Fragments - Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17

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But Fragments reveals the truth of the matter: The man who croaked about walking through “streets that are dead” already had his glittering blue eyes on the next horizon. takes a fresh look at ‘Time Out Of Mind’, Dylan's mid-career masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release on September 30, 1997.

This is one of the most highly anticipated Bootleg Series releases and it follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions through incandescent live renditions showcasing Dylan and his touring ensemble channeling the songs on-stage from 1998-2001.Disc 5 has all the Time Out Of Mind tracks from the deluxe Tell Tale Signs, Bootleg Series 8 (2008) and has the amazing first takes of Mississippi, Can't Wait, Marching To The City and others.

You'll have to splurge a little, but no matter how you want to debate it, this is classic Bob Dylan.

For the brooding and bluesy Time Out of Mind – Dylan wrote the songs while snowbound on his Minnesota farm in the winter of 1996 – Daniel Lanois was at the controls. CD 2 and 3 – both made up of outtakes and alternate versions – are where things start to get really interesting. All of these live versions are previously unreleased, apart from the 1998 recording of ‘Make You Feel My Love’ from L. Die Bootleg Recordings Nummer 17 in allen Editionen sind wieder eine edle Publikation in gewohnter Manier wie die anderen davor für die große Gefolgschaft des Poeten der bis zu Weihnachten 2024 seine Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour noch bestreitet.

The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast.Considering the often sombre and spectral mood of Time Out of Mind, it’s fascinating to hear how in some cases the different takes are much more upbeat and lighter than the final recordings. There’s a cool and funky ‘Can’t Wait’ (Nashville – 1999) with some blistering blues guitar, a laidback, tender and jazzy ‘Tryin’ to Get to Heaven’ (Birmingham, UK – 2000), a gorgeous and poignant ‘Not Dark Yet’ (Sheffield, UK – 2000) and a barnstorming ‘Cold Irons Bound’ captured in Oslo (2000). These are not driving rock numbers, and yet they were three or four drum kits rolling away at any point.