two for the playlist The Times They Are A- Changinā
I really love this version of When The Ship Comes in from Iām Not There. Very pure and hopeful
Another 8.5 album for me the highs are high but thereās some filler here and some that quite donāt make the mark.
Beginning the think maybe I donāt like Bob Dylan as much as I thought I do
Disappointed for you ma man 
Yeah, as an album this one is a bit of a slog. Itās very downbeat. And, musically, itās about as minimal as he can get. Canāt fault the lyrics though of course!
Ah, this is really interesting. Iāve heard The Pogues version on Rum, Sodomy & The Lash too, but the parallels are much clearer when you hear The Dubliners doing it.
I thought I knew The Times They Are A Changing well, but Restless Farewell was the one song I didnāt remember when revisiting this week. I thought it had that āfeatured in a Boston policemanās wake movie sceneā vibe and now after reading your post, that makes perfect sense!
I actually heard Dylanās first (at least consciously) and didnāt know the Parting Glass connection for a long time so The Parting Glass always sounds like a weird cover to me and I have to remind myself itās the other way round.
Same with his non-album track Farewell from this period (as heard in Inside Llewyn Davis) which is basically a version of The Leaving of Liverpool, but I was a Dylan nerd long before I listened to much trad or Pogues
Sad to see North Country Blues on zero votes, itās brilliant
10/10. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll radicalized me.
Itās very funny that John Lennon wore that hat for like 6 months because he was so in love with Dylan
Have to take it all back, what an incredible album. āBoots of Spanish Leatherā is the only dud on it, everything else is gold.
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God these tenor gifās are terrible, get it together sean.
The genius of the man is you have a perfectly fine version of One Too Many Mornings of this record. And know I know, I keep harping on Hard Rain. But just listen to this version of, blows the studio version on this record to absolute smithereens.
I know itās a retread of āGirl From The North Countryā for a reason but that song is so much better.
āRestless Farewellā isnāt great either actually. A shame to end the album on that note after so many bangers. āOne Too Many Morningsā is a triumph.
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Le Hard Rain
Amazing how he can do the same song so differently so many years apart and theyāre both fucking brilliant.
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And letās not forget about this guy
Basement tapes Bob might just be my favourite Bob.
Iām liking all these alt versions and keen to dive into them. So keep them (and other outtake tracks) coming!