Category Archives: Albums

Songs of Irish Immigration
15
Mar

Here we have a little compilation of songs from various artists that tell tales of the Irish immigration to the great Second Chance, the Free world of America. ‘Songs of Irish Immigration’ was kindly uploaded here by ‘Music of Ireland‘ YouTube Channel, to whom we are eternally grateful, and contains 31 great songs from various artists including paddy Reilly, The Dubliners, Johnny McEvoy, Davey Arthur and The Fureys amongst many more. Hope you Enjoy!



Songs of Irish Immigration



Songs;


1. The Fields Of Athenry – Paddy Reilly
2. Immigrant Eyes – Granite Folk Group
3. Spancil Hill – The Dubliners Feat. Jim McCann
4. When The Boys Come Rolling Home – The Dubliners Feat. Sean Cannon
5. Flight Of The Earls – Paddy Reilly
6. Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore – The Skerry Ramblers
7. Mountains Of Mourne – Barnbrack
8. Paddy On The Railway – The Dubliners Feat. Luke Kelly
9. Ramblin’ Irishman – Paddy’s Dream
10. Shores Of Amerikay – Sean O’Se


11. Slieve Gallion Braes – Anne & Francie Brolly
12. Cliffs Of Dooneen – Sean Dynes
13. My Donegal Shore – Bernard Henry
14. Muirsheen Durkin – Johnny McEvoy
15. From Clare To Here – Brier Folk Group
16. Botany Bay – Johnny McEvoy
17. Skibbereen – The Dubliners Feat. Ronnie Drew
18. The Green Island – Paddy Reilly
19. Farewell To Carlingford – The Dubliners feat. Luke Kelly
20. Galway Bay – Brier Folk Group


21. A Mother’s Love’s A Blessing – Bernard Henry
22. Come By The Hills – Sean Dynes
23. Goodbye Johnny Dear – F. Johnston
24. Carrickfergus – The Dubliners Feat. Jim McCann
25. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen – Hugo Duncan
26. Come Back Paddy Reilly To Ballyjamesduff – Sam Hughes
27. Isle Of Innisfree – Bernard Henry
28. McAlpine’s Fusiliers – The Dubliners Feat. Ronnie Drew
29. The Holy Ground – The Dubliners feat. Luke Kelly
30. Wild Colonial Boy – Paddy’s Dream
31. Steal Away – The Fureys & Davey Arthur



The Irish Immigration



As you may well know, the Irish have well and truly populated the world. Theres not many places left on the planet that you can go to and not meet an Irish person. But One great haven of the Irish above all is probably America. That was due to the great immigration of the 19th century from a time that is often commonly misunderstood as ‘The Potato Famine’.

In the Mid Nineteenth century, Ireland was a plantation Island that grew Corn, Wheat Barley and many other crops as well as potatoes. However, the market demand for most of these crops was deemed too high for the land owners to waste on their labour force. Potatoes were cheaper. So the Irish were left to eat Potatoes yet everything else was exported. However, in 1846, a blight destroyed the Islands Potato crop. Now this shouldn’t have caused a major problem. Just eat the crops you say? But, unfortunately, the British government and merchants were having none of that. Profit was more important. So they had crops being exported around the world while the people of Ireland starved to death.

This led to a significant proportion of the Island’s population emigrating across the broad Atlantic foam to hope in the Americas. Today there are over 70 million Irish descendants around the world. with them, they have carried the music and culture which we are happy to hear all over the world. This compilation features just a small handful of these immigration songs.

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Bob Dylan, live at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1965
16
Feb

Here’s a little gem of a Live bootleg for all you Bob Dylan Fans. This is the young American Folk singer performing Live at THe Manchester Free trade Hall, in England on the 7th of May, 1965.

However, this is not to be confused with the 1966 ‘Judas’ concert at the same venue. That gig was known as that due to a comment hurled at the American Folk singer from the audience after he astounded the crowd by putting down his acoustic guitar and going electric. That caused quite a storm amongst his fanbase, many preferring the traditional Folk Dylan as opposed to the Traditional Folk Dylan.

But this concert was still in the height of his Folk period and is an amazing show. Hope you Enjoy!


