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davidhuret
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- #21
- Posted: 02/21/2013 13:49
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... but I suggest you avoid his pre-Oh mercy 1980's output to begin with.
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- #22
- Posted: 02/21/2013 15:30
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| davidhuret wrote: | Anyway, if you're receptive to Dylan, you cant' go much wrong with:
Together through life
Tempest |
notsureifserious, and this coming from possibly the biggest Dylan fanboy on BEA. Avoid those two tepid attempts. As for the bit about ignoring pre-Oh Mercy '80s Dylan, that's a bit unfair; Infidels is great, whilst I have a lot of time for Saved too (I'm pretty forgiving of Dylan's Christian period, even if I am a fairly staunch atheist). So yeah, my advice would be to take davidhuret's list, get rid of the two from the quote above, replace them with The Times They Are a-Changin', Desire, The Basement Tapes and Infidels, and then you're set.
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Robert Anton Wilson
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Age: 57
Location: Inside 
- #23
- Posted: 02/21/2013 15:55
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Highway 61 Revisited
Time out of Mind
Bringing it all Back Home
Also, at the risk of saying something unpopular on this site, You can also start with his greatest hits, identify which songs you like and get the album it is from. Dylan's albums went in phases and while some of his albums differ much from his typical output his albums are usually coherent withing themselves. The main decisions come down to identifying whther you might prefer the "classic electrified Bob" - which you discovering Hurricane would indicate (the go with Highway 60 & Bringing it All Back Home); the mellower, acoustic, folksy Bob (then go with the freewheelin' or slow train coming); or the modern contemporary Bob (which is anything since 1997) with my recommendations being for Time out of Mind (by far) & Modern Times. I agree with other people's recommendation to avoid his 80s stuff until you become starved for more for him - then again, I usually recommend avoiding the 80s altogehter.
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Robert Anton Wilson
Epic Proghead
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Location: Inside
- #24
- Posted: 02/21/2013 16:07
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| davidhuret wrote: | | My advice: get "Biograph" (3 cd compilation released in 1985) |
Given the strength of the Dylan albums since the late 90s and you limited budget I would personally avoid Biograph. It includes a lot of alternate takes which is brilliant for a fan but odd for a beginner - learn the alternate version before the classic version. Biograph was brilliant when it was released, but I find it did not age well.
The first Dylan's greatest hits, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan%...atest_Hits is one of those compilation that has as much reason to exist as any of the original albums, that des not happen often but their are a few compilation albums that have a worth of their own.
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