![]() 8: Tell Tale Signs: it's a lot of samey-sounding material to wade through just to find a slightly different version of "Mississippi." While the remix is instructive, offering insight into Dylan's intentions and making Time Out of Mind seem less like an outlier in his discography, this set is ultimately for the hardcore heads, who don't mind hearing minute variations on familiar themes. Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. This repetition is accentuated by the recycling of a disc of alternate takes and live versions from this era previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. The rest of Fragments consists of alternate takes and live cuts where Dylan keeps hammering away at these songs, occasionally taking a stab at a tune that didn't make the album, such as the previously unreleased ballad "The Water Is Wide," but usually trying to find the right feel. This new mix strips all that mud away, leaving an album that sounds like a precursor to Love & Theft and Modern Times: a road-weathered band whiling away the hours at a haunted juke joint. Given that Time Out of Mind revived Dylan's career, winning the Grammy for Album of the Year as it opened up a third act for the troubadour, it would seem that the singer/songwriter accomplished his goal with the finished record, yet the murkiness of the album nagged at Dylan. Bob Dylan 1.19M subscribers Subscribe 172K views 2 months ago BobDylan Unboxing 'Bootleg 17 Unboxing Video - Long Version' by Bob Dylan Pre-Order 'Fragments - Time Out of Mind. 17 2CD 28.00 Time Out of Mind T-Shirt 30.00 Fragments T-Shirt 30. 17 4LP 100.00 Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 5CD Box Set 140.00 Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. Fragments documents how he kept playing and playing these 11 songs, sometimes tweaking the arrangements, sometimes changing his execution, but usually searching for a performance that captured precisely the right vibe. Fragments Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. ![]() ![]() This new version is supposed to sound "more like how the songs came across when the musicians originally played them in the room," a sideways swipe at the noir patina of Daniel Lanois' production that also reveals how Bob Dylan spent these years chasing a muse he couldn't quite catch. ![]() 17 lies in how the new remix of the 1997 album is described in the box set's promotional material. The key to Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. ![]()
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