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Audio: Bob Dylan’s Rare Mono ‘Rocks And Gravel’ – Freewheelin’ Sessions Rock Version – 1962

T”Rocks And Gravel” is an interesting recording that Bob Dylan made for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.

It was originally included on the album along three other songs which were all replaced.

What’s interesting is that the year is 1962 and yet Dylan is accompanied by drums, piano, bass and lead guitar.

Bob Dylan – Rocks And Gravel (1962):

Rocks And Gravel (Solid Road) (mx. CO 76986-2) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

Also cut from the album:

Bob Dylan – Talkin’ John Birch Society (1962):

Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

Bob Dylan – Let Me Die In My Footsteps (1962):


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Let Me Die In My Footsteps by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

Bob Dylan – Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie (1962):

Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

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Audio: Bob Dylan Records ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’ 52 Years Ago – ‘Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie,’ ‘Corrina, Corrina’ & More

Outtake from the photo session for the album cover.

Fifty-two years ago, on April 24, 1962, Bob Dylan entered Columbia Studio A in New York and began recording his second album, the album that would become The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.

That day he recorded versions of “I’m Going to New Orleans,” “Sally Gal,” “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie,” Corrina, Corrina,” “The Death of Emmett Till,” “Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” and “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle” according to Clinton Heylin’s “Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994].”

Here are versions of the songs he cut that day. Some may have been cut at later sessions as in some cases he recorded the same song at more than one session.

“I’m Going to New Orleans”:

Going To New Orleans (Studio Outtake) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“Sally Gal”:

Sally Gal by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Willie”:

Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“Corrina, Corrina”:

Corrina Corrina by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“The Death Of Emmett Till” (Studio Outtake):

The Death Of Emmett Till (Studio Outtake) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues” (From withdrawn version of the LP):

Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (From Withdrawn LP) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle”:

(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

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