Blood on the Tracks

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Inevitably, when critics praise a new Dylan album, they label it the "best since Blood on the Tracks," and with good reason. Inspired by a crumbled marriage, and recorded after a tour with The Band had apparently re-ignited his creativity, Blood is among Dylan's masterpieces. The album's epic songs are well known, but its real high points are the shorter numbers--"You're a Big Girl Now," the flawless blues "Meet Me in the Morning," and the sweetly devastating "Buckets of Rain." These are songs of "images and distorted facts," each expressed through tangled points of view, and all of them blue. --David Cantwell

Album Description
Limited 'Millennium Edition' reissue of classic 1975 album in a deluxe heavyweight miniaturized LP sleeve complete with inner sleeve and a Japanese-style obi strip on the spine. 10 tracks, including 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go'. Individually numbered. 1999 release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Tangled Up in Blue
Simple Twist of Fate
You're a Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me in the Morning
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter from the Storm
Buckets of Rain

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Inevitably, when critics praise a new Dylan album, they label it the "best since Blood on the Tracks," and with good reason. Inspired by a crumbled marriage, and recorded after a tour with The Band had apparently re-ignited his creativity, Blood is among Dylan's masterpieces. The album's epic songs are well known, but its real high points are the shorter numbers--"You're a Big Girl Now," the flawless blues "Meet Me in the Morning," and the sweetly devastating "Buckets of Rain." These are songs of "images and distorted facts," each expressed through tangled points of view, and all of them blue. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

"Shelter from the storm" winter, spring, summer, and fall!.......2007-07-07

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various music supplies and recordings from the 60's and 70's.

I recall early 1975 as if it were yesterday. Progressive Rock radio led by WNEW-FM in New York City was alive and well. The moment Columbia Records dropped off "Blood On The Tracks" the grooves would be worn out long before its time.

Critics of Dylan were muzzled after experiencing the ten tracks. The group that loved to say he was a man from the sixties now a fish out of water, ate their own words a plethora of times. On another side of the fence were those that didn't like Dylan. After "Tangled Up In Blue" became entrenched in their minds they couldn't help come up with the five bucks for the LP.

A record full of masterpieces doesn't necessarily grab your attention the first time. It may need several spins before you comprehend the message. That wasn't the case with "Blood On The Tracks." Do you recall the initial listening to "Idiot Wind" with Dylan's phrasing of the word idiot? It was authoritative, haunting, and brilliant, and that was only verse one. "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" didn't simply command your attention, it put you in the role. You seemed glued in your tracks, unable to move until the final notes were played. "Shelter From The Storm" and "Buckets Of Rain" were a marvelous combination of tracks from the genius of Bob to end one of his most important records ever.

If you never experienced this on CD or need a better pressing than the oldest version, it sound magnificent as she gives you shelter from the storm.

For those that thought this may be hard to parallel even by Dylan, "Desire" took care of any self-doubt!

Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

Dylan back on track.......2007-03-14

Blood on the Tracks stands with the best of Bob Dylan the best of American music. This is latter day saint Dylan Bob after poet for the masses Bob after RnR hero Bob pre- country crooner Bob 70's comeback as wished by Elvis.
This 5.1 recording stands fine up against the other 5.1 re-mixes of "Bringing It All Back Home" and "Blond on Blond".
The guitars are sharp, clear and in your ear. The vocals whisper when they want and shout when they should.
This is as good as it gets.......

Stripped Naked.......2007-01-29

Dylan never wrote a better album than this. His most personal and introspective work; the emotional fragility and brutal honesty of these tracks showcase a facet of Dylan's music that is too often overshadowed by his reputation as a 60s "protest" singer. Heartbreak and rejection as the human condition are squarely on display, and should appeal to anyone who has ever loved, lost, and lived on hoping to find love again.

Dylan CD.......2007-01-19

This item was a gift. It arrived very quickly and the recipient was thrilled!

Mature Masterpiece.......2007-01-16

Dylan scored big on 'Blood on the Tracks,' perhaps the first of many comebacks. The subject matter of love gone wrong has been taken elsewhere, especially with his wild, majestic 'Blonde on Blonde,' but 'Blood on the Tracks' finds him in fine folk form, able to draw more from experience and quiet passion. The known songs are all great, including the mesmerizing hit "Tangled up in Blue," the excellent and hypnotic "Simple Twist of Fate," and the pensive "Shelter from the Storm". Less heralded are other great songs, like, arguably the album's best, "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts". Complete with a fine story and a rollicking accompaniment, "...the Jack of Hearts" comes up with aces musically and lyrically. Quieter moments are highlighted with the beautiful serenade of "You're a Big Girl Now," which only reminds one in style of another classic "Just Like a Woman". There's also the acoustic ballad excellence of "If You See Her, Say Hello," which is written like a letter to his lover's successor. Still, there are moments when qualified brilliance is present. "Idiot Wind" seems to gather more pungency from the delivery than the lyrical development. "Buckets of Rain," which ends the album caps off his folk excellence. According to his memoir autobiography, 'Chronicles, Vol. I, Dylan wrote that he, to paraphrase, sabotoged his career to escape becoming a messiah. In the liner notes, he is defined as a "troubadour". Indeed, he truly found himself again on 'Blood on the Tracks'. Too bad he had to find love gone sour to find his true footing once again.