Bob Dylan, live at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 1965

Track list

  1. The Times They Are a-Changin
  2. To Ramona
  3. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (or Else You Got to Stay All Night)
  4. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
  5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  6. Mr. Tambourine Man
  7. Talkin’ World War III Blues
  8. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
  9. With God on Our Side
  10. She Belongs to Me
  11. It Ain’t Me Babe
  12. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
  13. All I Really Want to Do
  14. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American Folk singer who has released over 100 albums over the 63 years of performing. Born Robert Zimmerman in Hibbing, Minnesota he grew up listening to old school Rock and Roll artists like Little Richard, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis. However, Bob wanted to play too and he was involved in a few Rock n Roll band bac home. But he knew that If he wanted to find the fame he sought, then he’d need to think bigger.

So, in 1962, he set off for New York City where he became Bob Dylan. Playing in Small clubs, Coffee Shops and Cafe’s around the Cities Greenwich village area, he soon attracted a following of his own. Playing songs from old folk singers of a previous generation such as Leadbelly, Doc Watson, Etta James and his own folk hero Woody Guthrie whom he visited in the hospital. The aged singer and songwriter was dying of Huntingdon’s Disease.

Dylan soon attracted the attention of A&R man John Hammond and by the end of that year had released his self titled Debut Album ‘Bob Dylan’. The Following year saw the release of his Second Studio Album ‘The Freewheelin Bob Dylan’ which was soon followed by a Third album ‘The Times they are a Changin’. But, this concert was right at the height of this Era just before the singer reinvented himself as more of a Rockstar than Folk singer. This is a Collectable album for sure.

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Iguanacondas – Bathtub Skooze
16
Feb

Here’s a little treat from the One Man Band from Durham, Carolina, Iguanacondas. This is the project’s Third Studio Album ‘Bathtub Skooze’. It was written, Performed, Recorded and Produced by Chad Vickers, the One Man Band Himself. It was released in 2021 on Leaky Basement Records. Hope You Enjoy!


Iguanacondas – Bathtub Skooze

Tracks;

  1. Exotic Erotic
  2. Danse Du Ventre
  3. Nellie
  4. Strange
  5. The Godfather
  6. I Saw the Saucers in the Sky
  7. Milkfish Brains
  8. Fishbowl Facility
  9. Down the Drain Pipe

About Iguanacondas


“Is it an iguana? Or is it an anaconda? You bet your ass it is! And whatever Bathtub Skooze may be, this debut Compact Disc by The Iguanacondas is soaked in it from cover to cover. This has everything you’re looking for in a surf record: the cool, ominous rumble of the rhythm section, the slow undulation of Bigsby-induced swells, the glassy warble of staccato leads swimming in spring-reverb, and the sonic evocations in Technicolor, of sunburned dudes in tie-dye board shorts hanging ten through the barrel, wind-torn palm trees, and men of espionage and international intrigue.

But this disc is less what a surf record is and more of what one can be. There are brief but well-placed and well-executed forays into piano balladry, blues, psychedelia, and even an almost-country number whose lap-steel slides greasily back and forth between Hawaiian and honky-tonk. Sparse and haunting vocals break through on occasion, ruminating on feeling fish-like or yearning for extra-terrestrial deliverance from the tedium of life amongst a population that forever wallows in a cell-phone-addled trance.

Written, produced, and performed by Chad Vickers, (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, organ, lap steel, vocals, and metal floor vent a-la wooden fish). There’s an impressive diversity in this one-man-band. My advice is to run out and purchase this Compact Disc, give it a spin, and enjoy where it takes you if the saucers don’t get you first.” – Greg Newman

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Bob Dylan Live at the Gaslight Café, 1962
13
Feb

Here’s a very early live recording of Bob Dylan. Not his First gig, but one of the first. Here Dylan is playing at the Gaslight Café’ in Greenwich Village, Newyork City. This isn’t the full show, but we have Four songs from this early folk set from the American Singer-Songwriter. Hope you Enjoy!



Bob Dylan live at The Gaslight Café’, 1962




Tracks;

  1. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
  2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
  3. John Brown
  4. Ballad Of Hollis Brown



Bob Dylan & The Gaslight Café

The Gaslight Café was a small Café in the Greenwich Village area of New York city. In the early 1960’s it was known for it’s vibrant music scene with the Folk Revival singers. Bob Dylan was known to play here quite regularly in his early days on arrival in New York Town.

