THE BEST 9 BOOKS ON THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS
#4 Bob Dylan: Uncut The Ultimate Music Guide, Deluxe Remastered Edition, Dec 2016, 146pp. (Updated edition published in 2023.)
The best of the mag guides. Studio albums, track-by-track ratings. Chapters on live albums, TBS releases.
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THE BEST 9 BOOKS ON THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS
#5 Bob Dylan: Rolling Stone The Complete Album Guide, Special Collectors Edition, Dec 2015, 100pp. (Updated edition published in Dec 2024.)
Studio albums assessed by the former rock “Bible”. Lesser albums reviewed in shortform.
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THE BEST 9 BOOKS ON THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS
#8 Peter James, Warehouse Eyes: The Albums of Bob Dylan, Lulu, 2006, pbk, 317pp.
Commendably thorough, nicely written introduction to the catalogue. Self-published, deserves a wider audience. Try the Amazon Kindle free sample
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THE BEST 9 BOOKS ON THE BOB DYLAN ALBUMS
#9 Chris Wade, Bob Dylan Through Time, Wisdom Twins Books, 2017, pbk, 514pp.
The albums up to Triplicate, plus muso interviews, gigs, films, and The Bootleg Series. Handy compilation from earlier Wade books, plus new text.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
By: Clinton Heylin, Ian Bell, Howard Sounes, Robert Shelton, Anthony Scaduto and Toby Thompson.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#1 Clinton Heylin, The Double Life of Bob Dylan, 2 vols, The Bodley Head, 2021/2023, hbk, 520 + 836pp.
Monumental. Deeply researched. Trenchant. Enriched by access to Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa and Sony Archive.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#2 Ian Bell, The Lives of Bob Dylan, 2 vols, Mainstream, 2012/13, hbk.
High minded, well written. Commendable (if idiosyncratic) focus on the work. Places Dylan in the context of US culture.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#3 Howard Sounes, Down the Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan, Black Swan, 2002, pbk, 624pp.
Diligent research, fine writing. Sounes focuses on the life, but covers the work, too. (Updated Doubleday Books editions in 2011 and 2021.)
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#4 Robert Shelton, No Direction Home: The Life And Music of Bob Dylan,
New English Library, 1986, hbk, 573pp.
Outstanding. Unparalleled coverage of 1961-1977.
Shelton hung out with Dylan, and met almost everyone close to him.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#5 Anthony Scaduto, Bob Dylan, Abacus, 1972, pbk, 280pp
Essential. Authoritative. Perceptive. Well-written. Scaduto interviewed Dylan and many contemporaries. Dylan critiqued Scaduto’s first draft and generally approved.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#6 (part 2) Toby Thompson, Positively Main Street: Bob Dylan in Minnesota,
University of Minnesota Press, 2008, pbk, 215pp.
Original plus new preface, interview and photos. Delightful added value.
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THE 6 BEST BOB DYLAN BIOGRAPHIES
#6 Toby Thompson, Positively Main Street: An Unorthodox View Of Bob Dylan, New English Library, 1972, pbk, 158pp.
Engaging, informative, stylish, enjoyable. A key early Dylan book.
Also 2008 ed by Uni MN Press.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan books in my collection of 400+.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan Books
#1 Bob Dylan, The Lyrics: 1961-2012, @simonandschuster.bsky.social, 2016, hbk, 679pp.
Indispensable. The mother lode. Showcases the quality and magnitude of Dylan’s songbook. And why he won the @nobelprize.bsky.social in Literature.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan Books
#5 Clinton Heylin, The Double Life of Bob Dylan Vol 2: 1966-2021, The Bodley Head, 2023, 836pp.
Depth of knowledge. Engagement. Research. Heylin is a key, prolific Dylan commentator.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan Books
#6 Paul Williams, Bob Dylan: Performing Artist 1960-1973 - The Early Years,
@OmnibusPress, 1994, pbk, 311pp.
Very few writers “get” Dylan like Paul Williams. Insight, granular examination and passionate prose.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan Books
#7: Christopher Ricks, Dylan’s Visions of Sin, @VikingBooksUK, 2003, 517pp.
Masterful analysis of Dylan lyrics by top EngLit prof. Demonstrates the chiselled poetry and nuanced genius of 40 songs.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan Books
#8: Bob Dylan : The Bootleg Series Vols 1-3, 1991 - liner notes, 72pp.
John Bauldie’s notes on all 58 songs on this vitally important release. Enthusiasm, knowledge, insight.
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The 10 best Bob Dylan books :
#10 Dylan Goes Electric, by Elijah Wald, DeySt, 2015.
A magnificent book: the definitive account of the defining Dylan moment. Recently recommended by @BobDylan.
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