Freewheelin' Bob Dylan [Import] [Limited Edition]

Track Listings
1. Blowin' In The Wind    
2. Girl From The North Country    
3. Masters Of War    
4. Down The Highway    
5. Bob Dylan's Blues    
6. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall    
7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right    
8. Bob Dylan's Dream    
9. Oxford Town    
10. Talkin' World War Iii Blues    
11. Corrina, Corrina    
12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance    
13. I Shall Be Free    

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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Put Zimmy on the Map
  • Awesome album!
  • Good listening
  • The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind
  • As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago
 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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ASIN: B00026WU64
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' In the Wind
  2. Girl From the North Country
  3. Masters Of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Bob Dylan's Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talkin' World War III Blues
  11. Corrina, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  13. I Shall Be Free

Amazon.com

Dylan's outstanding second album is a tremendous jump from its predecessor. Whereas the debut established him as a peerless interpreter of folk and country-blues classics, and a singer like none before, this followup features some of the most pungent original songs of the '60s. "Blowin' in the Wind," "Masters of War," "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "I Shall Be Free": if this sounds like the lineup for a greatest-hits collection, you've got the idea. Nat Hentoff's liner notes are charmingly dated, but Dylan's idiosyncratic singing, unexpected lyrics, and inimitable guitar and harmonica playing are as immediate and relevant as whatever you heard on the radio today. (As great as this is, there's much more: a handful of top-rank outtakes from Freewheelin' appear on the Bootleg Series box set.) --Jimmy Guterman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Put Zimmy on the Map.......2007-03-24

Dylan was relatively unknown before the release of this album, but he certainly wasn't afterwards. Simply tremendous from cover to cover. Blowin' in the Wind is obviously a theme song for an entire generation, but the most important song on the album is the stunning 'A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall'. Not only did it almost eerily predict the future turmoil in the latter part of the '60s, it is also one of the great poems of the 20th century. When Allan Ginsberg, himself no slouch as a poet, heard this song, it brought him to tears. The Beatles listened to this album endlessly and worshipped Dylan. If it's good enough for the fab 4, it should be good enough for you! Dylan, with just his rudimentary guitar strums, basic harmonica lines and untrained voice was somehow able to create totally unique, incredible, moving music that hundreds of would-be Dylans were not able to come close to duplicating. Truly one of the great albums from a singular genius. If you haven't figured it out yet, I'd recommend this album.

5 out of 5 stars Awesome album!.......2007-02-19

This was the first Bob Dylan album and heard and it is still my favorite by a longshot. It has such a timeless, tranquil, and simplistic feel to it and you would not be able to tell that it is from 1963. All the songs are great, especially "Blowin' In The Wind", "Girl From The North Country", "Masters Of War", and "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright". All of the songs are practically flawless and you can listen to this album over and over and over again and all the time too; you can put it on when you're going to bed, listen to it as you are cleaning house, listen to it in the car, or while you are going for a walk. It fits all moods. It's one of those rare albums that you instantly fall in love with. It almost makes you wish that Dylan never went electric.

5 out of 5 stars Good listening.......2007-02-19

I'm one of those who thinks Dylan should have never have gone electric. Listening to this again after a long absence just firms up that belief for me.

5 out of 5 stars The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind.......2006-09-04

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

5 out of 5 stars As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago.......2006-09-04

This is Bob Dylan's second album, recorded way back in the early Sixties, when he was barely twenty years old. It includes "Blowin' in the Wind" which I'm told took America by storm when Peter, Paul and Mary sang it. Then it became sort of the anthem of those protesting the Vietnam war. What a burden all this must have put on a young man's shoulders. Fortunately Bob Dylan was up to the task and didn't crack under the pressure of it all. Now, it's over four decades later and Dylan is still pumping out songs, though they don't have the rage you can find in "Hard Rain," one of the best songs Dylan has ever done. The images just pour at you from every line. This is a must own album and if you look at the situation we find ourselves in today, you'll see that not only has this record stood the test of time, but that it's as important now as it was over forty years ago.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Enormously Powerful and Influential Album
  • One of the Dylan's best albums
  • Brings back the memories.
  • The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind
  • As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago
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ASIN: B0000C8AVE
Release Date: 2003-09-16

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' in the Wind
  2. Girl from the North Country
  3. Masters of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Bob Dylan's Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talking World War III Blues
  11. Corrine, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  13. I Shall Be Free

Amazon.com

Dylan's outstanding second album is a tremendous jump from its predecessor. Whereas the debut established him as a peerless interpreter of folk and country-blues classics, and a singer like none before, this followup features some of the most pungent original songs of the '60s. "Blowin' in the Wind," "Masters of War," "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "I Shall Be Free": if this sounds like the lineup for a greatest-hits collection, you've got the idea. Nat Hentoff's liner notes are charmingly dated, but Dylan's idiosyncratic singing, unexpected lyrics, and inimitable guitar and harmonica playing are as immediate and relevant as whatever you heard on the radio today. (As great as this is, there's much more: a handful of top-rank outtakes from Freewheelin' appear on the Bootleg Series box set.) --Jimmy Guterman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Enormously Powerful and Influential Album.......2007-03-02

Take a little Jewish guy from the Minnesota iron range with a weak voice that can't carry a tune, plays just the most rudimentary of chords and usually is his own backing band and whaddya have? Right, one of the most important albums of all time. This is the album that put Dylan on the map and helped make him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. If the LP had just 2 songs on it (Blowin' in the Wind and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall) it would still be a seminal work. Both of these songs were eerily prophetic, incredibly powerful and even influenced the turbulent events that were to follow. Music grew up with the release of this album and no artist to this day has approached Dylan's powerful ability to communicate through song. Lennon/McCartney: terrific. The Stones: wonderful. Springsteen: great performer. Ray Charles: a musical genius. If you haven't listened to Dylan, however, you've missed the real thing!

5 out of 5 stars One of the Dylan's best albums.......2007-01-07

This was the first great Dylan album. His own music, with those witty lyrics, those images of absurdity (listen to "Talkin' World War III Blues"), along with the spare guitar/harmonica format. And that voice!

One of the striking things about this classic Dylan CD is that some of the least known songs are still great. I still enjoy listening to "Talkin' World War III Blues" to this day. The story of his expropriating a Cadillac; his listening to Rock-a-Day Johnnie singing "Where's your ma, where's your pa; Our love's a gonna grow, ooh-ahh, ooh, ahh"; his conversation with a telephone operator; etc. "Oxford Town" is a great couple minutes that lays out the key underlying aspects of the racism of the South that called for a Civil Rights movement.

