Chives

Is it my job to keep the Bob Dylan thread alive? I guess all the older members have nothing left to say about him or something?

I came on to say how great the Before the Flood live album with the Band is. I bought it a few weeks ago and it's just fantastic. Maybe not the best in song selection (for me) but when they tear it up in the electric numbers it comes off great. One of the few Dylan releases to really surprise me upon first listen because I never hear anybody talk about it.

Since I enjoyed Before the Flood so much, I've been reviewing all the Bootleg Series volumes dedicated to live Dylan because I feel like I've been missing out. "Royal Albert Hall" concert is great and I want to relisten to the live 64 concert because I don't remember it very well. Hoping they are some good stuff.

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happy to help bring this thread to surface!

I just picked that up recently myself ... i left it as one of the last items on my to do list: most of its criticisms has to do with its sound quality. But there are some great performances on there, including the definitive performance of Knockin on Heavens Door.

someone asked earlier about the bootleg series on vinyl - most of them are available, but i think they were mixed from the cd mix anyhow. I have tell tale signs, witmark, and live 66 on vinyl, and they are quite fun simply for the packaging. I'd like to get live 75 on vinyl because I always forget where i put my CD player these days!

live 75 may capture the peak of Dylan's touring capabilities. although the NET is an entire mountain range worth exploring.

most of them are readily available: there has been the Sony Mono set reissue a few years ago where you can get the first 8 in one lump package, and there's the sundazed reissues that cover up through nashville skyline. those you can purchase individually. The only albums right now that are hard to acquire in the States are: Time out of Mind, World Gone Wrong, Under a Red Sky, and Unplugged.

Planet waves is quite worth it! and it only makes sense on vinyl, because the two forever youngs are at least separated by the act of flipping sides.

Positively 4th street single is also included in the nice little record store day release package, which has about 4 sweet 45 mono singles in terrific packaging. probably some good deals on amazon for it. Greatest hits is a fun spin too, such an impressive collection of powerful songs that usually get washed away in the context of the great albums they are on. I listen to it biannually on his birthday and the fourth of July.

Chives

As is usually the case. I don't know if I can justify buying the vinyl copies of the Bootleg Series, so I'll probably just pick up the CDs when I see them for cheap. Do they have good liner notes? That might the push I need to justify buying them on CD, because otherwise it's tough.
I want to strongly emphasis how good this set is. It's some of the best sounding vinyl in my entire 350-or-so album collection. I have a few Japanese Beatles and Japanese jazz pressings that give it good competiton, but the Mono Recordings box are really up there. I've heard the Sundazed reissues are really good as well though (as Sundazed vinyl issues usually are!) so they might be equivalent in quality. I'm a sucker for box sets, though.

And really? I see Under the Red Sky on vinyl pretty often, at least on three different occasions and all for around 5 bucks. I see it more often than I see some of his mid-80s stuff (I've seen Down in the Groove only once). Maybe just coincidence, though. Never seen any of the other "vinyl rarities" listed here on vinyl in shops though, so I believe it.

Planet Waves will definitely be my next Dylan purchase. I don't remember really engaging with it when I have heard it but it's important enough that I should own it. Especially now that I'm getting into the Band more and more.
This sounds cool. I'll look it up, but Greatest Hits is probably cheaper so I probably won't bother.

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