BBC RADIO: THE BOB DYLAN STORY (5) Hosted by Kris Kristopherson, this is the 10 part history with a variety of interviews with producers, musicians etc. Some excellent information and some great interviews with the likes of Bob Geldof and Tom Robinson. Every Dylan fan must own.
NO DIRECTION HOME PODCAST. It came as parts 1 and 2 from Itunes. Strangly, part 2 is the same as part one with a minute taken away. I have checked repeatedly to see if there is a different part two as the narrator does sort of refer to it. No dice. The good news is that the 30 odd minutes that I do have has terrific interviews from the same people as the Scorsese show with a few additions - I don't remember Manny Roth for example on the show? Regardless it contains DIFFERENT material than the show.
THE BEATLES YEARS. THE BEATLES AND BOB DYLAN. EPISODE 4. WESTWOOD ONE. The episode from the radio documentary that covers the relationship between the two. Nice interview clips of Lennon and Dyl.
THE STORY OF POP. EPISODES 20-22. HOSTED BY ALAN FREEMAN. (3) I'd love to hear the rest of this long documentary from BBC Radio, these episodes have parts focused on Dylan. Each an hour long or so and fascinating bringing in the history of the times.
TODD HAYNES INTERVIEW (Terry Gross Interview, Nov 19, 2007) and KEN TUCKER'S COMMENTARY ON DYLAN'S 60TH BIRTHDAY. Off of NPR, nice. Haynes talks about "I'm Not There" film. I didn't like the movie, but he is sincere.
THE EMERGENCE OF DYLAN (2) A Public radio documentary on the rise of our hero.
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE DYLAN TRIBUTE. May 19, 2001. "Bringing It All Back Home: A Night of Bob Dylan to Benefit PEN." This is an audience taping of a night that I drove down to attend as well and saw Salmon Rushdie in attendence. Enjoyable tribute with Tracy Chapman, Rickie Lee Jones, Graham Parker & Patti Smith paying homage.
CHRISTOPHER LYDON OPEN SOURCE RADIO SHOWS. Guest Greil Marcus discussing his Like A Rolling Stone book. Fabulous discusion, host gets a lesson.
ALIAS - THE SIDEMAN STORY. VOLUME 1 - 5 (5) Great series that feature hard to find tracks that Bob played on. Contains all those early session work that we've read about and never heard. Some wasted tracks included (We are the World? - oy), but some neat stuff with a variety of artists.
A LEGEND IN HIS TIME (3) Career spanning rarities, live tracks and outtakes. Lots of special moments, superb stuff.
FOR SALE OR ON THE SHELF (6) Superb collection of early 60's material, demo's, performances etc.
TELEPHONE TAPES This is a strange collection of poor quality - though quite rare - recordings. In fact I have not seen this one on too many lists or have heard some its material. Don't know what the story is but there are some recordings that sound like they recorded off a telephone call with Bob talking and singing. Also contains the London Madhouse performance and the 11/27/64 performance among other things like a wierd interview or two. Alot of this makes for difficult listening as the recording quality at times is quite low.
FROM THE VAULTS. VOLUME ONE. (2) A mind blowing set of songs purported to have been available as downloads from the official Bobdylan.com site. Highly reccomend and perhaps one the best of the live compilations available. Them Columbia vaults hold too much good stuff that needs to be released. So many highlights - so little time.
FROM THE VAULTS. VOLUME 2. (2) More sensational tracks, mostly from 1998 & 1999. Can't wait for the third.
BOBDYLAN.COM - MASTERS. Outstanding (and clean!) cuts from the official site with little overlap with the From The Vault Series. Recommended.
BOBDYLAN.COM FIELD RECORDINGS. SPRING AND SUMMER 1999.
BOBDYLAN.COM USA TOUR. JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1999
B0BDYLAN.COM FIELD RECORDINGS 1998.
BOB DYLAN.COM FIELD RECORDINGS 1992-1997. These discs are among the myriad claiming some connection to the official Columbia site. I do believe that some of the recordings are from other sources. Regardless of source, lots of high sound quality and terrific performances.
THIN MAN'S BOB DYLAN.COM PERFORMANCES (8) From the Thin Man's download site, here's the "complete" official site's releases. Scattered among the 8 discs in no discernible order.
SINGING WITH THE CROW: SPECIAL DUETS. Nice collection of duets with Joan Baez, Pete Segar, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen.
HARD TO FIND. VOLUME ONE. Consists of 21 commercially available, but often difficult or near impossible to find tracks, i.e. The Hearts of Fire Soundtrack. Nice gap filler.
HARD TO FIND. VOLUME TWO. EXTRAOARDINARY PERFORMANCES 1975-1995. Varied collection of live tracks. High quality recordings all. Maybe the weakest of the HTF series, but still a nice disc.
