his latest release , together through life , has attained the peak rank 38 cycles and five months after his last chart - toyland , new morning , in 1970 . the 67 - year - old european songwriter - songwriter now holds the record for the longest gap between consecutive plus one recordings . it is dylan ' s sixteenth uk number one , his 33rd studio albums and his 53rd album , including records and soundtrack . he first reached number two with the freewheelin ' of dylan produced in 1964 . hmv ' s gennaro castaldo said : " it ' s evident that dylan is going through two of his zeitgeist moments , as a whole generation of fans with his more established disciple in depreciated his musical achievements . "
Gennaro Castaldo is 67 years old.