Joan Baez helps establish Bob Dylan as the leading folk song artist, he performs as guest or "surprise" artist at a number of her concerts. The second important album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is at last completed and released. Dylan continues his almost frantic song writing, this year sees no less than 34 new songs and also a number of poems. The third album gets recorded rather quickly and is completed by the end of October. It is released in January 1964.

2 Year At a glance

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3 CALENDAR

1, 2, 3 January	Dylan is interviewed for the English "performing arts" magazine "Scene".
2, 3 January	Dylan visits Rory McEwen and meets up with Eric von Schmidt, Richard Farina and Ethan Signer. McEwen also takes Dylan to meet Robert Graves.
2, 3 January	Possible appearance at the Surbiton and Kingston Folk Club, Surbiton, Surrey.
4 January	Second and last day of recording "Madhouse on Castle Street".
5 January	Flies to Rome to join Odetta and to try and locate Suze Rotolo. She has however just returned to the US. He performs at a folk club in Rome and writes both Girl From The North Country and Boots Of Spanish Leather.
12 January	Back in London Dylan, von Schmidt and Farina join Martin Carthy on stage at The Troubador.
13 January	BBC broadcasts "Madhouse on Castle Street".
14-15 January	Dylan appear as Blind Boy Grunt on some six tracks during the recording of the album Dick Farina and Eric von Schmidt.
16 January	Dylan flies back to New York.
January	Dylan writes a poem called Go Away Bomb for Izzy Young who is compiling a book on "the bomb". The project is never finished.
21 January	A new song based on the old English tune Nottamun Town is performed at Gerde's Folk City. It is called Masters Of War.
February	Dylan appears on Skip Weshner's radio show.
February/March	Nat Hentoff interviews Dylan for the liner notes to the new album. Parts of the interview later appear in the June 1963 Playboy magazine.
8 February	Recording of the so called "Banjo Tape" in the basement of Gerde's Folk City.
March	Dylan is surprise guest at Oscar Brand's "World of Folk Music". He performs two new songs Girl From The North Country and Only A Hobo.
April	Release of the promotional edition of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
12 April	Town Hall concert. The concert programme features a new Dylan poem My Life In A Stolen Moment. This is the first concert in which Dylan performs his own songs only. The concert is recorded by CBS for a possible live album.
24 April	What is scheduled as the first recording session for The Times They Are A-Changin' turns out to be the last Freewheelin' session.
25 April	Dylan plays at The Bear in Chicago.
26 April	Studs Terkel show on Chicago WFMT radio. Dylan performs seven songs, including four new: Farewell, Bob Dylan's Dream, Who Killed Davey Moore and Boots Of Spanish Leather.
10 May	Dylan plays at The Brandeis University Folk Festival in Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts. 7 songs are 2010 released on Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963.
12 May	The "Ed Sullivan Show" incident. Dylan refuses to appear when he is instructed not to play Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues.
18 May	Monterey Folk Festival. Duet with Joan Baez on With God On Our Side.
27 May	Release of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
May/June	Stays with Joan Baez in Carmel, California.
May/June	Returns to Minneapolis and is as usual recorded by Tony Glover.
6 July	Dylan attends a "Voters' registration rally" in Greenwood, Mississippi, performing yet another new song Only A Pawn In Their Game. Part of this performance is filmed and included in the film Don't Look Back.
26-28 July	Newport Folk Festival. The festival programme contains a Dylan poem called For Dave Glover.
30 July	Dylan records two songs for the TV-program "Songs Of Freedom", broadcast on WNEW.
Summer	Dylan is surprise guest on NBC's "Tonight" program.
August	Release of the single Blowin' In The Wind/Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
	Dylan is interviewed by Jack Smith from the radical newspaper "The National Guardian". The interview is later reprinted in Broadside.
3 August	Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Camden Music Fair in New Jersey.
6, 7 August	1^st and 2^nd recording sessions for The Times They Are A-Changin'
10 August	Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
12 August	3^rd recording session for The Times They Are A-Changin'
13, 16	Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concerts in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
17 August	Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Forest Hills Stadium.
Late August	Sidney Fields from New York Mirror interviews Dylan.
28 August	Dylan performs at the Washington Civil Rights March.
9 October	Dylan is guest performer at Joan Baez' concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
Mid October	Michael Iachetta from the New York Daily News interviews Dylan.
19 October	Dylan returns to solo concerts, this day at Ann Arbour Hill Auditorium.
23, 24 October	4^th and 5^th recording sessions for The Times They Are A-Changin'
23, 24 October	Andrea Svedburg from Newsweek interviews Dylan.
25 October	Solo concert at Philadelphia Town Hall.
26 October	Solo concert at Carnegie Hall, New York. Audience includes Dylan's parents. This show is also recorded by CBS for a possible live album.
31 October	6^th and last recording session for The Times They Are A-Changin'
2 November	Solo concert at Boston Jordan Hall.
3 November	Solo concert at Syracuse University Regent Theatre.
16 November	Solo concert at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
23 November	Dylan gives a reluctant concert somewhere in New York State, the day after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
26 November	Solo concert at St. Lawrence College, Canton, New York
30 November	Solo concert at Newark Mosque Theatre.
13 December	Dylan receives the Tom Paine award at a Bill of Rights dinner held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee at the Grand ballroom of the hotel Americana in New York. In a very uptight acceptance speech Dylan questions the validity of what his wealthy and liberal audience believe they are fighting. He even says that he can understand Kennedy's murderer. A few days later he sends a poem called A Message from Bob Dylan to the Committee in which he is offering to make up for any losses in donations that may be the result of this unfortunate speech.
14 December	Solo concert at George Washington University, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC
27 December	Chicago Orchestra Hall. Set includes the new song Restless Farewell.

