My name is Ben Burrell 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 back to the podcast and welcome back to bringing it all back home.

We're going to have a look at one song and one song only on this episode, but we're going to do it line by line because I think this song is so, so incredible.

This episode in a slight different form

has been previously available to Patreon subscribers when we did that. But I wanted to bring it to you

because, well, it's relevant to bring it all back home for a start. And also, I just think

this song, as I say, is so interesting that it kind of deserves to be taken apart line by line.

Before we get to that, let's quickly say hello to some people,

shall we? Oh, by the way, if you listen on Spotify, you can now ask questions to your favorite

podcasters. Finally, what we've all been waiting for. This is some sort of desperate attempt,

desperate attempt from Spotify to get some sort of interaction going. But I logged on the other day,

and I saw we've got quite a few messages, so thank you for leaving them if you have. Hi to Tony.

He left a lovely message.

This is about the Dylan, 973 album.

This is from someone else.

It doesn't actually say their name, but they say thank you for review in this album and not being too harsh.

It was one of the first ever Dylan albums I bought on eight track cassette when I was a kid and I still kind of like it. Imagine that being your introduction to Dylan.

I'd never come back.

I'd refuse to listen to anything else.

Thank you for that.

Hi, Takaal, who messaged about the Friday episode.

He says, how many takes were needed to get through recording without giggling?

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