She postponed her return several times, finally coming back in January 1963. Dylan missed her and wrote long letters to her conveying his hope that she would return soon to New York. After six months of living with Dylan, Rotolo agreed to her mother's proposal that she travel to Italy to study art.
ĭylan's relationship with Rotolo also provided an important emotional dynamic in the composition of the Freewheelin ' album. Dylan acknowledged her influence when he told an interviewer: "Suze was into this equality-freedom thing long before I was. Rotolo's family had strong left-wing political commitments both of her parents were members of the American Communist Party. One of Dylan's biographers, Clinton Heylin, connects the sudden increase in lyrics written along topical and political lines to the fact that Dylan had moved into an apartment on West 4th Street with his girlfriend Suze Rotolo (1943-2011) in January 1962.
Many critics have noted the extraordinary development of Dylan's songwriting immediately after completing his first album. Political and personal background ĭylan had become famous for his political songwriting-he is seen here in 1963 playing at a civil rights march with Joan Baez The recording of Freewheelin ' took place from April 1962 to April 1963, and the album was assembled from eight recording sessions at Columbia Records Studio A, located at 799 Seventh Avenue in New York City. Hammond defended Dylan vigorously and was determined that Dylan's second album should be a success. In a pointed rebuke to John Hammond, who had signed Dylan to Columbia Records, some within the company referred to the singer as "Hammond's Folly" and suggested dropping his contract. Neither critics nor the public took much notice of Dylan's self-titled debut album, Bob Dylan, which sold only 5,000 copies in its first year, just enough to break even.
2.2.6 "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance".2.2.1 "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right".In 2002, Freewheelin ' was one of the first 50 recordings chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, the album was ranked number 97 on Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan reached number 22 in the US (eventually going platinum), and became a number-one album in the UK in 1965. The success of the album and Dylan's subsequent recognition led to his being named as "Spokesman of a Generation", a label Dylan repudiated. Freewheelin ' showcased Dylan's songwriting talent for the first time, propelling him to national and international fame. Balancing this political material were love songs, sometimes bitter and accusatory, and material that features surreal humor. The album featured several other songs which came to be regarded as among Dylan's best compositions and classics of the 1960s folk scene: " Girl from the North Country", " Masters of War", " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and " Don't Think Twice, It's All Right".ĭylan's lyrics embraced news stories drawn from headlines about the Civil Rights Movement and he articulated anxieties about the fear of nuclear warfare. It opens with " Blowin' in the Wind", which became an anthem of the 1960s, and an international hit for folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary soon after the release of the album. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are Dylan's original compositions. Whereas his self-titled debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, this album represented the beginning of Dylan's writing contemporary words to traditional melodies. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on by Columbia Records. " Blowin' in the Wind" / " Don't Think Twice, It's All Right""."Mixed-Up Confusion"/ "Corrina Corrina".
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