From the day that Bobby Zimmerman first turned on the radio in his parents’ home in Hibbing, he’d had a pretty good idea that big things were happening, that old values were changing, that something new was on the way. Bob Dylan arrived in New York one winter morning in 1961. His music and spirit would go on to capture the hearts and minds of a generation, but what no one knew then was that, like so many before him, Dylan was concealing his Jewish origins.

For Harry Freedman, Dylan’s roots are the key to grasping how this complete unknown burst onto the scene and reinvented not only himself, but popular music. The instinct for escape and reinvention has defined Dylan’s long career. In this insightful biography Freedman traces the heady atmosphere of the 1960s and the folk-rock revolution spearheaded by Dylan.

Right up until the moment in 1966 when Dylan stepped out onto the stage and went electric – exploring how his musical decisions, genius for reinvention and his Jewishness go inescapably hand in hand.

Written in 1966, Tarantula is a collection of poems and prose that evokes the turbulence of the times in which it was written, and gives a unique insight into Dylan’s creative evolution. ‘The good samaritan coming in with the words “round & round we go” tattoed on his cheek / he tells the senator to stop insulting the lawyer.’ Tarantula captures Bob Dylan’s preoccupations at a crucial juncture in his artistic development, showcasing the antic imagination of a folk poet laureate who was able to combine the humanity and compassion of his country roots with the playful surrealism of modern art. Angry, funny and strange, the poems and prose in this collection reflect the concerns we find in Dylan’s most seminal music: a sense of protest, a verbal playfulness and spontaneity, and a belief in the artistic legitimacy of chronicling everyday life and eccentricity on the street.

‘Tarantula’ never made its publication date in Autumn 1966. To the delays added by Dylan’s constant revisions was added the greater complication of his motorcyle accident – which left him with still undisclosed injuries and kept the book from publication until 1971. In the interim, it became a cult phenomenon, with ‘bookleg’ editions photocopied from reviewer proofs circulating throughout the musical and literary demi-mondes.

"Highway 61 Revisited" resonates because of its enduring emotional appeal. Few songwriters before Dylan or since have combined so effectively the intensely personal with the spectacularly universal. In "Like a Rolling Stone", his gleeful excoriation of Miss Lonely (Edie Sedgwick? Joan Baez? A composite "type"?) fuses with the evocation of a hip new zeitgeist to produce a veritable anthem.

In "Ballad of a Thin Man", the younger generation's confusion is thrown back in the establishment's face, even as Dylan vents his disgust with the critics who laboured to catalogue him. And in "Desolation Row", he reaches the zenith of his own brand of surrealist paranoia, that here attains the atmospheric intensity of a full-fledged nightmare. Between its many flourishes of gallows humour, this is one of the most immaculately frightful songs ever recorded, with its relentless imagery of communal executions, its parade of fallen giants and triumphant local losers, its epic length and even the mournful sweetness of Bloomfield's flamenco-inspired fills.

In this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on "Highway 61 Revisited" so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually potent mix. He blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves, biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful). And he focuses on Dylan's mythic presence in the mid-60s, when he emerged from his proletarian incarnation to become the American Rimbaud.

The comparison has been made by others, including Dylan, and it illuminates much about his mid-sixties career, for in many respects "Highway 61" is rock 'n' roll's answer to "A Season in Hell".

In 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million. As the boxes started to arrive, the Foundation asked Clinton Heylin - author of the acclaimed Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades and 'perhaps the world's authority on all things Dylan' (Rolling Stone) - to assess the material they had been given. What he found in Tulsa - as well as what he gleaned from other papers he had recently been given access to by Sony and the Dylan office - so changed his understanding of the artist, especially of his creative process, that he became convinced that a whole new biography was needed.

It turns out that much of what previous biographers - Dylan himself included - have said is wrong; often as not, a case of, Print the Legend. This is the second instalment of the definitive biography (following A Restless Hungry Feeling) of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist. Clinton Heylin's meticulously researched, all-encompassing and consistently revelatory account of these fascinating early years is the closest we will ever get to a definitive life of an artist who has been the lodestar of popular culture for six decades.

Deluxe Box Set Features 417 Previously Unreleased Performances, Newly-Mixed Recordings And Liner Notes by Elizabeth Nelson.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bob Dylan’s return to touring that in 1974. Featuring all professionally recorded shows from the artist’s 1974 performances backed by The Band, the collection will be available as a deluxe box set across 27 CDs. The 1974 Live Recordings offers fans 417 previously-unreleased Bob Dylan live tracks – including 133 recordings newly mixed from 16-track tape, and every single surviving soundboard recording – along with new liner notes by journalist and critic Elizabeth Nelson.

A 2LP highlight edition of the 4CD box set, features 16 select unreleased live performances.

The Bob Dylan World Tour 1978 marked the artist's first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Bob Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans.

For his 1978 performances, Dylan (rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals) led an ensemble featuring Billy Cross (lead guitar), Ian Wallace (drums), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Rob Stoner (bass, vocals), Steven Soles (acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals), David Mansfield (pedal steel, violin, mandolin, guitar, dobro), Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, recorder), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Helena Springs (vocals), Jo Ann Harris (vocals), and Debi Dye (vocals). The original Bob Dylan At Budokan album was produced by Don DeVito, who also helmed Dylan's Street-Legal, recorded and released during the 1978 world tour, featuring the same musicians.

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: Another Budokan sees One of Bob Dylan's most revered performances summarised beautifully to vinyl, with each LP representing different selection of tracks from two consecutive nights. Classic, peak live Dylan.

TRACK LISTING

Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February 28, 1978

LP1 - Side A

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall　
2. Repossession Blues
3. Ballad Of A Thin Man
4. To Ramona

LP1 - Side B

1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Blowin' In The Wind
3. All Along The Watchtower
4. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978

LP2 - Side A

1. Love Her With A Feeling
2. I Threw It All Away
3. Girl From The North Country
4. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

LP2 - Side B
1. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. You're A Big Girl Now
3. The Man In Me
4. Forever Young

Columbia Records and Legacy Recording, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan - The Complete Budokan 1978 on Friday, November 17.