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the last great dylan album
"Shelter from the storm" yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Like an old friend.
Bob on the Tracks
An Open Diary, One of the Great Albums

Blood on the Tracks
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ASIN: B00026WU7I
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Tangled Up In Blue
Simple Twist Of Fate
You're A Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me In The Morning
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter From The Storm
Buckets Of Rain

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Inevitably, when critics praise a new Dylan album, they label it the "best since Blood on the Tracks," and with good reason. Inspired by a crumbled marriage, and recorded after a tour with the Band had apparently re-ignited his creativity, Blood is among Dylan's masterpieces. The album's epic songs are well known, but its real high points are the shorter numbers--"You're a Big Girl Now," the flawless blues "Meet Me in the Morning," and the sweetly devastating "Buckets of Rain." These are songs of "images and distorted facts," each expressed through tangled points of view, and all of them blue. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

the last great dylan album.......2007-07-09

every song here is a gem, but to perfectly honest, i dont care for dylan's shrill singing on idiot wind, it just seems out of character on this generally mellow, plaintive album. probably his most timeless album, the songs (with the possible exception of idiot wind) are still musically and lyrically relevant.

"Shelter from the storm" yesterday, today, and tomorrow.......2007-07-07

Like an old friend........2007-04-15

Even a cursed eighties born child of the disposible Killers-generation like me can appreciate the genius behind 'Blood on the tracks' In contrast to the commonplace acts of today, Dylans music has always sustained staying power and relevance and this record is still a great illustration of his amazing talent many years after its release. This is an important and poetic record which deals with real emotions (turning a failed marriage into a force for good) and contains some of his most eternal songs (such as 'Idiot wind' and 'Shelter from the storm') The virtuosity displayed on 'Blood' is rare and special. I would recommend this album to anyone.

Bob on the Tracks.......2007-03-16

Another classic from Dylan, and possibly his last real masterpiece. I prefer Blonde on Blonde, but there's not much to take issue with on Blood on the Tracks; it's subtle but solid from start to finish. (Just as an aside, I never realized how much Bob sounds like a cross between Lou Reed and Ian Hunter at times.)

An Open Diary, One of the Great Albums .......2007-03-06

Written with a broken heart, an album that can make a grown man weep. One of Dylan's great efforts, arguably the best album of the '70s. If only he could sing :). As with a lot of Dylan's songs, the instrumental track grabs you and it's a bit of a let down when the familiar nasal voice enters the proceedings, but you're soon swept up in the sheer brilliance of the lyric and phrasing. You can listen to this album a thousand times and never get tired of it. One of the big 5 Dylan albums, along w/ Freewheelin', Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 and Bringing it All Back Home. My personal favorite, and I'm in the minority on this, is Bringing it All Back Home, which is IMHO the greatest album ever made in the rock/pop genre. Dylan changed music forever when he did his Ben Franklin imitation and discovered electricity. Before that he only introduced a theme song for a generation (Blowin' in the Wind) and the most powerful song of the '60s (A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall). Rock music grew up with Dylan. He broke all kinds of barriers (the length of songs, fused various genres and brought intelligence to lyrics). The Beatles could no longer sing She Loves You Ya ya ya after Dylan raised the bar. Jerry Garcia: No Dylan, no Dead. Check it out and you'll discover what I did: that the Jewish kid from Minnesota has the goods!

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"Shelter from the storm" and excellent on sunny days too
One of the quitesential albums of all time.
Mature Masterpiece
I Must Be a Heretic...
Songs of Love and Pain

Blood on the Tracks
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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Tangled Up In Blue
Simple Twist Of Fate
You're A Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me In The Morning
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter From The Storm
Buckets Of Rain

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Album Description

Limited 'Millennium Edition' reissue of classic 1975 album in a deluxe heavyweight miniaturized LP sleeve complete with inner sleeve and a Japanese-style obi strip on the spine. 10 tracks, including 'You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go'. Individually numbered. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

"Shelter from the storm" and excellent on sunny days too.......2007-07-07

One of the quitesential albums of all time........2007-03-11

My title says it all. If you haven't heard this, buy it now. Even if you aren't a Dylan fan, you will be hard pressed to not find something that you appreciate on this one.

Mature Masterpiece.......2007-01-16

I Must Be a Heretic..........2006-10-30

Because I'm not that much of a Bob Dylan fan. My initial impressions of this album is that it is *OK* but nothing worth really shaking a stick at. My favorite tracks were "Tangled Up in Blue" which was pretty popular, and "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" which is really upbeat. I'm just not in a place right now where I can fully appreciate slow, quiet music, no matter how brilliant the lyrics are. Perhaps in a few years this will begin to shine for me.

Songs of Love and Pain.......2006-09-12

You can really feel the emotion in these songs, especially "Tangled Up in Blue" and "If You See Her, Say Hello." But for me the song that really sums up the way Bob Dylan was feeling when he put out this album is "Buckets of Rain," because this album is certainly full of buckets of tears. Bob Dylan's voice is in pure form on this album and the two bands that back him on the songs really seemed tuned into what Dylan is singing about. These songs of love and pain are certainly some of Bob Dylan's best work.