HARD TO FIND. Volume III: EVEN HARDER TO FIND. A cornocopia of goodies with a just a ton of cool stuff. From the 1968 Woody Gutherie Tribute with the Band to the hard to find evening performances from Newport with Joanie. Excellent.
HARD TO FIND. VOLUME IV: HARDEST TO FIND (LOST DIAMONDS 1986-1996). Another strong collections of live tracks - has a number of songs with Van Morrison. There's an incredible version of "One Irish Rover" with Van that I just can't get out of my head.
HARD TO FIND. VOLUME 5: LOST TRACK SEARCHER. Starts off strong with a couple of takes of "Blue Eyed Jane," I actually like the grammy performance of Love Sick (Soy Bomb!) and appreciate having his grammy acceptance speech. Smile Bob Smile.
HARD TO FIND. VOLUME 6: DYLAN'S ZIP GUN. Scraping the HTF barrel a little, manages to throw together a few outtakes and live cuts, much available elsewhere, some not.
HARD TO FIND VOLUME 7: MUSIC FROM THE OUTLAW HIDEOUT. Stars off in HTF tradition with the "Lonesome River" from the Ralph Stanly record and then the Joan Osborne and Bob duet on Chimes of Freedom. After that it contains some rarely performed live tracks from the late 1990's.
GREAT WHITE WONDER (2) The 2 CDr version of the famed boot.
HOLLOW HORN. PERFORMING ARTISTS SERIES. VOLUME TWO. LIKE MARLON BRANDO. (2) A fine collection of early Bob stuff, some 1961 Gaslight, 1961 Carnegie Hall, 1962 Carnegie Hall & then 26 Bonnie Beecher Apartment tunes.
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES. VOLUME ONE. (3)
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES. TAKE 2. (4)
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES. THE THIRD ONE NOW. (3)
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES. FOURTH TIME AROUND (3)
A career spanning collective of important outtakes, alternative versions, unreleased gems and even some live nuggets. I am missing a couple of this is the g-o-o-d stuff.
TESTAMENT: RARE & UNRELEASED TRACKS, 1961-1992. A varied collection of 17 cuts including a terrific duet with the great John Lee Hooker. Got some fun stage chat throughout. The accompanying booklet has an essay written in German.
ACETATES ON THE TRACKS. VOLUME 1. (1962-1965)
ACETATES ON THE TRACKS. VOLUME 2. (1965-1974)
ACETATES ON THE TRACKS. VOLUME 3. (1974-1984)
ACETATES ON THE TRACKS. VOLUME 4. (1964-1994) Nice series, albeit misnamed, consisting of studio outtakes from each era. Fills in alot of blanks and each disc has some impressive moments.
DIGNITY. An ecclectic mix of studio outtakes from 1962-1995 - nice to get some Wilbury's stuff.
TV GUIDE. (2). The set contains songs performed on TV from the 1964 Steve Allen Show to Farm Aid & Saturday Night Live. Neat idea thought the sound quality varies.
ONE PUSH OF THE BUTTOM (2) The set primarily concentrates on TV performances in the 1963-1969 period. Excellent.
IF MY THOUGHT DREAMS. Collection of various TV performances, certainly available elsewhere. I have 15 of 17 tracks and no artwork.
PLUGGED, UNPLUGGED & JAMMING (Volume 1 & 2 (Spanish is the Loving Tongue) (2) Poorly titled, but brilliantly compiled set featuring career spanning performances with many he has shared the stage with - Van Morrison, U2, Springsteen, Tom Petty, Joan Baez - some previously available, much not. Far out, man.
DUETS This one collects duets with Van Morrison from 1984-1998. Some good stuff, some not available elsewhere.
NEVER ENDING TOUR COVERS 1988-2000 (9) Courtesy of the Dylan tree this is what you would expect. A wildy varied (and inconsistant) set of songs Dylan has performed of others during NET.
FRIENDS WILL ARRIVE, FRIENDS WILL DISAPPEAR (3) The brilliantly compiled collection of mid concert guest appearances at Dylan shows - everyone from Van Morrison to Joan Baez. Hey, this is my baby, launched on the Dylan tree with 1780 takers. Not bad. I'm a made man, friends.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED - LIVE & UNRELEASED. 4 Song EP (may have been commercially released at some point) contains: "Things," "Highlands," "Make You Feel," & "Can't Wait."
WAITING FOR A TRAIN ACROSS THE GREEN MOUNTAIN. A collection of pirated tracks from soundtracks and the like - mostly through the 90's. I had a bunch of it, buying the individual discs - shit did I really pay $15 for the soundtrack to Feeling Minnesota? You don't have to with this collection.
TIME OUT OF THEFT Another late era, pirated collection of one off contributions, sountrack tracks, etc.
SHELTER FROM THE STORM COMPILATION (3) Fan compiled collection of 30 different takes of the masterpiece.