And, of course, there are some of his early "political" classics represented here: "Blowin' in the Wind," "Masters of War," "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall."

This album also features some of his gentler songs, such as "Girl from the North Country" and "Don't Think Twice, It's all right."

This CD holds up awfully well over time! Those who want to know about the early Dylan would be well advised to listen to this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Brings back the memories........2006-11-10

Bob Dylan, the 60's, I was there and this album takes me back.

5 out of 5 stars The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind.......2006-09-04

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

5 out of 5 stars As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago.......2006-09-04

This is Bob Dylan's second album, recorded way back in the early Sixties, when he was barely twenty years old. It includes "Blowin' in the Wind" which I'm told took America by storm when Peter, Paul and Mary sang it. Then it became sort of the anthem of those protesting the Vietnam war. What a burden all this must have put on a young man's shoulders. Fortunately Bob Dylan was up to the task and didn't crack under the pressure of it all. Now, it's over four decades later and Dylan is still pumping out songs, though they don't have the rage you can find in "Hard Rain," one of the best songs Dylan has ever done. The images just pour at you from every line. This is a must own album and if you look at the situation we find ourselves in today, you'll see that not only has this record stood the test of time, but that it's as important now as it was over forty years ago.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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  • People need this album
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  • The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind
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  • one of his best
 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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ASIN: B0000024RQ
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' In The Wind
  2. Girl From The North Country
  3. Masters Of War
  4. Down The Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Bob Dylan's Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talking World War III Blues
  11. Corrina, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  13. I Shall Be Free

Amazon.com

Dylan's outstanding second album is a tremendous jump from its predecessor. Whereas the debut established him as a peerless interpreter of folk and country-blues classics, and a singer like none before, this followup features some of the most pungent original songs of the '60s. "Blowin' in the Wind," "Masters of War," "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "I Shall Be Free": if this sounds like the lineup for a greatest-hits collection, you've got the idea. Nat Hentoff's liner notes are charmingly dated, but Dylan's idiosyncratic singing, unexpected lyrics, and inimitable guitar and harmonica playing are as immediate and relevant as whatever you heard on the radio today. (As great as this is, there's much more: a handful of top-rank outtakes from Freewheelin' appear on the Bootleg Series box set.) --Jimmy Guterman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars People need this album.......2006-11-21

So I'm not that old but this album brings me back to my youth. I can't describe it but evertime I listen to this I feel this amazing calm and peace, like you know, everything will be alright, that the human race isn't so bad, like the sun is shining, like even though it may be cold outside I still feel warm. I'm not some Bob Dylan expert or anything like that. I just really like this album of his and don't know many other albums that put me in such a sound state of mind as this one does. If you're looking for a little piece of mind, this seems like a pretty good place to start.

5 out of 5 stars 10.0/10.0.......2006-10-15

Nothing is content to be itself anymore. Everything gets passed off as something of greater value or significance. Mostly it's a foregone conclusion that items today are introduced as that which they are not: the public gets informed of the salvation in a cup of laundry detergent, or the happiness in a container of cookie dough batter. That's why if I wrote a dissertation on anything, it would be a connection between Baudrillad's simulacrum and how consumerism has enveloped our universe: everything, today, exists as product.
How does this square with a Freewheelin' Bob Dylan? Well-- the music here, it's small. It-- and its creator-- discourages inflation of the value it holds. That is, only a poor musical critic would call this album "a powerful album of enormous depth and scale, soaring over all previous understandings of art and beauty." Freewheelin' promises none of that. The ideas that emanate from the music here have existed upon the shoulders of the oppressed, the dissatisfied, the disillusioned for centuries. Small people have sung these words before: Dylan, here, merely repeats them, in a new and beautiful mode. It is not for nothing that Dylan came up with Self Portrait in 1970, a kind of slap in the face of those who thought he should be something beyond a musician. What happens here is a kind of small brilliance, cultivated at a time just before extravagance was seen as a virtue in music. All good folk music has been small in this way, and Dylan's work here is the perfection of that archetype.
There are instances of genius on this album (to clarify, I don't agree myself that Dylan was a genius, but I do think he has often created instances of musical genius in his work. Mostly I think my definition of genius differs from the popular one - I understand Caravaggio, Bach, and Plato to be geniuses - but just to illuminate you a bit, I highly doubt Dylan ever thought himself a genius). The first track, Blowin' In The Wind, is one such instance. Further, it demonstrates what I have said above: the album repeats small, but millennia-old themes. This song, in fact, follows the melody of an 1876 song, "No More Auction Block," but with the lyrics changed to emphasize the clearly timeless theme of liberation from greed and hatred. It is a slow, paced, piece with acoustic guitar serving as background to Dylan's voice, a harmonica adding a perfect accent to the melody: he melds the visions of natural hardship with human hardship: the voyage of the dove, the scourge of moral blindness. It is as if the cessation of human war (whether in the micro- or macrocosm) would purify the human being, but the tone mixes that hope with a weary skepticism.
Each song holds its brilliance. Talking World War III Blues, besides being forged in truth, is also a great joy to listen to, with the frequent gestures of irony and comic declarations. Dylan here is primarily a storyteller, and a perfect one at that: everything is on a high note, from the harmonica to the simple rhyming scheme. By the time we have had our share of smiling, the listener reaches the end of the song, and suddenly a great truth has been found ("I'll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours."). This ought to rank somewhere in every listeners' list of favorite songs.
That's all I have to say about that. The rest of the music is to explore for yourself. There is plenty of territory here to take joy in. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan embraces simple direct themes, and although the work may be "small," its authenticity gives it an intensity hardly to be matched. Simply stated, this is an indispensable album for anyone who has any sort of interest in music.

5 out of 5 stars The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind.......2006-09-04

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

5 out of 5 stars As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago.......2006-09-04

This is Bob Dylan's second album, recorded way back in the early Sixties, when he was barely twenty years old. It includes "Blowin' in the Wind" which I'm told took America by storm when Peter, Paul and Mary sang it. Then it became sort of the anthem of those protesting the Vietnam war. What a burden all this must have put on a young man's shoulders. Fortunately Bob Dylan was up to the task and didn't crack under the pressure of it all. Now, it's over four decades later and Dylan is still pumping out songs, though they don't have the rage you can find in "Hard Rain," one of the best songs Dylan has ever done. The images just pour at you from every line. This is a must own album and if you look at the situation we find ourselves in today, you'll see that not only has this record stood the test of time, but that it's as important now as it was over forty years ago.