The Collection, Vol. 3: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Infidels

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Here are the Songs that Paint Pictures on the Inside of Your Eyeballs
Three Masterpieces in This Collection
Three Records for the Ages
Three Dylan Rockers that will Knock the House Down
Raw Rock and Roll Power

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ASIN: B000AAIXS6
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Tracks:

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Pledging My Time
Visions of Johanna
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
I Want You
Stuck Inside of a Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Just Like a Woman
Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
Temporary Like Achilles
Absolutely Sweet Marie
4th Time Around
Obviously 5 Believers
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Tracks:

Tangled Up in Blue
Simple Twist of Fate
You're a Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me in the Morning
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter from the Storm
Buckets of Rain

Tracks:

Jokerman
Sweetheart Like You
Neighborhood Bully
License to Kill
Man of Peace
Union Sundown
I and I
Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight

Customer Reviews:

Here are the Songs that Paint Pictures on the Inside of Your Eyeballs.......2006-08-27

Close your eyes and listen to "Blonde on Blonde." Every song on the album is so jammed with imagery that they paint pictures on the inside of your eyeballs. Though "Blonde on Blonde" was recorded way back before I was even a twinkle in my daddy's eyes, you can still listen to it today and be amazed. From the first note all the way to the end of "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" this is a record so full in imagery, power and raw poetry that it will never cease to stun. Sooner or Later, if you play Bob Dylan records, you're going to have to admit that this is one of his best.

"Blood on the Tracks" is one of Bob Dylan's better known records and one I really love. I've been listening to it as long as I can remember, thanks to my dad, who is a huge Dylan fan. I am as well. How can you not be. Just give a listen to "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" with your eyes closed. If that eleven minute long cowboy ballad doesn't paint pictures on the inside of your eyeballs. A couple other picture painters are "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Idiot Winds," though I must say, I prefer the version of "Idiot Winds" on the official "Bootleg Series." Then there is the pain of Dylan's separation from his wife Sara throughout this album. Bob Dylan has always been right out front with his feeling on his albums, especially so on "Blood On the Tracks." I've read that this is considered one of the best albums ever made and I have to say that I agree.

I really like the way "Infidels" rocks out. I also like the imagery in the songs, especially in "Jokerman." The just keep coming after you, burning themselves into you eyes, etching themselves into your hear, impinging themselves on your mind. Once heard "Jokerman" is never forgotten. Dylan has had several bands throughout his long and prolific career, but I think the group he has on "Infidels" is the best ever. You really feel that they click as a unit and the music is all the better for it. Some other songs I really like on "Infidels" are "Man of Peace," "Sweetheart Like You" and the album's closer, "Don't fall apart on me Tonight." "Infidels" is Bob Dylan at his very best.

Three Masterpieces in This Collection.......2006-06-02

Three Masterpieces in This Collection

I own the record, the cassette and the CD of "Blonde on Blonde." The album was a double gatefold with a startling, good looking picture of Dylan on the cover. From looking at this cover, you get the impression of a young Brando. And like the defiant Brando of those early years, we see a defiant Dylan here, making music his way and damn the critics. This is a rocker, just witness the lead off song. It's also got the long "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" taking up the whole last side on the second disc of the double record. That must have really blown some minds back then. There is dynamite organ work, terrific piano work, knock 'em dead guitar work on this record. Every song is a gem and every song seems to redefine Dylan, a man who has been defined and redefined so many times in his career. Not only is this record one of his best, but it's one of the best records ever made. I know that's been said before, but it's true.

From the first chord of "Tangled Up In Blue" on "Blood on the Tracks" you know you're listening to something special. The song draws you in, sends chills up your spine, it's so good. Then it chews you up and spits you out right into "Simple Twist of Fate", another chiller of a song. I've read that Dylan was going through rough times when he recorded this record and in typical Dylan fashion he's put his life on his sleeve for all to see. He's in pain and you really feel it when you listen to these songs.

Like my friends, I just love the pulsating power of "Infidels." I also appreciate the way Dylan gets his spiritual message across without jamming it down your throat. "Jokerman" for me is reminiscent of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and I can just picture a younger Dylan with those signs tossing them away during the singing of "Jokerman" the way he did in "Don't Look Back." I'm not a very spiritual person, but the biblical references in "Jokerman" did have me going to my Bible (everybody has one, religious or not, right?) and checking them out. Then there is "Sweetheart Like You," a song covered so well by Rod Stewart, but even more sentimental when you hear it sung by the writer himself. This is just a super rock and roll record, every song a gem.

Three Records for the Ages.......2006-06-02

"Blonde on Blonde" opens with "Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 36" and I can remember driving from LA to TJ with that record on the cassette player. I was riding with three friends and we played that record all the way there. Over and Over listening to that refrain, "Everybody must get stoned." We were college girls out for a good time. We did tequila shooters south of the border, but we were back Stateside by dark, I guess we weren't quite as daring as we thought we were. In the motel in Chula Vista we played the whole album on my portable cassette player. We cried during "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" even though it's probably not a crying song. "Vision of Johanna" is just the best. "I Want You," is a gripping rocker. "Just Like a Woman," is just like this whole record, Just outstanding, superb, really.

