Being 55 years old, Bob Dylan has been around my whole life. I remember Blowin' in the Wind when I was about 13, and remember when people were horrified that he went 'electric'! This 3 CD set spans many years of his career and there are odd tracks on all the CDs that I like, but a lot I just can't take. Some are depressing, boring or just plain odd - can't explain it very well, but have a listen and I'm sure you'll know what I mean!
The track of his that I really wanted is Tangled up in Blue - originally from the album Blood on the Tracks. It's brilliant. I love everything about that track. The words are great, like 99% of Dylan's stuff you could read it as a poem, but this is a good story and the pace and rythmn are, to my mind, just right.
Visions of Johanna is a personal favourite. Positively 4th Street and It Ain't Me Babe are other tracks on CD#2 which I like a lot.
On CD#3 I like to listen to I Want You, Just Like a Woman, Knockin on Heavens Door and All Along the Watchtower, but feel like skipping the rest. Actually I do prefer the covers other people have done of All Along the Watchtower, but I really like that song. I went to see Dylan live many years ago and he performed it better than as recorded for this album. But most Dylan fans will know he was always changing his songs, and you couldn't guarantee he'd play a song you liked in the same way as you'd known it from a recording.
Anyway for me, these CDs are nostalgic and well worth a listen even if you have to sit close to the skip button for when a particular track becomes unbearable!