It was here that Dylan first met A&R man John Hammond which led to Dylan signing up to Columbia records and releasing his Debut album ‘Bob Dylan’ the same year. This album was almost all covers, but his follow up album ‘The Freewheelin Bob Dylan’ had much more of his own songs. But it wasn’t until his Third album, ‘The Times They Are A Changin’ that we got a whole album of his own original material.

The venue was tiny and the audience was very small. But the quality of music Dylan gives us here is impeccable. But, it wouldn’t be long before Bob Dylan was playing much bigger venues worldwide. In 1962 at the time of this recording, Dylan was very much a folk singer committed to Folk ballads of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. However, in 1965, Dylan went Electric and put out some amazing material. But many of the die hard Folkies weren’t too impressed. But I think even most of them came around to it soon enough.



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P.A.I.N – Oh My God We’re Doing It!
11
Feb

‘Oh My God Were doing it’ is the Debut Album of London based Dub Punk band P.A.I.N. It was released in 1995 on Iron Man records. Hope You Enjoy!

P.A.I.N – Oh My God Were Doing It!

Track List;

  1. Beltane
  2. Everything Must go
  3. Pork Dub
  4. British Justice
  5. No Leaders For The Free
  6. Money
  7. Oh No, It’s The Pigs!
  8. Lighters
  9. Punx with Guns

Who Are P.A.I.N?

P.A.I.N are a London based Dub punk band who formed as a result of a collaboration of various members of Two bands. RDF and AOS3. Combining the Anarcho Dub Reggae stuff the both bands were accustomed to, but with a sharper edge of Punk Rock, they fused a bit of Punk, Ska, Dub n reggae to create their ow unique sound.

The Propaganda And Information Network or P.A.I.N as the band is officially called, started out as a brief experiment but quickly took off. As soon as they formed, the band managed to book a Three week tour with a live demo ‘Prison is No Place for Punishment’ at the end of it. However, The Group released their First Studio Album ‘Oh My God, We’re Doing It’ in 1995.

P.A.I.N went on to release their Second Album ‘Our Universe Commences Here (OUCH)’ in 2001 on Vinyl. Although, this was rereleased on Digital Download on the 30th of September 2016. They went on to re-release the albums Track ‘Grow More Weed’ in 2003. However, this version had the help of the legendary dope smuggler, Howard Marx.

But, P.A.I.N are still going strong, although they’ve had a few alterations in the line up over the years. But they always play a handful of Festivals and a stack of gigs each year. The bands latest album ‘Crisis Time’ was released on the 15th of November 2024.

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Matt McGinn Live in East Kilbride, February 1975
7
Feb

Here we are with a little gem here from the legendary Matt McGinn. This is a live set where the Glaswegian Singer n Songwriter sings a set at The Bonnie Prince Charlie Bar in East Kilbride in February of 1975. A great mix of songs and patter. Hope you enjoy!

Matt McGinn Live in East Kilbride, 1975

Tracks;

  1. Granda
  2. The Cradle of Civilisation
  3. Cider Wi’ Yer Maw,
  4. Ma Darlin’ Is a Charlie
  5. My Dearest My Darling
  6. My Wee Auntie Sarah
  7. Crofter Story
  8. Suzie
  9. Screwtops..including Leaving In a Police Van and Amazing Grace
  10. Gaelic Joke
  11. Heiderum Hauderum
  12. Come back to Sorrento
  13. Maggie Might
  14. Glaswegians Would
  15. Two Wee Germs
  16. Somebody’s Wean
  17. The Schmitt Family
  18. Nelly May

The Legend who was Matt McGinn

Matt McGinn was born in just off the Gallowgate in the Colton area of Glasgow in January, 1928. Born into a family of Nine, McGinn grew up in the are which was rich in Irish culture. This where he hoovered up many of the tunes often chanted with a mixture of colourful sectarian overtones and made them his own.

Although he was never to play a musical Instrument, and in some opinions, couldn’t sing either, McGinn wrote some amazing lyrics which he put with these tunes. His lyrics addressed social and political issues, yet he had a skill of being able to make them comedy, child friendly songs.

The Politician

McGinn was expelled from Primary school and sent to approved school as a child. However, this was no reflection on his intelligence. At age 31, he obtained a Trade Union Scholarship to the Ruskin College in Oxford. Here he saw how society really worked. After a brief period as a school teacher, his beleifs were solidified and McGinn returned to Glasgow, vowing never to work again. However, Matt was a an enthusiastic campaigner for local social and housing issues and helped establish the Gorbals Adventure Playground.

