Bob Dylan: Folksinger's Choice 
source: Cynthia Gooding Radio Show, NY March 11, 1962 
Manufacturer: Yellow Dog 
Catalog No. Yellow Dog 017 
Released:1992

Lineage: commercial bootleg>unclekurty's wallet>eac>wav>shn 


Tracklisting:
1  Lonesome Whistle Blues
2  conversation 
3  Fixin' To Die
4  conversation  
5  Smokestack Lightning
6  conversation  
7  Hard Travelin'
8  conversation  
9  Death Of Emmett Till
10 conversation  
11 Standing On The Highway
12 conversation  
13 Roll On John (Misidentified as "Long John")
14 conversation  
15 Stealin' 
16 conversation 
17 Long Time Man Feel Bad
18 conversation  
19 Baby Please Don't Go
20 conversation  
21 Hard Times In New York 


rmd: An absolutely delightful disc! Great performances of (mostly standard) songs interspersed with a conversation with Cynthia Gooding. Bob's bashfulness is very endearing. The sound quality is excellent; this is a must-have disc.

http://www.angelfire.com/wa/monicasdude/200.htm



"This is essential listening. Those who criticize this as being poor singing, poor song selection/interpretation (or whatever) completely miss the historical significance. In the science of evolution, we are always looking for that "missing link."

Well, in the evolution of Bob Dylan, this is one of the precious early stages in his evolution that has been captured, or fossilized, for all time. Cynthia Gooding, who obviously has a great time teasing Dylan and egging him on into telling tall tales, is clearly impressed with this huge talent. It is clear that Dylan, at the tender age of 20, has already soaked up so many influences and has reinterpreted them in a unique way. No wonder his comtemporaries, who failed to develop their personal and distinctive voices, were jealous of Dylan. The former were analogous to fundamentalist creationists ("this is the way these songs were written, and that is the way they must forever be sung, damn it!") while Dylan was a consumate evolutionist.

Compare this interview with the one he did later with Studs Terkel to see how much he evolved in only about 2 years! "Folksingers Choice" and "Studs Terkel's Wax Museum" are absolutely essential listening."

http://www.dylanbase.com/specificinfo.asp?albumID=155




WBAI Studios
New York City, New York
13 January 1962

Cynthia Gooding radio show.


1. Lonesome Whistle Blues (Hank Williams/Jimmy Davies)
2. Fixin' To Die (Bukka White)
3. Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf)
4. Hard Travelin' (Woody Guthrie)
5. The Death Of Emmett Till
6. Standing On The Highway
7. Roll On, John (trad., arr. By Bob Dylan)
8. Stealin', Stealin' (trad. arr. Memphis Jug Band)
9. Long Time Man (trad., arr. by Alan Lomax)
10. Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)
11. Hard Times In New York Town


Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal).
1, 4, 8, 9, 10  Bob Dylan (harmonica).

Broadcast in the program Folksinger’s Choice 11 March 1962.

7 released on There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, recordings of musicians photographed by John Cohen, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD 40091, October 2001.

Notes.

Songs are mixed with talk between Bob Dylan and Cynthia Gooding.

Only known Dylan recordings of Smokestack Lightning, Hard Travelin' and Roll On, John.

Mono radio broadcast, 60 minutes.
http://www.bjorner.com/DSN00150%201962.htm#DSN00145




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