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post #16 of 20
9/24/09 at 1:45am
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Originally Posted by bdh View Post
Are you serious? I can't think of any reason [John Wesley Harding] would be a favorite of all his albums.
Are you serious? You may not like it, but to act like it does not get 5 stars in every record guide ever published and is not widely considered one of his masterpieces is mystifying, to say the least. It's so universally well-regarded, I don't even need to defend my own assessment.
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post #17 of 20
9/24/09 at 12:03pm
Despite recommendations to the contrary, I think the compilation Biograph is a superb place to start with Dylan, giving a very good overview of his career up to the mid-eighties (when the compilation was released). It was my first serious exposure to Dylan, and as often as not what I listen to when I want to hear him, that and Highway 61 Revisited.
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post #18 of 20
9/24/09 at 7:45pm
All good recommendations, so I'm just going to give you a list of what I consider essentials.

Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Times They Are-A-Changin'
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home (My personal favorite)
Highway 61
Blonde on Blonde
Nashville Skyline
Blood on the Tracks
John Wesley Harding

The Basement Tapes and Desire are also quite good. There are also plenty of great live shows to get into.
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post #19 of 20
9/25/09 at 8:11pm
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Again, thanks for all the suggestions!

I have decided to go with The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan as my first real album entrance into his work. A number of factors went into this decision such as 1) its the second studio album, this album is the first of which is Dylan's major songwriting debuts according to Wikipedia. 2) I love the cover art. 3) John H. Hammond produced the record.

One thing I noticed is that there is a remaster of the album. I am listening to the original recording, but I suppose that technical side of me will have to experiment with the remaster as well
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post #20 of 20
9/25/09 at 8:32pm
My recommendations:

- Everything up to and including Nashville Skyline
- Blood on the Tracks
- Desire
- The Basement Tapes
- Time Out of Mind
- Love and Theft
- Modern Times
- Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3
- Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs (2 disc)
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