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The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991
Artist: Bob Dylan
Label: Sony
Category: Music

List Price: $39.98
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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 81 reviews
Sales Rank: 1570

Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 1.2

MPN: 65302
UPC: 074646530221
EAN: 0074646530221
ASIN: B000002AJG

Release Date: August 19, 1997
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Tracks:

  Disc 1
  • Hard Times in New York Town
  • He Was a Friend of Mine - Bob Dylan, Traditional
  • Man on the Street
  • No More Auction Block - Bob Dylan, Traditional
  • House Carpenter - Bob Dylan, Traditional
  • Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
  • Let Me Die in My Footsteps
  • Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie
  • Talkin' Have Negeilah Blues
  • Quit Your Low Down Ways
  • Worried Blues - Bob Dylan, Traditional
  • Kingsport Town - Bob Dylan, Traditional
  • Walkin' Down the Line
  • Walls of Red Wing
  • Paths of Victory
  • Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
  • Who Killed Davey Moore?
  • Only a Hobo
  • Moonshiner - Bob Dylan, Traditional
  • When the Ship Comes In
  • The Times They Are A-Changin'
  • Last Thoughts on Woody Gutherie

  Disc 2
  • Seven Curses
  • Eternal Circle
  • Suze (The Cough Song)
  • Mama, You Been on My Mind
  • Farewell, Angelina
  • Subterranean Homesick Blues
  • If You Gotta Go, Go Now
  • Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence
  • Like a Rolling Stone
  • It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
  • I'll Keep It With Mine
  • She's Your Lover Now
  • I Shall Be Released
  • If Not for You
  • Wallflower
  • Nobody 'Cept You
  • Tangled Up in Blue
  • Call Letter Blues
  • Idiot Wind
  • Santa-Fe

  Disc 3
  • If You See Her, Say Hello
  • Golden Loom
  • Catfish
  • Seven Days
  • Ye Shall Be Changed
  • Every Grain of Sand
  • You Changed My Life
  • Need a Woman
  • Angelina
  • Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart
  • Tell Me
  • Lord Protect My Child
  • Foot of Pride
  • Blind Willie McTell
  • When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
  • Series of Dreams

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  • The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"
  • The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall
  • Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)
  • The Basement Tapes
  • Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8

Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Bob Dylan has always been incredibly prolific, only releasing a fraction of what he records. Such a policy has made him a prime target for bootleggers over the years, finally prompting this sanctioned 1991 triple-disc dive into the Dylan vaults. It consists of rare tracks, unreleased outtakes, early versions of classics ("Times They Are a-Changin'," "Like a Rolling Stone," "I Shall Be Released"), and alternate versions that sometimes cut the originals ("Idiot Wind"). A measure of Dylan's depth is his list of discarded songs ("She's Your Lover Now," "Blind Willie McTell," "Series of Dreams") that would be the crown jewels of most catalogs. These 58 tracks serve as a shadow history of one of our most important artists. --Ben Edmonds


Customer Reviews:   Read 76 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars BD bootleg series 1-3   June 27, 2008
KOB
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is an absolutely incredible collection that anyone who even remotely likes Bob Dylan should own. I purchased it brand new and it came in wrapping, but it consistently skips on one song at the same place. I noticed slight gouges in the CD.


5 out of 5 stars Some Surprisers for Even the Bootleggers   April 10, 2008
Ken Douglas (The Coast)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This is the first of the Bob Dylan official Bootleg Series offered by CBS/Sony and it offers up a delicious set of recordings that any Dylan fan just has to love. Most of these songs have appeared on Bootlegs over the years, but not all of them. There are some gems here that must have been shockers to both Dylan fans and Dylan bootleggers alike, especially the hauntingly beautiful "Farewell Angelina" that Dylan gave to Joan Baez to record. Hearing Dylan do it himself is a pure pleasure. And the two closing songs, "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" and "Series of Dreams" are just outstanding. What a rock song, "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" is. Wow!

I particularly like the Infidels outtakes on disc three, from "Tell Me" through "Blind Willie McTell." But wait! There's more," the Alternate take of "Subterranean Homesick Blues," is just as good as the original and will have you singing the words right along with Dylan, if you still know 'em, that is. "Nobody 'Cept You," left off of Planet Waves is a heart rendering love song, "She's Your Lover Now," left off of "Blonde on Blonde, because they never got the last verse right, is a song I play all the time. Actually I play this whole set all the time. It's just great.



5 out of 5 stars The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 (Purchased on 02/12/2008)   March 31, 2008
Alastair F. Smith (Addis Ababa Ethiopia)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I am very pleased with the product-most liked tracks were the later ones particularly willie mctell


5 out of 5 stars WOW Factor   March 30, 2008
Trevor Balmer (Alamo City USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I would let all of the 5 star reviews on here speak for themselves but I feel compelled to interject with my twocents. I bought this compilation way back when it was released (1991-ish?) and I was quite frankly blown away. That the music is unique in both content and substance goes without saying, however there is a certain depth here. This is music that has the ability to move you and open new spiritual horizons. Humor, sincerity, a plea to the better angels of our nature, etc.; all of these you will find for your listening pleasure on the Bob Dylan Bootleg series, lo these 17 years hence.


5 out of 5 stars Essential Dylan   March 1, 2008
K. Byrne (Ireland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is by far the best album in my collection and every time you listen to it I feel like I could be sat in a little club in the sixties listening to Dylan on stage.

A must have for any collection 5 stars!!


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