5 out of 5 stars one of his best.......2006-08-28

this album took bob dylan from folk singer to the voice of the 60s.1st off,"blowin in the wind" comes on.thats one of my top 5 favorite dylan songs.then the hits keep on keepin on with,"girl ftom north country".also a top 5 song,despite ges redo on a later album with johnny cash is way better.a few more then my moms favorite,"a hard rain is gonna fall".bob dylan really shows off his lyrical symbolism in this one.the great songs keep coming with "dont think twice its alright"-vintage dylan,man.a few songs later theres "corina corina",a love song.and no one writes a love song like bob dylan.theres 2 silly songs also where hes just playing with words called "bob dylans dream" and "i shall be free".a top 5 dylan album.
The Collection, Vol. 2: Freewheelin' Bob Dylan/Times They Are A-Changin'/Another Side
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  • Three Masterpieces
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  • Many Sides of Bob Dylan
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ASIN: B000AAIXSQ
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' in the Wind
  2. Girl from the North Country
  3. Masters of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Bob Dylan's Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talkin' World War III Blues
  11. Corrina, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  13. I Shall Be Free

Tracks:

  1. Times They Are A-Changin'
  2. Ballad of Hollis Brown
  3. With God on Our Side
  4. One Too Many Mornings
  5. North Country Blues
  6. Only a Pawn in Their Game
  7. Boots of Spanish Leather
  8. When the Ship Comes In
  9. Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
  10. Restless Farewell

Tracks:

  1. All I Really Want to Do
  2. Black Crow Blues
  3. Spanish Harlem Incident
  4. Chimes of Freedom
  5. I Shall Be Free No. 10
  6. To Ramona
  7. Motorpsycho Nitemare
  8. My Back Pages
  9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Have Never Met)
  10. Ballad in Plain D
  11. It Ain't Me Babe

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Three Masterpieces.......2006-09-04

These three records are masterpieces by anyone's opinion and are perhaps Dylan's best work. He was young and he was so good.

-- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan --

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

-- The Times they are a-Changin' --

The opening track, "The Times they are a-Changin'" is a call to arms. It was heeded in the Sixties when the streets were filled with protesters, kids who wanted an end to the war in Vietnam. Dylan has sung this song countless times over the years, talking about the battle that is outside raging, but somehow we've forgotten this message, though we sing the words with Dylan at almost every concert he's given on his never ending tour. Sadly there are almost no protesters today. And it seems if one does raise a voice, bad things could happen to him.

Lord, I have to wonder if God ever was on our side. Bob Dylan doesn't think he was, but there are so many today who are convinced he is, maybe they should listen to this record. At least we've done something about the horrible racism Dylan sings about on "Only a Pawn in Their Game" and the haunting "Ballad of Hollis Brown," but we have a long way to go. I think all those people who are so against those who only want to better themselves by coming to America should be forced to sit down and listen to this record. That's what I think.


-- Another Side of Bob Dylan --

For me "Another Side" is all about "The Chimes of Freedom." Yes there are several other good songs on this record that marks a change for Bob Dylan from his so called "Protest Period" to a darker, deeper, more poetic kind of music. Poetry, Dylan had become a poet and to all of those who think there are hidden meaning in his words I have to say, "No, I don't think so." I think Dylan put it all out there, said what he meant and meant what he said. No hidden meanings, no secrets implied, but who needs 'em. "Chimes of Freedom" says enough, says if for a generation, for generations.

"Tolling for the Rebel, tolling for the rake, tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and the forsaked." What words, what power from this twenty-three-year-old singer who was already tired of leading a movement. Still, try as he might, he was the one the youth of his time looked up to, listened to, wanted to follow, but Dylan wasn't leading. Just imagine what this world might be like today if he had been. Maybe some of those misdemeanor outlaws who wound up in the White House might have been sidelined where they belonged. Ah, well, we'll never know.

Still, this is one fine record. "To Ramona" is one of the best songs ever written, the poetry so divine in this dark song. "It grieves my heart love, to see ya trying to be a part of a world that just don't exist." It's like he's singing about me, way before I was born, because I sure want to be a part of that world that doesn't exist. Ah, I was so much older than, older yesterday even. It's so sad sometimes, because like Dylan says, they "hype you and type you in making you feel that you gotta be just like them." I know I'm not making much sense, but get this record. Don't be like them, just do what you think you should do.

5 out of 5 stars Three of a Young Poet's Best Records.......2006-08-27

"Freewheelin'" is Bob Dylan's second album, but it's the one that made him known to the general public at large. He penned most of the songs on the record, including the famous, "Blowing in the Wind," a song that would live on for generations. Also included on this record is the very long and very good, "A Hard Rain Must Fall," which tells the story of a man asking his young son questions. The answers, if you listen to them, will really move you and get you to asking a lot of questions yourself. "Girl From the North Country" is a terrific song where a young and soulful Bob Dylan asks anybody traveling to the North Country if they'd remember him to a girl who lives there. I can't help it, I picture a coal miner's daughter. Even back then, Bob Dylan was a poet who could grab you and make you think with his words.


"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is one young man's rage against how things are going in America back in the '60s and the song still rings true today. We still have war and corrupt politicians and parents who will never understand their sons and daughters. I guess some things never change. "With God on Our Side," is a long song about war that also is relevant today, it just needs a verse about Iraq at the end of it. This is an album that is impossible to listen to without wanting to get up and do something about the state of affairs in the world today.


"Another Side" is one of my favorite Dylan albums. I must confess, I really, really like his early stuff. I love the anger in his voice back then. Yes the stuff that comes later is very good, especially "Blood on the Tracks" which kind of reminds me of "Another Side" in a lot of ways, but this record, the last acoustic record Dylan will do for a very long time, is something very special. "Chimes of Freedom" is my favorite all time Dylan song and like "The Times They Are A-Changing," it still has meaning today. It Ain't Me Babe" is sort of like a love song in reverse and you can't help but love it.

These are three of a young poet's best records and they are three records any and every Dylan fan or wannabe Dylan fan or anybody else in the world, for that matter, should own.

5 out of 5 stars Every Word is Significant, Important.......2006-06-02

Fortunately we've not come to the World War Bob Dylan sings about in "Talking World War III" on "Freewheelin'", but in today's times you have to wonder do you need a shotgun and a fall out shelter. Another song full of poetry is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" of course everybody's who's anybody has heard this song, if not on this record, then the haunting version done during "The Concert for Bangledesh." Dylan has done so many excellent versions of this throughout the years, especially that version done with the Japanese orchestra, but this version is Bob Dylan raw and raging. Like "Masters of War" the song was topical then and it's topical now. It's just too danged bad that "All of the people can't be all right all of the time." But you can be right some of the time and that's good enough. Get this record, you'll be glad you did.

