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LMS, you've wrecked the last page with that godawful link.

For you, Zeb.

KD, I wish I could just lend you a whole heap of Dylan books that you could skim through. They're all a bit too anorak for me to recommend you to buy them but def worth a flick thru.

Kevin Davis wrote:"Love and Theft" is my #2 -- and only because the relationship I have with "Blood on the Tracks" is so deep it will likely never be surpassed by any record ever.

I listened to BOTT for the first album of the day on Christmas morning. Over breakfast I muttered that If You See Her, Say Hello might be one of the saddest songs written and could completely agree with your sentiment above.

LetMeSleep wrote:For you, Zeb.

KD, I wish I could just lend you a whole heap of Dylan books that you could skim through. They're all a bit too anorak for me to recommend you to buy them but def worth a flick thru.

I had to Google "anorak" but yes, that sounds right up my alley! What are some titles you would recommend? I have great respect for Paul Williams, though I haven't read any of his books from cover to cover. I read "Down the Highway" by Howard Sounes but found it a little tabloid-ish for my tastes -- the "anorak" genre of Dylan writing is definitely more my speed. There are some great, comprehensive websites out there (like Bill Pagel and Olof Bjorner's sites) for concert and session information that are always bookmarked for whenever I go on a Dylan kick. Bob discs are never far from my stereo anyway but I've been especially back into him in a big way ever since the Basement Tapes box came out -- those ragged basement recordings have sent me back to some of the trad covers from the early Never-Ending Tour, and it's just a bottomless rabbit hole of stuff.

There is a great version of "If You See Her" from one of the RTR shows with almost entirely rewritten lyrics, and one verse where he fantasizes about walking in on his ex and her new lover in the throes of passion and shooting the guy in the back. The song was definitely some kind of vessel for him...

The Performing Artist 3 books are really good but Watching The River Flow is probably the pick of the Williams books (that I've read). It's a collection of essays/articles.

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Clinton Heylin has a few good ones too. Behind The Shades or the revised BTS 2 has lots of quotes and anecdotes from lots of characters along the way. I remember the Desire chapter was fascinating. The other of his that is essential is The Recording Sessions.

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LetMeSleep wrote:For you, Zeb.

Good man.

I've listened to nothing but that Basement Tapes set for the past four days.

super nintendo chalmers wrote:I've listened to nothing but that Basement Tapes set for the past four days.

super nintendo chalmers wrote:I've listened to nothing but that Basement Tapes set for the past four days.

It contains multitudes. Lately I have been really stuck on "Love is Only Mine" from disc 6 -- a beautiful sketch...

Jessica Fletcher wrote:Don't rain on my Street Legal parade!
I'm sure I rank it too high, but truthfully I pretty much stopped listening to the first record-blonde on blonde a while ago. Obviously an unparalleled run; I just burned out on them and there was so much of the catalogue to dig deep into.

How about top 3 night Dylan albums? Was it Lanois who said the TOOM was rec'd late at night, through the night. You can tell. It has a certain vibe. Street Legal has a bit of that too.

Just listened to it (well some tracks) and there are some killer tracks here but most of what stands out is the strength of the vocals. It may be down to having strong backing vocals but Dylan here is in fine form. The instrumentation also takes some average tracks and pitches them a bit higher.

Kev is right. It's a B, possibly B+.

Shall we do a LAL Street Legal?

I'm game. My review will most likely be positive.

i'm kinda excited for this sinatra covers record.

"Wigwam" is a nice little song.

I'd get this if it wasn't $42 on his website.

I still might. That's awesome

Dylan's speech from MusiCares. Def worth a read

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mu ... tml#page=5

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Kevin Davis wrote:Some new stuff from Bootleg Series 10. Can't wait for this.
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/18/210228529 ... -1969-1971

My wife gave me this for Christmas and I haven't gone a day without listening. It took me a week to get to disc 2 and HOLY SHIT. The two songs with the Band from 1969 are ridiculous. Highway 61 Revisited shows that Dylan might be the best performer of all time. I wish the Band and Dylan sounded like this in 75.

I have never owned Self Portrait or New Morning so most of these songs are new to me, but this bootleg is in my top 5 favorite Dylan records.

I dl'ed the dylan n band bootleg but there's like 10 million songs

Someone post the highlights for me, I'm lazy

There is a 2cd version that came out too -- try that.

Highlands has just been owning me lately.

Yet to hear this new standards album. Anyone?