tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post8785485553297207501..comments2023-12-26T08:01:29.708-05:00Comments on Five Best: Twelve Best...Dylan Albums of the 70s (#7)Josh Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05494796706502271807noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007462302142483423.post-14071912609662053832007-03-28T05:35:00.000-05:002007-03-28T05:35:00.000-05:00self portrait , i think, was ,made in attempt to m...self portrait , i think, was ,made in attempt to make a commercial version of the great white wonder bootleg -1969 , which incidenatally sold so many copies that if it had been a legal release would have been a best seller.<BR/>- so there is some stuff with the band (isle of white) - some covers ( more covers- (funny how he began and ended the decade with lps made of predominately covers) - some alt takes - some homages to fellow writers -i.e.- a mixed bag <BR/>it is one of the rare times when bob seemed to have lost nerve after a bad review<BR/>actually sp is a really modern lp in a post-modern way<BR/>- if nick cave had done it for example it wopuld have been lauded in the 1990's or 2000's<BR/>there is whole book on self portrait i think<BR/>ps<BR/>woogie boogie is a throw-away no. i agree but it is a bit like some of the feel of the basement tape recordings<BR/>love the cover sp painting by bob tooPhil Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16648130685428665945noreply@blogger.com