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Blues Again,""Just Like a Woman,""Visions of Johanna," "Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat," "Fledging My Time," "Most Likely You Go Your \Vay and 111 Go Mine," "Temporary Like Achilles," "Absolutely Sweet Marie," "4th Time Around" and "Obviously 5 Believers."And the longest,and at times most cryptic, of the Bob Dylan classics, "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands." There are probably more worn-out copies of "Blonde on Blonde" in existence than any other album in American music history. $?50 The first album of"Bob Dvlan's Greatest Hltsn was released during tne long interim j; between "Blonde 011 Blonde" and "John Wesley Harding."It summed up all that had *81 eluding all of i; ?yian's v' | own hit singles and some of P V his songs that nthpr nannla *4KH9mhHH^RHJ had turned into giant hits. I Also, it's the onlyBobDylan album containing his underground classic single,"Positively 4th Street." And it comes complete with another classic: The Milton Glaser/Bob Dylan poster. ^ ? ? "John Wesley Harding" was a return to simpler things for Bob Dylan. And soon after, for the entire music scene. It's a mellow album with some of the best BobDylan vocals ever. And Priest," "I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine," "As I Went Out One Morning,""The wicked Messenger,""I Pity the Poor Immigrant,1" "Down Along the Cove," "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," "Drifter's Escape" and "I Am a Lonesome Hobo." J ^ y y * * * The cover of "Nashville Skyline" tells its story. It's Bob Dylan relaxed, unwound, laying down his latest country-flavored ditties. Once again, the music scene quickly picked up on Bob Dylan's lead and country i^ii uen^co ^iu_ . ; Johnny Cash, "Lay, Lady, Lay," "I Threw It All Away," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You"and "Country Pie" All vei^ laid back and enjoyable. ^ * * "Self Portrait" tells the story of the conflict between the old Bob Dylan, the new Bob Dylan, and the Bob Dylans in between. They're all here, including new Bob Dylan originals, some Bob Dylan oldies revisited School Kid* Rocord Wo at School School Kid* Rocord* 810 Hardon St. Acros* from Don's Bar at the Isle of Wight, and, for the first time in years, some non-original material (like Paul Simon's'The Boxer." Gordon Lieht foot's "Early Mornin' Rain," 'Take a Mes- jf sage to Mary"). / Songs that fit the story Bob ' ' ' """" <*'-"v"' rv-.i-i. - - t- - A.ii!? i * jL/yitui seems iu ue ceiling nere. /\iso on "Self Portrait"(it's a two-record set): "Days of 49,""All the Tired Horses,""Living the Blues," "Wigwam," "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know," "Little Sadie," "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo),""Let It Be Me','"Belle Isle,""It Hurts MeToo,""Minstrel Boy," "Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)," among others. F.vprv Rnh Hvlan kh that wmk'? InnliuLul on the first "Greatest Hits" alburn and every hit that came since is included here, in this two-record set, "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits/ Volume II." There are even a bunch of songs never before on any Bob Dylan al?i bum: "Watch' r? - I?.8 th^ Ri*er recorded by The Band. "You Ain't Coin' 1_ _ ? ? " nunuviv ailU 1UI1IOIIUW IS it JLjOII^ I 1IT1C, recorded by countless people, but never Bob Dylan. And "Down in the Flood," an old favorite from Bob Dylan's concert days. Twenty-one great hits in all. If vou have all the other albums it's a beautiful luxury. If you don't, it's a necessity. $ ji SO In "New Morning" it seems as II the old Bob Dylan has i? . wrtn Allt Rr.h I ^ riaiVrfnr ?~.xv. >: : Window^' of the Locusts',' ~~? "Time Passes Slowlv." "Went to See the Gypsy," "Winterlude," "If Dogs Run Free," "One More Weekend," "The Man in Me," "Three Angels" and "Father of Night." The songs run the Bob Dylan gamut from bitter to romantic.. .something to make everyone realize that despite a decade of changes, Bob Dylan, and nobody else, is Bob Dylan. . "Pat Garrett & BUly the Kid" heralds a new loosening-up period for Bob Dylan. With rr?-'?I this album, the man who shied away from the ojf>J*Fw*wuii vw*w\ snooping eye A ?i tne puDiic soundtrack. Mmm?