Forever Young
Bob Dylan | Artist Essentials
First released: 1974 (year verified)
Original 1974 slow Planet Waves studio performance, album track 6
MusicAtlas editorial note: The slower album performance gives the sustained vocal phrases and ensemble responses room to grow.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1974 (year verified)
Original 1974 recording on Planet Waves. Year precision is retained; the album association is not an assertion of an exact first-release day. The second, faster album performance and the earlier session demo later released on Biograph are different selections.
Recording: Original 1974 slow Planet Waves studio performance, album track 6
Credit: Bob Dylan
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Planet Waves
Planet Waves - official original album and tracklist
Original 1974 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. Two Forever Young performances are listed; only the first, slower original album performance is selected. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's recordings connect acoustic folk, blues and electric rock with a highly individual approach to phrasing and narrative. His 1962 Columbia debut mixed traditional material with songs including Song to Woody; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan followed with a stronger emphasis on his own writing. The 1965 albums expanded his studio sound, while later records continued to change the instrumental setting around his voice. Blood on the Tracks, Time Out of Mind and Rough and Rowdy Ways offer very different points of entry into that continuing catalog.
Artist background sources
Bob Dylan - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Artist background on his narrative and musical approach, folk-rock and use of acoustic and electric instruments. Awards, rankings and chart claims are not used to determine recording dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Bob Dylan - official original album and tracklist
Original 1962 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - official original album and tracklist
Original 1963 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Bringing It All Back Home - official original album and tracklist
Original 1965 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Highway 61 Revisited - official original album and tracklist
Original 1965 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Blood on the Tracks - official original album and tracklist
Original 1975 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Time Out of Mind - official original album and tracklist
Original 1997 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Rough and Rowdy Ways - official original album and tracklist
Original 2020 album label and selected original tracks, read from the official Sony artist discography. Year precision avoids unreliable transcription of day/month fields. Recording-session and later archive dates are not substituted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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