Another Side of Bob Dylan

Definitely would buy, this is a good one. Peak Dylan mid-60's song writing, great sense of humor! 5 Best cuts: 'All I really want to do', 'I Shall be free # 10', 'Motorpsyco', Back pages', and of course 'It ain't me'. Load it up and enjoy!

In Maymudes recent book, "Another Side of Bob Dylan," he reports that Dylan wrote these tunes on a vacation with Maymudes to an almost deserted hotel resort in the Greek Isles. Dylan didn't play Maymudes any of the tunes. Back in New York, studio time was booked and Dylan recorded this whole album, song after song, single takes most of them, in one long session. The power and mastery of the music "knocked the wind out of" Maymudes, he reports.

On this album,"his last full acoustic album", Dylan shifts from his politicial side, on his previous two albums to his love-life side.

I'm hearing this album for the first time. I always wondered about Dylan's relationship with Joan Baez. At the time 63-64, they had a very friendly professional and personal thing going. She literally looked up to him (who doesn't) but his utter rejection of protest for protest sake and going about spouting politics wherever you go, obviously was not Bob's idea of creativity. The song is even sung in a harmony he shared with her. She could've sung over some parts. What you're looking for, it ain't me babe, gentle but true. Wow Bob!

I was obssesed with this album for a period in my life, it introduced me to Dylans music. The poetry and stories of this album are incredible, Its Dylan at his finest.

In my opinion, this is his most underrated album of the 60's. Sandwiched between his folk era and his rock trilogy, this gem often gets overlooked. Usually the praise goes to his earlier acoustic album, Freewheelin'. But it's time this album gets some. Here, we see the blossoming of his master poet phase he would hit in the next few albums. Also, his sense of humor is back, something that was not present in The Times. The old finger-pointin' songs of his folk heyday are still here, we just don't know exactly where the finger is pointin' now. Besides the humorous songs (I shall Be Free No. 10 and Motorpsycho Nitemare, which still have merit), there is only one miss, Ballad in Plain D. But the rest of the songs are masterpieces. All I Really Want To Do is Bob sounding happy and joyful, while also trying to shed the idea that he can be the voice of the generation and that he really has nothing to offer, except being a friend. Black Crow Blues is a fun song, though not as memorable as others. Spanish Harlem Incident is a beautiful poetic love song, with great imagery and reminds me of the fleeting love interest in Visions of Johanna (my favorite all-time Dylan song.) Chimes Of Freedom is the "Hard Rain" of this album, with masterful poetic imagery and a powerful message, even if we can only describe it as simply freedom. He's speaking for all the downtrodden and unlucky and hoping something will happen for them. To Ramona is one of his best early love songs, and probably alludes to Joan Baez. My Back Pages is Bob shedding his voice of a generation status and saying how he used to think he was so mature and he could change things, but he really can't. I Don't Believe You is a sort of anti-love song, and really shows it power on Live 1966. John Lennon ripped off the first line for his 1965 song You've Got To Hide Your Love Away. Finally, one of the best songs here, It Ain't Me Babe, is another one of his farewell songs he liked to close albums with, and here he is telling the folk following to look to someone else, he doesn't have the answers, nor does he want to have them. Another Side Of Bob Dylan is an appropriate title. He is showing us his personal side and giving us hints to his next side. One of the lost gems because of unfortunate placement in his catalog, just listen to it.

Bob Dylan never fails to impress me. He is just the best. "To Ramona" is such a great track!!

Written at a time when the mind of young Dylan was indeed exploding with vision and emotion. Chimes of Freedom is in my view one of the best sung poems he ever wrote. Spanish Harlem Incident is raw emotion. And My Back Pages tells the Merlin-like story of his life up to that point. An album that should not be overlooked.

Good example of Dylan's early works. I like the philosphy of as one ages there is more gray area and less "black and white" in ones perception of the world.

I have been a Bob Dylan fan my entire life, owning most of his early work on vinyl, and this is the only album I come back to time after time. It has a haunting quality to it. Although his voice is screeching, his strumming hard, this album possesses an unique sound that somehow manages to exploit the heart. Everything from lighthearted love songs to deep-rooted love songs, everything on this album captivates the listener. I love this.