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Albums First Released in 1963

The folk revival gained a sharper political voice in 1963, while the Beatles helped move British rock towards an international audience. Key releases from 1963 include The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus, Live at the Apollo by James Brown and Please Please Me by The Beatles.

1963 brought together topical songwriting, live soul performance, adventurous jazz and the first wave of Beatlemania. The range points towards the rapid changes that followed in the middle of the decade.

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Our Pick of the Year: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan established Dylan as a songwriter rather than mainly an interpreter of folk standards. Blowin' in the Wind, Masters of War and A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall connected personal performance with civil-rights and Cold War concerns. The album also helped make original songwriting central to the folk revival.

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