Blowin' in the Wind both Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary, brought the trio the song which they promptly recorded (on a single take) and released. The trio's version, which was the title track of their third album, peaked at number 2 on the "Billboard" charts. The group's version also went to number one on the Middle-Road charts for five weeks. "How many words can be written on a page, before they begin to bleed? How many books can one man own, before he has learned to read? How many meanings can he give to a phrase, before, from his lexicon he's freed?" Blowin'
The Settlers (band) Records, 1967) included Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Mr Tambourine Man" and such folk standards as "The Wreck of the Old 97". "Call Again" for (Marble Arch Records, 1968) collected the group's singles output for Pye Records, and was released after they had left that record label. "Settlers Alive" for (Columbia Records, 1970) was recorded live at Queen Elizabeth Hall the previous year, whilst "Sing a New Song" (Myrrh, 1972), had a strongly religious component. "Lightning Tree" (York, 1972), which, in addition to the title hit, included extracts, spoken by Cindy Kent, from Martin Luther King’s famous "I