"Blood on the Tracks" is an album of broken love. There is so much sadness here. But there is also the best cowboy ballad on this record since Marty Robbins' "El Paso" and "Big Iron." "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" just goes on and on, seemingly without end, then poof, it's over and the Jack of Hearts has gotten away with all the cash. You need a refreshing, uplifting song like this to balance out all the heartbreak. Once again, Bob Dylan has proven that he is the absolute best at whatever he attempts. Once again he's turned out a record that once listened to, becomes a part of you. It seems he's done that a lot, is still doing it.

On "Infidels" I just love the way Dylan says, "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings" in the song "Sweetheart Like You." That phrase is timeless, more true today than ever. But than that's the way with a lot of Bob Dylan's songs, they never seem to age. I saw Dylan when he was touring for this record and he did a rocking version of "Masters of War," that is just ripping. "Neighbor Hood Bully" on this record is performed pretty close to the way he did that song, "Sundown On the Union" is too. This is a rock and roll record and I just love it!

Three Dylan Rockers that will Knock the House Down.......2006-06-02

"Blonde on Blonde" builds on the excellent "Highway 61 Revisited" enhancing not only Dylan's musical genius, but his mystique as well. What is he here? I mean what did they think of him back then, back when this record came out. Rock and Roll star, sure. Poet, sure. No longer involved in the politics of the day, but involved in so much more. Mr. Jones didn't get it on the last record and he's probably not getting it now. However lots of folks did get it, or thought they got it. I like to think I would've, but I don't know if I understand this record even now, after all this time, but I plan on listening to it over and over till I do finally understand this musical masterpiece, because I know it's important and it is just so very good, so wonderful.

I must have worn out a dozen copies of "Blood on the Tracks on record before I got the CD and I've gone through a couple of those. This record simply never gets old. It's as fresh now as the day Bob Dylan recorded it. It sends chills up my spine every time I hear it and I can't hear it enough. I play it in the car, at home, have it on my iPod and on my iBook. This is the kind of record that sets the standards for all the rest. It's on the top of the heap, rivaled only by Dylan's own "Highway 61 Revisited", "Blonde on Blonde," the Rolling Stones powerful bootleg "LiveR Than You'll Ever Be and the Beatles' two wonderful records, "The White Album" and "Abbey Road." That's a pretty powerful group of records. You should own them all, "Blood On the Tracks" especially.

Supposedly "Infidels" is another in a series of comeback records for Bob Dylan. It seems many thought he'd abandoned them when he did the Gospel flavored "Slow Train", "Shot of Love" and "Saved", but there are those like me who thought he never went away. I thoroughly enjoyed those records. This one I like better though as I think it's one of the best Dylan has done. Perhaps it's ex Rolling Stone henchman Mick Taylor's driving guitar, I don't know, but this record is a rocker through and through. It just makes you want to get up and jump. It's got that raw rock and roll power my friend Sara is always going on about.

Raw Rock and Roll Power.......2006-06-02

Listening to "Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 36" on "Blonde on Blonde" one almost gets the sense of Bob Dylan rolling on the floor laughing as he's singing. You really get the sense that Dylan is feeling pretty good about himself, even though there were many of his fans who were upset with the fact that he'd gone all electric on them. This ain't no folk record, that's for sure, but then again, the last couple weren't folk records either, but they came so close together and the some of the folkies of the day were apparently a little slow in getting the picture. From "Rainy Day Woman" Dylan seques right into the rockin' bluesy "Pledging My Time," which is my favorite song on the record, though I really like rollickin', rockin' "Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat" as well. Oh heck, I like the whole bloody record. What's not to like?

Bob Dylan pulled out all the stops when he made "Blood on the Tracks." His voice is as good as or better than it is on anything he's ever done. Both bands play their hearts out (He pulled the record just before release and rerecorded half the songs with a different band) and Dylan sings like he's singing the blues and means every line. There is not a misstep on this record. It is just impossible to have a favorite song, they are all so good. This album is just too good for me to describe. I just don't have the words.

Supposedly "Infidels" is another in a series of comeback records for Bob Dylan. It seems many thought he'd abandoned them when he did the Gospel flavored "Slow Train", "Shot of Love" and "Saved", but there are those like me who thought he never went away. I thoroughly enjoyed those records. This one I like better though as I think it's one of the best Dylan has done. Perhaps it's ex Rolling Stone henchman Mick Taylor's driving guitar, I don't know, but this record is a rocker through and through. It just makes you want to get up and jump. Like all three records in this set, Infidels has that raw rock and roll power.

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"Shelter from the storm" anytime you seek some sanctuary
Songs of Love and Pain
Songs full of Pain and the Best Cowboy Ballad Ever Sung
Sad, Haunting, Exciting, all at the Same Time
An Album about Broken Love

Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan
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ASIN: B00064X8MC
Release Date: 2006-01-03

Tracks:

Tangled Up in Blue
Simple Twist of Fate
You're a Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me in the Morning
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter from the Storm
Buckets of Rain

Album Description

Vinyl Classics reissue of the 1975 album comes as a vinyl look-a-like CD that's packaged in a die-cut see-through Slipcase. Features the same mastering and tracks (10) as the US pressing. Sony. 2005.

