Bob Dylan – Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 13 – 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition) (2017) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Bob Dylan – Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 13 – 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 8:11:03 minutes | 7,92 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Columbia/Legacy

8 discs Deluxe Edition Box Set – the next installment in the award-winning Bootleg Series. “Trouble No More – The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979-1981”, focuses on the albums ‘Slow Train Coming’ (1979), ‘Saved’ (1980) and ‘Shot of Love’ (1981) and the legendary live shows from that period.

Bob Dylan converted to Christianity in 1979. Like many who have been born again, Dylan spoke and sang solely of his faith for a brief period – roughly half a year, beginning in November of 1979 and ending in May of 1980. Facing a fan base who were generally furious at his newfound religion, Dylan started to thread some oldies into his set lists but he didn’t leave gospel behind until he released Infidels in 1983. Once he returned to secular music, he didn’t abandon all the songs that he wrote during this period – and it’s also unclear what became of his faith, as he stopped speaking of it in concrete terms in public – yet these three years remained one of Dylan’s least understood phases, possibly because the studio albums he released between 1979 and 1981 were cocooned in studio gloss. Trouble No More, the 13th installment of The Bootleg Series, attempts to right the record by collecting a wealth of live material from this period, supplementing these cuts with unreleased studio tracks, including a few songs that have never seen the light of day.

Whether it’s appreciated in its lavish eight-CD box set or its judiciously edited double-disc companion, Trouble No More performs the same function: it illuminates the passion driving this music. Unlike Another Self Portrait, this Bootleg Series installment offers a different perspective of a maligned phase, but it doesn’t provide a jolting revelation, not even with several unveiled Dylan originals in tow. A few of these songs would’ve enhanced either Saved or Shot of Love – in particular, “Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody” feels robust as it dodges confession – but the execution matters more than the content. Dylan did write a handful of classics during this time but the tunes tend to be overshadowed by the ragged, soulful performances, where the songs – both major and minor – get reshaped on-stage and in the studio. The band impresses – this music, which sounded so slick on the released records, has grit, swing and soul – but they’re only following their leader, who is chasing a muse that may still remain elusive to his audience. Dylan may not articulate his conversion in words – these are among his stiffest lyrics, allowing no room for ambiguity yet still bearing some playfulness – but Trouble No More, more than Saved or even the fine Slow Train Coming, is buoyed by the music. Whether he’s singing a slight song, easing into testimony, or leaning into a blues, Dylan seems engaged, even on the verge of rapture, an excitement that carries through the full live shows from 1980 and 1981 on the Deluxe Edition, where he reworks his old tunes – “Maggie’s Farm” is driven by a wild, twisting riff – in hopes that they open the door to his new thing. Few appreciated his trip at the time, but years later it feels compelling, possibly because it’s allowed to be messy and soulful within the parameters of The Bootleg Series.

Tracklist
Disc 1 – Live:
001 – Slow Train (Live Nov. 16, 1979)
002 – Gotta Serve Somebody (Live Nov. 15, 1979)
003 – I Believe In You (Live May 16, 1980)
004 – When You Gonna Wake Up? (Live July 9, 1981)
005 – When He Returns (Live Dec. 5, 1979)
006 – Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Live Jan. 16, 1980)
007 – Precious Angel (Live Nov. 16, 1979)
008 – Covenant Woman (Live Nov. 20, 1979)
009 – Gonna Change My Way of Thinking (Live Jan. 31, 1980)
010 – Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Live Jan. 28, 1980)
011 – Solid Rock (Live Nov. 27, 1979)
012 – What Can I Do for You? (Live Nov. 27, 1979)
013 – Saved (Live Jan. 12, 1980)
014 – In the Garden (Live Jan. 27, 1980)

Disc 2 – Live:
015 – Slow Train (Live June 29, 1981)
016 – Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody (Live Apr. 24, 1980)
017 – Gotta Serve Somebody (Live June 27, 1981)
018 – Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One (Live Nov. 16, 1979)
019 – Saving Grace (Live Nov. 6, 1979)
020 – Blessed Is the Name (Live Nov. 20, 1979)
021 – Solid Rock (Live Oct. 23, 1981)
022 – Are You Ready? (Live Apr. 30, 1980)
023 – Pressing On (Live Nov. 6, 1979)
024 – Shot of Love (Live July 25, 1981)
025 – Dead Man, Dead Man (Live June 21, 1981)
026 – Watered-Down Love (Live June 12, 1981)
027 – In the Summertime (Live Oct. 21, 1981)
028 – The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar (Live Nov. 13, 1980)
029 – Caribbean Wind (Live Nov. 12, 1980)
030 – Every Grain of Sand (Live Nov. 21, 1981)

