Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs Release October, 7, 2008

Tell Tale Signs will be released October 7, 2008, the eighth installment of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series.

The two-CD set contains unreleased studio recordings, demos, alternate takes, live tracks and rarities spanning 1989 to 2006.

A third 12-track disc is part of a limited-edition deluxe set in a hardcover slipcase with a book with photos of all of Dylan's singles. The 27-song version also will be issued in a limited-edition four-LP set.

"When Most of the Time came out on Oh Mercy, I thought it was such an achingly beautiful love song," says Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of A&R at Columbia/Legacy. "Now it's here as a folk version and something that sounds like Dylan with Brian Eno and The Edge. To hear the way the songs and lyrics develop is fascinating. Dylan comes across as a folk singer, a blues musician and a jazz artist."

Dignity appears as a truncated piano demo and in twangy rockabilly form. Series of Dreams undergoes a rewrite. Twin renditions of the bluesy Marchin' to the City serve as blueprints for 'Til I Fell in Love With You.

There is also Red River Shore and Can't Escape From You, written for a film but never used. Miss the Mississippi was rescued from a long-shelved album with David Bromberg, and 32-20 Blues marks Dylan's only release of a Robert Johnson cover.

Among the rarities are the live The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore, eight-minute 'Cross the Green Mountain, The Lonesome River duet with Ralph Stanley and Ring Them Bells from Dylan's storied 1993 stint at the Supper Club in Manhattan. Those performances were filmed but never released.

"The songs and performances are of such strength and diversity, they will appeal to new fans and longtime fans," Berkowitz says, predicting the two-CD set will satisfy most appetites. "For some fans, there's never enough."

Disc One
Mississippi (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
Most of the Time (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
Dignity (Piano demo, Oh Mercy)
Someday Baby (Alternate version, Modern Times)
Red River Shore (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
Tell Ol' Bill (Alternate version, North Country Soundtrack)
Born in Time (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
Can't Wait (Alternate version, Time Out Of Mind)
Everything is Broken (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
Dreamin' of You (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
Huck's Tune (From Lucky You soundtrack)
Marchin' to the City (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
High Water (For Charley Patton) (Live, Niagara, 2003)

Disc Two
Mississippi (Unreleased version #2, Time Out Of Mind)
32-20 Blues (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
Series of Dreams (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
God Knows (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
Can't Escape From You (Unreleased, December 2005)
Dignity (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
Ring Them Bells (Live at the Supper Club, 1993)
Cocaine Blues (Live, Vienna, Virginia, 1997)
Ain't Talkin' (Alternate version, Modern Times)
The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore (Live, 1992)
Lonesome Day Blues (Live, Sunrise, Florida, 2002)
Miss the Mississippi (Unreleased, 1992)
The Lonesome River (With Ralph Stanley, from Clinch Mountain Country)
'Cross The Green Mountain (From Gods And Generals Soundtrack)

Disc Three (Ltd. Edition)
Duncan And Brady (Unreleased, 1992)
Cold Irons Bound (Live, Bonnaroo, June 2004)
Mississippi (Unreleased version #3, Time Out Of Mind)
Most Of The Time (Alternate version #2, Oh Mercy)
Ring Them Bells (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
Things Have Changed (Live, Portland, Oregon, 2000)
Red River Shore (Unreleased version #2, Time Out Of Mind)
Born In Time (Unreleased version #2, Oh Mercy)
Tryin' To Get To Heaven (Live, London, England, 2000)
Marchin' To The City (Unreleased version #2, Time Out Of Mind)
Can't Wait (Alternate version #2, Time Out Of Mind)
Mary And The Soldier (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)

Source USA Today

dylancoveralbums.com ? Bob Dylan Fans or Bob Dylan Fanatics ?

Man, there are Dylan fans (me..) and DYLAN FANS !!!!!!!!! (the folks at dylancoveralbums.com); what an astounding feat, it contains the Dylan Covers Data Base (21,000 entries) a blog about Dylan covers only, a websurfer's guide to free covers on-line and heaps more............. but, like who is this ?




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Rock Revival’s Time Capsule: Dylan’s First Major Concert, April 12 1963

By 1963, Bob Dylan, folk singer and growing civil rights activist, was outgrowing his place in Greenwich Vilage, New York. In April, 23 he performed his first major concert at the Town Hall, on a Friday night, playing ‘Hard Rain’, John Brown’ and the mind-blowing poem, 'Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie'. He had never performed a poem on stage before and has never since.

