BOB DYLAN: American folk (1962) and progressive rock (1965)
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Bob Dylan’s six LPs from 1963 to 1966 – three accoustic, three rock – are major artworks from the 1960s. The singer records more than 500 own-songs and 100 covers between 1962 and 2020. He is also the winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature, the first musician to receive such distinction. His idea of using ‘cue-cards‘ in his 1965 ‘Subterranean homesick blues’ video-clip was later taken up by many artists. Bob Dylan released his 39th studio album on June 19, 2020.
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1961/62 DEMO & BOOTLEGS (released in 1991) ∙ Hard times in New York town ∙ Let me die in my footsteps ∙
1962 BOB DYLAN ∙ Man of constant sorrow (orig. 1928, Emry Arthur, orig. title “Farewell song”, 1913 Dick Burnett) ∙ House of the Risin’ Sun ∙ Song to Woody ∙
1963 THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN ∙ Blowin’ in the wind ∙ A hard rain’s a-gonna fall ∙ Masters of war ∙ Girl from the North country ∙ Don’t think twice, it’s all right ∙ 1964 THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ∙ The times they are a-changin’ ∙ North country blues ∙ Ballad of Hollis Brown ∙ When the ship comes in ∙ Only a pawn in their game ∙ The lonesome death of Hattie Carroll ∙ Boots of Spanish leather ∙ 1964 ANOTHER SIDE OF BOB DYLAN ∙ All I really want to do ∙ It ain’t me babe ∙ My back pages ∙
1965 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME ∙ Subterranean homesick blues ∙ Mr. tambourine man ∙ Maggie’s farm ∙ It’s all over now, baby blue ∙ She belongs to me ∙ Love minus zero/No limit ∙ 1965 HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED ∙ Like a rolling stone ∙ Highway 61 revisited ∙ Ballad of a thin man ∙ 1966 BLONDE ON BLONDE ∙ I want you ∙ Just like a woman ∙ Visions of Johanna ∙ Sad-eyed lady of the Lowlands ∙
1967 JOHN WESTLEY HARDING ∙ All along the watchtower ∙ I’ll be your baby tonight ∙ 1969 NASHVILLE SKYLINE ∙ I threw it all away ∙ Lay lady lay ∙ 1970 NEW MORNING ∙ If not for you ∙ Three angels ∙ Father of night ∙ 1973 PAT GARETT & BILLY THE KID ∙ Knockin’ on heaven’s door ∙
1974 PLANET WAVES ∙ Forever young ∙ 1975 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS ∙ Tangled up in blue ∙ Lily, Rosemary and the jack of hearts ∙ Shelter from the storm ∙ 1975 DESIRE ∙ Hurricane ∙ Isis ∙ One more cup of coffee ∙ 1978 STREET-LEGAL ∙ Changing of the guard ∙ 1979 SLOW TRAIN COMING ∙ Serve somebody ∙ Man gave names to all the animals ∙
1980 SAVED ∙ Saved ∙ 1981 SHOT OF LOVE ∙ Every grain of sand ∙ 1983 INFIDELS ∙ Licence to kill ∙ Sweetheart like you ∙ 1985 EMPIRE BURLESQUE ∙ Tight connection to my heart (Has anybody seen my love?) ∙ Emotionally yours ∙ 1986 KNOCKED OUT LOADED Brownsville girl ∙ 1988 TRAVELING WILBURYS (with G. Harrison, T. Petty, R. Orbison, J. Lynne) ∙ Handle with care ∙ 1989 OH MERCY ∙ Most of the time ∙ Man in the long black coat ∙ Everything is broken ∙ What was it you wanted? ∙ [..] ∙ 1997 TIME OUT OF MY MIND ∙ Cold irons bound ∙ Not dark yet ∙ Highlands ∙ Love sick ∙
2000 WONDER BOYS SOUNDTRACK ∙ Things have changed ∙ 2001 LOVE AND THEFT ∙ Tweedle dee & tweedle dum ∙ Mississippi ∙ High water (For Charley Patton) ∙ 2006 MODERN TIMES ∙ Thunder on the mountain ∙ When the deal goes down ∙ 2008 TELL TALE SIGNS ∙ Cross the green mountain ∙ Dreamin’ of you ∙ 2012 TEMPEST ∙ Duquesne whistle ∙ Early Roman kings ∙ 2020 ROUGH AND ROUDY WAYS ∙ I’ve made up my mind to give myself to you ∙ Murder most foul ∙ I contain multitudes ∙
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How Bob Dylan catapulted folk music (Documentary “Roads rapidly changing”, © Monarch, 118 minutes, 2021)