Six Listen Dylan

Recorded in one session it seems. So, if anything, even more rough and ready than the previous albums.  Rough and ready is clearly Dylan's MO.  More little flubs, slightly out-of-tune guitars.   I have really enjoyed totally solo Dylan.  The songs are sung with such conviction. And another of the stunning extended songs: Chimes Of Freedom is as relevant now as it was then  "...flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight." Silly shaggy dog stories like I Shall Be Free No. 10 and Motorpsycho Nitemare started off annoying but quickly become fun listens in between the more serious songs. It's confirmed: I'm a fan.

In DeAgostini's opinion, we need to hear Dylan's eponymous (vocab point!) first album third.  Commercially it makes sense I suppose. There are no well-known original songs on here for them to push.  I definitely feel we are going backwards.  There are times when he seems to be trying too hard to get that gutbucket folk/blues voice, almost to the extent of shredding his larynx.  This may explain a lot in the future, of course.  Most of the songs on this album are Trad.  House of the Rising Sun, Man of Constant Sorrow. An awful lot about death for a twenty-year old.  He generally does them well. His acoustic guitar fair rattles along.  Delighted to still hear the odd flub and slightly out -of-tune guitars, though curiously fewer than on the next two albums.  Just two originals here, of which Talkin' New York is the better.  Many artists have a song on an album that proves to be the sign of things to come. Talkin' New York is ve...