Album Details

Limited Edition Reissue of this Classic Album Presented in a Special Package featuring a CD with a Top Side that Resembles an Original LP Vinyl Album, but Don't Let the Looks Deceive You...it's A Fully Playable CD.

Customer Reviews:

"Shelter from the storm" anytime you seek some sanctuary .......2007-07-07

Songs of Love and Pain.......2006-09-12

Songs full of Pain and the Best Cowboy Ballad Ever Sung.......2006-08-27

"Blood on the Tracks" is one of Bob Dylan's better known records and one I really love. I've been listening to it as long as I can remember, thanks to my dad, who is a huge Dylan fan. I am as well. How can you not be. Just give a listen to "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" with your eyes closed. If that eleven minute long cowboy ballad doesn't paint pictures on the inside of your eyeballs. A couple other picture painters are "Tangled Up in Blue" and "Idiot Winds," though I must say, I prefer the version of "Idiot Winds" on the official "Bootleg Series."

Then there is the pain of Dylan's separation from his wife Sara throughout this album. Bob Dylan has always been right out front with his feeling on his albums, especially so on "Blood On the Tracks." I've read that this is considered one of the best albums ever made and I have to say that I agree.

Sad, Haunting, Exciting, all at the Same Time.......2006-08-27

Where as I thought "Another Side" showed an angry poet, this record shows us the same man, grown older and full of pain. Some of the songs just want to make you cry, they are so good, so personal. It's really hard to praise "Blood on the Tracks" enough. It's one of the best records ever made. The imagery in "Tangled Up In Blue," will stay with you long after the record ends. "If You See Her, Say Hello" will move you as will "You're a Big Girl Now." "Idiot Winds" will haunt you and "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," will excite you. I love this record.

An Album about Broken Love.......2006-04-02

This is an album of broken love. There is so much sadness here. But there is also the best cowboy ballad on this record since Marty Robbins' "El Paso" and "Big Iron." "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" just goes on and on, seemingly without end, then poof, it's over and the Jack of Hearts has gotten away with all the cash. You need a refreshing, uplifting song like this to balance out all the heartbreak. Once again, Bob Dylan has proven that he is the absolute best at whatever he attempts. Once again he's turned out a record that once listened to, becomes a part of you. It seems he's done that a lot, is still doing it.

Collection 3: Blonde on Blonde / Blood Tracks / Infidels

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5 Star music but note "new" packaging format
Three Astonishing Records in One Collection

Collection 3: Blonde on Blonde / Blood Tracks / Infidels
Bob Dylan
Manufacturer: Sony
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Collection 2: Freewheelin / Times Changin / Another Side of Bob Dylan
The Collection, Vol. 4: Nashville Skyline/New Morning/John Wesley Harding
The Collection: Oh, Mercy/Time Out of Mind/Love and Theft
Modern Times

ASIN: B0007X9UJW
Release Date: 2005-04-05

Tracks:

Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35
Pledging My Time
Visions of Johanna
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
I Want You
Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Just Like a Woman
Most Likely to Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
Temporary Like Achilles
Absolutely Sweet Marie
4th Time Around
Obviously 5 Believers
Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

Tracks:

Tangled Up in Blue
Simple Twist of Fate
You're a Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me in the Morning
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter from the Storm
Buckets of Rain

Tracks:

Jokerman
Sweetheart Like You
Neighborhood Bully
License to Kill
Man of Peace
Union Sundown
I and I
Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight

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5 Star music but note "new" packaging format .......2005-07-17

Rather than review these 3 cd's by Bob Dylan (it's been done well here and in numerous other places on Amazon)....I'm gonna let you know about the way this 3-fer is packaged.

All 3 cds are included here but this is not the preferred (IMO) slip box with individual jewel cases.

This is a book style long box made of cardboard and molded plastic, where the 3 cds are housed on 3 separate "nubs", and a 4th square indent houses the 3 COVER inserts which would normally fit ina jewel case and probably were on the original cd releases.

The overall effect is a bare-bones packaging format for the 3 previously released albums. I suppose this is cheaper for Sony, and though it suffices for me I still get the overall impression that a regular jewel case would offer more (liner notes, pix, etc).

Mercury records is also repackaging several music acts with a 3cd long box of preselected albums (rod stewart, Kiss, for example) called the 'Chronicle Series', but I am unsure of the quality of their 'long box' packing.

If this series has a name I suppose it would be called 'The Collection Series'...and Sony has the same format for another Bob Dylan 3-fer which contains: Oh Mercy/Time Out of Mind/Love and Theft.

Though I prefer the jewel cased originals, I will admit that these cds are identical to what Sony had released individually. These are NOT remastered however.

