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 Worth the Price for the Extra Songs Alone Mar 16, 2010
Over the years a lot of Bob Dylan's studio work got left behind for one reason or another. Sometimes because you can only fit so much on a record and sometimes because Dylan didn't think the song was right for the particular record he was recording at the time. So, to celebrate his 24th year with Columbia, they released "Biograph" which aimed to plug a few holes in his career, or rather to release some of the good stuff that got left by the wayside.
It's nice that they did this, but it would have been better if all of the fifty-three tracks would have been new or different recordings. Still there were nine unreleased songs and four very hard to get singles included on the set and that was good. The rest of the set (five records when it originally came out) was a compilation of what they (Bob Dylan and/or Columbia) decided was representative of his career, not necessarily greatest hits. So this is really a good place for someone brand new to Dylan to start.
I might have preferred it if they put the stuff on in chronological order like they did with the Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 - 3, but that's just me. My good friend Sophie likes the album the way it is, with a different sounding Bob Dylan on song after song. Anyway, the extra songs alonE make this set a must own and as I said, if you're new to Bob Dylan, you won't be throwing money away here, because you will be playing these CDs over and over again, till you wear them out. Wait, I don't think you can wear out CDs, so you'll be playing this set for a long, long time and enjoying every minute of it.
An American poet of our times... Jun 24, 2009
My mother was a Bob Dylan fan. Growing up, I mostly heard Dylan's folk music of the mid 1960s. This collection features the essence of those classic American folk songs plus other songs on up to about 1980 which encompasses Bob Dylan's "born-Again" music of the later 1970s and such. Mr. Dylan is an outstanding songwriter and musician, but more than that he is truly an American poet of our times. This collection is a good way to get started on Bob Dylan.
It's interesting to see the stylistic changes that Dylan's music has explored. Whether it is straight folk music, electric guitar rock-n-roll or gospel blues, his true poetic eloquence always shines through.
Take, for example, the Celtic-sounding "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" or the Christian-inspired "Every Grain of Sand"-the lyrics are handled with such warmth and tenderness as to reflect a heart and mind focused upon something pure and good and natural.
This collection also comes with some very extensive liner notes that include photos and some rather self-righteous and tart comments from Mr. Dylan himself.
All the great Dylan tunes are here Apr 21, 2008
I have a dozen or so regular Bob Dylan albums, my favorite being "Nashville Skyline". I've been a casual fan for many years (since the 60s) and I've seen him in concert.
But this three-CD set is the gold. Compare it, on a larger scale, to Eric Clapton's "Crossroads" and you'll grasp the idea of the set. Rather than to sit here in praise of Bob Dylan songs, I'll just tell you what my favorites are, all found in this package:
Lay Lady Lay
Like a Rolling Stone
Mr. Tambourine Man
It Ain't Me Babe
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Positively 4th Street
Gotta Serve Somebody
I Shall be Released
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
All Along the Watchtower
That last entry (having been written by Dylan) is an interesting alternative to the Jimi Hendrix version which I also like, but the two have very different tempos.
With the set comes a nice little 63-page biographical booklet about Dylan, punctuated with lots of photos -- it's small but still readable.
I give it my highest recommendation.
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Everybody's gonna jump for joy. Mar 03, 2008
This is an excellent three CD retrospective of Bob Dylan's career (up to 1981). It features most of his most popular material, with enough rarities to make it interesting for die hard fans who already have all his albums. Enough talk, just get it, already.
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Nobody better than Dylan Dec 18, 2007
A great way to go beyond the typical "Greatest Hits" collection. This 3-disc set offers Outtakes, Live recordings and Unreleased tracks, mixed with some of the best known Dylan songs of all time. In the past few years many of the Unrealeased and Live tracks have become available but this is still a nice and slick way to go beyond the casual/novice Dylan fan in a very easily accesable package. Of course there is no substitute for owning the full LP releases if you really want to enjoy the artistry of Bob Dylan. If you want to get a snapshot of the music this is a good place to start.
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