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A Song-By-Song Guide to Bob Dylan’s FRAGMENTS Outtakes (BS: 17)

Dylan.FM

February 5, 2023

An overview and commentary on each track on Bob Dylan Fragments Bootleg Series Vol.17 Outtakes Discs 2 and 3.

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Time Out Of Mind – The Dolby Atmos Mix (Fragments Bootleg Series 17)

Dylan.FM

January 30, 2023

Beyond everything else the comes with Bootleg Series 17: The Time Out Of Mind Sessions is the first Dolby Atmos Mix of a Bob Dylan album. This post describes what this means, and h...

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Six Times Out Of Mind: How To Listen To The New FRAGMENTS Bootleg Series

Dylan.FM

January 28, 2023

There are now >75 separate tracks (versions or mixes) of songs from the Time Out Of Mind sessions that have been officially released. Here is one way to organize them. In 1997,...

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Whirly Gig: Inside The Time Out Of Mind Sessions (A Book Review)

Dylan.FM

January 11, 2023

Whirly Gig is the story of the recording of Time Out Of Mind, based on John Lewis' talks with keyboardist Jim Dickinson and listening to the raw studio tapes in The Bob Dylan Archi...

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Announcing Dylan.FM Season Two

Dylan.FM

January 6, 2023

The second year of Dylan.FM is about to begin, and this post talks about the programming and content we’re planning as well as the evolution of our free and Premium memberships and...

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Review: The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan

John Nogowski

December 1, 2022

John Nogowski reviews Bob Dylan's Book "The Philosophy of Modern Song". The book has inspired many reactions, but 'Let the writer have his say' is the approach recommended here.

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Pledging My Time with Bob Dylan’s Band Members (New Book by Ray Padgett)

Dylan.FM

November 18, 2022

Ray Padgett's new book compiles 50+ interviews with musicians and others who've been involved with Bob Dylan's live shows. It's called Pledging My Time, and we discuss his pre-publ...

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Officially Announced: FRAGMENTS – The Time Out Of Mind Sessions – Bootleg Series 17

Dylan.FM

November 17, 2022

They made us wait, but that wait is over. The next Bootleg Series will focus on Time Out Of Mind, it won’t be out until Jan 27, 2023, but it will be a big interesting box. We...

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Time Out of Mind Onstage: The Early Performances

Tim Edgeworth

August 2, 2022

(PREMIUM MEMBERS ONLY) It didn't take Dylan long to bring the Time Out Of Mind songs to The Never Ending Tour, and a surprising number of them got a lot of stage time. In this arti...

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Laura Tenschert on Make You Feel My Love (S01E03)

Dylan.FM

July 29, 2022

Laura Tenschert of Definitely Dylan spoke about Make You Feel My Love, reiterating its history as a song that many Dylan fans and critics dislike, and then exploring the potential...

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Michael Gray on Time Out Of Mind (S01E03)

Dylan.FM

July 25, 2022

Michael Gray has been sharing interesting Dylan criticism since 1972 and joined us to talk about his writing and views on Time Out Of Mind. He talks of his initial and then revised...

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Jochen Markhorst on Cold Irons Bound (S01E03)

Dylan.FM

July 22, 2022

Jochen Markhorst presented his views on Cold Irons Bound in our Episode Three event, sharing the origin of the song, pointing out where The Stanley Brothers' influence can be seen,...

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Live Lyric Changes in the Songs of Time Out Of Mind

Dylyricus

July 22, 2022

Bob Dylan lyrics are never set in stone, and the songs of Time Out Of Mind have evolved from time to time in live performance. Here we look at many of the know lyric variations as...

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Live for TOOM25: Emma Swift (with Robyn Hitchcock)

Dylan.FM

July 16, 2022

Emma Swift and Robyn Hitchcock joined us for our first live event, playing a special private show in New York City. Featured were songs from 'Blonde On The Tracks' plus some specia...

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You Can’t Come Back All The Way (Pt.5)

John Carvill

July 1, 2022

(MEMBERS ONLY) The 5th and final installment in John Carvill's first chapter for a book on Time Out Of Mind. Here he draws his conclusions about the record, what it means to him, a...

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Reading The Tell Tale Signs

Matthew Zuckerman

June 21, 2022

(Fanatic Members Only) The Bootleg Series Volume 8: Tell Tale Signs was the first look behind the recording of Time Out Of Mind. It contains a dozen songs connected to these sessio...

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You Can’t Come Back All The Way (Pt.4)

John Carvill

June 18, 2022

(Members Only) In this next excerpt from John Carvill's manuscript he discusses the history of the TOOM songs, the impact of Daniel Lanois and begins explaining the framework he us...

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Time On My Mind

Matthew Zuckerman

June 6, 2022

Matthew Zuckerman first wrote this article in 2005 when it was published in ISIS - eight years after the release of Time Out of Mind. It talks about the various musical and lyrical...

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You Can’t Come Back All The Way (Pt.3)

John Carvill

June 1, 2022

(MEMBERS ONLY) Dylan always makes big public appearances memorable, one way or another. In the mid-90's he went on MTV and surprised everyone by doing exactly what he was asked to...

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You Can’t Come Back All The Way (Pt.2)

John Carvill

May 11, 2022

(MEMBERS ONLY) In this exclusive series of excerpts from John Carvill, Time Out Of Mind is considered anew. Part II looks at one pivotal pre-TOOM event, Woodstock '94 where Dylan b...

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Mark Howard’s TOOM Notebook

Dylan.FM

May 10, 2022

(MEMBERS ONLY) Mark Howard the Engineer on Time Out Of Mind shared some pages from his notebook with us, specifically the recording notes from Not Dark Yet and Highlands. These rev...

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Time Out Of Mind

You Can’t Come Back All The Way (Pt.1)

John Carvill

May 4, 2022

(MEMBERS ONLY) In this exclusive series of excerpts from John Carvill, Time Out Of Mind is considered anew. Part I looks at the 'Time' part of the title, where Dylan was when this...

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Swept Away In A Stormy Season

James Adams

May 1, 2022

In this guest post from James Adams, we learn the fascinating tale of album rumors that filled the internet before the details of Time Out Of Mind were known. It started in the 'zi...

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Welcome To The TOOM25 Blog

Dylan.FM

May 1, 2022

Time Out Of Mind is not out of our minds. After 25 years we’re still listening, enjoying, considering, and discovering. This blog will give you a lot more to learn and think...

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