A deluxe box set celebrating Bob Dylan's 1978 world concert tour and the 45th anniversary of the artist's first concert appearances in Japan, The Complete Budokan 1978 presents two full shows originally recorded on 24-channel multitrack analog tapes at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan Hall on February 28 and March 1, 1978 and offers fans 36 previously unreleased Dylan performances. The Complete Budokan 1978 will be available in 4CD, 8LP (Japan only) and digital configurations. 

The Bob Dylan World Tour 1978 marked the artist's first international concert dates since 1966 and his first live shows since the Rolling Thunder Revue blasted through North America in 1975-76. A major international musical event, the year-long tour found Bob Dylan performing 114 shows in Asia, Oceania, North America and Europe, to a combined audience of two million fans.

The tour launched in February 1978 with eleven historic performances: Dylan' first-ever concerts in Japan which included eight shows at the revered Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo. Two of the Budokan shows--February 28 and March 1, 1978--were recorded on 24-channel multi-track analog tape with 22 performances excerpted from those shows appearing on Bob Dylan At Budokan, a 2LP set first issued on Columbia Records as a Japan-only release in November 1978, followed by a global release in April 1979 in response to widespread demand. The Complete Budokan 1978 marks the first time any of Dylan's complete performances from his 1978 world tour have been officially available.

For his 1978 performances, Dylan (rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals) led an ensemble featuring Billy Cross (lead guitar), Ian Wallace (drums), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Rob Stoner (bass, vocals), Steven Soles (acoustic rhythm guitar, vocals), David Mansfield (pedal steel, violin, mandolin, guitar, dobro), Steve Douglas (saxophone, flute, recorder), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Helena Springs (vocals), Jo Ann Harris (vocals), and Debi Dye (vocals). The original Bob Dylan At Budokan album was produced by Don DeVito, who also helmed Dylan's Street-Legal, recorded and released during the 1978 world tour, featuring the same musicians.

According to Tetsuya Shiroki, co-producer of The Complete Budokan 1978, the newly restored, remixed and remastered recordings "…capture(s) two days of this history-making tour. Nothing has been removed or altered in any way."

Many individuals involved in the original Bob Dylan at Budokan album reunited for the new release. Under the supervision of Heckel Sugano, the CBS Sony product manager for Bob Dylan in Japan at the time, the engineer responsible for the 1978 recording has worked on the new 2023 remix using the original 24-channel multi-tapes, while the album cover showcases artwork by the same photographers as the original.

Chief engineer Tom Suzuki says, "We mixed the record with the keyword 'passion' in mind. The result is a mix that surpasses the original 1978 release, providing a crisper and clearer sound where each instrument and Bob Dylan's voice are distinctly audible."

Heckel Sugano says, "The completed album documents the remarkable sound of the legendary Budokan shows that are forever etched in history. We tried to faithfully reproduce the sound the Japanese audience would have heard in the concert hall.."

Presented in a luxurious deluxe box, The Complete Budokan 1978 includes newly remixed complete live recordings from the two Budokan concert dates featuring 36 previously unreleased tracks; facsimile memorabilia such as concert tickets, pamphlets, posters, and flyers; 60-page full-color photo book of previously unpublished photos of Dylan on-stage and behind-the-scenes at the airport, press conferences and more; exclusive liner notes. The 2LP Another Budokan 1978 features 16 previously unreleased tracks from the Budokan box.

In her liner essay for The Complete Budokan 1978, music critic Edna Gundersen notes that the original Bob Dylan At Budokan album "has undergone a sober reappraisal over the decades as consumers and critics grew to admire its adventurous arrangements and provocative performances." She heralds the new restored and remastered release, writing that "Captured at Budokan, Dylan is in good spirits and fully engaged. He sings with brio and urgency, his voice clear and melodic and his phrasing impeccable as ever....The band crackles with careening energy.... (Dylan) saw the stage as a proving ground that brought his tunes to life."

TRACK LISTING

Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan - February 28, 1978
CD1
1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*　
2. Repossession Blues*
3. Mr. Tambourine Man*
4. I Threw It All Away*
5. Shelter From The Storm
6. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
7. Girl From The North Country*
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man*
9. Maggie's Farm*
10. To Ramona*
11. Like A Rolling Stone*
12. I Shall Be Released*
13. Is Your Love In Vain? *
14. Going, Going, Gone*
CD2
1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) *
2. Blowin' In The Wind*
3. Just Like A Woman*
4. Oh, Sister*
5. Simple Twist Of Fate
6. You're A Big Girl Now*
7. All Along The Watchtower*
8. I Want You*
9. All I Really Want To Do*
10. Tomorrow Is A Long Time*
11. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
12. Band Introductions*
13. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
14. Forever Young
15. The Times They Are A-Changin'
Live At Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan – March 1, 1978
CD3
1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*
2. Love Her With A Feeling*
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. I Threw It All Away*
5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit*
6. Shelter From The Storm*
7. Girl From The North Country*
8. Ballad Of A Thin Man
9. Maggie's Farm
10. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
11. Like A Rolling Stone
12. I Shall Be Released
13. Is Your Love In Vain?
14. Going, Going, Gone
CD4
1. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) *
2. Blowin' In The Wind
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Oh, Sister
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) *
6. You're A Big Girl Now*
7. All Along The Watchtower
8. I Want You
9. All I Really Want To Do
10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
11. The Man In Me*
12. Band Introductions*
13. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)*
14. Forever Young*
15. The Times They Are A-Changin'*

*Previously Unreleased

Mixing Up The Medicine is a new career-spanning compilation containing 12 of Bob Dylan’s greatest songs, including “Knocking On Heaven’s Door”, “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Hurricane”. It serves as the companion piece to the Mixing Up The Medicine book, which offers an unprecedented look into the Bob Dylan Archive. Set for release on Oct. 24, 2023, this magnum opus will include nearly 1,000 images, most of which have never been seen by the public, alongside original essays by prominent writers and artists.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A:
Times They Are A-Changin’
Blowin’ In The Wind
Like A Rolling Stone
Subterranean Homesick Blues
All Along The Watchtower
Lay Lady Lay
Forever Young (slow Version)
SIDE B:
Tangled Up In Blue
Hurricane
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
Make You Feel My Love
Things Have Changed

Time Out of Mind is the thirtieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, originally released on September 30, 1997, through Columbia Records. For many fans and critics, the album marked Dylan's artistic comeback after he appeared to struggle with his musical identity throughout the 1980s; he had not released any original material since Under the Red Sky in 1990. Time Out of Mind is hailed as one of Dylan's best albums, and it went on to win three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year in 1998.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Love Sick
2. Dirt Road Blues
3. Standing In The Doorway
4. Million Miles
Side B
1. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
2. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
3. Not Dark Yet
Side C
1. Cold Irons Bound
2. Make You Feel My Love
3. Can't Wait
Side D
1. Highlands

Possibly the best 'break-up' album ever made, a heartfelt classic!