CHABAD TELETHON APPEARANCE. SEPTEMBER 24, 1989. Bob's strange performance along with Harry Dean Stanton and Peter Himmelman. Let me tell ya, these Jews aren't the most inclusive.
16 Years 16 Men All Over the Place in the Long Black Coat. (2) Fan compilation. 21 Takes of that mysterious and smokey tune. Not sure if this is the best song to give the treatment to due to the similarity of arrangement.
MISCELLANEOUS 78'S (2) First the really bad news: I don't have setlist or source info. Good news, its a collection of scratchy 78's of the old country, blues & folk covers that Dylan has done along with extra's like Warren Zevon's appearance on Letterman, Radio Station chat. Sort of an unusual mix tape.
THE ROOTS OF DYLAN: A collection of Recordings from the 20s, 30s and beyond. (2) From the DylanPool, this is a stunning, beautiful collection that should be on all Music Fan's shelves. These are the stone cold originals...songs Bob has covered, references, alluded to, influenced etc.
THE OTHER ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC (4) From the Dylan Pool - a superb history lesson of American Music. Immense.
THE COMPLETE HOLLOW HORN SERIES (16):
BLOOD ON YOUR SADDLE
WALK LIKE A DUCK SMELL LIKE A SKUNK
A DOG THAT TALKS, A FISH THAT WALKS
PARK IT WHERE THE SUND DON'T SHINE
NOW YOUR MOUTH CRIES WOLF
WHERE THE MONKEY DANCES
ONE MORE LAYER OF SKIN
A MAN WITH NO ALIBI
This is a career spanning collective works of outtakes. I think quite hand and impressive i've read commentary across the specrum from critisism to lavish praise. Wouldn't have my collection without it.
DYLAN HEARS A WHO! SUEUSS VIA ZIMMERMAN. 7 Dr. Seuss stores set to the Thin Wild Mercury Sound of a Dylan Impersonator. Pretty funny and strange stuff - but oddly it works.
2004 NPR INTERVIEW. 7 Minute story and interview with Bob promoting his book. Features a chatty, charming Bob.
TELL 'OL BILL SESSIONS. A terrific 12 track work up - a glimpse of our man at work int he studio, chat, direction to other musicians etc. I love this stuff.
WAXING LYRICAL; BOB DYLAN. A Scottish BBC radio program hosted by Davie Scott on the words and wisdom of our favorite midwesterner. Lo quality at times, but still quite listenable.
FROM STATESIDE TO SCOTLAND; Another BBC Scotland production this hosted by Pat Kane. It's 29 min program on the familiar story of Bob gets booed while electric, but with the focus on his stop in Scotland. Old friend, Micky Jones shows up along with some scottish folkies. Fun.
VISIONS OF DYLAN. This is the Howie Weiner hosted WBAI radio program featuring album cuts, live outtakes and other artists (too often Dead) covers. Each show is themed:
#5 BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME (2)
#6 ROLLING THUNDER (2)
#7 NOTHING BUT THE BLUES (2)
#8 LOVE (2)
#9 Hollywood (2)
I'M NOT THERE: IN CONCERT (2) November 7, 2007, Beacon Theatre, New York City. Concert in conjunction with the Todd Haynes film featuring the artists used in the movie. It was a fantastic show with some amazing and strong performances. A great vibe all night. Essential for Bobcats.
TELL TALE WARNINGS. Eccletic collection of outtakes and live stuff.
BOB DYLAN'S BIG FREEZE. BBC Radio Broadcast on November 25, 2008. Fine little documentary chronicling Bob's first visit to the UK in 1962, his appearance on Madhouse on Castle Street. Good stuff.
BOB DYLAN PODCASTS (2) The mini shows hosted most of the time by Patti Smith. Somewhat ill conceived and choppy. But hey I'll take em.
NOBODY SINGS DYLAN LIKE DYLAN. (3) Very good collection of Dylan covers from a variety of artists, all from bootleg performances.
ALL THAT BLUES (3)
ALL THAT FOLK (5)
ALL THAT REGGAE (2)
ALL THAT JAZZ (2)
ALL THAT COUNTRY (4)
ALL THAT GOSPEL (4)
ALL THAT ROCK AND ROLL (2)
ALL THAT LEFTOVERS (3)
What can I say. These are the generously compiled and brilliantly selected sets from Andre Dylan. A fantastic journey.
WOLFGANG'S VAULT RADIO BROADCASTS. BOB DYLAN RELATED (3) You get some Bob and then all sorts of other stuff, Last Waltz, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell etc. Good stuff.
DHARMA & GREG. This is all the related material from Bob's appearance on this crap American Situation Comedy.
WAS THAT SOME KIND OF JOKE (2) A screwy collection of Bob jokes from stage mixed in with comical songs from the bard. Strangely, it kinda works.
THEME TIME RADIO HOUR. All shows.
