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Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
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Track Listings
Disc: 1
1 | Mississippi |
2 | Most of the Time |
3 | Dignity |
4 | Someday Baby |
5 | Red River Shore |
6 | Tell Ol' Bill |
7 | Born In Time |
8 | Can't Wait |
9 | Everything Is Broken |
10 | Dreamin' of You |
11 | Huck's Tune |
12 | Marchin' to the City |
13 | High Water (For Charley Patton) |
Disc: 2
1 | Mississippi |
2 | 32-20 Blues |
3 | Series of Dreams |
4 | God Knows |
5 | Can't Escape from You |
6 | Dignity |
7 | Ring Them Bells |
8 | Cocaine Blues |
9 | Ain't Talkin' |
10 | The Girl On the Greenbriar Shore |
11 | Lonesome Day Blues |
12 | Miss the Mississippi |
13 | The Lonesome River - Bob Dylan feat. Ralph Stanley |
14 | 'Cross the Green Mountain |
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Product Description
BOB DYLANS TELL TALE SIGNS: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 8 the 8th installment in the best-selling and critically lauded Bootleg Series which launched in 1991 - will be released by Columbia Records on Tuesday, October 7. a treasure-trove of 27 songs spanning two discs, TELL TALE SIGNS features previously unreleased recordings and alternate versions of tracks from sessions which generated some of Bob Dylan's most acclaimed and commercially successful albums from the last two decades, including "Time Out of Mind," "Love And Theft", "Modern Times" and "Oh Mercy."
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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
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.68 x 5.01 x 0.64 inches; 7.84 ounces
- Manufacturer : Legacy Recordings
- Item model number : 5232404
- Original Release Date : 2008
- Run time : 2 hours and 17 minutes
- Date First Available : July 22, 2008
- Label : Legacy Recordings
- ASIN : B001D06SEI
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #27,577 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #886 in Pop Singer-Songwriters
- #1,316 in Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
- #13,083 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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The first alternative take of Mississippi, a song that appeared on Love and Theft although initially recorded at the Time Out of Mind sessions, is gorgeous. It's as good as the offically released version, and it many ways surprasses it. It's much more melancholy and spare, leaving Dylan's vocal to come to the fore. The 2nd alternative take of Mississippi is OK. The version of Someday Baby here is a much more atmospheric, subtly angry, and mysterious song. It's a lot better than the Modern Times version. Red River Shore was one of those unreleased tracks that obtained almost a god like reputation, and it deserves it. It's one of Dylan's most moving songs. Can't Wait and Everything is Broken are released here in alternative versions with completely different lyrics for both. Both versions are excellent, and I like the new version of Broken more than the official one. Marchin' to the City is a great, great gospel like number which eventually became Til I Fell in Love with You on Time Out of Mind. Marchin' is a much more powerful, moving song that what it became. Can't Escape from You is gorgeous. Dylan sings a lot like Tom Waits on this track, and it really works.
There are several live tracks that are essential for any Dylan fan. The versions of Lonesome Day Blues and High Water (for Charley Patton) are much more aggressive and rockin' than the album counterparts. The version of Ring Them Bells is much more livelier than its studio counterpart, and The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore is awesome too. There's a great duet with Ralph Stanley called The Lonesome River, a great song from the "Bloomberg" sessions called Miss the Mississippi, and the addition of Cross the Green Mountain is a godsend. I've always loved this song. It's from the soundtrack to the very underrated film Gods and Generals, and now it's available on a Dylan album, so you don't have to buy the soundtrack.
It's a testament to Bob Dylan's genius that he can take one of his songs and rework it so many ways. It's really remarkable, and it's one of the reasons he's remained such a vital artist his whole life. This is one of the best bootlegs series CD's out there, and a must for any Dylan fan.
In the moonlight shooting by
Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark
To be where the angels fly.."
There is only one person on this planet who could write prose so beautiful that they don't even require any music to be considered eternally lyrical.
And that, of course, is His Bobness.
For anyone who has recently seen him in concert, it would be all too easy to shrug off any musical output from Mr D--but don't be fooled by the 'croaking and cloaking' endless tour. THIS is the real Dylan--the mystical magician, the soulful song & dance man and the 'now you see it, now you don't' brilliant songwriter who almost single-handedly changed all the rules for all songwriters who came after him.
There are many great moments on this 2 CD set (ignore the other, more pricey offers--those are just marketing ploys by the money boyz at Sony) but only one song here makes this entire effort not only worth having, but a requirement for anyone who appreciates the beauty of words and images that transcend time and space: Red River Shore.
In less than 8 minutes, The Jokerman summarizes a century of Americana music, tearing down the lines between genres (country? bluegrass? folk? is there any difference in his world?) and makes it all look/sound so easy. A sad tale of a loner, a "stranger in a strange land" forever left to live without his true love, with only his memories to keep him company. "Wearing the cloak of misery" he wanders through each day, "living in the shadows of a faded past".
Five decades into his musical journey, the Hibbing Hobo still has revelations to reveal before Revelations arrives. And on this song, and this CD set, he proves yet again that no one walking on God's green earth can string a phrase, a series of dreams or create a visual and musical universe as unique and beautiful as our boy Bobby.
And after listening to the masterpiece of the same name, you too will wonder if "someone ever saw him here at all, except the girl, from the Red River Shore."