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18 April 2013
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Little Piggy Dragonguy said
I have a couple Bob Dylan albums on hold right now at the library, and one of them is his Christmas album, so I’m pretty stoked to go pick those up later. I’ll def be listening to his Christmas album all night.
His voice sounds the worst on the Christmas album. His voice has suffered a lot of weathering and damage and it is worst on that album. The sound of his voice has recovered somewhat since then.
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Expert Textpert said
His voice sounds the worst on the Christmas album. His voice has suffered a lot of weathering and damage and it is worst on that album. The sound of his voice has recovered somewhat since then.
Bloody hell. On ‘Shadows In The Night’ Dylan sounded like he was a hardline mobster with a decimated voicebox threatening his worst enemy whilst suffering from a heavy cold and an asthma attack. His voice on the cover of ‘Things We Said Today ‘ is incredibly terrifying and not to be heard if you are easily scared. And they all came after.
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Expert Textpert said
His voice sounds the worst on the Christmas album. His voice has suffered a lot of weathering and damage and it is worst on that album. The sound of his voice has recovered somewhat since then.
Bloody hell. On ‘Shadows In The Night’ Dylan sounded like he was a hardline mobster with a decimated voicebox threatening his worst enemy whilst suffering from a heavy cold and an asthma attack. His voice on the cover of ‘Things We Said Today ‘ is incredibly terrifying and not to be heard if you are easily scared. And they all came after.
Yes, the Beatles cover was awful. Maybe worse than the Christmas album. I guarantee Shadows in the Night is better than the Christmas album.
I thought he sounded even better on Fallen Angels and Triplicate, though.
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Offline I agree. By triplicate he’s got it back, and he sounds more like he did in the early 2000s on Love And Theft.
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18 April 2013
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Expert Textpert said
His voice sounds the worst on the Christmas album. His voice has suffered a lot of weathering and damage and it is worst on that album. The sound of his voice has recovered somewhat since then.
Bloody hell. On ‘Shadows In The Night’ Dylan sounded like he was a hardline mobster with a decimated voicebox threatening his worst enemy whilst suffering from a heavy cold and an asthma attack. His voice on the cover of ‘Things We Said Today ‘ is incredibly terrifying and not to be heard if you are easily scared. And they all came after.
His voice is pretty bad on the Christmas album and Shadows In the Night, but I still like both those albums. His voice gives a spooky take on many classic Christmas songs. 10/10 would recommend. (Y)
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18 April 2013
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I can’t stop listening to Bob Dylan.
This happened me too. My car was loaded only with Bob Dylan and I play it from my ipod as well. My friends don’t really let me play Dylan in public, so i’m pretty much planning the next time I can listen to music when I listen to other artists.
Its happened with The Grateful Dead too.
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This happened me too. My car was loaded only with Bob Dylan and I play it from my ipod as well. My friends don’t really let me play Dylan in public, so i’m pretty much planning the next time I can listen to music when I listen to other artists.
Its happened with The Grateful Dead too.
Of course now that I’ve said that, I’m listening to Shaved Fish. But I usually play one or two non-Bob albums here and there.
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Coming out on the 3rd November, the next edition of The Bootleg Series has been announced, covering the “Born Again” period, it’s titled Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 — 1979-1981.
The standard 2CD/4LP version features 30 live performances, including 3 previously unreleased songs.
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)
There will also be a deluxe version that adds another 72 tracks (with a further 11 unreleased songs) spread across an additional six CDs,
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
and a bonus DVD featuring:
Trouble No More: A Musical Film, a new feature-length cinematic presentation combining unreleased footage from Dylan’s 1980 tours with new material written by Luc Sante and performed by Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon. This is set to premiere at the 2017 New York Film Festival.
It also features 6 bonus tracks.
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)
I have a feeling that there may be some complaint about this one, in that many will feel that the two “Rare and Unreleased” discs – which include the bulk of the previously unreleased songs – should be the standard version, rather than the two live discs that are. For any Bobheads, it means there is no choice but to go for the expensive Deluxe.
If pre-ordered through Dylan’s website, the Deluxe will come (on a limited basis) with a bonus 2CD set, Live in San Diego, featuring his complete concert at the Golden Hall on 28 November 1979.
1. Gotta Serve Somebody
2. I Believe in You
3. When You Gonna Wake Up
4. When He Returns
5. Man Gave Names to All the Animals
6. Precious Angel
7. Slow Train
8. Covenant Woman
9. Gonna Change My Way of Thinking
10. Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
11. Solid Rock
12. Saving Grace
13. Saved
14. What Can I Do for You?
15, In the Garden
16. Blessed Is the Name
17. Pressing On
(The split between the 2CDs is difficult to know, as no details for the set are given, but there was a break taken in the performance between tracks 8 and 9).
On another front, it seems that the Bob Dylan Archive in Tulsa now has a website, and a “work-in-progress” catalogue (dated March 2017) is available as a PDF. Though far from complete, already possible to identify lots of song titles that have never even been rumoured.
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18 April 2013
Offline I’ll be ordering the standard edition to complete my set. It would be nice to have the studio outtakes, but I made a decision not to buy any expensive Dylan boxes.
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