Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0886973579527
Label: Columbia
Manufacturer: Columbia
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Columbia
Release Date: October 06, 2008
Sales Rank: 151
Studio: Columbia

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Disc 1:

1. Mississippi
2. Most Of The Time
3. Dignity
4. Someday Baby
5. Red River Shore
6. Tell Ol' Bill
7. Born In Time
8. Can't Wait
9. Everything Is Broken
10. Dreamin' Of You
11. Huck's Tune
12. Marchin' To The City
13. High Water (For Charley Patton)

Disc 2:

1. Mississippi (1)
2. 32 20 Blues
3. Series Of Dreams
4. God Knows
5. Can't Escape From You
6. Dignity (1)
7. Ring Them Bells
8. Cocaine Blues
9. Ain't Talkin'
10. Girl On The Greenbriar Shore
11. Lonesome Day Blues
12. Miss The Mississippi
13. Lonesome River - Dylan, Bob & Ralph Stanley
14. 'Cross The Green Mountain

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Subtitled "Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006", Tell Tale Signs, the eighth of Dylan's long running Bootleg series of officially approved outtakes, comes in two formats. The two-disc version consists of 27 tracks, including alternate versions of songs from his last three studio sets: Oh Mercy, Time out of Mind and Modern Times. Even non-obsessives will be seduced by the highlights here. A lovely sparse solo version of "Most of the Time", just Dylan strumming guitar and blowing a wheezy harmonica, outdoes the Daniel Lanois-produced original. The bleak, stately "Can't Escape from You", the sad and beautiful Civil War epic "Cross the Green Mountain", "The Lonesome River" a bluegrass standard with vocals from Ralph Stanley and a great, lo-fi live version of Reverend Gary Davis's influential "Cocaine Blues" are all standouts. Two versions of "Dignity"--a piano demo that reduces it to an oddly naked state and an unexpected rockabilly take--neatly capture the idea behind these volumes--to expose dedicated fans to the overlooked and underestimated parts of Dylan's constantly shifting oeuvre. --Steve Jelbert




Rating: - "You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way"
This is effectively a follow up to Bootleg series vol 1 - 3 (1961 - 91)
How anyone thought they could find 2 let alone 3 discs worth of recent material to compare with those glory years is beyond me. Dylan has had several peaks over the decades, but each has hit a lesser height.

Dylan's released work of the last ten years, while good, does not match the mid seventies era (Planet Waves / Blood on the Tracks / Desire), let alone the mid sixties classics. These outtakes reflect that ... Read More

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Rating: - The best yet
The standard of the bootleg series has been consistently high - this collection demonstrates that Bob's output since Oh Mercy is as strong as anything he's done in his career.

Some suprise acoustic versions of songs (Most of the Time, originally off Oh Mercy and Mississipi from Time out of Mind), the opportunity to get Tell Old Bill and Cross the Green Mountain in a Dylan rather than a movie soundtrack collection and excellent live tracks plus Red River Shore as a completeley unrealeased ... Read More

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Rating: - Every track tells a tale
This 8th in the series of Dylan Bootleg Series was well worth the wait.
There is some dedate over which version to buy, both the single and double CDs are good value, both coming with the excellent 64 page booklet, which for hardcore Dylan fans is worth the price alone.
For me, it's the cooking Live tracks from 2002/2003 which make this a must-buy, plus the superb unreleased tracks from "Oh Mercy" and "Time out of mind". Both these albums were heralded as returns to form and the best Dylan ... Read More

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Rating: - Review the reviews!
Most of the very negative reviews pertain to the ridiculously overpriced three CD version of this album--buyers of that version (me among them) are rightly outraged at the low value for money.

Please note that there's nothing wrong with the two CD version, which is in fact the one that should be reviewed at this place (there's also a one CD version--the "Single" version--but that's best left on the shelves).

Whatever version you consider, the album in itself contains a more than ... Read More

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Rating: - Some wonderful things here
This is fabulous, of course. But the price of the 3Cd version is outrageous, and the record company should be ashamed of trying to milk the fans so blatantly. Anyone paying 100 quid for three CDs has more money than sense. There's enough Bob on the 2 CD edition, but frankly the price of the 3 CD one has put me off buying even that.

5 stars for the content, 1 star for the arse-over-face marketing experiment.

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