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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8 / Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006

Bob Dylan Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (6 Oct 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Columbia Legacy / Sony
  • ASIN: B001D06SEI
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 64,934 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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
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Disc: 2
1. Mississippi
2. 32-20 Blues
3. Series Of Dreams
4. God Knows
5. Can't Escape From You
6. Dignity
7. Ring Them Bells
8. Cocaine Blues
9. Ain't Talkin'
10. The Girl On The Greenbriar Shore
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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

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69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
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Once again, the Bob Dylan bootleg series has unearthed some great unreleased gems, demos, outtakes and live recordings this time ranging from the period of 'Oh Mercy' to 'Modern Times'. The stripped down songs such as 'Mississippi' are very different to the released versions and in many respects more poignant.'Red River Shore', an unreleased outtake from 'Time Out Of Mind' is the outstanding track in the collection, though its hard to fault any of the 27 songs. If you have any of the previous volumes in this series you will know what to expect and will not be disappointed. One of the best releases of 2008 and an essential buy.
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This double CD, the 8th volume in Dylan's Bootleg Series, contains 27 tracks(demos, alternative takes, unreleased songs and rarities) drawn from the period 1989-2006 which covers the albums from 'Oh Mercy' to 'Modern Times'. There are also 3 Dylan songs written for soundtracks and 6 live performances. The two alternative versions of 'Mississippi' from "Love and Theft" are radically different from each other and confirm Dylan's determination not to repeat himself. He once said that "a record is just a recording of what you were doing that day. You don't wanna live the same day over and over again, now. Do ya?"
Most tracks are fascinating but the highlight is probably 'Red River Shore' which was inexplicably left off 'Time Out Of Mind'.
'Tell Tale Signs' is another essential volume in the Bootleg Series and Dylan fans should plump for this 2-CD set and boycott the scandalously over-priced 3-CD version.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Keep those bootlegs coming, Columbia 22 Nov 2008
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I'll start off with a brief point. There are three versions of this, and all reviews seem to treat them all as the same product. I am reviewing this as the 2cd version. I do have the 3cd version, but I nevertheless feel that it would be of more use to the majority to go with the former.

As far as Bob Dylan is concerned, no two performances of a song should ever be the same. On this release, he proves his point and yet he also proves like Neil Young that he doesn't always release his best songs or the best versions of them. The first track kicks off with such a gorgeous version of Mississippi! I loved the released version, but the way Bob sings it is so tender here, the backing an almost a lilting and sympathetic response. Its not that its necessarily a 'better' version than the more strident one on Love and Theft. Its just completely different!! The same with Most of The Time, which sees Bob here sing it like the folk days of old instead of the swampy one on Oh Mercy. The real jewel in the crown on the first disc in terms of alternative versions must go to Born In Time. This is in every way a far superior version, making the one on Under The Red Sky sound frumpy and slapdash and devoid of purpose. By far the greatest unreleased song on disc one, and maybe the best of all on the set is Red River Shore. How Time Out Of Mind would have benefitted with a song like that. I'd swap it for Make You Feel My Love in an instant! Marching To The City, an unreleased song from the same sessions, and Dreaming Of You are also quite mindblowing. The live version of High Water is a revelation for all of those who have not seen him in person of late. Electrifying!
The second disc isn't quite as stupefying, if only because the alternative versions are not so different, although if this version of Ain't Talking had ended Modern Times, it would have made this Bobcat very happy indeed. The song 'God Knows' is also far superior to the released version. There are a few more live versions of his songs, the best being Ring Them Bells.... As far as unreleased songs go Can't Escape From You is an absolute gem, a real lost child and one I'm so glad I've heard. Its the one song that truly stayed in my head when I was working, just winding its way through my mind until I couldn't wait to get home and listen to the whole lot again. And to finish off, 'Cross The Green Mountain', previously released on a soundtrack which I hadn't heard is beautiful in the same way Workingman's Blues#2 was; an almost elegaic, frontier song that sounds so familiar yet original.
Oh, and how could he have left 32/20, the Robert Johnson song off World Gone Wrong???
Like the rest of the Bootleg series, this is just stirring, powerful stuff, and far more emotion is being relayed here than in many of the songs he released in the period. Maybe he didn't want to let too much of himself go at the time. But they're here now, and I'm thankful
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent album from the much acclaimed BOOTLEG series
I agree with the majority of buyers reviews,this is excellent early Dylan! ... Nice clean recordings ... Read more
Published 29 days ago by James Witty
5.0 out of 5 stars Tell Tale Signs (1 CD Edition)
This condensed single CD edition contains 13 tracks from the multiple CD editions of Tell Tale Signs the 8th instalment of The Bootleg Series. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Bring_back_the_60s
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After a long career which has famously been `Bootlegged' many times, Bob Dylan has now decided to do what the fans have wanted all along and started to release previously archived... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Victor
5.0 out of 5 stars ..... 'cept the girl from the red river shore
This came out (very) roughly at the same time as "Together through Life" - I say "very" because I think I ignored this set for a time! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dangerous Dave
5.0 out of 5 stars Tell Tale Signs [Deluxe Edn]
I have recently bought this version of the triple album set previously having had the two disc set and a relatively poor copy of the third disc provided by a friend at the time of... Read more
Published 23 months ago by scunnytiger
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Full of every kind of surprise and delight; utterly compelling and rewarding especially for those who thought they'd heard it all.
Published 23 months ago by Mario
5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerising
This really is a fantastic release from the Bootleg Series - a two-CD selection of various takes of Dylan numbers recorded between "Oh Mercy" and "Modern Times"; alternative studio... Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2011 by Little Cat Voom
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-buy
I was lucky enough to have received a gift of the 3-CD version of this collection and the third disc also contains some excellent tracks. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2011 by Michael O'Brien
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his best
this is one of those albums that gets better and better with each listening. What I find amazing is that I don't think that the albums that these tracks were rejected from were... Read more
Published on 7 April 2010 by S. M. Gell
5.0 out of 5 stars welcome addition
As a fan from '62 onwards, this latest offering is a welcome addition to the history of His Bobness. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2010 by Stephen Rollinson
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