Gooding asked good questions and got good answers, while keeping the mood light and playful. This recording lasts an hour and eleven minutes. When this was recorded, Gooding hosted this episode of a WBAI radio show called "Folksinger's Choice." What's great is that unlike most radio station appearances which are short, this one seemed to have no time pressure at all. So I'm sure she knew much about Dylan and he knew much about her, back at a time when Dylan was unheard of outside New York City, before his first album was released. She had a music career of her own, releasing nine albums of folk music from 1951 to 1962. She wasn't just some generic DJ, but someone Dylan probably had a lot of respect for. The radio host's name was Cynthia Gooding. But what's special about it is that he was interviewed by the radio host and talked extensively between nearly every song. It's from a radio show with no audience, and the sound quality is fantastic. This has to be one of the best, so long as you enjoy his very early stuff when he was mostly doing cover material. I'm continuing to post what I consider the "must have" Bob Dylan bootlegs.
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