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Bob Dylan recording 'Bringing It All Back Home' in 1965

A Nearly Unnoticeable Detail on Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ Album Cover Was Later Immortalized in This Biting 1975 Top 40 Hit

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  • American singer and songwriter Bob Dylan on stage in Paris, 25th June 1966. (Photo by Jacques Haillot/Apis/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

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  • Close-up of American musician Bob Dylan as he plays acoustic guitar during a performance at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1963. (Photo by Rowland Scherman/Getty Images)

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