Bob Dylan was at several crossroads in the mid-1970s. Artistically, he was largely written off as being past his prime. Emotionally, he was suffering through a painful divorce from his then-wife Sara Lowndes. Creatively, he appeared at a stalemate, his previous decade’s unprecedented run of transformational brilliance finished. Then came Blood on the Tracks.

A start-to-finish cycle that documents a lover’s pursuit of, entanglement with, and loss of a woman, the bracingly intimate 1975 effort remains one of the most encompassing break-up albums ever made and ranks as the most personal statement of the Bard’s career. To hear it is to experience the agony, frustration, trauma, highs, lows, confusion, sadness, and, ultimately, requisite redemption associated with intimate relationships gone astray. Dylan maintains it’s a work of fiction, but it’s evident close-vested autobiographical premise is what helps make it universal: It’s the icon singing through tears, going out of his mind, battling hallowing emptiness, firing shots across the bow, and accepting culpability. It is, in short, a consummate expression of love’s darker sides and the consequences of what happens when dreams unravel.

For all the melancholic pain, unresolved questions, shattered memories, wasted times, unrequited dialogs, and weary regret within, Blood on the Tracks remains as daring as it is reflective. Rather than follow for a monotone caustic vibe, Dylan’s songs burrow into the subconscious for the manners in which they are even-keeled, mellow, and occasionally, even peaceful. Dignity, honor, poignancy, and fairness—all traits uncommon in any situation in which partners dissolve histories, change hearts, and attribute blame—instill the record with equilibrium on par with the consistency of the flowing melodies.

Throughout, tunes come on and proceed as if they could continue forever, Dylan spinning poetic verses and conversations amidst finely tied knots of acoustic notes, chords, and fills, the deceivingly simple architecture conjuring the intertwined refractions of a bezeled jewel, various angles, colors, and textures conjoining into a gorgeously inseparable whole. Backed by Tony Brown’s flexible albeit subtle bass, Buddy Cage’s country-streaked pedal-steel guitar, and Paul Griffin’s soul-baring organ—an instrument used to shadow, tuckpoint, and illuminate here as effectively as any time in rock history—Dylan pours soulful emotion, open his veins, and bleeds.

Shadow Kingdom presents Dylan performing revelatory 21st century versions of songs from his storied back catalog – including fan favorites like "Forever Young" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," and deep catalog gems like "Queen Jane Approximately" and "The Wicked Messenger."

Originally reinterpreted for an exclusive streaming film event, which aired in July 2021, Shadow Kingdom will now be available on vinyl, CD, and streaming platforms for the first time. The album's setlist includes 13 original songs handpicked by Dylan for his Shadow Kingdom performance plus the closing instrumental, "Sierra's Theme."

TRACK LISTING

When I Paint My Masterpiece
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Queen Jane Approximately
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Tombstone Blues
To Be Alone With You
What Was It You Wanted
Forever Young
Pledging My Time
The Wicked Messenger
Watching The River Flow
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Sierra's Theme

The complete Bob Dylan Fragments January 2023Time Out of Mind Sessions (19961997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 will be available as a deluxe box set in a 5CD edition. Also available, a twodisc/4LP standard edition of Fragments which includes the Time Out of Mind 2022 remix disc and a disc of twelve select Outtakes and Alternates highlights.

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylan's midcareer masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release on September 30, 1997.

Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (19961997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions featuring Dylan (vocals, guitar, and piano), Daniel Lanois and Tony Mangurian (guitar and organ), Tony Garnier (bass) (drums and percussion) through incandescent live renditions (also previously unreleased) showcasing Dylan and his touring ensemble channeling the songs onstage from 1998-2001.

TRACK LISTING

CD Box Set:
Disc One - Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix) 
1. Love Sick
2. Dirt Road Blues
3. Standing In The Doorway
4. Million Miles
5. Tryin
6. 'Til ' To Get To Heaven I Fell In Love With You
7. Not Dark Yet
8. Cold Irons Bound
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. Can't Wait
11. Highlands

Disc Two - Dreamin Outtakes And Alternates
1. The Water Is Wide (8/19/96, Teatro)
2. ' Of You (10/1/96, Teatro)
3. Red River Shore
4. Love Sickversion 1 (9/26/96, Teatro) Version 1 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
5. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
6. Not Dark Yet –– Version 1 (10/3/96, Teatro) Version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
7. Can't Wait Version 1 (1/21/97, Criteria Studios)
8. Dirt Road Blues
9. Mississippi Version 1 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios) Version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
10. 'Til I Fell In Love With You
11. Standing In The Doorway
12. Tryin ' To Get To Heaven ––version 2 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios) Version 1 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios) Version 1 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)
13. Cold Irons Bound (1/9/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc Three – Outtakes And Alternates
1. Love Sick–version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
2. Dirt Road Blues –version 2 (1/20/97, Criteria Studios)
3. Can't Wait–version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
4. Red River Shore –version 2 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)
5. Marchin' To The City (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
6. Make You Feel My Love –take 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
7. Mississippi –version 2 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
8. Standing In The Doorway –version 2 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)
9. 'TilI Fell In Love With You –version 3 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)
10. Not Dark Yet –version 2 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)
11. Tryin' To Get To Heaven –version 2 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)
12. Highlands (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc Four – Live (1998-2001)
1. Love Sick(6/24/98, Birmingham, England)
2. Can't Wait (2/6/99, Nashville, Tennessee)
3. Standing In The Doorway (10/6/00, London, England)
4. Million Miles (1/31/98, Atlantic City, New Jersey)
5. Tryin' To Get To Heaven (9/20/00, Birmingham, England)
6. 'TilI Fell In Love With You (4/5/98, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
7. Not Dark Yet (9/22/00, Sheffield, England)
8. Cold Irons Bound (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)
9. Make You Feel My Love (5/21/98, Los Angeles, California) Previously Released On The "Things Have Changed" Maxi-single
10. Can't Wait (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)
11. Mississippi (11/15/01, Washington, D.C.)
12. Highlands (3/24/01, Newcastle, Australia)

