Bob Dylan

3-27-09 Bob Dylan

CD ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN COLUMBIA US CK 8993

1964 11 TRKS stereo

CDx2 BASEMENT TAPES, THE (with The Band) COLUMBIA US C2K 33682

1975 24 TRKS ('67 recording)

LPx2 BASEMENT TAPES, THE (with The Band) COLUMBIA US C2 33682

1975 24 TRKS ('67 recording)

CDx2 BEFORE THE FLOOD (with The Band) COLUMBIA US C2K 37661

1974 21 TRKS Live

LPx5 BIOGRAPH (Collection) (5LP boxed set) CBS NL CBS 66509

1985 53 TRK Collection, boxed set

LPx2 BLONDE ON BLONDE mono COLUMBIA US C2L 41

1966 14 TRKS mono, original issue

CDx2 BLONDE ON BLONDE re COLUMBIA US C2H 90325

1966 14 TRKS ('03 re-master) SACD

CD BOB DYLAN (1st) SONY JPN SRCS 9239

1962 13 TRKS ('97 issue) Japanese pressing

CDx3 BOOTLEG SERIES, Vols. 1 - 3 (3CD Boxed Set) COLUMBIA US C3K 65302

1991 58 TRK Collection '61 - '91 reordings

LP BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME CBS UK 62515

1965 11 TRKS

LP DYLAN COLUMBIA US PC 32747

1973 9 TRKS

7" DYLAN (EP) CBS UK EP 6051

1963 4 TRKS with pic sleeve / EP, mono

CD FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN, THE COLUMBIA US CK 8786

1963 13 TRKS

LP FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN, THE CBS UK 62193

1963 13 TRKS

LP FREEWHEELIN' BOB DYLAN, THE COLUMBIA US CS 8786

1963 13 TRKS stereo

7" GEORGE JACKSON (Acoustic) / (Big Band) COLUMBIA US 4-45516

1971 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, promo

LP GREATEST HITS CBS UK 62847

1966? 12 TRK Collection, UK version

LP HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED COLUMBIA US CS 9189

1966 9 TRKS original U.S. LP

LP HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED AGAIN pirate PIRATE BD-1

1975? 6 TRKS pirate

CD HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED re COLUMBIA US CH 90324

1965 9 TRKS ('03 issue) SACD

7" I THREW IT ALL AWAY / DRIFTER'S ESCAPE COLUMBIA US 4-44826

1968? 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

LP JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY BLUES pirate PIRATE 411

1970? 12 TRKS Pirate

CD JOHN WESLEY HARDING COLUMBIA US CK 9604

1968 12 TRKS

LP JOHN WESLEY HARDING CBS DE CBS 63252

1968 12 TRKS stereo

7" LIKE A ROLLING STONE / RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & #35 COLUMBIA US 13-33100

1980? 2 TRKS no pic sleeve, re-issue

CDx2 LIVE 1966 (Bootleg Series No. 4) COLUMBIA US C2K 65759

1998 15 TRKS Live 5/66

CD NASHVILLE SKYLINE COLUMBIA US CK 9825

1970 10 TRKS

LP NASHVILLE SKYLINE CBS UK 63601

1969 10 TRKS

CDx2 NO DIRECTION HOME (Bootleg Series No. 7) COLUMBIA US C2K 93937

2005 28 TRKS collection (mostly 60's recordings) I also have the DVD of this film

LP PLANET WAVES ISLAND UK ILPS 9261

1974 11 TRKS UK original issue

7" POSITIVELY 4th STREET / FROM A BUICK 6 CBS UK 201824

1965 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

7" RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & #35 COLUMBIA US 4-43592

1966 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

CD SELF PORTRAIT COLUMBIA US CGK 30050

1970? 24 TRKS

LPx2 SELF PORTRAIT COLUMBIA US C2X 30050

1970? 24 TRKS

CD SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES CBS EUROPE CDCBS 62515

1965 11 TRKS aka Bringing It All Back Home

CD TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN', THE re COLUMBIA US CK 92240

1964 10 TRKS ('05 issue)

7" WIGWAM / COPPER KETTLE (THE PALE MOONLIGHT) COLUMBIA US 4-45199

1970? 2 TRKS no pic sleeve

Been thinking a lot about Bob Dylan again lately. If I were to write the “Definitive 60’s Collection” down, it would contain at least 4 albums by Bob Dylan. After “Self Portrait”, I really lost track of his work, and I never fully ever regained – until the last few years, when I have found myself very pre-disposed unto Bob’s work (uh, up to & including “Self Portrait”).

So, was “Bringing It All Back Home” the first important rock album to feature “session musicians”? I have been very surprised to see how highly-regarded Bob is to the Japanese fans – seems they just love “Blonde On Blonde” and “Highway 61 Revisited”.

I got “John Wesley Harding” when it was a new LP – and I was totally unaware that he had been hanging out and playing with The Band…I just took it at face value. And I bought my 2LP of “Blonde On Blonde” so long ago…that an inexpensive (new, sealed) mono copy was available to me, in a long-gone hippie record store. Just got under my skin, that one. But I guess I am not alone, there.

I only ever got to see Mr. Dylan perform once – his “Jesus Show” @ the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, where he didn’t play anything but his new album (the first of the religious ones). I am too young to have seen his 1966 tour, which would’ve been a hoot – as the 2CD set attests.

I recommend the DVD “No Direction Home”, directed by Martin Scorsese.

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Oh, I just got the SACD of “John Wesley Harding”, too. Now I just have to find an SACD of “Bringing It All Back Home”! At least the Dylan SACD’s are hybrid discs which will play in CD players!