The Essential Bob Dylan (2LP) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Tracklist
A1        Blowin' In The Wind
A2        Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
A3        The Times They Are A-Changin'
A4        It Ain't Me, Babe
A5        Maggie's Farm
A6        Mr. Tambourine Man
A7        Subterranean Homesick Blues
B1        Like A Rolling Stone
B2        Positively 4th Street
B3        Just Like A Woman
B4        Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
B5        Lay, Lady, Lay
Accompanied By – Bob Wilson, Charlie Daniels, Charlie McCoy, Kenny Buttrey, Norman Blake (2), Pete Drake
B6        Knockin' On Heaven's Door
C1        Forever Young
C2        Tangled Up In Blue
C3        Gotta Serve Somebody
C4        Jokerman
C5        Make You Feel My Love
D1        Things Have Changed
D2        Mississippi
D3        When The Deal Goes Down
D4        Beyond Here Lies Nothing
Written-By [With Bob Dylan] – Robert Hunter
D5        Long And Wasted Years

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Photography By [B/W Insert] – Ken Regan
Photography By [Back Cover] – Daniel Kramer (2)
Photography By [Color Insert] – Jerry Schatzberg
Photography By [Front Cover] – David Gahr
Written-By, Composed By – Bob Dylan
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Front Cover Hype sticker reads:
"The Definitive Collection Spanning 6 Decades Featuring 23 Tracks on 2 LPs".

Includes insert containing track information and credits.

This two-disc 2000 release looks back on Bob Dylan's 38 years of recording and pulls out most of the signature tunes from the songwriting giant's prolific career. For an artist of such stature, it's no easy task to assemble an "essential" compilation in just 30 cuts, but it's hard to argue with the choices made here. Most of the high points in the Minnesotan troubadour's catalog are touched on, and the chronological sequencing provides a kind of tour through Dylan's various phases. We're taken through the pioneering protest-folk period ("Blowin' in the Wind," "The Times They are A-Changin'"), the Rimbaud-inspired songpoet mode ("It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," "Mr. Tambourine Man"), the amphetamine-fueled rocker phase ("Like A Rolling Stone"), and all the rest of Dylan's many twists and turns. From the poignant introspection of "Shelter From the Storm" to the born-again R&B of "You Gotta Serve Somebody" and the searing narrative of "Hurricane," we get the broad view of an awe-inspiring body of work. Diehards will doubtlessly complain about various disincluded tracks, but on the evidence presented, it's easy to see why the genius tag is so often applied to this artist.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 06/10/2016