Mark E. in Seattle wrote: >Ok, now that you've given me some excellent input on where to go with Judy >(I found 'Wildflowers' and 'Recollections' yesterday at Circuit City and >bought them both), can I maybe get some suggestions about which Dylan to buy >next? I'm thinking 'Highway 61 Revisited'. What else? Suggestions please?
Highway 61 Revisited was the album before Blonde on Blonde. A classic. If you liked that "thin mercury sound" on Blonde on Blonde, you'll probably like Highway 61 Revisited. Too bad the gold disc is OP, because the remastering is so much better than the current Sony version. You won't know the difference. Other Dylan albums that fall into the Buy Them Now category include John Wesley Harding, a stripped down set of songs now classic, including All Along the Watchtower in its acoustic glory. Slow Train Coming is the first of the "gospel trilogy" and arguably has Bob's most committed singing. Desire is the follow-up to Blood on the Tracks and, while not up to the level of that masterpiece, has some wonderful songs, such as Hurricane, and some very personal songs, such as Sara, and a few that may take a while to settle into. For a great overview, with a goodly number of otherwise unreleased tracks, get Biograph, a 3-CD set that can be found Cheap. Gil NP Big Yellow Taxi mixes.
