Given that at the last count there were already 21 Bob Dylan albums on the shelves and that I already own over three quarters of the songs on the Essential Bob Dylan was it really necessary for me to acquire it in Newton Stewart?
This of of course a purely rhetorical question given that there can only be one answer.
Some reasons as if they were necessary:
- It's Bob Dylan
- It was only a pound
- I don't have some of the songs
- I only have some as downloads
- It has Blind Willie McTell on it
- You can never have enough Bob Dylan
There you are. Totally justified.
Here are two of the songs that I didn't have - Everything is Broken from Oh Mercy and Dignity from the Touched by an Angel soundtrack album.and Blind Willie which I only previously had digitally.
And finally something to ponder.Can an album with only 36 songs really be described as The Essential Bob Dylan?
I've spent the last couple of years, on and off, attempting to put together a Bob Dylan ICA for JC. 10 tracks just isn't enough though. 40 tracks wouldn't be enough. I feel an ICA box set coming on.
ReplyDeleteThe Essential is a nice comp and worth it for this version of 'Dignity', which I don't think is available on any other Dylan collection.