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What You Didn't Know You Were MissingPerhaps the most substantial reason to buy this album is to hear what you did not know you were missing in the 80's. There are some unbelievably brilliant performances here that were left off of various 80's albums, like Blind Willie McTell, Series of Dreams, and Foot of Pride.Then there are some sizzling 70's performances, like the live Seven Days or Catfish, an outtake from 1975's wonderful "Desire" album. Also, the original verson of "If Not for You," with none other than George Harrison on …
Perhaps the most substantial reason to buy this album is to hear what you did not know you were missing in the 80's. There are some unbelievably brilliant performances here that were left off of various 80's albums, like Blind Willie McTell, Series of Dreams, and Foot of Pride.Then there are some sizzling 70's performances, like the live Seven Days or Catfish, an outtake from 1975's wonderful "Desire" album. Also, the original verson of "If Not for You," with none other than George Harrison on guitar, is ten million times better than the version featured on the actual studio album, "New Morning." The "unplugged" verisons of some "Blood on the Tracks" songs are powerfully raw.Then, of course, his songwriting brilliance of the 60's shines on the tear jerking "Moonshiner," which is, arguably, his best vocal performance EVER. "Seven Curses," 'Eternal Circle," 'Farewell, Angelina" are as good as anything on his early to mid 60's albums. Yes...really.This collecton got me scratching my head, frustrated, wondering why Dylan never released these songs. It is anyone's guess as to why the 60's material was never released, but in the 80's, he seemed to be more interested in angering his record label than anything else. That may be why "Blind Willie Mctell" and 'Foot of Pride" were both left off of 1983's "Infidels," which is brilliant in its own right, but would have truly been one of Dylan's best albums ever with the addition of those songs. Oh well. He never did release them. And now we have it all here, on this 3CD package. Any Dylan fan who does not buy it should be criminally prosecuted. And anyone who is curious about Dylan's career should begin with 'Biograph" and this collection. It is truly an outstanding gem that puts this genius's 40-year career into some perspective.
Written by Gianmarco Manzione
Not his best but still is worth it.I enjoyed his earlier stuff on these CD's. I too think "VOL.4" in the Bootleg Series is better (Live 1966).But it is always worth getting the whole collection in the series.
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CD 1 : The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Hard Times in New York Town [Live]?:??Play Buy track 2He Was a Friend of Mine [outtake] - Bob Dylan, Traditional?:??Play Buy track 3Man on the Street [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 4No More Auction Block [Live] - Bob Dylan, Traditional?:??Play Buy track 5House Carpenter [outtake] - Bob Dylan, Traditional?:??Play Buy track 6Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 7Let Me Die in My Footsteps [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 8Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 9Talkin' Have Negeilah Blues [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 10Quit Your Low Down Ways [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 11Worried Blues [outtake] - Bob Dylan, Traditional?:??Play Buy track 12Kingsport Town [outtake] - Bob Dylan, Traditional?:??Play Buy track 13Walkin' Down the Line [Demo Version]?:??Play Buy track 14Walls of Red Wing [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 15Paths of Victory [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 16Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues [Live]?:??Play Buy track 17Who Killed Davey Moore? [Live]?:??Play Buy track 18Only a Hobo [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 19Moonshiner [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 20When the Ship Comes In [Demo Version]?:??Play Buy track 21The Times They Are A-Changin' [Demo Version]?:??Play Buy track 22Last Thoughts on Woody Gutherie [Live]?:??Play Buy track -
unknown format 2 : The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Seven Curses [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 2Eternal Circle [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 3Suze (The Cough Song) [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 4Mama, You Been on My Mind [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 5Farewell, Angelina [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 6Subterranean Homesick Blues [Alternate Acoustic Version][Alternate Take?:??Play Buy track 7If You Gotta Go, Go Now [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 8Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 9Like a Rolling Stone?:??Play Buy track 10It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Alternate Version]?:??Play Buy track 11I'll Keep It With Mine?:??Play Buy track 12She's Your Lover Now [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 13I Shall Be Released [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 14If Not for You [Alternate Version][Alternate Take]?:??Play Buy track 15Wallflower - Bob Dylan, Ballard, Hank?:??Play Buy track 16Nobody 'Cept You [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 17Tangled Up in Blue?:??Play Buy track 18Call Letter Blues [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 19Idiot Wind?:??Play Buy track 20Santa-Fe [outtake]?:??Play Buy track -
unknown format 3 : The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1If You See Her, Say Hello?:??Play Buy track 2Golden Loom [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 3Catfish [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 4Seven Days [Live]?:??Play Buy track 5Ye Shall Be Changed [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 6Every Grain of Sand [Demo Version]?:??Play Buy track 7You Changed My Life [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 8Need a Woman [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 9Angelina [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 10Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart?:??Play Buy track 11Tell Me [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 12Lord Protect My Child [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 13Foot of Pride?:??Play Buy track 14Blind Willie McTell [outtake]?:??Play Buy track 15When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky [Original Version]?:??Play Buy track 16Series of Dreams [outtake]?:??Play Buy track
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Christopher Austopchuk [art direction]
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Don Hunstein [photography]
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John Bauldie [liner notes]
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Morgan Renard [photography]
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Nicky Lindeman [art direction]
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engineer
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Mark Wilder [mastering]
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Bob Dylan [vocals]
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Sly Dunbar [drums]
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Other versions Edit
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format: 1 x CD, 2 x unknown format catalog number: C3K 47382 release dates: Aug 6 2002 view details |
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format: 1 x CD, 2 x unknown format release dates: Aug 28 2007 view details |
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format: 1 x CD, 2 x unknown format release dates: Mar 26 1991 view details |
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58 tracks
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format: 1 x cassette, 2 x unknown format release dates: Mar 26 1991 view details |
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