Disc Five – Bonus Disc (Previously Released On The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989–2006)
1. Dreamin' Of You –Tell Tale Signs(10/1/96, Teatro)
2. Red River Shore –Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)
3. Red River Shore –Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/8/97, Criteria Studios)
4. Mississippi –Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (9/96, Teatro)
5. Mississippi –Tell Tale Signs, Version 3 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)
6. Mississippi –Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)
7. Marchin' To The City –Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
8. Marchin' To The City –Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/6/97, Criteria Studios)
9. Can't Wait–Tell Tale Signs, Version 1 (10/1/96, Teatro)
10. Can't Wait–Tell Tale Signs, Version 2 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
11. Cold Irons Bound –Tell Tale Signs, Live (6/11/04, Bonnaroo Music Festival)
12. Tryin' To Get To Heaven –Tell Tale Signs, Live (10/5/00, Londo

Blonde on Blonde: A double album that transcends time, suspends reality, and looks through the human soul and tells the listener characteristics about themselves they didn’t know. Renowned for what Bob Dylan deemed “that thin, that wild mercury sound.”

Deemed by cultural critic Greil Marcus “the most glamorous record imaginable,” Blonde on Blonde remains to music, production, prose, and performance what hydrogen is to water. The secret to the 1966 masterwork’s inimitable aural character partially stems from Dylan’s request to remove the baffles from the studio room, allowing the musicians to interact as well as the music to possess a more organic quality. 

The story of Blonde on Blonde is almost as compelling as the music. Dylan, relocating to Tennessee and pairing with Nashville’s top session players as well as members of what would become the Band, feverishly chasing perfectionism while arriving at an inimitable on-the-fly feel. A majority of tunes were recorded long after midnight, the early A.M. vibe reflected in the nocturnal aura, woozy optimism, and spiritual soulfulness of the playing. “Essential” doesn’t even begin to cover the genius of this record that, ranked ninth-best of all-time by Rolling Stone, finally features sonics that match the caliber of the conscious-altering power and mythical weight of the songs within.

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series revisits an often-forgotten, rich vein in Dylan’s vast and complex catalog, shining fresh light on the provocative new musical directions Dylan was taking as a songwriter and a recording artist from 1980 through 1985. In the early 1980s, while the music industry was grappling with the arrival of new trends and technology, from MTV to compact discs to digital recording, Bob Dylan was writing and recording new songs for a new decade, creating an essential new chapter in his studio catalog. Bob Dylan - Springtime In New York (1980-1985) celebrates the rich creative period surrounding Dylan's albums Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Empire Burlesque with previously unreleased outtakes, alternate takes, rehearsal recordings, live performances and more. 

3-Disc Collection of Previously Unavailable Studio Performances includes Complete May 1,1970 Session featuring George Harrison

December 18, 2020-New York, NY-Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce the forthcoming release of Bob Dylan - 1970, the first widely available pressing of a three-disc collection of long-sought-after studio recordings, on Friday, February 26.

The recordings on Bob Dylan - 1970 were first released in a limited edition on December 4 as part of the Bob Dylan - 50th Anniversary Collection copyright extension series (which began in 2012). The buzz surrounding the 1970 performances, notably Dylan's studio sit-down with George Harrison on May 1, created a demand for a broader release of these historic tracks.

Bob Dylan - 1970 includes previously unreleased outtakes from the sessions that produced Self Portrait and New Morning as well as the complete May 1, 1970 studio recordings with George Harrison, which capture the pair performing together on nine tracks, including Dylan originals ("One Too Many Mornings," "Gates of Eden," "Mama, You Been On My Mind"), covers (the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream," Carl Perkins' "Matchbox") and more.

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1

March 3, 1970

I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound
Universal Soldier – Take 1
Spanish Is The Loving Tongue – Take 1
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 2
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 3
Woogie Boogie

March 4, 1970
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 4
Thirsty Boots – Take 1

March 5, 1970
Little Moses – Take 1
Alberta – Take 2
Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies – Take 1
Things About Comin’ My Way – Takes 2 & 3
Went To See The Gypsy – Take 6
Untitled 1970 Instrumental #1
Come A Little Bit Closer – Take 2
Alberta – Take 5

Bob Dylan – Vocals, Guitar, Piano
David Bromberg – guitar, Dobro, Bass
Al Kooper – Organ, Piano
Emanuel Green – Violin
Stu Woods – bass
Alvin Rogers – Drums
Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson, Maeretha Stewart – Background Vocals

May 1, 1970
Sign On The Window – Take 2
Sign On The Window – Takes 3-5
If Not For You – Take 1
Time Passes Slowly – Rehearsal
If Not For You – Take 2
If Not For You – Take 3
Song To Woody – Take 1
Mama, You Been On My Mind – Take 1
Yesterday – Take 1

Disc 2

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Take 1
Medley: I Met Him On A Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)/Da Doo Ron Ron – Take 1
One Too Many Mornings – Take 1
Ghost Riders In The Sky – Take 1
Cupid – Take 1
All I Have To Do Is Dream – Take 1
Gates Of Eden – Take 1
I Threw It All Away – Take 1
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – Take 1
Matchbox – Take 1
Your True Love – Take 1
Telephone Wire – Take 1
Fishing Blues – Take 1
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance – Take 1
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Take 1
It Ain’t Me Babe
If Not For You
Sign On The Window – Take 1
Sign On The Window – Take 2
Sign On The Window – Take 3

Bob Dylan – Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica
George Harrison – Guitar, Vocals (Disc 1, Tracks 20 & 24 And Disc 2, Tracks 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, & 16)
Bob Johnston – piano (Disc 1, Tracks 24-25 And Disc 2, Tracks 1-3)
Charlie Daniels – bass
Russ Kunkel – drums

