March 19, 1962: Dylan releases first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records. The album is considered a failure, selling very few copies. | Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan's self-titled debut album, released in March 1962, contained 13 songs recorded on November 20 and 22, 1961, at Columbia's Seventh Avenue recording studio in New York City. This unofficial double CD, a limited-edition Japanese release on the Nanker Dog label and accompanied by an OBI sleeve, contains all 43 takes recorded on the master reel during those three brief afternoon sessions, which cost a paltry sum (the legend, circulating after producer John Hammond stated, cost $402). In add