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4 RECORDINGS

4 January	Madhouse On Castle Street sessions
14,15 January	Dobell's Jazz Record Shop
February	Folkways Studio
8 February	The Basement of Gerde's Folk City
February	Skip Weshner Show
Winter	Witmark Studio
March	Oscar Brand Show
March	Witmark Studio
March	Folk songs and more folk songs
April	Second McKenzie's Tape
April	Witmark Studio
12 April	Town Hall, New York City, New York
24 April	The 8^th and last Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan session
25 April	The Bear, Chicago, Illinois
26 April	Studs Terkel Wax Museum
May	Witmark Studio
10 May	The Brandeis University Folk Festival
May-June	The Home Of Tony Glover
6 July	Vote Registration Rally
17 July	The Home Of Dave Whitaker
Summer	Unidentified Recording Studio, New York City, New York
26 July	Newport Folk Festival. Evening
26 July	Newport Folk Festival. Evening finale
27 July	Newport Folk Festival. Afternoon workshop
27 July	Newport Folk Festival. Topical song workshop
28 July	Newport Folk Festival. During Joan Baez' set
30 July	Songs Of Freedom
6 August	1^st The Times They Are A-Changin’ session
7 August	2^nd The Times They Are A-Changin’ session
12 August	3^rd The Times They Are A-Changin’ session
August	Witmark Studio
17 August	Guest appearance at a Joan Baez concert
28 August	March On Washington (Washington Rights March)
October	Witmark Studio
23 October	4^th The Times They Are A-Changin’ session
24 October	5^th The Times They Are A-Changin’ session
26 October	Carnegie Hall
31 October	6^th and last The Times They Are A-Changin’ session
December	Witmark Studio

For details about these tapes please refer to the corresponding session pages in Still On The Road.

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5 THE FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN

This album was recorded during no less than eight different sessions from 24 April 1962 to 24 April 1963! Here's a summary of these sessions:

