FROM A BUICK 6
“From a Buick 6” is a song by Bob Dylan from his album Highway 61 Revisited, which was also released as a single on the B-side of “Positively 4th Street”. It was recorded on July 30, 1965. (More from Wikipedia)
One last Bob Dylan story, and then I’ll move on: I was walking through a big record show (I think it was one in San Francisco that featured many non-record items also – one item that I remember is a wrapper for Beatles bumble gum that was all ripped up and priced at $20). I saw a copy of Highway 61 Revisited – the album that has “Like a Rolling Stone” on it – and I could not for the life of me tell any difference between that album and the one that I own. I then turned to the vendor and said, “Okay, I give up; why is this album worth $125?” It turns out that some copies of the album have an alternate take of “From a Buick 6”; the only way to tell is to look for a “-1” at the end of the number that is printed on the vinyl disc itself.
(April 2012)
