 1962-3 when the love of Bob Dylan's li…
An early radio appearance featuring performances and conversation with Cynthia Gooding. In this episode of Dylan Revisited, we look back at one of Bob Dylan's first major radio show features from March 1962 when he appeared on the show Folksinger's Choice, hosted by Cynthia Gooding. Dylan performs…
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, we look back at a short live Bob Dylan set at small folk festival in the gym room at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. Recorded in May 1963, just weeks before the release of The Freewheelin’ saw Dylan become a star, it's one of the last chances to hear him p…
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at Bob Dylan’s third studio album, which cemented his (ultimately unwanted) position as a protest icon. I explore its themes of protest, societal change, and personal despair, contrasting the hopeful title track with the rest of the record’s darker na…
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at very first volume of The Bootleg Series, the long-running collection of outtakes, live shows and other rare recordings from throughout Bob Dylan’s career. I explore the extraordinary number of songs that Bob Dylan wrote over a three-year period fro…
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at Bob Dylan’s fourth studio album. Join me to revisit a single, wine-fuelled evening in June 1964, where the singer abandoned his protest icon status and embraced a more expansive interior side with classic songs like It Ain’t Me Babe, To Ramona, Chi…
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at The Bootleg Series Vol. 9, which collects the demos recorded by Bob Dylan for his music publishing company over a three-year period from 1962-64. Join me to listen back to more original songs from this fertile era, as well as alternative versions o…
In this episode of Dylan Revisited, I look back at The Bootleg Series Vol. 6, which presents a complete Bob Dylan concert from New York’s Philharmonic Hall in October 1964 that features a guest appearance from Joan Baez. Join me to revisit this memorable show and dive into Baez’s background and her…
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