It's a Dylan two-fer. Probably my other favorite Bob Dylan album. The story on this is that Bob Dylan recorded the whole album in New York but scrapped most of the songs, then went back to Minneapolis and re-recorded them with his brother. This here be the original sessions.More info here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_on_the_Tracks
and here http://www.bobsboots.com/Cds/cd-b28.html
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what a lucky day this is.......
ReplyDeletethanks, thjs looks cool.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. It gives you a new way to hear what I still feel was his best album, made even better by coming after a long drought. But it should have "Up to Me" like some of the other versions in circulation. (My opinion, anyway)
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Although there's more energy in the official album, I've always preferred the NY sessions. The music just fits the forlorn lyrics so much better. And the instrumental section at the end of Idiot Wind is one of the saddest, most beautiful things I have ever heard. Commercially, Dylan probably did the right thing in changing some of the songs, but artistically I feel it was completely unnecessary.
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