1960s Bob Dylan Albums quiz

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1. 1 Medium

   Which 1965 album marked Bob Dylan's first recorded shift to electric rock instrumentation?

   Answer: Bringing It All Back Home

   Why: Most people assume Dylan first went electric at the Newport Folk Festival, but this studio album arrived four months earlier.

2. 2 Easy

   Which iconic anthem opens Bob Dylan's 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan?

   Answer: Blowin' in the Wind

   Why: Dylan reportedly wrote the melody by adapting the traditional African-American spiritual 'No More Auction Block'.

3. 3 Medium

   How long did Bob Dylan take to record Another Side of Bob Dylan in June 1964?

   Answer: One evening

   Why: Dylan cut fourteen songs that night, but only eleven made the album. An early Mr. Tambourine Man was among the outtakes.

4. 4 Easy

   Which folk-rock classic did Bob Dylan release on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home?

   Answer: Mr. Tambourine Man

   Why: Dylan cut his master take on 15 January 1965. Five days later The Byrds recorded the electric version that topped the US and UK charts.

5. 5 Easy

   Which 1964 Bob Dylan title track became a defining anthem for 1960s protest movements?

   Answer: The Times They Are a-Changin'

   Why: Dylan modeled it on old Irish and Scottish ballads, wanting short verses that pile up hypnotically; he cut it on 24 October 1963.

6. 6 Easy

   Which landmark 1965 album opens with Bob Dylan's anthem Like a Rolling Stone?

   Answer: Highway 61 Revisited

   Why: Columbia Records executives initially refused to release the six-minute track because radio stations rarely played songs over three minutes.