Bob Dylan

Max Pain - Thanks for the post. I'd avoided that release because I thought it was just recycled stuff. Bob doesn't really need more of my $. Hadn't read up on it on-line, however, only saw it in the store. Lately, been listening a ton to "Together Through Life". I'll have to check it out after I get "Love and Theft" (yup, I'm a late adopter).

Hi Max - I'm a big Los Lobos fan so was happy to see David Hidalgo in the credits. I think that accordion sound throughout has a lot to do with what "makes" TTL what it is. Went to BB today in search of Tell Tale Signs...not in stock, unfortunately. I'll get it from Amazon, I guess.

"So, what would be Dylans best???"

Wow...that's tough. This guy has recorded so much, I don't see how to pick a "best"...personal favorites, maybe. For me, probably, "John Wesley Harding", "Blood on the Tracks", "Time Out of Mind", and his latest, "Together Through Life". Ask me next week and it might be a different set of albums. By the way, has anyone heard, "Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)? This recording really captures the crowd excitement...there's electricity coming off this one.

Regarding, "Tell Tale Signs"...
Picked it up at WalMart (2 CD box) yesterday. Got to say, after listening two nights in a row to only the first disc...this is REALLY good. Very well recorded. More importantly, his unreleased tracks to my mind are as good if not better than the stuff he left in on a given recording. Further, the alternate recordings of previously released stuff are so way-different in arrangement as to sound (to my ear) like completely different songs. Money very well spent. Thanks for the tip, Max pain. I'm enjoying this a lot.