Dylan’s debut album – what a wonderful record. I’ve had multiple different copies, trying to find the best balance of pressing and condition. My current one is a repressing with the Columbia label with gold type around the outside, which was in use from the 70s into the 90s. The “PC 8579” means it was a discounted repressing – they started using the PC prefix in 1973. Comparing to the all the details here, it’s probably a late 70s pressing. The runouts are a mix of metalwork from Pitman and Santa Maria (Columbia record pressing plans in NJ and CA respectively).

Mostly traditional folk songs here, plus “Song to Woody” (which features prominently in the recent Dylan biopic A Complete Unkown) and “Talkin’ New York” – all recorded in 1961 at Columbia in New York.

Not a bad version in the bunch, but one of my favorites is “Baby Let Me Follow You Down.” Via Crossroads Records in Portland OR.