Highway 61 Revisited

Despite lacking the variety and sheer genius of Bring it All Back Home, Highway 61 is still a Masterpiece. It contains some of Dylan's most ambitious song-writing and it shows off his fiery attitude. I particularly love the imagery, humour and commentary on Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, the song is almost like a novel. Tombstone Blue’s of one of Dylan best rockers. Like a Rolling Stone is pure genius. Desolation Row is a beautiful and through provoking song that justifies it’s running time. I think its sad but incredible that the opening lines “They're selling postcards of the hanging.. the circus is in town” where inspired by lynching of three back men who where accused of raping a white woman in his home town Duluth. I will say that It Takes a lot to Laugh , it Takes a Train to Cry and From a Buick 6 whilst not bad songs in there own right do feel like filler when compared to the incredibly high standard of the album. Also if you’re new to Dylan this maybe is not the best place to start as the length of some of the songs and the lack of catchy melodies may put some people off but I would still put in my top 5 Dylan Albums.

Bought this for my partner who is a pretty big, if casual, Bob Dylan fan. I wanted to get her an album on vinyl as opposed to a ‘Best Of’ or ‘Greatest Hits’ as I don’t think they translate as well to vinyl as ‘the listening to a whole album experience’ goes or should go anyway. I did a little research and Googling trying to find which is generally as the ‘best’ Dylan album, and this one tended to top or at least be in the top handful of most lists. That surprised me a bit as (as a fellow casual Dylan fan) I only recognised two songs (‘Like a Rolling Stone’ and ‘Desolation Row’) the others I had never heard of and was rather skeptical of this albums’ overall quality because of the lack of ‘hits’ thankfully, the other songs are great too. ‘Tombstone Blues’ especially stands out for me, but trust me when I say ALL the songs are great. This is a perfect, mostly acoustic guitar album you can stick in your vinyl player and either listen to attentively or have in the background as you relax.

Excellent not heard for a long time as I no longer have a record player for my vinyl. So I purchased this CD after watching the film. A Complete Unknown. A reminder just what an amazing talent Bob Dylan is. p.s. Also ordered the film from Amazon 😀

Came on time,in,perfect order, love it thanks

I will leave Dylan scholars to tell you just how good his early output was and, once again, this is a really good collection of songs.

I suppose that you could debate, forever, as to which rock and roll album is the greatest of all time: doubtless there are many groups who could throw their hat in the ring, but Dylan's Highway 61 must rate 'up there' with the best. I must admit that if I was aware of Dylan at all in 1965 and for some years afterwards, it was as a folk/protest singer and really started to take interest around the time of Nashville Skyline. I listened to a programme on Radio 4 about this album and was blown away and duly ordered a copy. These back catalogue CD's are a great price, but more than that these tracks take me back to a time when the world seemed fresh and full of possibilities - a nostalgic view, if you like, but they resonate strongly today and this album is nothing of not powerful with hard hitting lyrics, bitter edged and musically far ahead of many works of the time. Always a musician to be taken seriously, this album is just possibly one of the best of all time.

A classic album from a master song writer. I had this first time round in the 60s and the vinyl album got played so much it got hissy and scratched. Now in my latter years I can play Dylan as much as I like without wearing out the CD! We used to know all the words to Rolling Stone, Desolation Row, and others and sang them driving along in my old 61 Mini. Much has been said about Dylan's immense influence on music and culture through the 60s and sadly there may still be people who just don't get it. Dylan is great at creating images with just a few words and this album was recorded when he was at his peak. For old fans, this is full of memories, for new fans, you won't be disappointed at his sheer mastery of words.

Never a big Bob Dylan fan, suddenly I had an urge to own one of his 'Classic Albums.' But which one? I remember friends in the late 1960's waxing lyrical about Dylan and, if anyone, he was the first true rock god / icon as a solo star, with The Beatles being the band equivalent. But I stayed with Cream, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix, and have pretty much been a 'loud rock' freak ever since, with Motorhead being my life-long penchant. But to scratch this itch or to satisfy this urge, I chose this album for the original version of 'Like A Rolling Stone,' which Jimi made his own on the Monterey Pop stage and the DVD. Just as poignant here with Bob's nasel whine singing those amazing lyrics, and strumming along as only he knows best. And it's his lyrics which everyone did and still do love; a very gifted singer / songwriter, and no serious rock CD collection should be without this diamond. Every track here has become a classic, and deserves the accolades they have earned over the years.

Très bel album

Prodotti eccezionali mi sarei aspettato un’ offerta dedicata su futuri acquisti

Initially I was disappointed to find this is the Mono edition - it's not listed as Mono in the product details. I decided to play it and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's been well remastered and the disc is a heavy flat slab of premium vinyl - why can't they all be this good? The mastering drew my attention to different details in the arrangements and playing. It was the same classic album but I enjoyed the differences in the listening experience. It's a keeper!

エレキへの転換期の名盤。ディランはこれから始めて聴くのもあり。若い世代の人にも薦められるディスク。ローリングストーン誌はこれの最初の曲、「Like A Rolling Stone」をオールタイムベストの曲として推薦していた。他にも名曲揃いです。この盤を持たずしてロックを語るなかれ。

Uno de los mejores discos que se han grabado en todos los tiempos.. Trabajo clave y escencial que cualquier melómano debe exigirse tener. Esta versión monoaural de 180 grs tiene un excelente sonido... la voz nasal de Dylan está bien balanceada con la instrumentacion... Quizá grandes canciones como highway 61 revisited y like a rolling stone suenan garage y salvajes, ballad of a thin man y queen Jane approximately son íntimas y absorbentes pero sobre el final la desgarradora super folk, Desolation Row, nos demuestra al Dylan más poeta, genial y potente de la historia -aunque haya tocado hasta la patrulla de polica-. La carpeta interior es sencilla y no tiene insert. Paquetería muy bien.. viene de Estados Unidos así que una semana de entrega se me hace bien.