* And it's a soundSjvV track for a '"' movie that lists among its cast one Bob Dylan, in the role of Alias. Unlike any other soundtrack in his s where you can always g< I Kids would Hko to turn yo All our tingU album tory, this one is completely compt performed by Bob Dylan, so it's not soundtrack you've ever heard. M sounds like Bob Dvlan. sitting ami a few friends, making real nice mu as it turned out, one of the real ni turned into one of Bob Dylan's singles, "Knockin' on Heaven's I $ No individual in rode has ever hea different interpretations of his so Bob Dylan. On "Dylan," Bob reven with people like Joni Mitchell, Jc Jerry Jeff Walker and even Elvis wonder of wonders...a Bob Dylan album! H line-up of tunes: "A Fool Such as Help falling in Love;'"Mr. Bojang Yellow Taxir "Mary Ann'' "Spani Loving Tongue," "Lily erf the We: Ballad of Ira Hayes" and"Sarah Ja s ? uBob Dylan is back."MBob Dylan Y home. "Album of the century." Tl couldn't say enough about "Bloo T I *1*1 -J I . rocKs, uic sian 01 a new penoa oi personal music making for Bob D that talk about Bob Dylan comii was literally (in addition to spiritu "Idiot Wind'' "... Blue!'and "Lily, the Jack of Hearts^'among pBS others, were >M recorded in jsJV Minnesota using local musicians. ^ The owner of a local guitar store Dy to sell Bob Dylan a guitar and v playing on the session. And the ba had to leave mid-session to play a so "You're a Big Girl Now' was i sans bass. Other classics on the "< thecentury"include:"SimpleTwis "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesor YouGo,""Meet Me in the Morning See Her, Say Helloi' "Shelter F nf Doln" w?v?ai? UIIV* t/UVIWlO V/i 1\UIII. ^ 0 0 0 Rolling Stone declared seven al "Albums of the Year" in 1975. Two are on this page..."Blood on the and "The Basement Tapes." Thou indeed, released in 75, the legend: ment Tapes" were recorded on a h< recorder during the long hiatus "Blonde on Blonde" and "John iwimi iiii mi?win ii H a r written about...yet until the relea* album, few people realized the m it single albums for o u on to consistent yi s soli for just *3.991 sed and and the quality of these recordjngs.TWentylike any four songs... that's too much to list here, but yst of it some of the highlights include: "Odds and nd with Ends)' "Million Dollar Bash," "Goin' To ac. /vna. Acapuico (among the songs never even ? songs bootlegged), HLo and Behold!," "Please, biggest Mrs. HenryTTooMuch of Nothing''"Crash >oor." on the Levee (Down in the Flood)," "You 299 Ain't Goin'Nowhere .""Don't Ya Tell HenryT "Nothine Was DelivfirftH" "Own th#? rw>r Homer" and "This Wheel's on Fire!' You rimore get the idea. $ ? 50 igs than ^ ed roles in Baez, singing Who could have predicted that the biggest ^nji^n . thing to happen to music in 1976 would be Bob Dylan? The Rolling Thunder Revue tm was headline news as it barnstormed across ' the country. "Desire? with its haunting new f | sound,was the #1 album in the nation for a ||| full month. And each of the songs was treated like a separate, special event by ;re's the the theme of Can't some benefit es,""Big concerts that h Is the later evolved t" "The into the Roller njflHHItt flH ing Thunder Revue. 4 Joey" about iinHpnvnrM fionr#? Irvu riall/^ "Com" about a girl with the same name as Bob Dylan's wife. "Isis," an enigmatic epic, as come "Mozambique!' the single that was stopped e critics cold in its airplay tracks when a war broke I on the out in the real Mozambique. "Oh, SisterT brutally with the violin of Scarlet Rivera singing flan. All co-lead. "One More Cup of Coffee!' "RoShome mance In Durangor "Black Diamond BayT y) true. How much more real than this can Bob Dylan be? $^50 "Hard Rain" is the definitive sound of Bob Dylan In live performance. All the excitement of the headline-making Rolling Thunder Revue is captured for all time. The perform ^es^^ the A.CA "Lay, Lady, Lay," "Maggie's Farm',' "Stuck ?f 9 w inciH<* W;.I, v/i-?01 ? ..IUIUV VI KlUUIIV 'Mill lilt' ITlLllipiUS U1UC5 Again',' "I Threw It All Away',' "One Too Many Mornings',' "Oh, Sister',' "Idiot Wind" nuns ^ and "You're A Big Girl Now." Let^ face it, of them there have been only a handful of "live" Tracks" albums in recorded history that have had a Jh it was, real reason for being. "Hard Rain" is not ry "Base- onlyoneof them, it could be the best of them. mcutpe SO 50 between 'if Wesley n?p 'rt If you're missing em 'of anything on these -ian and pages,you're really "ggerd. missing something. ed by =of ih's' Bob Dylan gnitude on Columbia Records and Tapes* ? 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