Bob Dylan / Original Soundtrack - No Direction Home: The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 Soundtrack CD

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 Fantastic!
Just hearing all the different versions of these classic songs makes this a must have for a Dylan fan.
Submitted by sbashnig (Spring Hill, FL, USA) 
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 Amazing for new fans, interesting for old ones
It's really interesting for any Bob's fan, many of the tracks were known by many old fans but for people are starting to listen to Bob would be amazing
Submitted by quinocastro (Estepa, Sevilla Spain)
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 The Music Box
The Bootleg Series began its life as a three-disc box set that compiled an enlightening array of previously unreleased leftovers, alternate versions, live cuts, and demos that spanned the fabled folk singer’s illustrious career. Although its fourth, fifth, and sixth installments diverged from such a wide-sweeping purpose in order to emphasize several landmark concert performances, its latest chapter returns the collection to its conceptual roots. Gleaning inspiration from the focused storyline of Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming documentary No Direction Home, the 28-track set employs a retrospective-style format that successfully paints an elaborate portrait of Dylan’s formative years. In the process, its producers amazingly found a whole new treasure trove of worthwhile moments — amounting to 26 of the 28 selections — to unveil. No Direction Home: The Soundtrack opens with When I Got Troubles, a rather raw home recording made in 1959 by a high school friend. Nevertheless, it quickly moves forward and establishes Dylan’s well-known connections to Woody Guthrie, the early blues, and the Greenwich Village folk scene via a pensive cover version of This Land Is Your Land, the poignant Song to Woody, the whirling instrumental Sally Girl, and the forlorn I Was Young When I Left Home. Its heart, however, traces the astounding 39-month period of personal and artistic growth that began in March 1963, just prior to the release of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, and concluded with the discord that surrounded his tour of the U.K. in May 1966. Accentuated primarily by an assortment of concert performances, the latter portion of No Direction Home: The Soundtrack’s first disc sets the stage for this magnificent transformation, while the second half of the collection utilizes the variegated shades of his studio work in New York City and Nashville to follow Dylan as he brings his vision to fruition. Repeatedly striking archival gold, the compilation finds eloquence within everything from a profoundly delivered demo of Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright to the shimmering luminescence of She Belongs to Me and from an hypnotically chilling rendition of Masters of War to a revelatory reading of Desolation Row. Standing in sharp contrast to the less-assured singer who tackled Rambler, Gambler before a crowd of students less than four years earlier is the authoritative Chimes of Freedom, which was culled from Dylan’s appearance at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival. Further highlighting his evolution is the fully electrified romp through Maggie’s Farm that he unleashed upon an unsuspecting crowd a mere 12 months later as well as the snarling fury of Like a Rolling Stone, which irascibly slammed the door shut in the face of a fan who dared to call him "Judas." Indeed, although the two discs that compose No Direction Home: The Soundtrack take wildly different approaches, together they achieve the common goal of effectively chronicling with pinprick accuracy the making of a legend
Submitted by John Metzger (United States)
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 Ofiicial Dylan Bootlegs are Revealing.
Another fine installment of the Official Bootleg Series, No Direction Home's gems are the alternate takes on side two. You can see the evolutionary process that took these songs from rough ideas to the soudntrack of our lives. Recommended to anyone who wants to understand the phenomenon that is Bob Dylan. I can't wait for the film.
Submitted by tlabelle (thunder bay ontario canada)
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 An exquisite piece of history music
Dylan changed rock music forever; he brought in a social conscience unrivalled in his day. More importantly, though, he was one frig of a talented songwriter. And this is a landmark album and will be remembered as such when 20th Century music is looked back upon by future historians. This album, altogether with the complete "Bootleg Series" CD's will be remembered as one of Bob's most important recordings. This essential anthology shows really a paradox: Bob just switched to electricity, but he was at his acoustic peak at the same time. The first disc (acoustic) is pure bliss, while Dylan's electric side (disc 2) is just fascinating, exhilarating. Dylan never sounded better then it does on this album. I just could never tire of this best of the fantastic "Bootleg Series", No Direction Home: The Soundtrack. A masterpiece of music, not just rock.
Submitted by Simon Arwood (United States)
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