This served as kind of eulogy to his hero, although he wasn’t to die until 1967, a tribute to the man who has brought him to New York, not just physically (Dylan came to visit him regularly in hospital where he was dying), but musically, given Woody’s position as one of America’s greatest folk singer to that date.

Here is his introduction to the poem:

'There's this book coming out and they asked me to write, uh, something about Woody. Sorta like "What does Woody Guthrie Mean to You" in 25 words. And, uh, I couldn't do it, I wrote out five pages and, uh...I have it here, its a...I have it here by accident, actually. B-but I-I'd like to say this out loud. So, uh...if you could sorta roll along with this thing here, this is called Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie. '

Eric Clapton talks about this performance:

'He's a poet. Basically he's a poet. He does not trust his voice. He doesn't trust his guitar playing. He doesn't think he's good at anything, except writing—and even then he has self-doubts. Have you heard that thing he wrote about Woody Guthrie? That to me is the sum of his life's work so far. Whatever happens, that is it. That sums it up. '

The poem is very long, like an Allan Ginsberg, but here is the phenomenal last stanza.

No but that ain't yer game, it ain't even yer race

You can't hear yer name, you can't see yer face

You gotta look some other place

And where do you look for this hope that yer seekin

'Where do you look for this lamp that's a-burnin

'Where do you look for this oil well gushin'Where do you look for this candle that's glowin

'Where do you look for this hope that you know is there

And out there somewhere

And your feet can only walk down two kinds of roads

Your eyes can only look through two kinds of windows

Your nose can only smell two kinds of hallways

You can touch and twistAnd turn two kinds of doorknobs

You can either go to the church of your choice

Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital

You'll find God in the church of your choice

You'll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital

And though it's only my opinionI may be right or wrong

You'll find them bothIn the Grand Canyon

At sundown

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Transmissions: New Live Releases From Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan, Uriah Heep

Storming Music is releasing Transmissions, a series of live cd and dvd's, in hardback book style packaging, including 72 paged colour booklets with track by track analysis. These are known as Grey releases, they are not published by the bands original record companys, are not bootlegs and are available freely in record shops and other venues.

There are actually two Dylan releases, Transmissions ,released a month ago and Re-Transmissions due on March 3. Each has rare TV and Concert performances from his very early days and the present.

The Frank Zappa collection is taken from late 1970 appearances on Saturday Night Live and includes I'm the Slime, Dancin Fool, The Purple Lagoon. The Uraih Heep collection is taken from a 2001 London Concert featuring all their best know hits, including Easy Livin, Free 'n' Easy etc.

It's a rare occasion that we get so much new material placed on the market at once. Have a feast !

Bob Dylan Murder Mystery ? Blood on the Tracks

Tom Grasty's new novel takes the Dylan obsession one step further, a murder mystery based on the death of Bob Dorian, investigated by Jack Frost, with all the suspects being characters in Dylan's songs. Tom seems to be a one man publicity machine, even making it to the humble Rock Revival to spruik the book. If your a Dylan fan it should be fun.....

The Best of Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour

I dont know if everyone knows this, but Bob Dylan has been presenting his own radio show, Theme Time Radio Hour (TTRH), on the Deep Tracks channel of XM Satellite Radio for over two years now (also on BBC 2 radio in the UK)

It mainly features music that influenced Dylan from the 30's to the 50's, including blues, rockabilly, soul, gospel, swing and folk. Each show is centred around a theme, eg: weather, drinking, baseball, coffee, etc. It's obscure but an incredible insight, not only into Dylan, but into the American music that serves as the roots of rock.

A new double CD is available thats an absolutely fantastic listen if you are into the history of music or just listening to great songs

Disc: 1
1. Keep On The Sunny Side – The Carter Family
2. (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean – Ruth Brown
3. Ain’t Got No Money To Pay For This Drink – George Zimmerman and the Thrills
4. The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr
5. Java Jive – The Ink Spots
6. Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair – Bessie Smith
7. Papa’s On The Housetop – Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
8. Married Woman – Big Joe Turner
9. Alimony Blues – Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & His Orchestra
10. Ice Cream Man – John Brim

Disc: 2
1. I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2. When You Dance – The Turbans
3. When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Louis Armstrong
4. Matzoh Balls – Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys
5. Let Me Play With Your Poodle – Tampa Red & Big Maceo
6. Tennessee – Carl Perkins
7. Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe
8. Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd
9. Christmas Is A-Comin’ – Lead Belly
10. Zindy Lou – The Chimes

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