Released on 22 May 1965, my bobdylan.com email tells me
I was 9 years old so I kind of missed it, although I’m pretty sure The Byrds’ Mr Tambourine Man was on the radio. I remember we’d be waiting in line at the tennis court to have a turn and kids would start singing it, but they’d sing one of the harmonies as the melody. I’ve often noticed that, how people’s ears hear different melody lines more prominently. But I digress
I would have bought the album in my student days, 1971-72. Remarkably I still have it. I did a big catchup with all the early albums around that time. I listened to it again the other day after seeing A Complete Unknown. Apart from a couple of duff tracks it’s still quite brilliant. Bob was 23, it was his fourth album or something.
Anyone got anything more intelligent to say?