Bob Dylan - Dylan (3CD) (Deluxe Edition)
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Artist: Bob DylanEdition: Music CD
Format: Collector's Edition
CD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Music Label: Sony Music Distribution
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Song to Woody
- Blowin' in the Wind
- Masters of War
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- All I Really Want to Do
- My Back Pages
- It Ain't Me, Babe
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Maggie's Farm
- Like a Rolling Stone
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Positively 4th Street
- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
- Just Like a Woman
- Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) 19. All Along the Watchtower
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
- Lay, Lady, Lay
- If Not for You
- I Shall Be Released
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- On a Night Like This
- Forever Young
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Simple Twist of Fate
- Hurricane
- Changing of the Guards
- Gotta Serve Somebody
- Precious Angel
- The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar 15. Jokerman 16. Dark Eyes
- Blind Willie McTell
- Brownsville Girl
- Silvio
- Ring Them Bells
- Dignity
- Everything Is Broken
- Under the Red Sky
- You're Gonna Quit Me
- Blood in My Eyes
- Not Dark Yet
- Things Have Changed
- Make You Feel My Love
- High Water (For Charley Patton)
- Po' Boy
- Someday Baby
- When the Deal Goes Down
Free Music Notes for Dylan (3CD) (Deluxe Edition)
Free Music Review: Great music, but unadventurous selections (erroneous in one case)
Hit: 5 Stars
I largely agree with many of the other reviewers who say that the 3-CD "Dylan" compilation is nothing new, so I won't re-hash those comments here. Unlike some of those reviewers, however, I give this collection five stars because the music is simply great throughout -- some of the greatest of the past 50 years.
But the folks who put it together weren't very careful. The booklet lists "You Ain't Going Nowhere" as being from the Basement Tapes album (the 1975 partial release of Dylan's 1967 recordings with The Band), which would make it the first remastering of this version of the song, as far as I know. That isn't the version that's included here, however.
The one included in this set isn't the 1967 version as listed, but instead, the early-70s version by Dylan and Happy Traum that appeared on Greatest Hits Vol. II. This later rendition is a great one, but it's already available in remastered form on the aforementioned GH Vol. II. How hard should it have been for the Sony/Columbia folks to include the right version of this song in the collection? You don't have to be an expert knowledgeable in Dylan esoterica to know the difference -- you just need a basic familiarity with his released albums.
What this says to me is that more care could have been taken with this set. The two versions of this song are not easy to confuse, as they sound very different -- it's not as though they simply confused two takes of the same song from the same recording session, which might have been understandable. Mistaking a 1967 demo recording with The Band for a much later studio recording should have been easily avoided. And when the collection is in more-or-less chronological order, as this one is, it upsets the overall organization of the set to substitute a recording that was made years later than the one that was supposed to be included.
Anyway, this is a good, if not particularly adventurous, collection. Yes, Biograph is much more interesting, covering both major releases and much previously unreleased material. And the ongoing Bootleg Series has given us many hours of great music that never saw the light of day before. So this new "Dylan" collection doesn't contain any new unreleased stuff -- I guess that just isn't the movie they were making here, so to speak. The music is still great, and it's nice to have it in one place. I just wish they had been more careful, and maybe had included a few of the less predictable songs that are just as great as these, most of which have already been anthologized.
(And how about putting out The Basement Tapes in fuller form as the next Bootleg Series release???)
Dylan (3CD) (Deluxe Edition) Poster
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 McGonigalDYLAN 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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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.
Limited Edition Triple CD Box, CDs Come in Paper Sleeves, 50 Page Booklet and Postcard.
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