Collectors Music Reviews The Standard In Live Release Analysis Bob Dylan, ‘Clover Studio 1981’ (Empress Valley Supreme Disk) Trouble (Take 6) / The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar (Correct speed version) / Bolero (Heart Of Mine) (Instrumental take 1) / Heart Of Mine (Outtake) / Property Of Jesus (Original mix) / Caribbean Wind (Outtake) / Magic (Outtake – ...
June, 2018
- 11 June
Brand new Bob Dylan release from Crystal Cat
The first Dylan release from Crystal Cat this year comes from Germany. ‘Bootleg Whiskey’ was recorded at the Seidensticker Halle, Bielefeld on the 21st of April, his first time in the city since 1995. As you’ll have come to know, the Crystal cat name is synonymous with only the best ...
May, 2018
- 30 May
New Bob Dylan on Empress Valley
Your first look at possibly the biggest Dylan release this year is here. On the Empress Valley label, ‘Clover Studio 1981’ features outtakes and mixes previously unheard even after Scorpio and Dandelion had put out their own tapes. The collection, it is announced, comes from dubs from the master tapes ...
- 25 May
Dylan on a new label
A new silver label has appeared catering for Bob Dylan releases, ‘Jack Chronicles’. ‘Pressing On – Live 1979’ is the labels first release. An issue of various live recordings from November / December. These appear to be audience recordings of various quality from this first Gospel tour. ‘The Best of ...
- 21 May
New titles on Moonchild and other rumours
The Moonchild label have just released another bunch of new titles for their ever expanding catalogue. The first is a recording of Neil Young’s recent show at the Warnors Theatre, Fresno, California, USA on the 1st May, 2018. Titled ‘Tonight Is The Night!’. This is surely the first release of ...
- 14 May
Miscellaneous new releases from Japan
Brand new releases have appeared from the Far East; Firstly, SpeakEzy’s ‘Who Is This?’ is a 2 CD set featuring a new tape transfer for the bands show from the Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany 4th September, 1972. The classic boot of the same name fills up disk two from a ...
February, 2018
- 28 February
Bob Dylan – Stormy Weather (Rattlesnake RS 304/05)
Bob Dylan, ‘Stormy Weather’ (Rattlesnake RS 304/05) Disk 1; Things Have Changed / Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright / Highway 61 Revisited / Beyond Here Lies Nothing / Stormy Weather / Pay In Blood / Melancholy Mood / Duquesne Whistle / Scarlet Town / Tangled Up In Blue / Early ...
January, 2018
- 4 January
Rattlesnake returns
Following their recent new releases, the Rattlesnake label return with three exclusive new releases. Their Robert Plant release, ‘Jazz à Vienne’ is a soundboard source from the festival of the same name in France on the 1st of July, 2014. Bonus tracks come from an un-broadcast radio show recorded at ...
November, 2017
- 22 November
Bob Dylan – The Ginsberg Tapes 1965 (No Label)
Bob Dylan, ‘The Ginsberg Tapes 1965’ (No Label) Disc 1 – To Ramona / Gates Of Eden / It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue / Desolation Row / Love Minus Zero – No Limit / Visions of Johanna (Freeze Out) / Mr. Tambourine Man Disc 2 – Tombstone Blues / ...
- 15 November
Bob Dylan – The Nobel Prize Box (Crystal Cat CC 1079 – 1084)
Bob Dylan, “Nobel Prize Box” (Crystal Cat CC 1080 / 1084) 1st April, 2017 – Waterfront Auditorium, Stockholm, Sweden. Disk 1 – Intro / Things Have Changed / Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right / Highway 61 Revisited / Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ / Full Moon And Empty Arms / ...
October, 2017
- 30 October
The new Bob Dylan set on Crystal Cat arrives.
The latest set from Crystal Cat has started to arrive with dealers and so you’ll have your hands on it soon. One of the most rounded Dylan packages to have dropped in the past few years – This is product par excellence and is more than worth the buzz that ...
- 11 October
Bob Dylan – That Old Black Magic (Eat A Peach EAT 184/185)
Bob Dylan, ‘That Old Black Magic’ (Eat A Peach EAT 184/185) Things Have Changed / To Ramona / Highway 61 Revisited / Beyond Here Lies Nothing / Why Try To Change Me Now / Pay In Blood / Melancholy Mood / Dusquesne Whistle / Stormy Weather / Tangled Up In ...
- 10 October
New Dylan releases on Crystal Cat
The phrase ‘Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better ..’ springs to mind. The venerable Crystal Cat label return with two brand new Bob Dylan releases – The first, a more regular release features a new CC recording from the Firefly Music Festival in Dover, Delaware on the 17th ...
December, 2016
- 19 December
New releases from the Far East
As things glide to a slow for the festive period, the releases still continue to drift in. Graff Zeppelin continue their re-issue programme with ‘Montreaux Casino 1971’. A 2 CD copy of the Led Zeppelin show at the venue of that name – This is apparently not a remaster but ...
November, 2016
- 13 November
Bob Dylan -London Train Coming 1981 (Hot Lips HLCD-5008)
Bob Dylan, ‘London Train Coming 1981’ (Hot Lips HLCD-5008) Disk 1 – Come On In This House / It’s Gonna Rain Again / Show Me The Way / Saved By The Grace of Your Love / Gotta Serve Somebody / I Believe In You / Like A Rolling Stone / ...
July, 2016
- 15 July
New Dylan and Stones titles from Xavel plus Graf Zeppelin releases.
The Xavel label return with a large selection of material from Bob Dylan’s 2016 Japanese shows and two shows from the Stones. ‘2016 Tokyo 1st – 6th Night’ is the first boxed set covering half of Dylan’s residency at Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo, Japan on the 4th, 5th, 6th, ...
- 6 July
Bob Dylan – The 1985 Rehearsal Tape (Rattlesnake RS 289/90)
Bob Dylan, ‘The 1985 Rehearsal Tape’ (Rattlesnake RS 289/90) I Shall Be Released (I) / Gotta Serve Somebody / Across The Borderline (I) / Senor (Fragment) / Trouble / Clean Cut Kid / I’ll Remember You / That Lucky Old Sun / Maggie’s Farm / In The Garden (I) / ...
June, 2016
- 14 June
Bob Dylan – After The Empire (Rattlesnake RS 288)
Bob Dylan, “After The Empire” (Rattlesnake RS 288) Baby Coming Back From The Dead / Nothing Here Worth Dying For (I) / Won’t Go Back ‘Till They Call Me Back Again / Let Me Come Baby / Bring It Home To Me / I’m Ready For Love / 26 Storeys ...
May, 2016
- 26 May
Hot new Dylan releases on Rattlesnake!!
Following reports of the demise of the Dylan bootleg, the mighty Rattlesnake label bring us two thrilling, brand new releases; ‘After The Empire’ is a 16 track studio outtakes CD of ideas that were recorded after the ‘Empire Burlesque’ album but were ultimately unreleased. This is made up of mostly ...
- 13 May
New Dylan releases from the Far East
Following their recent release, “The Complete Osaka Premier”, the Hot Lips have another Gospel era release, this time from 1981. Recorded on the last night of Dylan’s Earls Court residency in 1981, “London Train Coming 1981”, previously released on a number of no label CDRs, makes it’s premier on silver ...