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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 on this like an
innocent angel, and makes Eric Von Schmidt's "Baby,
Let Me Follow You Down" sound so sweet. The seeds of
greatness were apparent in the sensitive original
"Song To Woody," a sadly overlooked song in the
massive Dylan catalogue. A wonderful exercise in what was
then and what is not now.
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