		# of	take released on
Date	Song	takes	PTFBD[1]	TFBD[2]	BIOG[3]	BOOT[4]
24 April '62	Going To New Orleans	2
	Sally Gal	3
	Rambling, Gambling Willie	4	4			4
	Corrina Corrina	2
	The Death Of Emmett Till	1
	Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues	3	3
	(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle	2
25 April '62	Rocks And Gravel	3
	Let Me Die In My Footsteps	1	1			1
	Talking Hava Negiliah Blues	1				1
	Sally Gal	2
	Baby Please Don't Go	3
	Milk Cow's Calf's Blues	4
	Wichita (Going To Louisiana)	2
	Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues	3				3
9 July '62	Baby, I'm In The Mood For You	4			3
	Bob Dylan's Blues	3	1	1
	Blowin' In The Wind	3	3	3	3
	Quit Your Low Down Ways	1				1
	Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance	1	1	1
	Down The Highway	1	1	1
	Worried Blues	2				2
26 Oct. '62	Corrina Corrina	6	6	6
	Mixed-Up Confusion	5
	That's All Right Mama	5
1 Nov. '62	Mixed-Up Confusion	6
	That's All Right Mama	1
	Rocks And Gravel	2	1
14 Nov. '62	Mixed-Up Confusion	1		single
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	1	1	1
	Ballad Of Hollis Brown	1
	Kingsport Town	1				1
	Whatcha Gonna Do	1
6 Dec '62	Hero Blues	4
	Whatcha Gonna Do	1
	Oxford Town	1	1	1
	I Shall Be Free	5	2	2
	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	1	1	1
24 April '63	Girl From The North Country	6		2
	Masters Of War	6		3
	Walls Of Red Wing	3				1
	Talking World War III Blues	5		5
	Bob Dylan's Dream	2		2

For more details about these sessions please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.

Notes

A promotional version was released March 1963, the final version was released 27 May 1963. The following three songs from the first two sessions: Rambling, Gambling Willie, Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues, Let Me Die In My Footsteps were replaced with the folloing four songs fom the last session one year later: Girl From The North Country, Masters Of War, Talking World War III Blues, and Bob Dylan's Dream.

Live history

Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues	first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 22 September 1962; last: Troy Armory, Troy, New York, 12 February 1965.
Let Me Die In My Footsteps	Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 July 1962.
Bob Dylan's Blues	Skip Weshner Show, New York City, New York, February 1963.
Blowin' In The Wind	first: Broadside Show. WBAI-FM Radio. New York City, New York, May 1962.
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance	Gerde's Folk City, New York City, New York, April or May 1962 and The Bear, Chicago, Illinois, 25 April 1963.
Corrina Corrina	Gerde's Folk City, New York City, New York, April or May 1962
Rocks And Gravel	Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 July 1962. Gaslight Café, New York City, New York, October 1962.
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	first: Gaslight Café, New York City, New York, October 1962.
Oxford Town	Ted Smith Coliseum, University Of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 25 October 1990.
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 22 September 1962.
Girl From The North Country	first: Oscar Brand Show, WNBC Radio Studios, New York City, New York, March 1963.
Masters Of War	first: Skip Weshner Show, New York City, New York, February 1963.
Walls Of Red Wing	first: New York City Late 1962
Talking World War III Blues	first: The Bear, Chicago, Illinois, 25 April 1963.
Bob Dylan's Dream	first: Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963.

The following songs have probably never been played live:

Rambling, Gambling Willie

Down The Highway

I Shall Be Free

Officially released live versions:

Don't Look Back	Talking World War III Blues
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
The Concert For Bangla Desh	Blowin' In The Wind
	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Before The Flood	Blowin' In The Wind
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
At Budokan	Blowin' In The Wind
	Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Real Live	Girl From The North Country
	Masters Of War
Hard To Handle	Girl From The North Country
Dignity CD-single	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Blowin' In The Wind, Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Girl From The North Country, Masters Of War, and Bob Dylan's Dream have all been played regularly during the Never-Ending Tour.

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6 THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

This album was recorded during six session in the Columbia Studios in New York City in August and October. The following songs were recorded:

