Yeah so I've discovered him a bit late but what are his 3 essential albums to own?

blood on the tracks is one.

Blonde on Blonde
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

highway 61 revisited

That new one with "Must be Santa" on it…

It may well be fair to say that I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to Bob Dylan, but that was a cracking xmas single!

the first three, then go find: Blind boy fuller, Blind lemon jefferson, Blind willie johnson, Blind willie mctell, Bo carter, Booker t sapps, Bukka white, Henry thomas, Leadbelly, Mississippi john hurt, Mississippi sheiks, Rev. j.c. burnett, Sleepy john estes, Will bennett and not forgetting Woody Guthrie… …just to get ya started like (or you could buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Early-Blues-Roots-Bob-Dylan/dp/B00004Y335 😀

for me

blood on the tracks
blonde on blonde
Highway 61 Revisited

but there are lots really

I especially love the recording of his show at the "Royal Albert Hall" (its actually in Manchester Free trade hall) from 1966 – Bootleg series volume 4. This is the infamous "Judas" show, the first CD is Bob on his own, the 2nd is him on stage with "The Band" as his backing group and a hostile audience

its amazing

I'm with grievous, with Blood on th tracks just slightly in front.

While I might not know much of Bob Dylan's music (as demonstrated with my previous post), I do like his Theme Time Radio Hour, and thanks to Google, I've just found an online archive of all his shows – clicky

grevious is right, plus I'd say nashville skyline for an 'off on one' album

2nd

blood on the tracks
blonde on blonde
Highway 61 Revisited

Try this one as well Bootleg series clicky

Desire.

bringing it all back home
blonde on blonde
another side of bob dylan

Hard Rain is an excellent live album. Live at the Budokan is good too.

Absolutely NOT!
Aged 46 and I have yet to hear a single track from him that I could even begin to listen to without cringing.

bob dylan fan's what?

can't believe this thread has got this far with out a grammar comment -this place is getting slack! 🙂

Thanks for the advice, have just been out and bought Blood on the Tracks and Highway 61 Revisited, never seen the guy in the local record shop so excited! No Blonde on Blonde so will have to wait for that one.

Apologies for the Grocer's apostrophe in the thread title!

Desire, the freewheelin, blonde on blonde, Subterranean Homesick Blues, another side of and infidels

So how did The Southern Yeti get on with Bob?

Just to add to the above which probably covers the core albums, Masterpieces is an excellent compilation. For more recent stuff I also really like Time out of Mind.

I would suggest that his first three albums are 'must haves'. The transition from solo folk singer/songwriter to "Judas" electric rock star is an interesting one, and the early albums put later offerings into some context.(There are some lovely tracks to be found amongst these too – Girl Of The North Country etc.)

Don't forget MODERN TIMES once you have absorbed his earlier work.

So how did The Southern Yeti get on with Bob?

Collection now stands at three albums,

Blood on the Tracks
Highway 61 Revisted – My current fav.
The Times they are a Changin.

At least one of them has been in my car or home stereo since I posted this.
Can't beleive it's taken me 30 years to discover him!

Have been on a bit of a Cat Stevens and CSN&Y discovery on itunes too. Neil Young suggestions?

Highway 61 Revisited and in particular Desolation Row is simply awesome!

Neil Young

Decade

Live Rust

Harvest

After The Gold Rush

for starters anyway…

Neil? Easy

Harvest
Tonights The Night
On The Beach

Good introduction is Decade though.

Honourable mentions:

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
After The Gold Rush
Rust Never Sleeps
Also ahve a soft spot for American Stars and Bars (i mean who could fail to appreciate the lines 'aint it hard when you wake up ijn the mornin'?)

Neil Young – gotta be Weld. (It's a live album). Some of the best guitar playing ever.

neil young

after the goldrush
harvest
tonights the night
on the beach

Avoid Landing on Water…