BOB DYLAN THE FREEWHEELIN’ RARE COVER ERROR '63 COLUMBIA MONO 1ST PRESS
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What I have listed here is a rare Canadian Issue of Dylan's The Freewheelin' which was first press but actually is an error cover. The first release of this LP had 4 songs that Columbia wanted replaced. The original 4 tracks LP seems to have never been made in Canada but they were obviously preparing for the release by the existence of this cover.
Also note that the song "Rocks & Gravel" that was replaced is not on the cover either but instead a song called " Solid Road". This may have been the original title. The back has a pasted slick over it showing the revised tracks of the second release. These are the songs that are on the vinyl as well.
So, what I am selling is the a cover of the first issue with the revised tracks slick on the back and the revised vinyl. A very odd combination and certainly not very common at all.
Here is the history of how this all transpired.
I will included the shipping if you use "Buy it Now". Contact me with questions.
The final drama of recording Freewheelin' occurred when Dylan was scheduled to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 12, 1963. Dylan had told Sullivan he would perform "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues", but the "head of program practices" at CBS Television informed Dylan that this song was potentially libelous to the John Birch Society, and asked him to perform another number. Rather than comply with TV censorship, Dylan refused to appear on the show.[42] There is disagreement between Dylan's biographers about the consequences of this censorship row. Anthony Scaduto writes that after The Ed Sullivan Show debacle, CBS lawyers were alarmed to discover that the controversial song was to be included on Dylan's new album, only a few weeks from its release date. They insisted that the song be dropped, and four songs ("John Birch", "Let Me Die In My Footsteps", "Rambling Gambling Willie", "Rocks and Gravel") on the album were replaced with Dylan's newer compositions recorded in April ("Girl from the North Country", "Masters of War", "Talkin' World War III Blues", "Bob Dylan's Dream"). Scaduto writes that Dylan felt "crushed" by being compelled to submit to censorship, but he was in no position to argue.[43]
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