June 1, 1970
Alligator Man
Alligator Man [rock Version]
Alligator Man [country Version]
Sarah Jane 1
Sign On The Window
Sarah Jane 2

Disc 3

June 2, 1970
If Not For You – Take 1
If Not For You – Take 2

June 3, 1970
Jamaica Farewell
Can’t Help Falling In Love
Long Black Veil
One More Weekend

June 4, 1970
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie – Take 1
Three Angels
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Take 1
Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Take 2
New Morning
Untitled 1970 Instrumental #2

June 5, 1970
Went To See The Gypsy
Sign On The Window – Stereo Mix
Winterlude
I Forgot To Remember To Forget 1
I Forgot To Remember To Forget 2
Lily Of The West – Take 2
Father Of Night – Rehearsal
Lily Of The West 

John Wesley Harding (2010 mono version) is the eighth studio album by American singersongwriter Bob Dylan, released on December 27, 1967, by Columbia Records. Produced by Bob Johnston, the x12 song album marked Dylan's return to semi-acoustic instrumentation and folk-influenced songwriting after three albums of lyrically abstract, blues-indebted rock music. 

Nashville Skyline is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on April 9, 1969, by Columbia Records as LP record, reel to reel tape & audio cassette. Building on the rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline displayed a complete immersion into country music. Along with the more basic lyrical themes, simple songwriting structures & charming domestic feel, it introduced audiences to a radically new singing voice from Dylan, who had temporarily quit smoking—a soft, affected country croon. 

39th studio album by the legendary American singer-songwriter. It is Dylan's first album of original songs since his 2012 album 'Tempest'. The album has been preceded by the singles 'Murder Most Foul', 'I Contain Multitudes', and 'False Prophet'.

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series revisits Dylan's pivotal musical journeys to Nashville, from 1967 to 1969, focusing on previously unavailable recordings made with Johnny Cash & unreleased tracks from the John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, & Self Portrait sessions. Disc One of Travelin' Thru, 1967 - 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 finds Dylan in Columbia's Studio A in Nashville recording alternate versions of compositions written for John Wesley Harding (October 17 and November 6, 1967) & Nashville Skyline (February 13-14, 1969) while introducing a new song "Western Road" (a Nashville Skylineouttake). Discs Two and Three of Travelin' Thru are centered around Dylan's collaborations with American music icon Johnny Cash including the much sought-after Columbia Studio A sessions & on-stage performances at the Ryman Auditorium (May 1, 1969) for the recording of the premiere episode of The Johnny Cash Show (originally broadcast on ABC-TV on June 7, 1969). Disc Three closes with tracks recorded on May 17, 1970 with Grammy Award-winning bluegrass banjo legend Earl Scruggs for the PBS television special, "Earl Scruggs: His Family & Friends" (originally aired January 1971). 

The latest chapter in the highly acclaimed Bootleg Series makes available the pivotal studio recordings made by Bob Dylan during six extraordinary sessions in 1974 - four in New York (September 16, 17, 18, 19) and two in Minneapolis (December 27, 30) - that resulted in the artist's 1975 masterpiece, Blood On The Tracks.

*The 2LP configuration of More Blood, More Tracks assembles 10 of the most emotionally resonant alternate takes of each of the 10 songs appearing the original Blood On The Tracks plus a previously unreleased version of "Up to Me."

*The 6CD full-length deluxe version includes the complete New York sessions in chronological order including outtakes, false starts and studio banter. The album's producers have worked from best sources available, in most cases utilizing the original multi-track session tapes.

The only recordings remaining from the Minneapolis sessions are the multi-track masters of the five performances included on the finished Blood On The Tracks album. Each of these has been remixed and remastered for the deluxe edition.

The deluxe box set is a strictly limited edition. The set includes a hardcover photo book featuring liner notes by rock historian Jeff Slate and a complete reproduction of one of Dylan's legendary handwritten 57 page notebooks, where you can follow the lyrical development of the songs that would eventually comprise Blood On The Tracks.

TRACK LISTING

CD + 2LP Track Listing:
1. Tangled Up In Blue(9/19/74, Take 3, Remake 3)
2. Simple Twist Of Fate(9/16/74, Take 1)
3. Shelter From The Storm(9/17/74, Take 2)
4. You're A Big Girl Now(9/16/74, Take 2)
5. Buckets Of Rain(9/18/74, Take 2, Remake)
6. If You See Her, Say Hello (9/16/74, Tape 1)
7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(9/16/74, Take 2)
8. Meet Me In The Morning(9/19/74, Take 1, Remake)
9. Idiot Wind(9/19/74, Take 4, Remake)
10. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(9/17/74, Take 1, Remake)
11. Up To Me(9/19/74, Take 2, Remake)

6CD Deluxe Edition Tracklisting:
CD1
1. If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 1) –solo
2. If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 2) –solo –previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
3. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 1) –solo
4. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 2) –solo
5. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 1) –solo
6. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 2) –solo
7. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 3) –solo
8. Up To Me(Rehearsal) –solo
9. Up To Me(Take 1) –solo
10. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Take 1) –solo
11. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Take 2) –solo –included On Blood On The Tracks Test Pressing

CD2
1. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 1A) –with Band
2. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 2A) –with Band
3. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 3A) –with Band
4. Call Letter Blues (Take 1) –with Band
5. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 1) –with Band –edited Version Included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
6. Call Letter Blues(Take 2) –with Band –previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
7. Idiot Wind(Take 1) –with Bass
8. Idiot Wind(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass
9. Idiot Wind(Take 3 With Insert) –with Bass
10. Idiot Wind(Take 5) –with Bass
11. Idiot Wind(Take 6) –with Bass
12. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Rehearsal And Take 1) –with Band
13. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 2) –with Band
14. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 3) –with Band
15. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 4) –with Bass
16. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 5) –with Band
17. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 6) –with Band
18. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 6, Remake) –with Band
19. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 7) –with Band
20. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 8) –with Band

