It is absolutely humbling, given the quality of the material on this 58-song set, to think that these are the Dylan compositions that DIDN'T make the cut for his albums! Includes long-rumoured songs (“She's Your Lover Now”; “Blind Willie McTell”), alternate versions (of the songs on Blood on the Tracks, for instance), live cuts and more unreleased treasures. A must. 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 catalogues. These 58 tracks serve as a shadow history of one of our most important artists.
Track Listing: 1~1~Hard Times In New York Town|1~2~He Was A Friend Of Mine|1~3~Man On The Street|1~4~No More Auction Block|1~5~House Carpenter|1~6~Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues|1~7~Let Me Die In My Footsteps|1~8~Rambling, Gambling Willie|1~9~Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues|1~10~Quit Your Low Down Ways|1~11~Worried Blues|1~12~Kingsport Town|1~13~Walkin' Down The Line|1~14~Walls Of Red Wing|1~15~Paths Of VIctory|1~16~Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues|1~17~Who Killed Davey Moore?|1~18~Only A Hobo|1~19~Moonshiner|1~20~Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie|1~21~When The Ship Comes In|1~22~The Times They Are A-Changin'|1~23~Seven Curses|1~24~Eternal Circle|1~25~Suze (The Cough Song)|1~26~Mama, You Been On My Mind|1~27~Farewell, Angelina|1~28~Subterranean Homesick Blues|1~29~If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got To Stay All Night)|1~30~Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence|1~31~Like A Rolling Stone|1~32~It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry|1~33~I'll Keep It With Mine|1~34~She's Your Lover Now|1~35~I Shall Be Released|1~36~Santa-Fe|1~37~If Not For You|1~38~Wallflower|1~39~Nobody 'cept You|1~40~Tangled Up In Blue|1~41~Call Letter Blues|1~42~Idiot Wind|1~43~If You See Her, Say Hello|1~44~Golden Loom|1~45~Catfish|1~46~Seven Days|1~47~Ye Shall Be Changed|1~48~Every Grain Of Sand|1~49~You Changed My Life|1~50~Angelina|1~51~Need A Woman|1~52~Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart|1~53~Tell Me|1~54~Lord Protect My Child|1~55~Foot Of Pride|1~56~Blind Willie McTell|1~57~When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky|1~58~Series Of Dreams