"The Times They Are A-Changing" the title song of the second album in this set is a song that will have you questioning your values, questioning your complacency. "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" will just plain make you mad. "North Country Blues" will make you weep for the coal minors and iron workers and those less fortunate. And "With God on Our Side" A song that Bob Dylan used to perform with Joan Baez a lot a long time ago will make you think. Every word in these songs is significant, every word important. This is another of those Bob Dylan records everybody should own. It should be like a rule.

I cannot describe the words and imagery conjured up on "Another Side" by Bob Dylan in the song, "The Chimes of Freedom." This is certainly on of the best songs, he or anyone has ever penned. You can find as much or as little in this song about America then and now, yourself then and now, things too numerous to mention walk through the phrases, words fail me, but they didn't fail the young Bob Dylan. Get this record, play this song, you'll see what I'm talking about. "I Shall Be Free No. 10" is a humorous rendition of Dylan's view of America. Some of the images and people mention might not be known by the children or grandchildren of the Boomers, but you can Google Barry Goldwater and the like if you want to get this funny song. At times, because Dylan goes between humor, protest and love songs, this record might seem a little uneven, because, for example, you're still laughing at "Motorpsycho Nitemare" when all of a sudden you're jerked right into the very serious, "My Back Pages." Didn't we all know more than our parents, weren't we all so much older then.

5 out of 5 stars Many Sides of Bob Dylan.......2006-06-02

My favorite song on "Freewheelin'" is one Bob Dylan didn't right. But he delivers "Corina, Corina" with such a heartfelt manner that he truly makes it one of his own. And the thumping, haunting base backup just pulls you right into the song, makes you believe every word of the lyrics. He just can't keep from crying in that song and I just can't keep from crying when I hear it. However, as much as I love "Corina, Corina," and "Girl from the North Country" too, I recognize that those are not the songs that made this such the ground breaking record that it is. It's "Blowing in the Wind", "Masters of War", "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall", "Talkin' WW III Blues" and "Oxford Town", songs that talk of war and racism, songs that moved a generation, they are the heart and soul of this masterpiece.

Everybody knows about and has heard "The Times They are A-Changin," one of Bob Dylan's biggest hits. And everybody knows he had a protest period and that this record came out smack in the middle of it. But what they may not know is that there are a songs about love and loss on this album that will tear your heart out. Bob Dylan then as now was a master of words. Probably the greatest wordsmith of his generation, mine too. And then there is that song that is impossible to define "The Hour that the Ship Comes in." It is just simply to good for words, powerful, I can say that. Very powerful. But my favorite song here is "One too Many Mornings." It gets a tear or two from me every time I hear it.

There are so many sides to "Another Side" that I hardly know where to begin, other than to say that I absolutely loved it. There is a lot to learn here about the times then and how they haven't really changed all that much, but you get that a lot in early Dylan records. Also, traveling salesmen should never, ever take a shower with the farmer's daughter. How could you not like a song where a farmer accuses a salesman of being an "unpatriotic, rotten, doctor, commie rat." Then of course there is the haunting, "To Ramona," the prophetic "Chimes of Freedom" and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "I Don't Believe You," a song about a lad who has been recently dumped, but can't get over the girl even though "She acts like we never have met." I'm not very fond of "All I Really Want to Do." For some reason I keep picturing Sonny and Cher when I hear this song. I loved all the other stuff on the record though. There are many sides of Dylan here, his protest songs, which we won't be seeing very many more of after this record. His humor, which we well see more of later on. His piano playing, which also we'll be seeing more of and his ability to turn out a love song, which we will certainly be seeing more of.

5 out of 5 stars Three Superb Early Dylan Records,.......2006-06-02

"Freewheelin'" is The Beginning of Dylan's Protest Period. -- First a hit for Peter, Paul and Mary and sung by zillions of protest folkies, "Blowin' in the Wind" the lead off song on this album is best enjoyed when listened to by it's creator. PP & M, though they do the song well, are just a bit too much to fortish for my blood. This album, to my way of thinking is the start of Bob Dylan's so called protest period. Actually, I've heard a recording where Dylan himself refers to this time in his life as his, "So called Protest Period." Another example of this is "Masters of War" a song that was so right for the `60s and has been rearranged time and again throughout Dylan's career and sadly, is as right today as it was then. Like Mr. Dylan, we can all was, when will we ever learn. This record will help.

"The Times They Are a Changin'" is one of the Most Important Records to Ever Come Out. -- "Come Senators and Congressmen please heed the call and get out of the doorway if you can't lend a hand, for the times they are a changin'." Powerful words, but sadly the times didn't change all that much. We still have war. Medicine still isn't free. They still put you in jail for smoking a joint. Politics is still corrupt. What's changed? The Baby Boomers blew it. The title song for this record is as relevant today as it was when Bob Dylan first sang it. He's still singing it. Is everybody deaf? Have the Boomers turned into their parents? Anyway, regardless of all of the above, this is a dynamic song on a dynamic record. One of the most important records to every come out. Everybody should own this.

"Another Side" is, as my friend Sara is so fond of saying, still relevant after all these years. -- I read somewhere that this record was recorded in one night while Dylan and crew were drinking cheap wine. I don't know if that's true, but I have to admit sometimes on this record Dylan does sound like he'd been drinking a bit, especially during "All I Really Want to Do" and Dylan's piano playing on the record does remind me a bit of Honky Tonk, the sort of thing you might find in an old western salon. Still, it's a great album that showcase's not only Dylan's piano playing, but his humor as well, which you can see in "Motorpsycho Nitemare." And if you've got a free seven minutes or so, you should give them up and give a good listen to "Chimes of Freedom" a song that's like so many of Dylan's songs, as relevant now as it was back then.
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ASIN: B0002CHQVW
Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' in the Wind
  2. Girl from the North Country
  3. Masters of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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  11. Corrina, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Answers, I'm Afraid, are Blowin' in the Wind.......2006-09-04

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

5 out of 5 stars As Important Now as it was Over Forty Years Ago.......2006-09-04

This is Bob Dylan's second album, recorded way back in the early Sixties, when he was barely twenty years old. It includes "Blowin' in the Wind" which I'm told took America by storm when Peter, Paul and Mary sang it. Then it became sort of the anthem of those protesting the Vietnam war. What a burden all this must have put on a young man's shoulders. Fortunately Bob Dylan was up to the task and didn't crack under the pressure of it all. Now, it's over four decades later and Dylan is still pumping out songs, though they don't have the rage you can find in "Hard Rain," one of the best songs Dylan has ever done. The images just pour at you from every line. This is a must own album and if you look at the situation we find ourselves in today, you'll see that not only has this record stood the test of time, but that it's as important now as it was over forty years ago.

