Talk:Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues

Statement about cutting "John Birch" from Freewheelin' is incorrect
I recently added the Recordings section but retained most of the existing information. However, I believe one of the statements, based on Nigel Williamson's Rough Guide, should be removed as incorrect or at least as an opinion without factual basis:

"Dylan recorded the song for his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, but it was dropped as better songs were written and recorded."

I just wrapped up a rough draft of a new section on "Talkin' John Birch"'s role in Dylan's walking out of the Ed Sullivan Show. The controversy brought attention to the fact that "Talkin' John Birch" was on Freewheelin'. All the sources I'm using - Sounes, Heylin, Wilentz, Scaduto, etc. - indicate the reason the song was dropped was because CBS's lawyers ordered it. Furthermore, advance copies of the album, with "John Birch" on it, were already in circulation and had to be recalled. In light of the other reporting and the material fact of the album's initial song list, I doubt anyone will object, but I did want to put this "on record" since the statement has a citation and has been around a long time. Allreet (talk) 16:26, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Citation error message
There is a citation error message popping up for one of the sources. I tried fixing it myself but couldn't figure out the problem. MX ( ✉  •  ✎  ) 14:38, 22 January 2019 (UTC)

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