Bob Dylan Vinyl Records – Classic Albums & Essential Reissues

Bob Dylan is the most important songwriter in the English language — a bold claim, but one that becomes harder to argue with the more you listen. His mid-1960s electric trilogy of Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde changed what popular music was allowed to say and how it was allowed to sound.

Blood on the Tracks from 1975 is his masterpiece of heartbreak and ambiguity — one of those rare records that feels completely personal yet utterly universal. Planet Waves, John Wesley Harding, Desire and Nashville Skyline all reward time spent with them too.

Dylan's catalogue on vinyl is deep and genuinely rewarding. Start with Highway 61 or Blood on the Tracks and work outward.

Best Bob Dylan Albums on Vinyl

Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
The album where Dylan went electric and changed rock music forever. Desolation Row, Like a Rolling Stone, Ballad of a Thin Man — each track a world unto itself.

Blonde on Blonde (1966)
The first double album in rock history and still one of the finest. Visions of Johanna and Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands are among the greatest songs ever written.

Blood on the Tracks (1975)
His greatest later masterpiece — raw, elliptical and devastating. Tangled Up in Blue, Simple Twist of Fate, Shelter from the Storm. Perfect from start to finish.

Desire (1976)
The follow-up to Blood on the Tracks is warmer and more narrative-driven, with Hurricane and Isis among Dylan's most cinematic storytelling.

Infidels (1983)
His finest 1980s record — Jokerman, Sweetheart Like You, I and I. A return to form after years of religious recordings, produced with a crisp, muscular sound.

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