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- Summary: The ninth volume from Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series contains the 47 songs he recorded in 1962-64.
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- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Political Folk
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Positive: 13 out of 13
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Mixed: 0 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Jan 3, 2011At its core, this constitutes a hearty glimpse of young Bob Dylan changing the music business, and the world, one note at a time.
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He sounds like what he was beneath the myth he was already constructing for himself: a man with a gift for words and music, sitting in a small room and hoping someone outside would listen.
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Dec 20, 2010At its core, these demos are the sound of Dylan becoming Bob Dylan, and it's an evolution that's spellbinding.
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UncutIn the jigsaw puzzle that is Bob Dylan, The Whitmark Demos are crucial pieces, and it's easy to get lost in the depths, the sheer audacity and beauty, of this music. [Nov 2010, p.107]
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It's an informal set, full of coughs and corrections and chatty asides; the sense of intimacy this fosters between the eager young singer and the modern listener might be this collection's greatest appeal.
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There are minor variations, like key changes and picking patterns, but nothing as radical as the ways he would transform the songs in later years.
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Dec 20, 2010The casual nature of the sessions-Dylan coughs during "Blowin' in the Wind" and stops "Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" to correct a lyric, for instance-only enriches the experience.
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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