CD3
1. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 1) –with Bass
2. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass And Organ
3. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass, Organ, And Steel Guitar –included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On Biograph
4. Tangled Up In Blue(Rehearsal) –with Bass And Organ
5. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass And Organ
6. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue(Take 1) –with Bass And Piano
7. Call Letter Blues (Rehearsal) –with Bass And Piano
8. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass And Piano
9. Shelter From The Storm(Take 1) –with Bass And Piano –previously Released On The Jerry McGuireoriginal Soundtrack
10. Buckets Of Rain(Take 1) –with Bass
11. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 3, Remake) –with Bass
12. Buckets Of Rain(Take 2) –with Bass
13. Shelter From The Storm(Take 2) –with Bass
14. Shelter From The Storm(Take 3) –with Bass
15. Shelter From The Storm (Take 4) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
16. Bob Dylan: Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica

CD4
1. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
2. You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
3. Buckets Of Rain(Take 1, Remake) –solo
4. Buckets Of Rain(Take 2, Remake) –solo
5. Buckets Of Rain(Take 3, Remake) –solo
6. Buckets Of Rain (Take 4, Remake) –solo
7. Up To Me(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass
8. Up To Me(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass
9. Buckets Of Rain(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
10. Buckets Of Rain(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass
11. Buckets Of Rain(Take 3, Remake 2) –with Bass
12. Buckets Of Rain(Take 4, Remake 2) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
13. If You See Her, Say Hello(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass –previously Included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing
14. Up To Me(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
15. Up To Me(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass
16. Up To Me(Take 3, Remake 2) –with Bass
17. Buckets Of Rain(Rehearsal) –with Bass
18. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 1, Remake) –with Bass –previously Released On The “Duquesne Whistle” 7” Single
19. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass
20. Buckets Of Rain(Take 5, Remake 2) –with Bass

CD5
1. Tangled Up In Blue(Rehearsal And Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
2. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 2, Remake 2) –with Bass
3. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 3, Remake 2) –with Bass –included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
4. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 2, Remake) –with Bass
5. Simple Twist Of Fate(Take 3, Remake) –with Bass –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
6. Up To Me(Rehearsal And Take 1, Remake 3) –with Bass
7. Up To Me(Take 2, Remake 3) –with Bass –previously Released On Biograph
8. Idiot Wind(Rehearsal And Takes 1-3, Remake) –with Bass
9. Idiot Wind(Take 4, Remake) –with Bass
10. Idiot Wind(Take 4, Remake) –with Organ Overdub –included On Blood On The Trackstest Pressing And Previously Released On The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
11. You’re A Big Girl Now(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
12. Meet Me In The Morning(Take 1, Remake 2) –with Bass
13. Meet Me In The Morning(Takes 2-3, Remake 2) –with Bass

CD6
1. You’re A Big Girl Now(Takes 3-6, Remake 2) –with Bass
2. Tangled Up In Blue (Rehearsal And Takes 1-2, Remake 3) –with Bass
3. Tangled Up In Blue(Take 3, Remake 3) –with Bass
4. Idiot Wind –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
5. You’re A Big Girl Now –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
6. Tangled Up In Blue –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
7. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks
8. If You See Her, Say Hello –with Band –previously Released On Blood On The Tracks

Dylans first compilation album, originally released in March, 1967 on Columbia Records. 

TRACK LISTING

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Blowin' In The Wind
The Times They Are A-Changin'
It Ain't Me Babe
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Mr Tambourine Man
Like A Rolling Stone
I Want You
Positively 4th Street
Just Like A Woman

Live album from Bob Dylan & The Band, originally released in 1974, documenting their American tour. A 21 song double album, pressed on black vinyl with download code insert. 

TRACK LISTING

Side One

1. "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" 02-14 (evening) 4:15
2. "Lay Lady Lay" 02-13 3:14
3. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" 02-13 3:27
4. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" 01-30 New York City 3:51
5. "It Ain't Me, Babe" 02-14 (evening) 3:40
6. "Ballad Of A Thin Man" 02-14 (afternoon) 3:41

Side Two

7. "Up On Cripple Creek" (Robbie Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 5:25
8. "I Shall Be Released" 02-14 (afternoon) 3:50
9. "Endless Highway" (Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 5:10
10. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 4:24
11. "Stage Fright" (Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 4:45

Side Three

12. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" 02-14 (evening) 4:36
13. "Just Like A Woman" 02-14 (evening) 5:06
14. "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" 02-14 (evening) 5:48
15. "The Shape I'm In" (Robertson) 02-14 (afternoon) 4:01
16. "When You Awake" (Richard Manuel, Robertson) 02-14 (evening) 3:13
17. "The Weight" (Robertson) 02-13 4:47

Side Four

18. "All Along The Watchtower" 02-14 (afternoon) 3:07
19. "Highway 61 Revisited" 02-14 (evening) 4:27
20. "Like A Rolling Stone" 02-13 7:09
21. "Blowin' In The Wind" 02-13 + 02-14 (afternoon) 4:30

A CMG release - The latest in the Bob Dylan 'Bootleg Series' covers a prolific recording period between 1979 - 1981, where Dylan recorded a x3 album trilogy - "Slow Train Coming", "Saved" & "Shot of Love". 

The Deluxe box-set includes:- A hardcover book with exclusive liner notes & pics, plus... The first two discs contain x30 live songs, with discs 3&4 being rare & unreleased songs. Discs 5&6 are recorded live in Toronto (1980). Discs 7&8 are recorded live @ Earls Court, London, June 1981. Disc 9 is a bonus DVD featuring "Trouble No More" a musical film, plus other extra bonus content.

The Vinyl format has x4 LP Vinyl & x2 CD (featuring the first x2 discs from the deluxe box). The standard CD a x2 CD set (featuring the first x2 discs from the deluxe box).

This collection debuts x14 previously unreleased songs & a multitude of unreleased live performances, rare studio outtakes & more...