Three Astonishing Records in One Collection.......2005-05-07

Blonde on Blonde - Thin Wild Mercury Music

Blonde on Blonde came out as a double album in May, 1966. Two months later Bob Dylan broke his neck in a motorcycle accident. Till then, every album was better than the last except this one. Blonde on Blonde just about equals Highway 61, which in my opinion is the best rock album of all time. I guess that would make Blonde number 2. Still with the Beatles, Stones, Zep, Eric and the Boss out there making music, having the number 2 record is pretty good, especially if you already hold the number one spot. Rolling Stone Magazine calls the record number ten, but hey, what's eight places when you're talking about the hundreds of thousands of rock records out there.

This amazing record was the third electric album done by Dylan and by now he'd won over many of his fans, though some did boo him when he toured in Europe in Sixty-six, but those Europeans, what do they know? And do any of us know what would direction Dylan's music would have taken, had he not been in that accident, would he have built on this record, delivering more of the same? Who knows? But what I do know is that this record opens with a dynamite song. Can you imagine what it must have been like for those establishment types hearing the lyrics, "Everybody must get stoned," blaring from their car radios.

The backing band on this record is both tight and loose, if that makes any sense, ripping through songs like "Stuck Inside a Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again," like a meteor streaking across a desert sky. This record is Thin Wild Mercury Music at its very best. Just incredible.

Blood on the Tracks - It's Like Bob Dylan Burst Upon the Scene All Over Again

It seems Bob Dylan's career has been studded with comebacks. "JWH" after the motorcycle accident. "Blood on the Tracks" after the lapse into country. "Infidels" after the lapse into religious territory. "Oh Mercy" after all those records with the girly backup singers (some of them were pretty good though). However, "Tracks" was so much more than a comeback. It's like Bob Dylan burst upon the scene all over again.

And now I'm going to say something that may or may not make any sense. I believe "Highway 61" to be the best rock & roll record ever made, but I think "Blood on the Tracks" is the best record Dylan has ever done. I know it doesn't make sense, kind of oxymoronic, but "Tracks" to me is more than just a rock record, more than poetry put to music, more than fine musicianship. It's chocked full of emotion, mostly tears. It's gritty and rough and it's got the best damned cowboy ballad ever sung on it to boot.

Infidels - Good Old Fashioned Rock 'n' Roll, this Record is

Mike Taylor's fine guitar work on this record is reminiscent of the work he did with the Stones on five studio and one live record. Mark Knopfler, another fine guitarist plays on this record too, as well as Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespherre and Alan Clark. This excellent band is backing a Dylan who is in fine voice on an album that marks Dylan's return to good old fashioned rock `n' roll. No more religion, no more God stuff, no more Bible. Well, okay I'll admit there are biblical references here, but boy what a record.

I know a lot of people have panned this record, called it pop, called it inferior. Well, their wrong. "Jokerman" is about as hard driving a rock song as you could ever find. "Sweetheart Like You," an infectious ballad, "Neighborhood Bully" a commentary, ala Dylan of the Sixties, about Israel and her problems with her neighbors who would like to stamp out her existence.

And I know others have complained about "Blind Willie McTell" not being on this record, but there were hours of these sessions, lots of songs left off. Dylan had to choose and fortunately he later chose to give us "Willie McTell" and some of the other outtakes on "The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3". This record, however, is whole without those outtakes. It's always been one of my favorites and if you give it a listen, I think it'll be one of your favorites, too.

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Moxie and More
The Surf Trio
Manufacturer: Blood Red Vinyl & Discs
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ASIN: B000253BFO
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Down I-5
Walking the Plank
Cannon Beach
Beach Genius
Crash
I'm Branded
Moment of Truth
Cape Perpetua
Space Thing
Penetration
Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Mr. Tom Collins
Surfin' in the Big Top
Summer Rose
Loose Lips
Surf Trio Action Theme
Ten Million Miles to Love
Cocktails with Bond
Maniac

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What a Bard! What a Treat! What a Bargain!
Absolutely Gut Wrenching Music
Three Masterpieces in This Collection
Three Records Just too Good for Words
Three Powerful Records

Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks/Time Out of Mind
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan/The Times They Are A-Changin/Another Side Of Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited

ASIN: B00005QGB4
Release Date: 2001-10-16

Tracks:

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Pledging My Time
Visions Of Johanna
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
I Want You
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Just Like A Woman
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Temporary Like Achilles
Absolutely Sweet Marie
Fourth Time Around
Obviously Five Believers
Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

Tracks:

Tangled Up In Blue
Simple Twist Of Fate
You're A Big Girl Now
Idiot Wind
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Meet Me In The Morning
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter From The Storm
Buckets Of Rain

Tracks:

Love Sick
Dirt Road Blues
Standing In The Doorway
Million Miles
Tryin' To Get To Heaven
'Til I Fell In Love With You
Not Dark Yet
Cold Irons Bound
Make You Feel My Love
Can't Wait
Highlands

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What a Bard! What a Treat! What a Bargain!.......2006-11-10

