5LP collection coming in Jan 2017 The first in Sony’s long running ‘Bootleg Series’ releases – 1991’s Volumes 1-3 – is to be reissue on vinyl for the first time in 25 years. The 58 tracks (when span the period 1961-1991) will be pressed on 180g vinyl and come accompanied by a 36-page booklet. Most retailers (see below) look to be settling on a mid-£50 price point which isn’t too bad, although Amazon UK seem to be way off the mark at present with.

The 5LP vinyl edition of The Bootleg Series Vols 1-3 will be released on 27 January 2017. Currency: Side 1 1. Hard Times In New York Town 2. He Was a Friend of Mine 3. Man On the Street 4. No More Auction Block 5. House Carpenter 6.

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Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues 7. Let Me Die In My Footsteps 8. Rambling, Gambling Willie Side 2 1. Talkin’ Hava Negeilah Blues 2. Quit Your Low Down Ways 3. Worried Blues 4.

Kingsport Town 5. Walkin’ Down the Line 6. Walls of Red Wing 7. Paths of Victory Side 3 1. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues 2. Who Killed Davey Moore? Only a Hobo 4.

Moonshiner 5. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie Side 4 1. When the Ship Comes In 2. The Times They Are A-Changin’ 3. Seven Curses 4. Eternal Circle 5. Suze (The Cough Song) 6.

Mama, You Been On My Mind 7. Farewell, Angelina Side 5 1. Subterranean Homesick Blues 2. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night) 3. Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence 4. Like a Rolling Stone 5. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry 6. Sonnax.

I’ll Keep It with Mine 7. She’s Your Lover Now Side 6 1.

I Shall Be Released 2. If Not for You 4. Wallflower 5. Nobody ‘Cept You 6. Tangled Up in Blue Side 7 1. Call Letter Blues 2.

Idiot Wind 3. If You See Her, Say Hello 4. Golden Loom 5. Catfish Side 8 1.

Seven Days 2. Ye Shall Be Changed 3. Every Grain of Sand 4. You Changed My Life 5. Angelina Side 9 1. Need a Woman 2. Someone’s Got a Hold of My Heart 3.

Lord Protect My Child Side 10 1. Foot of Pride 2. Blind Willie McTell 3. When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky 4. Series of Dreams.

Some of the source material for this is not exactly pristine so the specifics of the mastering are not exactly paramount I would have thought? Recorded 50 to 25 years ago to be played on some pretty scratchy systems at the time. I get people wanting it as good as poss but it’s diminishing returns. A tiny proportion of people even have a system good enough to notice the small differences. I say this as a massive Dylan fan but I do wonder what proportion of buyers of vinyl nowadays even have a turntable let alone a top end system capable of exposing the flaws in mastering techniques. Just my opinion.

Most folks are playing it (if at all) on £50 decks piled high on supermarket shelves or via USB on their PC speakers. Both ‘Blood On The Tracks’ and ‘Rolling Thunder Review’ are all done. The Gospel Years is also set to include a DVD, and is apparently scheduled for very late 2017. As Ben says, this is due to cover the period 1979-1981, although I would argue [and do in the next instalment of my ‘Bob Dylan Concert Years’ books – shameless plug, apologies Paul] – that it should also encompass ‘Infidels’, or rather, the original unreleased version of it.

Bob was in superb voice on those 1979 and early 1980 shows, anyone who scoffs that he cannot sing should listen to ‘When He Returns’ from Toronto 1980. Hello Gerbrand, both The 60s and The 70s volumes are out of print at present [I wish I still had some myself, I saw a copy of the former go for £150 on ebay earlier this year], I’m currently fine-tuning the first proof of The 80s, and the intention is to have all three out for Dylan’s spring tour. I am tempted to snippily say you can get a lot of their contents merrily plagiarised uncredited in the books of another Dylan author, but hey ho. My ‘Blonde On Blonde’ review piece on Amazon is a shortened piece from the former piece.

Of course, if you like some Bob-humour, my spoof book on everybody’s favourite Nobel winner, ‘Don’t Look Sideways’, is just out on limited run, available from – normally £12.99, mention SDE and it will be £10 including UK shipping. A couple of little SDE exclusive previews of The 80s, as it’s the No 1 music site of the year: contrary to widespread speculation at the time, and since, that ‘Jokerman’ is about himself, the title comes from the name Jokanaan (aka John the Baptist); and the subtitle of ‘Tight Connection To My Heart’, (‘Has Anybody Seen My Love’) is most likely not a reduction of ‘Has Anybody Seen My Lord’, as has been long held, but a cribbing from one of Dylan’s favourite films as a youth, ‘Has Anybody Seen My Gal’, starring Bob-favourite James Dean.