It showcases the entire process and in doing so furthers one’s appreciation of a work of art that is so consequential as it already is. Which really is the brilliance of a set like this one.
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17 2CD The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacys highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylans mid-career masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release. But the remix is a good take on the material and obviously interesting. Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. Each disc and each track is worthy of close study. TOOM is my favourite Dylan album so Im understandably protective over the Lanois mixes. Ultimately, the slew of different versions and different takes of album tracks, along with one disc of live cuts, shows the genius of Bob Dylan as he works and reworks these tracks to the final masterpieces they became. But it’s the extras that provide the meat of what Fragments means to achieve. At times, it can feel overwhelming to the casual fan, knowing where to start can be an intimidating experience.
Robin Murray Reviews 24 01 2023 Bob Dylan’s life and work is littered with landmarks, with imposing monuments. The remix allows the listener to experience the album anew again. Bob Dylan Fragments Time Out Of Mind Sessions A must-listen for fans. Which makes Fragments such a vital document.Īs with past expansive boxed reissues of Dylan masterpieces, Fragments presents, along with a remix of the album proper, a plethora of additional tracks-over four extra discs-that illuminate the process of Time Out of Mind’s creation from start to finish. Instead, Time Out of Mind reveled itself slowly over time. Bob Dylan's 'Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17' (ALBUM REVIEW) - Glide Magazine JanuAlbum Reviews, Reviews Bob Dylan’s ‘Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. Similar this reviewer, who was not long out of high school when Time Out of Mind was first released, the difference being that the album was not instantly revelatory, due to this listener’s youth. Forget the accolades (1998 Grammys for Album of the Year, Best Contemporary Folk Album, and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for the song “Cold Irons Bound”), Time Out of Mind represents for many the time when the genius of Bob Dylan was experienced in real time. The official story surrounding Time Out of Mind goes something like this: Bob Dylan, stricken by the death of Jerry Garcia and sensing a hellhound on his own trail, turned to his beloved old blues records to exorcise the quickening dread he felt upon realizing that the bell also tolls for Zimmerman. As such, it occupies a place in the heart of many fans who were not yet born to experience Dylan’s initial heyday.
Bob Dylan’s 1997 album Time Out of Mind is touted throughout the liner notes of this box set reissue as the first classic Dylan album that many of a certain age experienced in real time. Bob Dylans legendary Bootleg series reaches its seventeenth edition, this time focussing on the era surrounding the critical and commercial comeback.
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