i was waiting for someone to say something bad about self-portrait! i play that one alot and there are some nice traditional songs on there (belle isle and copper kettle are both excellent) plus a few howling bad songs (in search of little sadie ,the boxer?) but i prefer it to any of these stinkers ,empire burlesque (bad) knocked out loaded (real real bad) down in the groove (argh) and you probably wont believe this one HIGHWAY 61 (i think the blues backing on this album is lame city) i have my own music store and you wouldnt believe how many times i will be playing nashville skyline or john wesley harding or the basement tapes and people ask "who is that?".