( 9 reviews )
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Posted: Feb 8 2008
A very interesting read. I never want to put it down. So many neat, intimate stories about Bob and his associates as he was gaining popularity. An interesting person.
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Sep 4 2007
I WISH the publishers of this book would start thinking of doing another book like this one!!!! This was a GOOD ONE!!! I really think this book is worth more than what you spend on it. Great pictures and information on music and so much more. All Bob's best pictures are not in this book, but it has many many VERY GOOD pictures. I only wish that a couple of pictures at the beginning of the book would not have been half on one page and half on another because they would be fit for framing, but I especially enjoyed the picture of Bob with the Beatles in the Fab Five photo--Really!!!! he is better looking than John and Paul!!!!--really!!! I never realized this back then because his face was covered with all that hair back in 1966. I was in my early and mid teens when I heard all his commercial songs along with all the others that were playing non-stop on the radio--in the car, at the pool-in-the-park I spent many summer days with friends, and I really liked his music very much and we all knew who he was certainly, but the first 45 I bought was Lay Lady Lay (lots of cool songs back then and lots of competition--but did you ever notice how short the songs were back then and how nice and long Bob Dylan's songs are!!!??). Unfortunately it was only recently that I discovered that most of his best work was hidden in albums I had not purchased at the time--forgive me "since 1964 fans"--I was young back then with too much going on all around me--the 60's were superpacked years. Now I have discovered much of his best music and have discovered that beneath all that 1966 hair was some gorgeous kiddo. This book has lots of gorgeous photos and some photos with his best-known girlfriends--one famous one less famous and one picture that really tugs at the heart--the one in which his girl fans in Ireland are right up close to their idol, Bob Dylan asking some questions. Joan Baez looked so absolutely gorgeous back then and Suzy looked great and very much in love. Despite the heartaches that came in each of these lives, these were priceless years and these priceless moments are all caught on camera preserved for us to see. There is much valuable information on the albums, songs and so much more. How can you possibly go wrong with purchasing this book if you are in any way interested in Bob Dylan? You CANNOT possibly go wrong.
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( 2 of 2 found this review helpful ) Posted: Sep 4 2007
I WISH the publishers of this book would start thinking of doing another book like this one!!!! This was a GOOD ONE!!! I really think this book is worth more than what you spend on it. Great pictures that are VERY CLEAR AND SHARP and of EXCELLENT QUALITY and information on music and so much more. All Bob's best pictures are not in this book, but it has many many VERY GOOD pictures. I only wish that a couple of pictures at the beginning of the book would not have been half on one page and half on another because they would be fit for framing, but I especially enjoyed the picture of Bob with the Beatles in the Fab Five photo--Really!!!! he is better looking than John and Paul!!!!--really!!! I never realized this back then because his face was covered with all that hair back in 1966. I was in my early and mid teens when I heard all his commercial songs along with all the others that were playing non-stop on the radio--in the car, at the pool-in-the-park I spent many summer days with friends, and I really liked his music very much and we all knew who he was certainly, but the first 45 I bought was Lay Lady Lay (lots of cool songs back then and lots of competition--but did you ever notice how short the songs were back then and how nice and long Bob Dylan's songs are!!!??). Unfortunately it was only recently that I discovered that most of his best work was hidden in albums I had not purchased at the time--forgive me "since 1964 fans"--I was young back then with too much going on all around me--the 60's were superpacked years. Now I have discovered much of his best music and have discovered that beneath all that 1966 hair was some gorgeous kiddo. This book has lots of gorgeous photos and some photos with his best-known girlfriends--one famous one less famous and one picture that really tugs at the heart--the one in which his girl fans in Ireland are right up close to their idol, Bob Dylan asking some questions. Joan Baez looked so absolutely gorgeous back then and Suzy looked great and very much in love. Despite the heartaches that came in each of these lives, these were priceless years and these priceless moments are all caught on camera preserved for us to see. There is much valuable information on the albums, songs and so much more. How can you possibly go wrong with purchasing this book if you are in any way interested in Bob Dylan? You CANNOT possibly go wrong.