Disc 3 – Rare & Unreleased:
031 – Slow Train (Soundcheck)
032 – Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Soundcheck)
033 – Help Me Understand (Soundcheck)
034 – Gonna Change My Way of Thinking (Rehearsal with horns)
035 – Gotta Serve Somebody (Take 1)
036 – When He Returns (Take 2)
037 – Ain’t No Man Righteous, No Not One (Take 6)
038 – Trouble In Mind (Take 1)
039 – Ye Shall Be Changed (Outtake)
040 – Covenant Woman (Take 3)
041 – Stand by Faith (Rehearsal)
042 – I Will Love Him (Live Apr. 19, 1980)
043 – Jesus Is the One (Live July 17, 1981)
044 – City of Gold (Live Nov. 22, 1980)
045 – Thief on the Cross (Live Nov. 10, 1981)
046 – Pressing On (Take 1)

Disc 4 – Rare & Unreleased:
047 – Slow Train (Rehearsal with horns)
048 – Gotta Serve Somebody (Rehearsal with horns)
049 – Making a Liar Out of Me (Rehearsal)
050 – Yonder Comes Sin (Rehearsal)
051 – Radio Spot for January 1980, Portland, OR show
052 – Cover Down, Pray Through (Live May 1, 1980)
053 – Rise Again (Rehearsal)
054 – Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody (Live Dec. 2, 1980)
055 – The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar (Take 2)
056 – Caribbean Wind (Rehearsal with pedal steel)
057 – You Changed My Life (Take 4)
058 – Shot of Love (Outtake)
059 – Watered-Down Love (Outtake)
060 – Dead Man, Dead Man (Outtake)
061 – Every Grain of Sand (Rehearsal)

Disc 5 – Live In Toronto 1980:
062 – Gotta Serve Somebody (Live in Toronto)
063 – I Believe in You (Live in Toronto)
064 – Covenant Woman (Live in Toronto)
065 – When You Gonna Wake Up? (Live in Toronto)
066 – When He Returns (Live in Toronto)
067 – Ain’t Gonna Go to Hell for Anybody (Live in Toronto)
068 – Cover Down, Pray Through (Live in Toronto)
069 – Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Live in Toronto)
070 – Precious Angel (Live in Toronto)

Disc 6 – Live In Toronto 1980:
071 – Slow Train (Live in Toronto)
072 – Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others) (Live in Toronto)
073 – Solid Rock (Live in Toronto)
074 – Saving Grace (Live in Toronto)
075 – What Can I Do for You? (Live in Toronto)
076 – In the Garden (Live in Toronto)
077 – Band Introductions (Live in Toronto)
078 – Are You Ready? (Live in Toronto)
079 – Pressing On (Live in Toronto)

Disc 7 – Live In Earl’s Court, London, June 27, 1981:
080 – Gotta Serve Somebody (Live in London)
081 – I Believe in You (Live in London)
082 – Like a Rolling Stone (Live in London)
083 – Man Gave Names to All the Animals (Live in London)
084 – Maggie’s Farm (Live in London)
085 – I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (Live in London)
086 – Dead Man, Dead Man (Live in London)
087 – Girl from the North Country (Live in London)
088 – Ballad of a Thin Man (Live in London)

Disc 8 – Live In Earl’s Court, London, June 27, 1981:
089 – Slow Train (Live in London)
090 – Let’s Begin (Live in London)
091 – Lenny Bruce (Live in London)
092 – Mr. Tambourine Man (Live in London)
093 – Solid Rock (Live in London)
094 – Just Like a Woman (Live in London)
095 – Watered-Down Love (Live in London)
096 – Forever Young (Live in London)
097 – When You Gonna Wake Up? (Live in London)
098 – In the Garden (Live in London)
099 – Band Introductions (Live in London)
100 – Blowin’ in the Wind (Live in London)
101 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Live in London)
102 – Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Live in London)

PLEASE NOTE: Tracks “17,23,27,34,36,53,77,80,83,84,96” presented in 24-bit/44kHz.

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