Never bought a Dylan album till my 48th birthday (51 a couple of days ago) - although well aware of his contribution to music . Since then have been buying up his back catalogue (selectively - but as FOPP sell most of his stuff at £5 a go can't grumble). Enough rambling;
My faves;
Bringing it all back home
Blood on the tracks
Blonde on blonde
Highway 61 (revisited)
Basement Tapes
Has anybody written so much good stuff - and I find most of his observations are still as pertinent today as they were 30 - 40 years ago.
40summat
13-03-2006, 06:04
I can remember paying in advance for my copy of 'live at boudokan' and i was'nt dissapointed when i finally got my hands on it.
I still rate it as one of the best live albums ever.
Les Paul Jr
13-03-2006, 06:27
Longcols picked the best ones already! His selections include 4 of the best albums ever made - by any artist (I was never a fan of The Basement tapes though).
Of the lesser known Dylan albums not mentioned so far, I love Self Portrait, Infidels, all the Bootleg Series albums, New Morning, Hard Rain (for the ultimate live version of Idiot Wind) and the Biograph box set.
Agent Gypo
13-03-2006, 19:18
The Freewheelin' is my favourite Dylan album. Talkin' World War 3 Blues, Girl From The North Country, A Hard Rain's 'A Gonna Fall........ class
street legal is one of bobs underated albums
but as FOPP sell most of his stuff at £5 a go can't grumble)
Too right!! I get all my Dylan stuff from there... Bargain.
In no particular order: The Freewheelin' has some fantastic songs,
"Masters Of War" etc. Blonde and Blonde & Blood On The Track's are also brilliant albums. The guy has wrote a lot of dross, but he's also wrote some of the greatest song's in history.