# of

take released on

Date	Song	takes	TTTAC[5]	BIOG[6]	BOOT[7]
6 August	Boots Of Spanish Leather	1
	Only A Pawn In Their Game	6
	North Country Blues	4	4
	Ballad Of Hollis Brown	4
	Seven Curses	3			3
	With God On Our Side	5
	Farewell	4
	Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag	1
7 August	Ballad Of Hollis Brown	1	1
	With God On Our Side	1	1
	Only A Pawn In Their Game	1	1
	Boots Of Spanish Leather	1	1
	Walls Of Red Wing	1
	Eternal Circle	4
	Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag	3
12 August	Paths Of Victory	1			1
	Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag	1
	Hero Blues	3
	Moonshine Blues	2			1
	Eternal Circle	4
	Only A Hobo	2			1
23 October	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	4	4
	When The Ship Comes In	4	4
	The Times They Are A-Changin'	7
	Percy's Song	1		1
	Key To The Highway	1
	That's All Right Mama	1
24 October	Eternal Circle	4			1
	One Too Many Mornings	6	1
	The Times They Are A-Changin'	1	1
	Percy's Song	3
	Lay Down Your Weary Tune	1		1
	Suze (The Cough Song)	1			1
	Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag	2
31 October	Restless Farewell	9	9

For more details about this session please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.

Notes

The album was released 13 January 1964.

Live history

North Country Blues	Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963 and Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 9 May 1974.
Ballad Of Hollis Brown	first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 22 September 1962
With God On Our Side	first: Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963.
Only A Pawn In Their Game	first: Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, Mississippi, 6 July 1963.
Boots Of Spanish Leather	first: Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963.
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll	first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963.
When The Ship Comes In	first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963.
One Too Many Mornings	first: Island Garden, Hempstead, New York, 26 February 1966.
The Times They Are A-Changin'	first: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963.
Restless Farewell	Royal Festival Hall, London, England, 17 May 1964 + Frank Sinatra 80th Year Tribute concert at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 19 November 1995 + Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, 21 May 1998.

Officially released live versions:

Don't Look Back	The Times They Are A-Changin'
	Only A Pawn In Their Game
The Bootleg Series Vol 4.	One Too Many Mornings
Hard Rain	One Too Many Mornings
MTV Unplugged	The Times They Are A-Changin'
	With God On Our Side
Not Dark Yet CD-single	Boots Of Spanish Leather

Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Boots Of Spanish Leather, The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, One Too Many Mornings and The Times They Are A-Changin' have all been part of the standard repertoire during the Never-Ending Tour.

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7 SONGS 1963

January	Farewell	Also recorded during the Another Side sessions in 1964. This is one of Bob Dylan's most covered songs, Tim Dunn lists 16 albums among them Dion: "Wonder Where I'm Bound" - Columbia 1969.
	Girl From The North Country	Also recorded with Johnny Cash and released on Nashville Skyline. A live acoustic version from Slane Castle, Dublin, Ireland, 8 July 1984, can be heard on Real Live. Title given as Girl Of The North Country in Lyrics 1962-1985. This song replaced Rocks And Gravel on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.
	Masters Of War	A live version from Wembley Stadium, London, England, 7 July 1984, can be heard on Real Live. This song replaced Let Me Die In My Footsteps on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.
	Talkin' Devil	Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!
February	All Over You	Unreleased with Dylan. Cover versions: Rick Derringer and the McCoys: "Outside Stuff", Mercury 1974. The McCoys: "Human Ball", Mercury 1969. Dave van Ronk: "In The Tradition", Prestige.
	Bob Dylan's Dream	This song replaced Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.
	Going Back To Rome	Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985! Author may or may not be Bob Dylan. Copyright status unknown.
	Only A Hobo
March	Cuban Missile Crisi	Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!
	Bound To Lose, Bound To Win	Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!
April	Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag
	Boots Of Spanish Leather
	Dusty Old Fairgrounds	No known studio version. Covered by Blue Ash on their album "No More, No Less", Mercury 1973. This version is also included on the LP version of the collection "The Songs of Bob Dylan".
	Ramblin' Down Thru The World	Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985! [9] Krogsgaard notes this as adapted from Sally Don't You Grieve and Ramblin' Round, both by Woody Guthrie.
	Talkin' World War III Blues	This song replaced Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues on the final version of the Freewheelin' album.
	Walls Of Red Wing	Included on Joan Baez' "Any Day Now", Vanguard 1969.
	Who Killed Davey Moore?	Covered by Pete Seeger on a number of albums. A hilarious version can be found on Sebastian Cabot's album "Sebastian Cabot, Actor, Bob Dylan, Poet", MGM 1967.
	With God On Our Side
June	Eternal Circle	Covered by Coulson, Dean, McGuiness, Flint on their album "Lo And Behold", Sire 1972.
July	Only A Pawn In Their Game
August	California	Noted as an early version of Outlaw Blues in Lyrics 1962-1985.
	Gypsy Lou
	North Country Blues
	One Too Many Mornings
	Percy's Song
	Seven Curses	Covered on on Sebastian Cabot's album "Sebastian Cabot, Actor, Bob Dylan, Poet", MGM 1967.
	Troubled And I Don't Know Why	Not included in Lyrics 1962-1985!
	When The Ship Comes In
September	Lay Down Your Weary Tune
	The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
	The Times They Are A-Changin'
October	Restless Farewell

