Beyond Here Lies Nothin': the Best of Bob Dylan

Beyond Here Lies Nothin': the Best of Bob Dylan Review

UK two CD collection from the legendary singer/songwriter and Folk/Rock icon. 33 tracks including 'Blowin' In The Wind', 'It Ain't Me, Babe', 'Subterranean Homesick Blues', 'Like A Rolling Stone', 'Lay, Lady, Lay', 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door' and many more. Sony.

Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Deluxe)

Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Deluxe) Review

For the first time ever, this is the only book that shows all of the 7-inch covers spanning Bob Dylan's career, taken from a fan's personal collection.

Includes:
* two-CD set with 27 songs
* exclusive bonus CD with 12 extra tracks
* 150-page, 8" x 8" hardcover book of Bob's singles artwork (see video)
* 60-page booklet with rare photos, essay, credits.

All packaged in a hardcover solid slipcase.

The Basement Tapes

The Basement Tapes Review

This is Dylan and the Band havin' a ball with folk, bluegrass, country, blues and rock in Woodstock in '67; now this is freewheeling, and it's many a fan's favorite Dylan record. Newly remastered!

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Review

Limited edition Japanese pressing of the remastered 1971 album features 2 CD's with the 21 original tracks packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Sony. 2005.

Shot of Love

Shot of Love Review

Out of print tin the U.S.! 1981 album from Mr. Dylan featuring musical backing from Ron Wood, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Douglas, Benmont Tench, Jim Keltner, Donald 'Duck' Dunn and others. 11 tracks. Sony.

Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8

Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8 Review

Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8 Feature

• Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol.

Bob Dylan's unpredictable nature has always kept his audience on their toes. Given his mood, a song performed on one day can seem like an entirely different composition on the next. On the two-CD Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8--certainly one of the most riveting of the Minnesota bard's collections of unreleased recordings, studio demos, alternate takes, and live tracks--two versions of "Mississippi," which Dylan originally wrote for Time Out of Mind, bear that out. The first, where he is backed only by producer Daniel Lanois' poignant electric guitar, finds him wistful in his memories of Rosie. But by disc two, where he reprises the song with a whole band, his reading of the same lyric is dispassionate, as if he were recounting the experience of "the stranger that nobody sees," as he puts it. While the second rendition disappoints, the 27-song album, which covers material from 1989's Oh Mercy through 2006's Modern Times, offers a king's riches. In replacing the banjo with cranked-up electric guitars on a blistering live performance of "High Water (For Charley Patton)," he makes the song nearly an angry manifesto. (Another live song, "Ring Them Bells," thrills with the stunning raw power of his early performances, and renders the studio original utterly bland.) Not everything seems up to Dylan's remarkable standards (conjuring a black R & B voice for "Can't Escape From You," an homage to early rock and roll, seems off kilter and silly). But the breadth and scope of the material (from sneering and tender folk originals, to covers of Jimmie Rodgers and Robert Johnson blues, to a collaboration with bluegrass king Ralph Stanley, and side excursions into ragtime and waltz) reinforce his position as the premier songwriter of his generation. -– Alanna Nash 2 CDs with 27 songs in a brilliant box with a 60 page booklet.

Dylan (3CD) (Deluxe Edition)

Dylan (3CD) (Deluxe Edition) Review

Dylan (3CD) (Deluxe Edition) Feature

• DYLAN BOB DYLAN - DELUXE VERSION (3CDS)

It's about time the record-buying public was offered up a decent, updated Dylan compilation! After all, artists with far less in the way of cultural influence, sales figures, or sheer release numbers have put out many more retrospective collections. Think of this, then, as your Dummies' Guide to Dylan. And for those who really aren't sure if they like the reedy Poet of a Generation® or not, there's even a single CD Cliffs Notes-sized version. For everyone else, there's a triple-disc edition with deluxe packaging and nifty artwork. Even the most marginal fan might quibble with the selection--shouldn't, like, half of it be taken from The Basement Tapes, rather than just one tune?--but there's not a mediocre song on here. It's a tad surprising that the songs are arranged chronologically, rather than grouped by grand themes, the way Johnny Cash's music was on his Love, God, Murder set. But then it is such a pleasure to watch Dylan's progression, to listen as he so quickly works through his influences, goes electric, discovers country music and then God—and then finally somehow wraps it all up together like some alchemical, one-man version of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. No matter how you wrap it up, or which commercials it acts as the soundtrack to, or what professors might try to eulogize it to death, this is music that remains as thrillingly alive today as a rattlesnake coiled and hissing in your boots tomorrow morning. --Mike McGonigal DYLAN is a career-spanning retrospective of Bob Dylan's music. This definitive Bob Dylan collection chronicles the artist's four decades of groundbreaking studio recordings, as well as his unparalleled influence on popular music and culture. DYLAN serves as both a comprehensive introduction for new fans and an expansive, cherished overview for long-time Bob Dylan devotees. The 3 CD deluxe version is housed in a red cloth covered box with a magnetic hinged lid. The DYLAN logo is debossed on the outer lid, and the inside is covered in black velvet fabric with the Columbia logo gold foiled on the inside of the lid. Each CD is housed in an individual inner and outer sleeve. The outer sleeve art is iconic Dylan imagery while the inner sleeves are replica classic Columbia LP sleeves. The CDs themselves are replica vinyl discs. The 40 page booklet is perfect bound and contains extended liner notes and rare photos. Finally each box includes 10 limited edition postcard lithograph prints focusing on pivotal moments in Dylan's career.

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