Brings new light to a rich and storied career--like looking at the best of his later body of work (beyond his most commercially successful period of late 60s and early 70s) with a fresh set of ears. Very strong collection--holds up against the last six albums in terms of quality--especially the stripped down acoustic numbers that recall Nashville Skyline and Blood on the Tracks. Love the deep mining of American genres such as blues, swing and gospel and the brilliant wordplay. Crackerjack session players on all these tracks--like the varied feel of the multiple takes of the same song. Can't recall an artist other than Duke Ellington who was able to float through the decades in such a productive fashion.
Dylan Bootleg Number 8
Am listening over and over again to this new set of recordings. Three alternate versions of Mississippi, all great, but THE highlight for me is an unreleased track from Time Out Of Mind, Red River Shore, sounds as one might expect with the Lanois production, and I feel it may be the best song on that album, even though it ended getting left off of it. Curious as to what others may think of this collection from, admittedly, my favorite artist.
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