My name is Ben Barrel and this is Bob Dylan album by album, a podcast that brings you an in-death look at each Bob Dylan studio recording record by record.

Welcome to season eight. I can't believe it's season eight of this podcast.

I also can't believe that by the time we get to the end of this season, we will have covered every single Bob Dylan's studio album.

I think it's probably a good place to stop the podcast after

that. You know, quit while you're ahead, I always say. And sure, we could get lost in the weeds

of the bootlegs. We could do a song by song season, I guess. But, you know, I love the album.

I'm fascinated by the album. I'm a dying breed in that regard.

And I think it's a nice place to stop the podcast once we have got through all of Bob's studio albums.

Some interesting albums to get to between now and then, though, including a classic, maybe a couple of classics, some terrible albums as well.

And albums like the one we're going to feature on today's episode, which I guess is sort of in between all of that. Before we do get to that, let me remind you if you have been a long-term,

a long-time listener to this podcast, or even a long-term listener, then please make sure you

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Let's crack on, shall we?

Let's start this final season by going back to the first ever album.

This is 1962's Bob Dylanham.

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