Bob Dylan - Freewheelin' Again (1963)

When Bob Dylan went into the studio in 1963 to record the follow up to his eponymous debut album, he actually had enough songs to release a double album - something that was unheard of at the time if it wasn't a live recording. Consequently, Dylan and producer John Hammond picked the best thirteen songs and the classic 'Freewheelin'' album was born. However, Dylan did record all of the songs that he brought to the studio, and they eventually leaked out in superb quality a few years ago, and were pressed up on an unofficial CD. This post is most of that disc, but with the alternate takes removed as the best ones had already been used for the main album, and I've also remade the sleeve with a better quality alternate picture from the 'Freewheelin'' photo shoot. If you haven't already heard these songs then you'll be as amazed as I was at just how prolific Dylan was in those early years, and how he could blithely abandon these songs when he came to record the 'Another Side Of...' album the following year.

Track listing

01 Baby Please Don't Go
02 The Death Of Emmett Till
03 Mixed Up Confusion
04 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
05 Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
06 Milkcow's Calf Blues
07 That's All Right
08 Solid Road (Rocks And Gravel)
09 Going To New Orleans
10 Let Me Die In My Footsteps
11 The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
12 Wichita Blues (Going To Louisiana)
13 Whatcha Gonna Do
14 Sally Girl