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The Times They Are A-Changin', the third album featured in our ongoing campaign to restore Bob Dylan's legacy on vinyl, is also the third album Dylan recorded for Columbia. Released in February 1964, the incisive title track quickly became an anthem for all those seeking social justice, and served as the soundtrack for an entire generation. This Sundazed edition is an exact reproduction of the rare original 1964 mono album, featuring the original "11 Outlined Epitaphs" insert and all-analog mastering from the absolute original source tapes.
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One of the darkest of Dylan albums, Times is the work of a 22-year-old who sounds no less sick of it all than the ailing 55-year-old who made Time out of Mind. There's a place here for rousing protests such as the title track and "When the Ship Comes In," but those songs are outnumbered by the equally powerful, drainingly pessimistic likes of "Only a Pawn in Their Game," "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," and "The Ballad of Hollis Brown." It's as if Dylan had to deliver his grimmest topical material before moving on to Another Side's liberation and laughs. --Rickey Wright
The Times They Are A-Changin' (180 gm Vinyl) Reviews
The Times They Are A-Changin' (180 gm Vinyl) Reviews
| 13 of 14 people found the following review helpful  essential Bob Dylan, By Joseph Rouse (Fort Collins, CO USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Times They Are A-Changin (Audio CD) Bob Dylans The Times They Are A-Changing is what I would call a stepping stone into the full body of his work. Through this album, people unfimilair with Dylans music will get an idea of how politically important he is. In the song "WITH GOD ON OUR SIDE" Dylan examines the irony surrounding the strong belief in God most Americans have and the war-monger mantality this country embodys. "ONLY A PAWN IN THEIR GAME" illuminates the problems surrounding political power and race. "the south politician preeches to the poor white man.. You got more than the blacks ,dont complain.....you're better than them, you've been born with white skin, he explanes... and the negros name is used at his pain, for the politicians gain, as he rises to fame, and the poor white remains on the caboose of the trains, but it aint him to blame, he's only a pawn in their game".........."the poor white man is used in the hands of them all like a tool, he's taught in his... Read more 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful Dylan protesting and talking of love, By Sean Walt (Wilmington, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Times They Are A-Changin (Audio CD) This right here folks is the successor to Dylan's highly acclaimed Freewheelin' and Dylan didn't take great a step down with this one. Though not as timeless as The Freewhellin' nor as consistant, it does compile dark folk songs that certainly rank among Dylan's best from his early days. Like the mystical numbers of Freewheelin', The Times They Are A-Changin' contains songs that simply blow the listener away time after time with their truth, emotion, love and despair. The first notable one being 'One Too Many Mornings', a story of a man who reflects on the many days behind him and his lost fellings. The simple guitar and harmonica here work beautifully at creating a most intimate setting for the tale. The second song that stands out (IMO) is 'Boots of Spanish Leather', a song about a girl who leaves her man. I absolutely love this song. It just sounds so darling but ironically is so tragic. It, in fact, reminds me of 'Girl From the North Country' on The Freewhellin' because... Read more 12 of 14 people found the following review helpful A Great Work..., By "medgarevers" (Warwick, NY United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Times They Are A-Changin (Audio Cassette) "The Times They Are A-Changin'" is Bob Dylan's dark 1964 all-acoustic folk protest album that has gone down in history. The opening title track explains it all- the times were changing. Pop culture took a huge revolution in the early-mid sixties. The record carries an assortment of dark parables ("Hollis Brown", "North Country Blues", "Hattie Carroll"), well-told histories ("With God On Our Side"), and two love songs to break the mood, the lovely "Boots of Spanish Leather" (the same melody as "Girl of North Country"), and "One Too Many Mornings" a beautiful ballad sung so gently that you begin to wonder if Dylan was afraid that he was being too painful with his sharp criticism of the society. "Only A Pawn In Their Game" is one of Dylan's best and the best songs ever written, a phenominal anti-racial tale which introduced me to my public nickname, Medgar Evers- (I'm a caucasion who's never... Read more |
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