To receive three great Dylan C.D.'s in one boxed set is a great treat. 'Blonde on Blonde,' his frenetic classic; 'Blood on the Tracks,' his mature masterpiece; and his uneven, but worthy comeback, 'Time Out of Mind' are all enduring and enjoyable enough to pay more than the price of admission. Here it is about $26.50 for new C.D.'s. While 'Time Out of Mind' provides some disappointment because of the hype, all of it is a welcome addition to one's C.D. library. Also, trading in a cassette with the wrong song order is worth buying 'Blonde on Blonde' on C.D. Great buy! ****1/2 content, **** delivery, *****+ value= ***** overall
***** 'Blood on the Tracks' ***** 'Blonde on Blonde' **** 'Time Out of Mind'

Absolutely Gut Wrenching Music.......2006-04-03

"Blonde on Blonde" opens with "Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 36" and I can remember driving from LA to TJ with that record on the cassette player. I was riding with three friends and we played that record all the way there. Over and Over listening to that refrain, "Everybody must get stoned." We were college girls out for a good time. We did tequila shooters south of the border, but we were back Stateside by dark, I guess we weren't quite as daring as we thought we were. In the motel in Chula Vista we played the whole album on my portable cassette player. We cried during "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" even though it's probably not a crying song. "Vision of Johanna" is just the best. "I Want You," is a gripping rocker. "Just Like a Woman," is just like this whole record, Just outstanding, superb, really.

"Blood on the Tracks" is an album of broken love. There is so much sadness here. But there is also the best cowboy ballad on this record since Marty Robbins' "El Paso" and "Big Iron." "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" just goes on and on, seemingly without end, then poof, it's over and the Jack of Hearts has gotten away with all the cash. You need a refreshing, uplifting song like this to balance out all the heartbreak. Once again, Bob Dylan has proven that he is the absolute best at whatever he attempts. Once again he's turned out a record that once listened to, becomes a part of you. It seems he's done that a lot, is still doing it.

Many dylan fans believe "Blood on the Tracks" to be Dylan's most personal album, his most painful. But, in my opinion, "Time Out of Mind" tops that. I don't know what he was going through in his personal life when he wrote these songs, but it must have been bad. At least that's the way it seems to me. Darkly personal from a man who is hurting, that's the sense I get from this record, from "Love Sick" all the way through to "Highlands," which I consider to be just about one of the best story songs every written or performed by anyone, bar none. Dylan sings like he's taken a down turn since "Oh Mercy," the last record produced by Daniel Lanois. In between there were a couple albums of standards, blues and ballads, plus the Bootleg Series and Unplugged show, also Red Sky, which was pretty good, but not nearly the record this is. It's almost like Dylan went straight from "Oh Mercy" to "Time Out of Mind" and the transition is seemless. This is a beautiful record, darkly done, but beautiful nevertheless.

Three Masterpieces in This Collection.......2006-04-03

I own the record, the cassette and the CD of "Blonde on Blonde." The album was a double gatefold with a startling, good looking picture of Dylan on the cover. From looking at this cover, you get the impression of a young Brando. And like the defiant Brando of those early years, we see a defiant Dylan here, making music his way and damn the critics. This is a rocker, just witness the lead off song. It's also got the long "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" taking up the whole last side on the second disc of the double record. That must have really blown some minds back then. There is dynamite organ work, terrific piano work, knock 'em dead guitar work on this record. Every song is a gem and every song seems to redefine Dylan, a man who has been defined and redefined so many times in his career. Not only is this record one of his best, but it's one of the best records ever made. I know that's been said before, but it's true.

From the first chord of "Tangled Up In Blue" on "Blood on the Tracks" you know you're listening to something special. The song draws you in, sends chills up your spine, it's so good. Then it chews you up and spits you out right into "Simple Twist of Fate", another chiller of a song. I've read that Dylan was going through rough times when he recorded this record and in typical Dylan fashion he's put his life on his sleeve for all to see. He's in pain and you really feel it when you listen to these songs.

Sometimes one has to wonder if Bob Dylan has a frog caught in his throat. The big kind you find in the tropics, those frogs that croak all night long, singing their songs of sadness and despair. Their dark songs, songs about a place you don't want to go, but can't help going. That's what you'll find on "Time Out of Mind." You can almost feel Dylan's pain as he croaks out the word to "It's Not Dark Yet." This is almost as revealing about Dylan's personal trials and travails as "Blood on the Tracks," a deeply personal look at the man through his music. That is one thing about Bob Dylan, he puts it all out there for you to either accept or reject, but like it or not, his music is real and this record is one of his best.

Three Records Just too Good for Words.......2006-04-03

Listening to "Rainy Day Women Nos. 12 & 36" on "Blonde on Blonde" one almost gets the sense of Bob Dylan rolling on the floor laughing as he's singing. You really get the sense that Dylan is feeling pretty good about himself, even though there were many of his fans who were upset with the fact that he'd gone all electric on them. This ain't no folk record, that's for sure, but then again, the last couple weren't folk records either, but they came so close together and the some of the folkies of the day were apparently a little slow in getting the picture. From "Rainy Day Woman" Dylan seques right into the rockin' bluesy "Pledging My Time," which is my favorite song on the record, though I really like rollickin', rockin' "Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat" as well. Oh heck, I like the whole bloody record. What's not to like?

