Great Music -- Great Deal

I'm mostly writing simply to concur with the Top 1000 reviewer below. As a "learning" Dylan fan, I was unfamiliar with much of the music on these albums. Now that I've listened to the albums for a while, I definitely find JWH to be phenomenal. And NS has grown on me more and more, especially the duet of Girl from the North Country with Johnny Cash. NM is weaker, but it's still Dylan and it's still a decent album worth owning. If you're reluctant to buy because you don't want to pay for NM, realize that this set essentially gives you 3 albums for the price of 2, and NM is free. A great deal, if you ask me.

Start a New Morning in Nashville Skyline with John W Harding

All three are great albums, even harder to pass up when you can get them like this. New Morning is my favourite of the three for demonstrating how versatile Dylan can be. Like Nashville Skyline's country flavor, it has a bluesy aspect and he handles it wonderfully. John Wesely Harding should not be overlooked either, as many of the tracks provide complicated stories to take apart or listen to as Dylan puts them out for you.

The great unheralded Dylan classics

No, they are not as groundbreaking as his folk albums (Freewheelin, The Times..., Another Side...) were. They were not as emotional as "Blood on the Tracks", and they did not have the magnificent imagery of "Desire". And they are simply not as good as Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde/Bringin it Back Home. But these 3 albums ARE great albums, and they each have something special to offer the listener.

John Wesley Harding, right after Dylan's tremendous 60s electric trilogy, was immediately received far poorer than those 3 masterpieces. But today many Dylan fanatics place it right up there with them.

Nashville Skyline, Dylan's most "country" sounding album, was a shock to me at first. I hate country music, but I gave this album a couple listens and it has earned a place in my CD rotation. Very pleasant, very romantic.

New Morning was an experiment that is generally not viewed as very successful, but it is fun to listen to Bob try new things (If Dogs Ran Free/Winterlude are 2 of his most unusual tracks). Regardless, the album has great highs that cannot be denied (If Not For You/New Morning)