In 1962, Matt won a song writing competition with his song ‘The Foreman O’Rourke’ which earned him a place at the Carnegie Hall. Here he met a young Bob Dylan and the American Folk Singer and Songwriter Pete Seeger whom he would forge a lasting Friendship with. Matt McGinn was a member of the Communist Party of great Britain and was a committed Socialist, trade unionist and a keen observer of nature which reflected in his songs.

Being a father himself, he was great at writing children’s songs too. He was really good fusing these components together to make songs that can be understood by all ages with an appreciative meaning as one grows older. However, in the 1960’s Britain and America were still in the height of the Cold War and while McGinn was a big name in the Folk Revival scene, he was limited in his publicised and very few TV appearances of Matt McGinn in his life and one from his early era.

The Entertainer

As the 1970’s came along, the songs McGinn sang had started to become less of a threat to the status Quo and the singer had also adopted a more humorous approach to his material. This live show here is a prime example of Matt McGinn the entertainer. It was recorded in the singers latter years. But it has no shortage of humorous jokes and the craic which Matt was always good at. In fact, he was often considered the Mentor of his banjo Player Billy Connolly who would later go on to become a world famous Stand Up comedian.

Sadly Matt McGinn passed away in 1978. Unfortunately his home in Govan hill in Glasgow’s South Side suffered a fire when matt came home drunk one night and fell asleep in bed with a cigarette. He died in the fire and was pronounced dead by smoke inhalation at age 50.

The Legacy

Matt McGinn’s works are still very much celebrated and many musicians and songwriters including myself can say that McGinn was a big Influence on them. McGinn’s songs are still performed by folk musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. In Scotland and in America at tribute concerts. His songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, The Weavers, Theodore Bikel, The Corries, Luke Kelly, The Chinese Man, The Ian Campbell Folk Group, Barry Dransfield & Rachel Unthank and the Winterset, among others.

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The John Peel Show on 5th of October,1988
2
Feb

Here we have another awesome Two hour radio show from the late and legendary, one and only John Peel. This show is from the 5th of October, 1988. Hope you enjoy the show!

The John Peel Show – 5th of October, 1988

Tracks;

  1. Fall: Wrong Place, Right Time (7″ – Big New Prinz) Beggars Banquet
  2. My Bloody Valentine: I Can See It But I Can’t Feel It (Peel Session)
  3. Public Enemy: Terminate X To The Edge Of Panic (LP – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
  4. Jad Fair and Kramer: Twist And Shout (LP – Roll Out The Barrel) Shimmy Disc
  5. Siouxsie and the Banshees: Overground (v/a LP – 21 Years Of Alternative Radio 1) Strange Fruit 16:56 Satellites: Beardman Ska (v/a LP – Dance Crasher: From Ska To Rock Steady) Trojan
  6. Beat Hotel: Smile (7″) Household
  7. Funky Ginger: Jack The Knife (Peel Session)
  8. Fear Of God: Prisoner Of Your Ideals (7″) Temple Of Love
  9. Public Enemy: Night Of The Living Bassheads (LP – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) Def Jam
  10. Datblygu: Gwlad Ar Fy Nghefn (LP – Wyau) Anhrefn
  11. My Bloody Valentine: Lose My Breath (Peel Session)
  12. Bridget St. John: Many Happy Returns (LP – Ask Me No Questions) Dandelion
  13. Dinosaur Jr.: Freak Scene (LP – Bug) Blast First
  14. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: Keep It Going Now (LP – It Takes Two) Supreme
  15. Bob, Bob, Bob And Bob: What Do They Mean? (12″ – A Loud E.P.) 808 Records
  16. Four Brothers: Nhaka Yemusiiranwa (LP – Makorakoto) Cooking Vinyl
  17. Autry Inman: Ballad Of Two Brothers (v/a LP – Wavy Gravy: Four Hairy Policemen) Beware (tape flip in middle)
  18. Funky Ginger: Money Passion and Vice (Peel Session)
  19. Sore Throat: D.T.C.H.C. (LP – Death To Capitalist Hardcore) Acid Rain
  20. Close Lobsters: Loopholes (12″ – What Is There To Smile About) Fire
  21. Singers & Players: Run Them Away (LP – Vacuum Pumping) On-U Sound
  22. Plaid Retina: Sugarfit (7″ EP – Untitled) Lookout!
  23. My Bloody Valentine: Colm’s Song (Peel Session)
  24. John Lee Hooker: No Shoe (LP – Solid Sender) Charly
  25. Bitch Magnet: C Word (LP – Star Booty) What Goes On
  26. Bolt Thrower: In Battle There Is No Law (12″ – The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
  27. Odolites: I’ll Show You Why (LP – Face Down In The Violets) Rampant
  28. Funky Ginger: Slaughter House (Peel Session)
  29. Jay Bees: Good Times (v/a LP – Garage Punk Unknowns Vol. 3) Stone Age
  30. My Bloody Valentine: Feed Me With Your Kiss (Peel Session)
  31. Flatmates: Heaven Knows (7″) Subway Organization
  32. Lindisfarne: Mandolin King (12″ – The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
  33. Outro “In June 2013, Patrick Kimura-Macke, aka John Leonhard’s Dad, kindly started uploading his collection of Peel Shows from the 1980s, and a handful from the 1990s. The majority of these are complete shows previously unshared.” (From Fandom/John Peel Wiki)

