The sound of this album upon my very young ears was extraordinary, used as they were to The Beatles, The Stones, The Shadows and Gerry & The Pacemakers, the charts numbered Dusty Springfield, Gene Pitney and The Singing Nun! So keyed up was he that when it came it had a tear in the cover ( I still have it!) about the size of a florin ( coupla thumbnails for those who don't remember or even know what a florin was!) Though clearly disappointed I was shocked to note he negotiated a discount from the amazing staff in that shop whereas it should have cost 32/6d he took it for 25/- shillings! I didn't know you could do that! I wouldn't have at the time wanting everything to be pristine and untouched by human hand as much as possible. I have said elsewhere that Dylan came to my ears when my brother Steve bought the album 'The Times They Are A' Changin'' on import from the legendary local Oxford record shop Russell & Accott when it was released (1964). Well, what DOES one say about Bob Dylan that hasn't been said elsewhere, better and in thousand upon thousand of other words? His Bobness, Zimmy, Robert Allen Zimmerman, Dylan or just plain Bob, if you Google his name then you get something like 22,000,000 results.
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