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SCHC A*TI jr-fci Bob Dylan was twenty years old when his I War," first Cnliimhin nlhum nvlon"\un? r#?- I III n ?V AAA leased. It caused its biggest stir in New theN York's Greenwich Village where Bob was try," a local favorite.The liner notes included a spre; reprint of Robert Shelton's 1961 piece in was s The New YorkTimes entitled,"Bob Dylan: who A Distinctive Folk-Song Stylist!'It included it in this me mora- ? Somt ble description had of Bob Dylan: tencc jjross^ between ^ wasii tousled hair he partly covers with a Huck Finn black corduroy cap. His clothes may need a bit of tailoring but when he works his guitar, . harmonica or piano and composes new 1*^' mni?? fa?tf?r fhnn hf? pan rf?rr?f?rr?Kf?r ?hpm ' there is no doubt that he is bursting at the Pro^ seams with talent!'The first album con- . tained a few originals like "Talkin' New guita York" and "Song to Woody" and a lot of was traditional and composed folk tunes coP adapted to the emerging Bob Dylan style, including "House of the Risin'Sun!'"Man whe Pnntiant Ci v III C V*, U1 V/V/liaiUlll L/WI IUW, I IA1I1 IV/ ISIKsy 1 1 tllj Peggy-O!' "Gospel Plow" and "Freight ,.^rf Train Blues!' ? "One * * * Mo "Only Thei "The It look Peter, Paul and Mary's recording "Whe of"Blowin'in the Wind!'a tune from Bob Dylan's second album, to direct some na- |ess j tional attention to this new songwriter. Peter, Paul and Mary followed up their biggest hit with another tune from "The rreewneelin Kot> Dylan album, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right!' And the movement was under way. As soon as people got In th Boh Dylan's album and heard songs like "A ques Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall',' "Masters of Ame rx-rPLr w m st Available / SVSL IVEL/3 HE! lese Special Low " uxiord lown,'" lalkin'World War image with the explanation, lues',' and even the lovely "Girl From older then, I'm younger t orthCoun- egg:? IMgO] Most of the new songs onk7 the word K|u BobDylan"are less political ad. Here |pj|j|| bBB^1K!br "It Ain t Me Babe" drives h rv/iiivuvAJj ? , . t much of mK ?' v'nee to hear Bob Dylan's most powerful iSjfl ? on the radio, an underground was $2" Don't Believe You" all see * * * of freedom from his pasl future. Bob Dylan fans won Little do they suspect... latest words from Bob Dylan disap:ed no one. HisuThe Times They Are langtn " album took the concept of * * ;st music" still another step farther. by now the stark Bob Dylan style of r, harmonica,half-singing,half-talking, ? , ? , , known and accepted (and was being ..?0^ ?y*an s.J . v . v b Subterranean Homesick B1 i!e everv- electric,half-acoustic albui re The rocking, funny, great new I excitinir Home," the legend of^he , God on paSsE ?2Lf* Sjvayspioneeri?gn;usifal , ^ ! e J- 1 lie M)l IJJN C t)l 11USCO Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," ^ifi^fi s""Ballad of Mollis Brown"and "Rest-. * Minus Zero/NoLimit,""Oui Tambourine Man," "Gates ie song"My Back Pages"Bob Dylan Alright Ma (I'm Only Ble< tions his role as the guru of young anybody who still didn't rica. He seems intent on changing his All Over Now,Baby Blue.' AJML Mm CORDS ' Prices "1 was so much "Highway 61 Revisited" was Bob Dylan's han that now." first all-electric, no-doubt-about-the-kindtnother Side of of-music-I-choose-to-make album. It con,more personal. tains his first big hit,"Like a Rolling Stone." iome the point. And it declared for all the world to hear 'All I Really that Bob Dylan wasn't simply a brilliant Want to Do, m "1 ^? n g w r i t e r, 'Motorpsycho of 1 hut a magnifiNitemare; "I If 1 cent rock m declarations * 11 lakesa lrain Clues to his toCry,""BalladofaThin Man,""Queen Jane der what's next. Approximately," "Desolation Row," "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," "From a Buick C 4% 9 9 6',' "Tombstone Blues'.' With Michael Bloornfield on guitar, A1 Kooper on organ and niano Charlir; MrfYkv r?n onitar anH Rum Savakus on bass. ^ ^ ^ nerciaf single, * * * lues,"and a halfm of enigmatic, Inal976LssueofCrawdadd^PeterKnobler tunes.That was said, "No question about it, 'Blonde on \ It All Back Blonde'is the best rock'n' roll record ever ever changing, made"He's not the first to feel that way. force was born. Reviewers at 'She Belongs to ultimate alburn, Me,""Maggie's period. It's a two-record set, recorded in rami, Lxwe rsasnvnie with one of the greatest backup tlaw Blues,""Mr. bands in recording history:Charlie McCoy, of Eden," "It's Kenneth Buttrey, Joe South, A1 Kooper, sding)," and for Jaime Robertson, Wayne Moss and Jerry ;t the hint,"It's Kennedy. And the songs: "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35,"" I Want You','"Memphis