Bob Dylan's influence on popular music is incalculable. As a songwriter, he pioneered several different schools, from confessional to hallucinatory, stream-of-consciousness narratives. As a vocalist, he redefined the lead singer's role in popular music. As a musician, he sparked many genres of pop music, including electrified folk-rock and country-rock. Many of his songs have become popular standards, covered by many artists, and his best albums are undisputed classics. Bob Dylan: Album File and Complete Discography includes descriptions of Dylan's 43 officially released albums and collaborative efforts, including year of release, label, credits, track list, timings and comments on each track. This is a must for every devoted Dylan fan.

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Bob Dylan: The Complete Bob Dylan Discography contains all you will ever need to know about Bob Dylan and his releases. Including an expansive biography, album reviews and comprehensive discography, it is an invaluable guide for Dylan fans everywhere. This is an essential purchase for all lovers of Bob Dylan, with details of everything the legendary singer/songwriter produced.

In the process Varesi unearths new meaning in both Dylan's most famous works and in songs that have received less attention."--BOOK JACKET.

When Columbia Records finally decided to open up the voluminous Bob Dylan vaults, unleashing thousands of hours of long-sought-after, oft-rumored, unreleased material, it was hard to keep up. Included in the release were six CDs of Blood On The Tracks outtakes, six CDs of the complete Basement Tapes, 10 CDs of Rolling Thunder Revue live material, the six extraordinary CDs of The Cutting Edge from Dylan's game-changing 1965-66 sessions, and a stunning 36 CD release of Dylan's stormy 1966 world tour that some say changed the face of popular music. It is all explored here. This updated examination of Dylan's five-decade career provides a comprehensively analyzes his writing and recording history and the historical impact of Dylan's prolific creative output. It features critical commentary on every song and album, including many rare bootleg recordings and the recent new discoveries from Columbia Records. Later chapters also list and discuss Dylan's numerous appearances in film, in literature, on radio, and on television. Including his Nobel Prize speech and lecture, an extensive bibliography of books on Dylan old and new, and a brand-new introduction with updated Billboard charts, this is the ultimate book on Bob.

Chronicles the full scope of Dylan's career from the early days of protest to his shift into folk-rock material and his switch from acoustic to electric guitar and presents more than a hundred photographs and a complete discography