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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
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i; ?yian's
v' | own hit singles
and some of
P V his songs that
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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. ^ ?
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"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
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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. ^
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"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
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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"'
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"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'
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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? .
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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.
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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<
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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
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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
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home. "Album of the century." Tl
couldn't say enough about "Bloo
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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
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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
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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
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..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.
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"ggerd. missing something.
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