TRACK LISTING

Disc 1: Live
1. Slow Train (Nov. 16, 1979)
2. Gotta Serve Somebody (Nov. 15, 1979)
3. I Believe In You (May 16, 1980)
4. When You Gonna Wake Up? (July 9, 1981)
5. When He Returns (Dec. 5, 1979)
6. Man Gave Names To All The Animals (Jan. 16, 1980)
7. Precious Angel (Nov. 16, 1979)
8. Covenant Woman (Nov. 20, 1979)
9. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Jan. 31, 1980)
10. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Jan. 28, 1980)
11. Solid Rock (Nov. 27, 1979)
12. What Can I Do For You? (Nov. 27, 1979)
13. Saved (Jan. 12, 1980)
14. In The Garden (Jan. 27, 1980)

Disc 2: Live
1. Slow Train (June 29, 1981)
2. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Unreleased Song – Apr. 24, 1980)
3. Gotta Serve Somebody (July 15, 1981)
4. Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One (Unreleased Song – Nov. 16, 1979)
5. Saving Grace (Nov. 6, 1979)
6. Blessed Is The Name (Unreleased Song – Nov. 20, 1979)
7. Solid Rock (Oct. 23, 1981)
8. Are You Ready? (Apr. 30, 1980)
9. Pressing On (Nov. 6, 1979)
10. Shot Of Love (July 25, 1981)
11. Dead Man, Dead Man (June 21, 1981)
12. Watered-Down Love (June 12, 1981)
13. In The Summertime (Oct. 21, 1981)
14. The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar (Nov. 13, 1980)
15. Caribbean Wind (Nov. 12, 1980)
16. Every Grain Of Sand (Nov. 21, 1981)

Disc 3: Rare And Unreleased
1. Slow Train (Soundcheck – Oct. 5, 1978)
2. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Soundcheck – Dec. 7, 1978)
3. Help Me Understand (Unreleased Song – Oct. 5, 1978)
4. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (Rehearsal – Oct. 2, 1979)
5. Gotta Serve Somebody (Outtake – May 4, 1979)
6. When He Returns (Outtake – May 4, 1979)
7. Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One (Unreleased Song – May 1, 1979)
8. Trouble In Mind (Outtake – April 30, 1979)
9. Ye Shall Be Changed (Outtake – May 2, 1979)
10. Covenant Woman (Outtake –February 11, 1980)
11. Stand By Faith (Unreleased Song – Sept. 26, 1979)
12. I Will Love Him (Unreleased Song – Apr. 19, 1980)
13. Jesus Is The One (Unreleased Song – Jul. 17, 1981)
14. City Of Gold (Unreleased Song – Nov. 22, 1980)
15. Thief On The Cross (Unreleased Song – Nov. 10, 1981)
16. Pressing On (Outtake – Feb. 13, 1980)

Disc 4: Rare And Unreleased
1. Slow Train (Rehearsal – Oct. 2, 1979)
2. Gotta Serve Somebody (Rehearsal – Oct. 9, 1979)
3. Making A Liar Out Of Me (Unreleased Song – Sept. 26, 1980)
4. Yonder Comes Sin (Unreleased Song – Oct. 1, 1980)
5. Radio Spot January 1980, Portland, OR Show
6. Cover Down, Pray Through (Unreleased Song – May 1, 1980)
7. Rise Again (Unreleased Song – Oct. 16, 1980)
8. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Unreleased Song – Dec. 2, 1980)
9. The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar (Outtake – May 1, 1981)
10. Caribbean Wind (Rehearsal – Sept. 23, 1980)
11. You Changed My Life (Outtake – April 23, 1981)
12. Shot Of Love (Outtake – March 25, 1981)
13. Watered-Down Love (Outtake – May 15, 1981)
14. Dead Man, Dead Man (Outtake – April 24, 1981)
15. Every Grain Of Sand (Rehearsal – Sept. 26, 1980)

Disc 5 – Live In Toronto 1980
1. Gotta Serve Somebody (April 18, 1980)
2. I Believe In You (April 18, 1980)
3. Covenant Woman (April 19, 1980)
4. When You Gonna Wake Up? (April 18, 1980)
5. When He Returns (April 20, 1980)
6. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Unreleased Song – April 18, 1980)
7. Cover Down, Pray Through (Unreleased Song – April 19, 1980)
8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals (April 19, 1980)
9. Precious Angel (April 19, 1980)

Disc 6 – Live In Toronto 1980
1. Slow Train (April 18, 1980)
2. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (April 20, 1980)
3. Solid Rock (April 20, 1980)
4. Saving Grace (April 18, 1980)
5. What Can I Do For You? (April 19, 1980)
6. In The Garden (April 20, 1980)
7. Band Introductions (April 19, 1980)
8. Are You Ready? (April 19, 1980)
9. Pressing On (April 18, 1980)

Disc 7 – Live In Earl’s Court, London – June 27, 1981
1. Gotta Serve Somebody
2. I Believe In You
3. Like A Rolling Stone
4. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
5. Maggie’s Farm
6. I Don’t Believe You
7. Dead Man, Dead Man
8. Girl From The North Country
9. Ballad Of A Thin Man

Disc 8 – Live In Earl’s Court – London – June 27, 1981
1. Slow Train
2. Let’s Begin
3. Lenny Bruce
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Solid Rock
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Watered-Down Love
8. Forever Young
9. When You Gonna Wake Up
10. In The Garden
11. Band Introductions
12. Blowin’ In The Wind
13. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
14. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

Disc 9: Bonus DVD
Trouble No More – A Musical Film

DVD EXTRAS:
Shot Of Love
Cover Down, Pray Through
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Alternate Version)
Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (Complete Version)
Precious Angel (Complete Version)
Slow Train (Complete Version)

This is the album that might have saved Bob Dylan’s career. At the least, it proved the icon still relevant. It immediately followed what remains the artist’s biggest disaster, Self Portrait, a nearly unlistenable attempt that caused many to wonder whether Dylan had lost his mind. If intended as a joke, it bombed, making the sublime New Morning all the more important to restore faith in the singer’s creativity and songwriting prowess. It did all this and more, and would stand as his finest studio effort during a five-year span. “Many of the songs seem to have been made up on the spot, with confidence in the ability of first-rate musicians to move in any direction at any time,” wrote Dylan expert Greil Marcus in his original review for The New York Times. These observations hold true today, for the 1970 effort claims a daring flair Dylan rarely exhibited on albums before or since. An enthusiasm and excitement surrounds his singing, and his work on the 88s underlines the liberating arrangements.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system, this restored album spotlights the open, woozy sound that welcomes wholeheartedly Dylan’s piano, several eager guitars, female background singers, Al Kooper’s organ, and snappy drumming into a world of their own. The instruments retain an off-the-cuff sensibility relating to a nightclub atmosphere or live stage feel. On this reissue, notes naturally dangle and fade, allowing the playful vibes and humor to come through like never before. Consequently, New Morning can be experienced with newfound perspective.