5 out of 5 stars A Young Poet Who Grabs You With His Words.......2006-08-24

This is Bob Dylan's second album, but it's the one that made him known to the general public at large. He penned most of the songs on the record, including the famous, "Blowing in the Wind," a song that would live on for generations. Also included on this record is the very long and very good, "A Hard Rain Must Fall," which tells the story of a man asking his young son questions. The answers, if you listen to them, will really move you and get you to asking a lot of questions yourself. "Girl From the North Country" is a terrific song where a young and soulful Bob Dylan asks anybody traveling to the North Country if they'd remember him to a girl who lives there. I can't help it, I picture a coal miner's daughter. Even back then, Bob Dylan was a poet who could grab you and make you think with his words.

5 out of 5 stars Songs that Moved a Generation.......2006-04-03

My favorite song on this record is one Bob Dylan didn't right. But he delivers "Corina, Corina" with such a heartfelt manner that he truly makes it one of his own. And the thumping, haunting base backup just pulls you right into the song, makes you believe every word of the lyrics. He just can't keep from crying in that song and I just can't keep from crying when I hear it. However, as much as I love "Corina, Corina," and "Girl from the North Country" too, I recognize that those are not the songs that made this such the ground breaking record that it is. It's "Blowing in the Wind", "Masters of War", "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall", "Talkin' WW III Blues" and "Oxford Town", songs that talk of war and racism, songs that moved a generation, they are the heart and soul of this masterpiece.

5 out of 5 stars Talking World War III Blues.......2006-04-03

Fortunately we've not come to the World War Bob Dylan sings about, but in today's times you have to wonder do you need a shotgun and a fall out shelter. Another song full of poetry is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" of course everybody's who's anybody has heard this song, if not on this record, then the haunting version done during "The Concert for Bangledesh." Dylan has done so many excellent versions of this throughout the years, especially that version done with the Japanese orchestra, but this version is Bob Dylan raw and raging. Like "Masters of War" the song was topical then and it's topical now. It's just too danged bad that "All of the people can't be all right all of the time." But you can be right some of the time and that's good enough. Get this record, you'll be glad you did.
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ASIN: B0007X9UG0
Release Date: 2005-04-05

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' in the Wind
  2. Girl from the North Country
  3. Masters of War
  4. Down the Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Bob Dylan's Dream
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  10. Talkin' World War III Blues
  11. Corrina, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  13. I Shall Be Free

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  1. Times They Are A-Changin'
  2. Ballad of Hollis Brown
  3. With God on Our Side
  4. One Too Many Mornings
  5. North Country Blues
  6. Only a Pawn in Their Game
  7. Boots of Spanish Leather
  8. When the Ship Comes In
  9. Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
  10. Restless Farewell

Tracks:

  1. All I Really Want to Do
  2. Black Crow Blues
  3. Spanish Harlem Incident
  4. Chimes of Freedom
  5. I Shall Be Free No. 10
  6. To Ramona
  7. Motorpsycho Nitemare
  8. My Back Pages
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Three Masterpieces.......2006-09-04

These three records are masterpieces by anyone's opinion and are perhaps Dylan's best work. He was young and he was so good.

-- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan --

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

-- The Times they are a-Changin' --

The opening track, "The Times they are a-Changin'" is a call to arms. It was heeded in the Sixties when the streets were filled with protesters, kids who wanted an end to the war in Vietnam. Dylan has sung this song countless times over the years, talking about the battle that is outside raging, but somehow we've forgotten this message, though we sing the words with Dylan at almost every concert he's given on his never ending tour. Sadly there are almost no protesters today. And it seems if one does raise a voice, bad things could happen to him.

Lord, I have to wonder if God ever was on our side. Bob Dylan doesn't think he was, but there are so many today who are convinced he is, maybe they should listen to this record. At least we've done something about the horrible racism Dylan sings about on "Only a Pawn in Their Game" and the haunting "Ballad of Hollis Brown," but we have a long way to go. I think all those people who are so against those who only want to better themselves by coming to America should be forced to sit down and listen to this record. That's what I think.


-- Another Side of Bob Dylan --

For me "Another Side" is all about "The Chimes of Freedom." Yes there are several other good songs on this record that marks a change for Bob Dylan from his so called "Protest Period" to a darker, deeper, more poetic kind of music. Poetry, Dylan had become a poet and to all of those who think there are hidden meaning in his words I have to say, "No, I don't think so." I think Dylan put it all out there, said what he meant and meant what he said. No hidden meanings, no secrets implied, but who needs 'em. "Chimes of Freedom" says enough, says if for a generation, for generations.

"Tolling for the Rebel, tolling for the rake, tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and the forsaked." What words, what power from this twenty-three-year-old singer who was already tired of leading a movement. Still, try as he might, he was the one the youth of his time looked up to, listened to, wanted to follow, but Dylan wasn't leading. Just imagine what this world might be like today if he had been. Maybe some of those misdemeanor outlaws who wound up in the White House might have been sidelined where they belonged. Ah, well, we'll never know.

Still, this is one fine record. "To Ramona" is one of the best songs ever written, the poetry so divine in this dark song. "It grieves my heart love, to see ya trying to be a part of a world that just don't exist." It's like he's singing about me, way before I was born, because I sure want to be a part of that world that doesn't exist. Ah, I was so much older than, older yesterday even. It's so sad sometimes, because like Dylan says, they "hype you and type you in making you feel that you gotta be just like them." I know I'm not making much sense, but get this record. Don't be like them, just do what you think you should do.

5 out of 5 stars Three of a Young Poet's Best Records.......2006-08-27

"Freewheelin'" is Bob Dylan's second album, but it's the one that made him known to the general public at large. He penned most of the songs on the record, including the famous, "Blowing in the Wind," a song that would live on for generations. Also included on this record is the very long and very good, "A Hard Rain Must Fall," which tells the story of a man asking his young son questions. The answers, if you listen to them, will really move you and get you to asking a lot of questions yourself. "Girl From the North Country" is a terrific song where a young and soulful Bob Dylan asks anybody traveling to the North Country if they'd remember him to a girl who lives there. I can't help it, I picture a coal miner's daughter. Even back then, Bob Dylan was a poet who could grab you and make you think with his words.


"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is one young man's rage against how things are going in America back in the '60s and the song still rings true today. We still have war and corrupt politicians and parents who will never understand their sons and daughters. I guess some things never change. "With God on Our Side," is a long song about war that also is relevant today, it just needs a verse about Iraq at the end of it. This is an album that is impossible to listen to without wanting to get up and do something about the state of affairs in the world today.