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8 POEMS 1963

Name	Originally printed	Reference
Go Away You Bomb		Occasionally #2
Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie		Lyrics 1962-1985
My Life In A Stolen Moment	Town Hall Concert programme	Lyrics 1962-1985
For Dave Glover	Newport Folk Festival programme	Stephen Pickering: A Commemoration, In His Own Write (bookleg)
"I ain't a record note writer"	Liner notes to The New World Singers' self-titled album
In The Wind	Liner notes to Peter, Paul & Mary's album with the same name	In His Own Write (bookleg)
Poem To Joannie	Liner notes to Joan Baez' album In Concert, Volume 2	In His Own Write (bookleg)
11 Outlined Epitaphs	Liner notes to The Times They Are A-Changin'	Lyrics 1962-1985
A Message from Bob Dylan	Letter to the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee	In His Own Write (bookleg), Stephen Pickering: Praxis: One
Blowin' In The Wind	Poem in the Broadside Dec 1963 issue	In His Own Write (bookleg)
A Letter To Sis And Gordon	Poem in Broadside Jan 1964 issue	In His Own Write (bookleg)

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9 SOURCES

Tim Dunn	I Just Write 'Em As They Come. Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.
Glen Dundas	Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition A Recording History of Bob Dylan SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.
Clinton Heylin	A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995. Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.
Clinton Heylin	Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994 St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.
Michael Krogsgaard	Positively Bob Dylan A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991. Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages

10 SUGGESTED READINGS

10.1 General background

Michael Gray	Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages (!!)
Clinton Heylin	Behind The Shades. A Biography. Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.
Daniel Kramer	Bob Dylan. Citadel Press (hardback) or Pocket Books. Great photo book from 1964-1965.
Anthony Scaduto	Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973
Eric von Schmidt, Jim Rooney	Baby, Let Me Follow You Down. The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years. Anchor Books 1979.
Robert Shelton	No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986.
Howard Sounes	Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.

10.2 Article compilations

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Craig McGregor (ed)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

10.3 Selected articles

Bob Dylan's Publications in Broadside Magazine 1962-1965 – article by David Pichaske in The Telegraph #20

Doing The London Waltz – article in Brian Lawlan's book Steppin' Out.

The Frewheelin' Sessions – article by Clinton Heylin in The Telegraph #10

I'm Troubled And I Don't Know Why (lyrics) – The Telegraph #1

The Witmark Demo Tapes – article by Clinton Heylin in The Telegraph #16

Uncopyrighted Songs – article by Clinton Heylin in The Telegraph #25

A Chat with Martin Carthy – Matthew Zuckerman, Isis #83

One Time In London – Derek Barker, Isis #83

The Madhouse On Castle Street – by John Bauldie, The Telegraph 45 (Summer 1993)

Christopher Ricks on The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – The Telegraph 42 (Summer 1992)

Eric von Sschmidt Interview – by Joseph Sia, On The Tracks #4 (Fall 1994)

One Time In London – Derek Barker, Isis #83

Stealin' Stealin': Bob Dylan & The Blues, 1961-1963 – The Telegraph 54 (Spring 1996)

The True Story Of William Zantzinger – by John Bauldie, The Telegraph 42 (Summer 1992)

The Wanted Man Interview: Robert Shelton – The Telegraph 54 (Spring 1996)

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[1] The Promotional edition of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

6 August

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

Carl Benson (ed)