TRACK LISTING

Side One

1. "If Not For You" 2:39
2. "Day Of The Locusts" 3:57
3. "Time Passes Slowly" 2:33
4. "Went To See The Gypsy" 2:49
5. "Winterlude" 2:21
6. "If Dogs Run Free" 3:37

Side Two

1. "New Morning" 3:56
2. "Sign On The Window" 3:39
3. "One More Weekend" 3:09
4. "The Man In Me" 3:07
5. "Three Angels" 2:07
6. "Father Of Night" 1:27

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: The best of Bob Dylan. The perfect entry point.

TRACK LISTING

Side A
1. Blowin' In The Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Subterranean Homesick Blues

Side B
1. Like A Rolling Stone
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
5. Lay, Lady, Lay
6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Side C
1. Forever Young
2. Tangled Up In Blue
3. Gotta Serve Somebody
4. Jokerman
5. Make You Feel My Love

Side D
1. Things Have Changed
2. Mississippi
3. When The Deal Goes Down
4. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
5. Long And Wasted Years

"The Cutting Edge, 1965-1966" is the latest installment in the 'Bootleg Series' of releases from rock music icon Bob Dylan on the Columbia/Legacy label. Focussing on the legendary studio sessions that produced 'Bringing It All Back Home', 'Highway 61', & 'Blonde On Blonde'. All recordings are pristine transfers & mixed from the original studio tracking tapes.

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Sessions and out-takes from Dylan's imperious phase. Absolutely essential.

TRACK LISTING

Disc: 1
1. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
2. I'll Keep It With Mine
3. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
4. She Belongs To Me
5. Subterranean Homesick Blues
6. Outlaw Blues
7. On The Road Again
8. Farewell, Angelina
9. If You Gotta Go, Go Now
10. You Don't Have To Do That
11. California
12. Mr. Tambourine Man
13. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
14. Like A Rolling Stone
15. Like A Rolling Stone
16. Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence
17. Medicine Sunday
18. Desolation Row
19. Desolation Row
Disc: 2
1. Tombstone Blues
2. Positively 4th Street
3. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
5. Highway 61 Revisited
6. Queen Jane Approximately
7. Visions Of Johanna
8. She's Your Lover Now
9. Lunatic Princess
10. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
11. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
12. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
13. Absolutely Sweet Marie
14. Just Like A Woman
15. Pledging My Time
16. I Want You
17. Highway 61 Revisited

'Highway 61 Revisited' is a landmark - recorded in 1965, during the same tumultuous summer that had seen him plugging in his electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, "Highway 61 Revisited" is Bob Dylan diving head-first into the rock and roll maelstrom, backed by the studio prowess of Al Kooper, Michael Bloomfield and others on such devastating classics as the epochal "Like A Rolling Stone". Essential!!

Featuring 10 tracks, the Jack Frost produced album 'Shadows In The Night' is the 36th studio release from iconic superstar Bob Dylan & marks his first new music since 2012's 'Tempest'. The album was recorded 'live' in the studio with a five-piece band & features some classic ballads, stripped down, with no overdubbing & mixed as it was recorded.

TRACK LISTING

I'm A Fool To Want You
The Night We Called It A Day
Stay With Me
Autumn Leaves
Why Try To Change Me Now
Some Enchanted Evening
Full Moon And Empty Arms
Where Are You
What'll I Do
That Lucky Old Sun

The important thing about this LP is that it was Dylan's first record to feature solely his own compositions. It was his third album and came out in 1964. It dealt mainly with issues of social protest, and this was how he came to be defined in that early era. It all started to gel on this release. He was the kid that put poetry into rock'n'roll.

TRACK LISTING

1 The Times They Are A-Changin'
2 The Ballad Of Hollis Brown
3 With God On Our Side
4 One Too Many Mornings
5 North Country Blues
6 Only A Pawn In Their Game
7 Boots Of Spanish Leather
8 When The Ship Comes In
9 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
10 Restless Farewell

Thirteen song, second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on May 27, 1963 by Columbia Records. Where as his self-titled debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, Freewheelin' represented the beginning of Dylan's writing contemporary words to traditional melodies. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are Dylan's original compositions.

Recorded in a single day in June, 1964, Another Side yielded deeply personal and poetic songs like "It Ain't Me Babe", and "All I Really Want To Do", bursting at the seams with lyrical, dream-fueled imagery, often leavened with dashes of whimsy and always set sailing by Bob Dylan's free-ranging imagination.

There are only a few living legends working in the field of music today and Bob Dylan is one of them. An original troubadour and singer/songwriter, the voice of a generation, Dylan has been all these things and more.

For a Bob Dylan album, and one that many consider to be his best, "Nashville Skyline" doesn't mess around with ambiguity. It's a country album, plain and simple, with Dylan abandoning his fabled talk-sing voice and evangelical message for a soothing, down-home country croon. The new style was a perfect fit for some of Dylan's strongest material ever, including "Lay Lady Lay," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" and "I Threw It All Away". There's also a superb duet with Johnny Cash on "Girl From The North Country" that, along with the Byrds' earlier "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" LP, officially breaks the champagne bottle over a brand new musical genre: country-rock.

This historic 'halloween concert' remastered from original source tapes captures the moment when the hottest young folk singer of his age transformed into one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. The show is divided into the standards that made his name and the longer, experimental pieces ("It's Alright Ma ...") that emerged on the then unreleased "Bringing It All Back Home". Includes a 56 page booklet with stunning rare photographs and in-depth notes

An early classic from Dylan, featuring many a classic.

Canadian only tour box set from Bob Dylan features the albums "Greatest Hits", "Greatest Hits Vol II" (2xCD set,) and "Greatest Hits Volume 3" all packaged together in a slip case with a bonus CD sampler featuring four live unreleased tracks "Things Have Changed", a seven minute version of "Blowin' In The Wind", "Blind Willie McTell" and "Roving Gambler".