Highway 61 Revisited is Bob Dylan’s sixth studio album, released in August of 1965 by Columbia Records. It is Dylan’s first album to be recorded entirely with a full rock band. The recording session started four days after the Newport Folk Festival, where Dylan blew people away by playing some songs with an electric blues band. He was backed by the same band from the previous studio session however producer Tom Wilson did not return, instead, he was replaced by Bob Johnston. The album was recorded from July 29th - August 4th 1965 and contained a slew of hits that went on to become Dylan staples; Like a Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues, It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry, From a Buick 6, Ballad of a Thin Man, Queen Jane Approximately, Highway 61 Revisited, Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues and Desolation Row. Rolling Stone magazine placed it fourth on its list of the greatest albums of all time and named Like a Rolling Stone, Desolation Row and Highway 61 Revisited at #1, #185 and #364, respectively, on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.

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