 | Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5) by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $9.50 Tonight, I'll Be Staying Here With You [Live]:A lilting country pleasantry when first released on the Nashville Skyline LP, Bob and the Rolling Thunder Review band transform the track utterly and present it as an overwhelming, epic, force of nature.
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 | The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert" by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.98 Tell Me, Momma [Live]: Never released on a studio LP, this blast of roots-rockness from Dylan and The Hawks sounds like a lost Highway 61 Revisited / Blonde On Blonde track (which it no doubt is).
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 | The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $22.97 / Used from: $20.98 Call Letter Blues: An earlier version of the great blues groover Meet Me In The Morning from Blood On The Tracks. Fascinating to hear a top-down rewrite of the MMITM lyrics (Call Girls in the doorway All giving me the eye...). A relentless acoustic blues featuring some space-age electric soloing.
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 | Saved by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $3.75 Solid Rock: This unrelenting rhythmic powerhouse may be my favorite song from "The Christian Era". Why was this song not a hit single? Maybe its the lyrics. If you ever wanted to know where Bob was coming from during these years, its all here.
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 | Hard Rain by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.49 I Threw It All Away (Live): Another Rolling Thunder Review re-invention of a gentle Nashville Skyline song. Swirling, passionate, howling, LOUD.
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 | New Morning by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $2.99 One More Weekend: Buried deep in one of Bob's more inscrutable records, One More Weekend is blues-rockin' blast of a track. This one is truly an overlooked gem.
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 | Shot of Love by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $3.25 Dead Man, Dead Man: Another great Christian Era song that just goes begging. This time the rock comes with a reggae beat.
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 | Self Portrait by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.00 Woogie Boogie: I do not have much nice to say about Self Portrait. However, this swingin' little instrumental is a nice ray of sunshine that shines through the fog of this lackluster album.
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 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Buy used from: $4.20 Billy 1: An oft-overlooked album, the whole thing is a pretty rewarding listen. Today I put forward Billy 1, an energetic acoustic cowboy pleasure.
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 | Under the Red Sky by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $2.25 Unbelievable: I think this record is so often dismissed as useless dreck because the opening track (Wiggle Wiggle) is useless dreck. There are good songs here if you look for them and the driving rocker Unbelievable is one of them.
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 | Live: 1961-2000 by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $47.99 / Used from: $19.57 Country Pie [Live]: Yet another Nashville Skyline country ditty reborn as a joyous rocker, this time courtesy of the fantastic Charlie Sexton / Larry Campbell edition of the Never Ending Tour band.
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 | Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $3.99 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Mark Ronson Remix): Not a disco tragedy as some feared and not an improvement over the great Blonde On Blonde track. This remix is perhaps inconsequential but it is fun and worth a listen.
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 | Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan by Various Artists
Buy used from: $2.87 Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking: A duet with Mavis Staples and featuring the superb Charlie Sexton / Larry Campbell edition of the Never Ending Tour band. This remake of great Slow Train Coming song rocks hard and even features a comedic interlude. A must hear.
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 | Empire Burlesque by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $1.96 Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love): A bright and bouncy love song that percolates with a very '80's production style, this is a really fun song.
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 | Masked & Anonymous
Buy used from: $1.95 Down In The Flood: A re-do of the great Basement Tapes song, Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood), yet again brought to rockin' life by the Charlie Sexton / Larry Campbell edition of the Never Ending Tour band.
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 | Knocked Out Loaded by Bob Dylan
Buy used from: $1.29 Got My Mind Made Up: One of the highlights from the so-so Knocked Out Loaded record. Got My Mind Made Up is Bob Dylan singing to energetic, roots-rocking Heartbreakers (as in Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers) accompaniment. An unfairly overlooked gem.
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 | Postcards Of The Hanging - Grateful Dead Perform The Songs of Bob Dylan by Grateful Dead
Buy used from: $3.92 Man Of Peace: Bob Dylan backed by the Grateful Dead who bring this Infidels song to life in grand style.
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 | Dylan & The Dead by Dylan & the Dead
Buy used from: $0.37 Slow Train: An unfairly panned live album, this version of Slow Train features Bob and The Dead riding a killer groove and dig those cool freight train effects!
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