Matt,

I'm trying to replace my vinyl Dylan and I'm up to about eight titles.

Latest acquisitions are his first simply titled "Bob Dylan" which I really like, and Desire. The first has only two self penned tunes, one of which is Song to Woody which I would place on my personal top fifteen Dylan favourites. But it has a lot of great Blues on it, his cover of See That My Grave is Kept Clean is haunting, and he also does a great job on Fixin' to Die, Baby Let Me Follow Me Down, House of The Rising Sun and a few others. This album more than any other shows what a fine Guitar player is. I bought Desire when it was originally released. I had bought Blood on the Tracks the year before and had fallen in love with it so I was a bit disappointed in Desire, but I was visiting a friend a few weeks ago and he played it and it's a very good album.

I guess the problem is this. I think Bob has done some stinkers, but I don't think you'll find an album of his without a couple of excellent songs. Eventually you'll probably end up with 25 Dylan CDs, so buy Deire or any of the ones recommended above. You won't go wrong.