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Article: The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia.(Bob Dylan Complete Discography)(Book review)
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- March 22, 2007
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The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia By Michael Gray Continuum (New York, N.Y.), 2006, ISBN 0826469333 736 pages, hbk., $40
Bob Dylan Complete Discography By Brian Hinton Universe (New York, N.Y.), 2006, ISBN 0789314940, 464 pages, pbk., $24.95
Two more books about Bob Dylan hit the shelves. Both are reference books. Michael Gray's Encyclopedia is by far the more ambitious. It catalogs virtually anybody and anything with at least a peripheral connection to Dylan. Brian Hinton's Discography focuses specifically on cataloging and annotating every song Dylan ever recorded.
The Encyclopedia is virtually impossible to read end to end. There's just too much ...