"Another Side" is one of my favorite Dylan albums. I must confess, I really, really like his early stuff. I love the anger in his voice back then. Yes the stuff that comes later is very good, especially "Blood on the Tracks" which kind of reminds me of "Another Side" in a lot of ways, but this record, the last acoustic record Dylan will do for a very long time, is something very special. "Chimes of Freedom" is my favorite all time Dylan song and like "The Times They Are A-Changing," it still has meaning today. It Ain't Me Babe" is sort of like a love song in reverse and you can't help but love it.

These are three of a young poet's best records and they are three records any and every Dylan fan or wannabe Dylan fan or anybody else in the world, for that matter, should own.

5 out of 5 stars Many Sides of Bob Dylan.......2006-04-03

My favorite song on "Freewheelin'" is one Bob Dylan didn't right. But he delivers "Corina, Corina" with such a heartfelt manner that he truly makes it one of his own. And the thumping, haunting base backup just pulls you right into the song, makes you believe every word of the lyrics. He just can't keep from crying in that song and I just can't keep from crying when I hear it. However, as much as I love "Corina, Corina," and "Girl from the North Country" too, I recognize that those are not the songs that made this such the ground breaking record that it is. It's "Blowing in the Wind", "Masters of War", "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall", "Talkin' WW III Blues" and "Oxford Town", songs that talk of war and racism, songs that moved a generation, they are the heart and soul of this masterpiece.

Everybody knows about and has heard "The Times They are A-Changin," one of Bob Dylan's biggest hits. And everybody knows he had a protest period and that this record came out smack in the middle of it. But what they may not know is that there are a songs about love and loss on this album that will tear your heart out. Bob Dylan then as now was a master of words. Probably the greatest wordsmith of his generation, mine too. And then there is that song that is impossible to define "The Hour that the Ship Comes in." It is just simply to good for words, powerful, I can say that. Very powerful. But my favorite song here is "One too Many Mornings." It gets a tear or two from me every time I hear it.

There are so many sides to "Another Side" that I hardly know where to begin, other than to say that I absolutely loved it. There is a lot to learn here about the times then and how they haven't really changed all that much, but you get that a lot in early Dylan records. Also, traveling salesmen should never, ever take a shower with the farmer's daughter. How could you not like a song where a farmer accuses a salesman of being an "unpatriotic, rotten, doctor, commie rat." Then of course there is the haunting, "To Ramona," the prophetic "Chimes of Freedom" and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "I Don't Believe You," a song about a lad who has been recently dumped, but can't get over the girl even though "She acts like we never have met." I'm not very fond of "All I Really Want to Do." For some reason I keep picturing Sonny and Cher when I hear this song. I loved all the other stuff on the record though. There are many sides of Dylan here, his protest songs, which we won't be seeing very many more of after this record. His humor, which we well see more of later on. His piano playing, which also we'll be seeing more of and his ability to turn out a love song, which we will certainly be seeing more of.

5 out of 5 stars Every Word is Significant, Important.......2006-04-03

Fortunately we've not come to the World War Bob Dylan sings about in "Talking World War III" on "Freewheelin'", but in today's times you have to wonder do you need a shotgun and a fall out shelter. Another song full of poetry is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" of course everybody's who's anybody has heard this song, if not on this record, then the haunting version done during "The Concert for Bangledesh." Dylan has done so many excellent versions of this throughout the years, especially that version done with the Japanese orchestra, but this version is Bob Dylan raw and raging. Like "Masters of War" the song was topical then and it's topical now. It's just too danged bad that "All of the people can't be all right all of the time." But you can be right some of the time and that's good enough. Get this record, you'll be glad you did.

"The Times They Are A-Changing" the title song of the second album in this set is a song that will have you questioning your values, questioning your complacency. "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" will just plain make you mad. "North Country Blues" will make you weep for the coal minors and iron workers and those less fortunate. And "With God on Our Side" A song that Bob Dylan used to perform with Joan Baez a lot a long time ago will make you think. Every word in these songs is significant, every word important. This is another of those Bob Dylan records everybody should own. It should be like a rule.

I cannot describe the words and imagery conjured up on "Another Side" by Bob Dylan in the song, "The Chimes of Freedom." This is certainly on of the best songs, he or anyone has ever penned. You can find as much or as little in this song about America then and now, yourself then and now, things too numerous to mention walk through the phrases, words fail me, but they didn't fail the young Bob Dylan. Get this record, play this song, you'll see what I'm talking about. "I Shall Be Free No. 10" is a humorous rendition of Dylan's view of America. Some of the images and people mention might not be known by the children or grandchildren of the Boomers, but you can Google Barry Goldwater and the like if you want to get this funny song. At times, because Dylan goes between humor, protest and love songs, this record might seem a little uneven, because, for example, you're still laughing at "Motorpsycho Nitemare" when all of a sudden you're jerked right into the very serious, "My Back Pages." Didn't we all know more than our parents, weren't we all so much older then.

5 out of 5 stars The Greatest Protest Records of All Time.......2006-04-03

Though "Freewheelin'" is, as my friends have so aptly pointed out, a protest record, there is just about the best love song on it I've ever heard and if you haven't given a listen to "Girl From the North Country," then it's time you heard it. I've heard Bob Dylan sing this song live, heard it on several bootlegs, heard it on "Nashville Skyline" where he sings it with the late Johnny Cash and to my way of thinking, this is absolutely the best version out there. "Corrina, Corrina" though not penned by Dylan, is just simply an outstanding recording. Of course though, "Blowin' in the Wind" the anthem for a generation is the album's crowning jewel. This is simply a must have record.

From "Times They are A-Changin'" to Hollis Brown, to the long and excellent "With God on Our Side", "Times They are A-Changin'" is a protest record thru and thru. It's sort of a call to arms. "Get up, do something, make a difference," this record seems to be crying out. We should listen. Bob Dylan, with his work, has made a difference. This record is proof of that.