The John Peel show

The John Peel show was a Radio Show on BBC Radio 2 which ran for years up til the DJs death in 2004. He was one of the first broadcasters to play Psychedelic Rock and Progressive Rock records on British Radio. He was most famous for his promotion of small, obscure Bands that wee unheard of and promoted them. Way back before the days of the Internet, if you had a band, you sent your demo tape into John Peel and hope it got heard by him and played.

However, he got thousands of Demo tapes sent into him. I once saw a documentary where he’d enter his office of a normal day and his door would have a massive pile of mail lying piled up behind it. He’d have to shoulder the door to get in. So you can imagine the backload of tracks he had to play. But when he died, the barn that he owned was stacked full of stuff that he still hadn’t had a chance to listen to yet.

Respect for the Tunes

But I think the thing I loved most about John Peel as a D.J was the fact that he let each single play fully right to the end before he said a word. Most DJs rabbit on over the music. Disturbing it. So annoying. Again, Back in the pre internet days before MP3 Downloads that take a few seconds, we used to tape things from the radio.

This required putting a cassette tape in the player and pressing record n play to capture songs we liked on the Radio. Since Peely was an ex pirate ship radio D.J from the Radio Caroline days, he was onboard with this. So he always made sure he let the track play right to the end before talking. He also liked to be constructive when he did talk. As far as John Peel was concerned, he was there to play music.

However, broadcasting rules required DJs to have a certain amount of taking in the 2 hour slot he’d gave on a Tuesday and Thursday nights between 8pm and 10pm. So instead of just babbling Luke most D JJ s seemed to do for the same of it, he’d use the time wisely. Between every second song he would tell you the song that had just played and introduced the next track. But every half hour or so, hed spend about Five minutes telling all about a group or a new release, etc

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The Velvet Underground – “Live at The Boston Tea Party”1969
26
Jan

This is a live recording from The Velvet underground playing at The Boston Tea Party, New York city, on the 20th of January, 1969.

The Velvet Underground – “Live at The Boston Tea Party”

Track listing

1. Heroin (0:00)
2. Move Right In (8:26)
3. I’m Set Free (13:12)
4. Run Run Run (17:49)
5. I’m Waiting For The Man (25:39)
6. What Goes On (34:35)
7. I Can’t Stand It (39:05)
8. Candy Says (45:23)
9. Beginning To See The Light (50:10)
10. White Light/White Heat (56:00)
11. Pale Blue Eyes (61:42)
12. Sister Ray (68:10)

The Velvet Underground Bootleg Recording

There’s been quite few bootleg recordings of this gig in circulation. But this is the best one I’ve been able to find online. It does have the sound of a 46 year old Audio Cassette bootleg recording, captured by the Technology of the time. But it still sounds brilliant. Anything else just adds to the atmosphere of this gig.

