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Bob Dylan: Solo Essentials
Dylan's catalog is the largest and most argued-over of any Wilbury's by a wide margin. This isn't an attempt at a complete guide, just the one record every new listener should actually start with. Full story on his member page.
Bob Dylan Vinyl
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Blonde on Blonde (2LP)
Recorded in Nashville with session players who'd mostly never heard the songs before playing them, this is Dylan at his most confident and strange, the double album most critics point to first when the phrase "greatest of all time" comes up.
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Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (LP)
Ten songs, five-times platinum, and the single most efficient way into his 1963-1966 run: "Blowin' in the Wind," "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and more, all in one place.
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Blonde on Blonde (Remastered CD)
The same album on CD, for listeners who'd rather skip vinyl. Same fourteen songs, same double-album sprawl.
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Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (CD)
The CD edition of the same career-defining compilation, for listeners who'd rather skip vinyl.
Check Price on Amazon →If you want to hear Dylan closer to the Wilburys era specifically, 1989's Oh Mercy, produced by Daniel Lanois, is the direct follow-up commercial and critical rebound that came right after Vol. 1, discussed in more detail on his member page.
See the rest of the family: George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, and Jeff Lynne.