Editing Another Side of Bob Dylan (section)

== Recording ==
With Dylan's commercial profile on the rise, Columbia was now urging Dylan to release a steady stream of recordings. Upon Dylan's return to New York, studio time was quickly scheduled, with [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]] back as producer.

The first (and only) recording session was held June 9 at [[Columbia Records#Studio A|Columbia's Studio A]], located at 799 Seventh Avenue in New York City. According to Heylin, "while polishing off a couple of bottles of [[Beaujolais]]", Dylan recorded 14 original compositions, in a single three-hour session between 7pm and 10pm that night, 11 of which were chosen for the final album. The three that were ultimately rejected were "Denise Denise", "[[Mr. Tambourine Man (song)|Mr. Tambourine Man]]", and "[[Mama, You Been on My Mind]]".<ref name=heylinrec>Heylin, Clinton (1997). ''Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, 1960–1994,'' pp. 29–32. Macmillan. {{ISBN|0-312-15067-9}}.</ref>

[[Nat Hentoff]]'s article on Dylan for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', published in late October 1964, includes remarkable descriptions of the June 9 session. Hentoff describes in considerable detail the atmosphere in the CBS recording studio and Dylan's own asides and banter with his friends in the studio, with the session's producers, and Hentoff himself.<ref name =Hentoff>{{cite magazine| url = http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1964/10/24/the-crackin-shakin-breakin-sounds?CNDID=32655531&spMailingID=8567319&spUserID=MTA5MjQwODE2NTIwS0&spJobID=861962414&spReportId=ODYxOTYyNDE0S0| title = The Crackin', Shakin', Breakin' Sounds| author = Hentoff, Nat| date = October 24, 1964| access-date = January 4, 2018
| magazine = The New Yorker}}</ref>

[[Ramblin' Jack Elliott]] was present during part of this session, and Dylan asked him to perform on "Mr. Tambourine Man". "He invited me to sing on it with him," recalls Elliott, "but I didn't know the words 'cept for the chorus, so I just harmonized with him on the chorus." Only one complete take was recorded, with Dylan stumbling on some of the lyrics.<ref name=heylinrec /> Though the recording was ultimately rejected, Dylan would return to the song for his next album.

By the time Dylan recorded what was ultimately the master take of "[[My Back Pages]]", it was 1:30 in the morning. Master takes were selected, and after some minor editing, a final album was soon sequenced.