The Velvet Underground delivery an amazing performance and even better sound. They give us a mix of rock n Roll with Tracks like “White Light, White heat” and Run Run Run” along with the anthems such as “I’m Set Free’ ,’Heroin’ and ‘Candy Says: ‘They also give us a raw rendition of ‘Move Right in’,. Am instrumental version of this song was put out on their ‘Odds n Sods’ compilation album. But this version was the raw version. With Moe tuckers amazing performance

You can hear the exited sounds of a mixed audience , including some now famous names. One of such was American Punk artist Jonathan Richman. Later famous for his punk band  “the Modern Lovers”, , a young Richman recalls the show vividly. “sometimes you just plain couldn’t figure out where on the stage those strange sounds and harmonics were coming from, because of the eerie calm with which they played and improvised in front of you, and because every time they’d come to town they’d introduce at least one new song that would, for better or worse, sound like nothing else that had gone before in rock music.”

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The Smiths Third Album ‘The Queen is Dead’
21
Jan

Here we have a classic album from The Smiths. ‘The Queen is Dead’ is the groups Third Studio album which was released on the 16th of June, 1986 on Rough Trade Records. Hope you Enjoy it!

The Smiths – The Queen is Dead

Tracks;

  1. The Queen Is Dead
  2. Frankly, Mr. Shankly
  3. I Know It’s Over
  4. Never Had No One Ever
  5. Cemetry Gates
  6. Bigmouth Strikes Again
  7. The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
  8. Vicar in a Tutu
  9. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
  10. Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Who were The Smiths?

The Smiths were a group from Manchester formed in 1978 by Guitarist and Songwriter Johnny Marr and lead singer Morrisey. The pair forged a song writing partnership that would see the band produce 6 studio albums before they went their separate ways. With  Andy Rourke  on the bass and Mike Joyce on drums, they were ready to roll.

In 1983, they signed with Rough Trade Records. It was with Rough Trade that they released their self-titled debut album, The Smiths in 1984. The Smiths created their own Sound which contrasted the Synth Pop that was the musical style of the day. They stuck to an organic Drum, Bass and Guitar sound instead of electronic substitutes. They fused the Post-Punk sound with 1960’s Rock.

The Smiths had a good run with several UK Top 20 Hit singles. All of their albums reached the Top 5 in the UK Album Chart. Their Second album, Meat is Murder hit the UK Number One in the album Chart in 1985. The briefly recruited as a Second Guitarist in 1986. But the band began to split up due to clashes in personalities and in 1987, the Smiths formerly finished. Any animosity the members may have had for each other at this time was only escalated by a bitter legal dispute over royalties.

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Bob Dylan – The Times They Ara a Changin
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Jan

Here we have the Third Studio album from Bob Dylan. ‘The Times they area Changin’ was released on the 10th of February, 1964 on Columbia Records. This was Dylan’s First album consisting solely of his own material. These songs addressed Important Issues such as Racism, Poverty and Social Change.

Although the album had it’s critics at the time, it still reached Number 20 in the US Billboard Chart that year and reached Number 4 in the UK Chart in 1965. Hope you Enjoy!

Bob Dylan – The Times They Are a Changin

Tracklisting;

  1. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
  2. Spanish Boots of leather
  3. Restless Farewell
  4. With God on Our side
  5. The Times They are a Changin
  6. Only a Pawn in their Game
  7. When the Ship Comes In
  8. Hollis Brown
  9. North Country Blues

Who Is Bob Dylan?

Born Robert Zimmerman on May 24th 1941, Bob Dylan is an American Folk Singer who has released a massive collection of over 60 Studio Albums.Growing up in Small Town Hibbing, Minnesota, listening to Rock n Roll influences such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly and Little Richard, Dylan loved the music scene but wanted to take part himself. He played in various Rock n Roll bands but the never really amounted to anything.

At age 20, he moved to New York City where he was soon busy playing the circuit around Greenwich village, performing under the stage name Bob Dylan. It was around this time that the Singer visited his own Folk Hero Woody Guthrie in the hospital where the aged Folk singer from Folk Revival of a Previous generation was dying. I think both singers were affected by this gesture and Dylan wrote his ‘Song To Woody’ which featured on his self titled Solo Album Bob Dylan which was released o n the 19th of March.

Dylan’s own Songs

Bob Dylan’s Debut album was almost wholly cover songs except for ‘Song to Woody’. But on his Second album which became a big hit ‘The Freewheelin Bob Dylan’, he sings a lot more original material with Eleven out of te album’s Thirteen tracks being his own compositions. However, his Third album which is this one here; The Times They area Changin’ was his First album that consisted wholly of his own material.

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