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List Price: $24.95 | | Publisher: Universe
Salesrank: 462925
Released: October 24, 2006 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
This book is a must have for anyone interested in Bob Dylan's music. It covers 43 officially released albums with extensive commentary on each track. Included are details of label, credits, year of release, timings, and collaborative efforts. It is packed with information and details about each song ever recorded and released—including the live and bootleg versions that have been appearing in recent years. Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is boundless. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools of music from confessional to narrative. He redefined the role of the vocalist and is an inspiration to musicians across all genres—from country and folk to traditional and progressive rock. This book is the perfect reference for anyone interested in Bob Dylan and his work.
Bob Dylan Complete Discography Reviews:
Completeness is a Virtue 
2007-06-09 - Notable for its completeness, but sometimes awkward for its Britisih slant in describing disc contents and album covers.
Pleasant, comprehensive book is likely to satisfy most readers 
2007-03-08 - Brian Hinton's discography of Bob Dylan is a first-rate book. Although it is small in size, the book is lengthy, totaling more than 460 pages. Most of it is dedicated to covering Dylan's official releases through the "No Direction Home" soundtrack and Gaslight CDs (in other words, it excludes "Modern Times"). Hinton includes a copy of the cover of each album; production information (recording dates, musicians, length of recording); an overview of the album, including its context in terms of the ups and downs of Dylan's career; a song-by-song review; and brief notes on outtakes. The album overviews and, especially, the song reviews are the items that readers will find compelling. Of course the elite sector of Dylan fanatics who know a billion and one facts about the singer/songwriter/musician may quibble that the book does not contain enough details, or they may disagree with certain interpretations. For most of us, however, Hinton presents a nice balance of information so that newcomers to Dylan as well as long-time fans will be entertained, rather than overwhelmed. The latter part of the book contains a listing of albums where Dylan contributed, as well as a list of singles. It also features information on some of Dylan's better known bootleg albums.
I initially thought the price ($24.95 list) might be a bit steep for a book that contained information that I was largely familiar with. However, the production values are quite good, and, again, Hinton has done a great job of assembling information and providing enough fresh insights to satisfy most old-timers, as well as furnishing a nice package to introduce newcomers to Bob Dylan's prolific and impressive output of recordings.