Bob Dylan pulled out all the stops when he made "Blood on the Tracks." His voice is as good as or better than it is on anything he's ever done. Both bands play their hearts out (He pulled the record just before release and rerecorded half the songs with a different band) and Dylan sings like he's singing the blues and means every line. There is not a misstep on this record. It is just impossible to have a favorite song, they are all so good. This album is just too good for me to describe. I just don't have the words.

"Moonlight" is my favorite song on "Love and Theft" a record that is full of my favorite Bob Dylan songs. Just imagine a honky tonking riverboat gambler with a guitar and a touch of irony in his voice and you have the master who comes up with such words, like "Doctor, lawyer indian chief, it takes a thief to catch a thief, and who does the bell toll for, love, it tolls for you and me." Old words mingled with new words which captures the essence of this album, old style infused with a touch of today. Still, I imagine someone fifty or sixty years ago, hearing this record for the first time, from the whimsical" Tweedle Dee" to the dirge like "Sugar Baby" that is so reminiscent of "Dark Eyes" the song that closes "Empire Burlesque, would recognize Bob Dylan as a contemporary. "Love is pleasing, love is teasing, love's not an evil thing." What great lyrics there are on this record you'll never be able to get out of your mind. "It takes a thief to catch a thief," and Bob Dylan must be a thief, because he sure caught me.

Three Powerful Records.......2006-04-03

Stuck Inside a Masterpiece. "Blonde on Blonde" builds on the excellent "Highway 61 Revisited" enhancing not only Dylan's musical genius, but his mystique as well. What is he here? I mean what did they think of him back then, back when this record came out. Rock and Roll star, sure. Poet, sure. No longer involved in the politics of the day, but involved in so much more. Mr. Jones didn't get it on the last record and he's probably not getting it now. However lots of folks did get it, or thought they got it. I like to think I would've, but I don't know if I understand this record even now, after all this time, but I plan on listening to it over and over till I do finally understand this musical masterpiece, because I know it's important and it is just so very good, so wonderful.

One of the Six Best Records Ever Made. I must have worn out a dozen copies of "Blood on the Tracks" before I got the CD and I've gone through a couple of those. "Blood On the Tracks" simply never gets old. It's as fresh now as the day Bob Dylan recorded it. It sends chills up my spine every time I hear it and I can't hear it enough. I play it in the car, at home, have it on my iPod and on my iBook. This is the kind of record that sets the standards for all the rest. It's on the top of the heap, rivaled only by Dylan's own "Highway 61 Revisited", "Blonde on Blonde," the Rolling Stones powerful bootleg "LiveR Than You'll Ever Be and the Beatles' two wonderful records, "The White Album" and "Abbey Road." That's a pretty powerful group of records. You should own them all, "Blood On the Tracks" especially.

Riddles and Enigmas Abound in "Time Out of Mind." Eight years since "Oh Mercy," and once again Bob Dylan calls on Daniel Lanois to produce a record. This one wins a Grammy and shows the world Bob Dylan is still a force to be reckoned with. This is an eerie, kind of psychedelic and very dark record. Dylan's voice even sounds dark, as dark and bare as the lyrics. Songs of no hope and a lot of hope, dreary, dank, dark, but seemingly always with a ray of hope shining through. "It's not dark yet, but it's getting there." Yeah, it's getting there. Riddles and enigmas abound in this record that won a Grammy and if you give it a listen, you'll find Bob Dylan's riddles both easy and impossible to decipher, but such is the nature of the man.

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ICU In Dandylions

Manufacturer: Brokenness
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ASIN: B00007BK04
Release Date: 2002-11-01

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Mr. Indecision
I Feel Bad
Junkie
Selfish Sadness
Grain Of Sand
Never Be The Same
Look At Me
Embrace
The Ocean Makes Her Cry
The Crutch Of Every Fool
In A Song
ICU In Dandylions
U Wont Believe

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A tuneful, thoughtful, heartfelt set of tunes about life, love, drugs, divorce and daddyhood from Regan Lane and his band. Solidly in the mainstream of modern pop-rock, ICU In Dandylions evokes late-period George Harrison, Tom Petty — and the confluence of the two, Traveling Wilburys.Imagine Bob Dylan jamming with the Beatles or perhaps Elvis Costello with Oasis.First-rate performances, careful arrangements and polished production.60s pop fans will be thrilled!

A Tribute To Judas Priest "12 Classic Tracks" featuring: Cage, Burning Inside, Speed, Defekt, Tyrant, Acheron, Seven Witches, Blood Coven, Killswitch, Debauchery, Dissaray, Engrave

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A Tribute To Judas Priest "12 Classic Tracks" featuring: Cage, Burning Inside, Speed, Defekt, Tyrant, Acheron, Seven Witches, Blood Coven, Killswitch, Debauchery, Dissaray, Engrave
Freewheel Burning - Cage , Green Manalishi - Burning Inside , Grinder - Speed , Rapid Fire - Defekt , Tyrant - Tyrant , Devil's Child - Acheron , Diamonds And Rust - Seven Witches , Screaming For Vengeance - Blood Coven , Exciter - Killswitch , and Riding On The Wind - Debauchery / Delivering The Goods - Dissaray / Sinner - Engrave
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