Like my friend Tiffany Ann, I just love "Another Side of Bob Dylan" especially the Honky Tonk piano on "Black Crow Blues." There are a lot of songs that used to go around that I'm sure you can still get on these Dylan sites that are all over the internet, songs from this period that feature Dylan on piano. If you can find them I highly recommend them as this is a side of Dylan not well seen back than. "Chimes of Freedom" is another one of Dylan's wake up calls to America that went unheeded. It's a great song, I loved the way he did it when he was on tour with the Grateful Dead and those tapes are around too. If you try hard enough, you can probably find them as well. "It Ain't Me, Babe," is, of course, the Dylan song everybody knows from this record, but my favorite is the underrated, very good, "To Ramona." It's a very sweet song told oh so well. Like "To Ramona" I think this album has been underrated. I just love it and I'm sure, if you haven't heard it, you will to. And if you have heard it, then likewise I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about.
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  • Three Masterpieces
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ASIN: B000002ABZ
Release Date: 1995-10-24

Tracks:

  1. Blowin' In The Wind
  2. Girl From The North Country
  3. Masters Of War
  4. Down The Highway
  5. Bob Dylan's Blues
  6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Bob Dylan's Dream
  9. Oxford Town
  10. Talking World War III Blues
  11. Corrina, Corrina
  12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  13. I Shall Be Free

Tracks:

  1. The Times They Are A-Changin'
  2. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  3. With God On Our Side
  4. One Too Many Mornings
  5. North Country Blues
  6. Only A Pawn In Their Game
  7. Boots Of Spanish Leather
  8. When The Ship Comes In
  9. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
  10. Restless Farewell

Tracks:

  1. All I Really Want To Do
  2. Black Crow Blues
  3. Spanish Harlem Incident
  4. Chimes Of Freedom
  5. I Shall Be Free No. 10
  6. To Ramona
  7. Motorpsycho Nitemare
  8. My Back Pages
  9. I Don't Believe You
  10. Ballad In Plain D
  11. It Ain't Me Babe

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5 out of 5 stars Three Masterpieces.......2006-09-04

These three records are masterpieces by anyone's opinion and are perhaps Dylan's best work. He was young and he was so good.

-- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan --

Freewheelin' is Bob Dylan's second record. While his first was an album of mostly folk song covers with only two originals, this record had only two covers, the rest being originals and some of Bob Dylan's finest work. "Girl From the North Country" is one of my favorite songs, by anybody, and to think it was written by a twenty-one-year-old kid, almost half a century ago, way back in 1963.

"Master's of War" still seems valid today. Re, those masters of war, those seller's of guns, "There is one thing I know, though I'm younger than you, that even Jesus would never forgive what you do." Yet, despite those words that moved so many, all these years later the masters of war are still plying their trade. And, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "Blowin' in the Wind," perhaps the best antiwar song ever written. Dylan asks nine questions about war and freedom, the answers to all of them, I'm afraid are, "Blowin' in the Wind."

-- The Times they are a-Changin' --

The opening track, "The Times they are a-Changin'" is a call to arms. It was heeded in the Sixties when the streets were filled with protesters, kids who wanted an end to the war in Vietnam. Dylan has sung this song countless times over the years, talking about the battle that is outside raging, but somehow we've forgotten this message, though we sing the words with Dylan at almost every concert he's given on his never ending tour. Sadly there are almost no protesters today. And it seems if one does raise a voice, bad things could happen to him.

Lord, I have to wonder if God ever was on our side. Bob Dylan doesn't think he was, but there are so many today who are convinced he is, maybe they should listen to this record. At least we've done something about the horrible racism Dylan sings about on "Only a Pawn in Their Game" and the haunting "Ballad of Hollis Brown," but we have a long way to go. I think all those people who are so against those who only want to better themselves by coming to America should be forced to sit down and listen to this record. That's what I think.


-- Another Side of Bob Dylan --

For me "Another Side" is all about "The Chimes of Freedom." Yes there are several other good songs on this record that marks a change for Bob Dylan from his so called "Protest Period" to a darker, deeper, more poetic kind of music. Poetry, Dylan had become a poet and to all of those who think there are hidden meaning in his words I have to say, "No, I don't think so." I think Dylan put it all out there, said what he meant and meant what he said. No hidden meanings, no secrets implied, but who needs 'em. "Chimes of Freedom" says enough, says if for a generation, for generations.

"Tolling for the Rebel, tolling for the rake, tolling for the luckless, the abandoned and the forsaked." What words, what power from this twenty-three-year-old singer who was already tired of leading a movement. Still, try as he might, he was the one the youth of his time looked up to, listened to, wanted to follow, but Dylan wasn't leading. Just imagine what this world might be like today if he had been. Maybe some of those misdemeanor outlaws who wound up in the White House might have been sidelined where they belonged. Ah, well, we'll never know.

Still, this is one fine record. "To Ramona" is one of the best songs ever written, the poetry so divine in this dark song. "It grieves my heart love, to see ya trying to be a part of a world that just don't exist." It's like he's singing about me, way before I was born, because I sure want to be a part of that world that doesn't exist. Ah, I was so much older than, older yesterday even. It's so sad sometimes, because like Dylan says, they "hype you and type you in making you feel that you gotta be just like them." I know I'm not making much sense, but get this record. Don't be like them, just do what you think you should do.

5 out of 5 stars Three of a Young Poet's Best Records.......2006-08-27

"Freewheelin'" is Bob Dylan's second album, but it's the one that made him known to the general public at large. He penned most of the songs on the record, including the famous, "Blowing in the Wind," a song that would live on for generations. Also included on this record is the very long and very good, "A Hard Rain Must Fall," which tells the story of a man asking his young son questions. The answers, if you listen to them, will really move you and get you to asking a lot of questions yourself. "Girl From the North Country" is a terrific song where a young and soulful Bob Dylan asks anybody traveling to the North Country if they'd remember him to a girl who lives there. I can't help it, I picture a coal miner's daughter. Even back then, Bob Dylan was a poet who could grab you and make you think with his words.


"The Times They Are a-Changin'" is one young man's rage against how things are going in America back in the '60s and the song still rings true today. We still have war and corrupt politicians and parents who will never understand their sons and daughters. I guess some things never change. "With God on Our Side," is a long song about war that also is relevant today, it just needs a verse about Iraq at the end of it. This is an album that is impossible to listen to without wanting to get up and do something about the state of affairs in the world today.


"Another Side" is one of my favorite Dylan albums. I must confess, I really, really like his early stuff. I love the anger in his voice back then. Yes the stuff that comes later is very good, especially "Blood on the Tracks" which kind of reminds me of "Another Side" in a lot of ways, but this record, the last acoustic record Dylan will do for a very long time, is something very special. "Chimes of Freedom" is my favorite all time Dylan song and like "The Times They Are A-Changing," it still has meaning today. It Ain't Me Babe" is sort of like a love song in reverse and you can't help but love it.

These are three of a young poet's best records and they are three records any and every Dylan fan or wannabe Dylan fan or anybody else in the world, for that matter, should own.

