Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr., born March 25, 1931 in Waco, Texas, was an American
record producer whose work in the 1950s and 1960s influenced folk rock,
avant-garde jazz, and psychedelic rock. After graduating from Harvard University
in 1954, Wilson founded Transition Records with a $900 loan and released albums
such as Jazz by Sun Ra and Jazz Advance before joining United Artists Records.
As a staff producer at Columbia Records starting in 1963, he produced Bob
Dylan's albums The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964), Another Side of Bob Dylan
(1964), and Bringing It All Back Home (1...