5 out of 5 stars Bob Dylan Wrote and still Writes Important Words.......2006-06-02

Fortunately we've not come to the World War Bob Dylan sings about in "Talking World War III" on "Freewheelin'", but in today's times you have to wonder do you need a shotgun and a fall out shelter. Another song full of poetry is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" of course everybody's who's anybody has heard this song, if not on this record, then the haunting version done during "The Concert for Bangledesh." Dylan has done so many excellent versions of this throughout the years, especially that version done with the Japanese orchestra, but this version is Bob Dylan raw and raging. Like "Masters of War" the song was topical then and it's topical now. It's just too danged bad that "All of the people can't be all right all of the time." But you can be right some of the time and that's good enough. Get this record, you'll be glad you did.

"The Times They Are A-Changing" the title song of the second album in this set is a song that will have you questioning your values, questioning your complacency. "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" will just plain make you mad. "North Country Blues" will make you weep for the coal minors and iron workers and those less fortunate. And "With God on Our Side" A song that Bob Dylan used to perform with Joan Baez a lot a long time ago will make you think. Every word in these songs is significant, every word important. This is another of those Bob Dylan records everybody should own. It should be like a rule.

I cannot describe the words and imagery conjured up on "Another Side" by Bob Dylan in the song, "The Chimes of Freedom." This is certainly on of the best songs, he or anyone has ever penned. You can find as much or as little in this song about America then and now, yourself then and now, things too numerous to mention walk through the phrases, words fail me, but they didn't fail the young Bob Dylan. Get this record, play this song, you'll see what I'm talking about. "I Shall Be Free No. 10" is a humorous rendition of Dylan's view of America. Some of the images and people mention might not be known by the children or grandchildren of the Boomers, but you can Google Barry Goldwater and the like if you want to get this funny song. At times, because Dylan goes between humor, protest and love songs, this record might seem a little uneven, because, for example, you're still laughing at "Motorpsycho Nitemare" when all of a sudden you're jerked right into the very serious, "My Back Pages." Didn't we all know more than our parents, weren't we all so much older then.

5 out of 5 stars Bob Dylan Wrote and still Writes Important Words.......2006-06-02

Fortunately we've not come to the World War Bob Dylan sings about in "Talking World War III" on "Freewheelin'", but in today's times you have to wonder do you need a shotgun and a fall out shelter. Another song full of poetry is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" of course everybody's who's anybody has heard this song, if not on this record, then the haunting version done during "The Concert for Bangledesh." Dylan has done so many excellent versions of this throughout the years, especially that version done with the Japanese orchestra, but this version is Bob Dylan raw and raging. Like "Masters of War" the song was topical then and it's topical now. It's just too danged bad that "All of the people can't be all right all of the time." But you can be right some of the time and that's good enough. Get this record, you'll be glad you did.

"The Times They Are A-Changing" the title song of the second album in this set is a song that will have you questioning your values, questioning your complacency. "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" and "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" will just plain make you mad. "North Country Blues" will make you weep for the coal minors and iron workers and those less fortunate. And "With God on Our Side" A song that Bob Dylan used to perform with Joan Baez a lot a long time ago will make you think. Every word in these songs is significant, every word important. This is another of those Bob Dylan records everybody should own. It should be like a rule.

I cannot describe the words and imagery conjured up on "Another Side" by Bob Dylan in the song, "The Chimes of Freedom." This is certainly on of the best songs, he or anyone has ever penned. You can find as much or as little in this song about America then and now, yourself then and now, things too numerous to mention walk through the phrases, words fail me, but they didn't fail the young Bob Dylan. Get this record, play this song, you'll see what I'm talking about. "I Shall Be Free No. 10" is a humorous rendition of Dylan's view of America. Some of the images and people mention might not be known by the children or grandchildren of the Boomers, but you can Google Barry Goldwater and the like if you want to get this funny song. At times, because Dylan goes between humor, protest and love songs, this record might seem a little uneven, because, for example, you're still laughing at "Motorpsycho Nitemare" when all of a sudden you're jerked right into the very serious, "My Back Pages." Didn't we all know more than our parents, weren't we all so much older then.

5 out of 5 stars Early Dylan is Dylan at his Very Best.......2006-06-02

My favorite song on "Freewheelin'" is one Bob Dylan didn't right. But he delivers "Corina, Corina" with such a heartfelt manner that he truly makes it one of his own. And the thumping, haunting base backup just pulls you right into the song, makes you believe every word of the lyrics. He just can't keep from crying in that song and I just can't keep from crying when I hear it. However, as much as I love "Corina, Corina," and "Girl from the North Country" too, I recognize that those are not the songs that made this such the ground breaking record that it is. It's "Blowing in the Wind", "Masters of War", "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall", "Talkin' WW III Blues" and "Oxford Town", songs that talk of war and racism, songs that moved a generation, they are the heart and soul of this masterpiece.

Everybody knows about and has heard "The Times They are A-Changin," one of Bob Dylan's biggest hits. And everybody knows he had a protest period and that this record came out smack in the middle of it. But what they may not know is that there are a songs about love and loss on this album that will tear your heart out. Bob Dylan then as now was a master of words. Probably the greatest wordsmith of his generation, mine too. And then there is that song that is impossible to define "The Hour that the Ship Comes in." It is just simply to good for words, powerful, I can say that. Very powerful. But my favorite song here is "One too Many Mornings." It gets a tear or two from me every time I hear it.

There are so many sides to "Another Side" that I hardly know where to begin, other than to say that I absolutely loved it. There is a lot to learn here about the times then and how they haven't really changed all that much, but you get that a lot in early Dylan records. Also, traveling salesmen should never, ever take a shower with the farmer's daughter. How could you not like a song where a farmer accuses a salesman of being an "unpatriotic, rotten, doctor, commie rat." Then of course there is the haunting, "To Ramona," the prophetic "Chimes of Freedom" and I'd be remiss if I didn't mention "I Don't Believe You," a song about a lad who has been recently dumped, but can't get over the girl even though "She acts like we never have met." I'm not very fond of "All I Really Want to Do." For some reason I keep picturing Sonny and Cher when I hear this song. I loved all the other stuff on the record though. There are many sides of Dylan here, his protest songs, which we won't be seeing very many more of after this record. His humor, which we well see more of later on. His piano playing, which also we'll be seeing more of and his ability to turn out a love song, which we will certainly be seeing more of.
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    ASIN: B00004Y3I8
    Release Date: 2001-11-06

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    Import coupling of Bob's 1962 self titled album with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). Features the song's 'Down the Highway', 'Blowin' in the Wind', 'I Shall Be Free', 'Talkin' New York' and 'Man of Constant Sorrow'. Sony. 2005.
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