The Swellers - The Light Under Closed Doors–A Punk Rock Lullaby

Album Review: The Swellers - The Light Under Closed Doors

Available on No Sleep Records

Reviewed By Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

The Light Under Closed Doors, the latest album by The Swellers to be released by No Sleep Records on October 29th is the proof that Indie Labels have the right stuff when selecting bands we need to hear. The Swellers, Flint Michigan’s highly revered punk rock band has created provocative lyrics that are full or sardonic wit and just the right amount of angst.

Produced by The Swellers and recorded in joint efforts of the group, Marc Hudson and Mark Michalik, The Light Under Closed Doors is a being touted as “a punk rock sing-along, filled with driving rhythm and infectious choruses”, this being said, I found it to be that and more. The band has an honest sound in their lyrics and compositions, keeping to the bland of modern punk and alternative “unfinished” tones, the songs are actually highly complex and rich with emotion.

When asked, the drummer Jonathan Diener said "This record feels a lot different than anything we've done, the way the songs were written, the way it was recorded, even the artwork all have this organic feeling about them. We went back to basics and let the songs and emotion do the talking for us."

After several albums and years of label changes, The Swellers connected with No Sleep Records to create and album with high energy, thoughtful and driving songs with titles “Should,” “Becoming Self-Aware,” “High/Low” and “Big Hearts,”. The Swellers “look to speak directly to fans with an open heart about growing up, learning from your mistakes and moving forward, something the band has a lot of experience with lately”. The Light Under Closed Doors is that glimmer of hope, that moment when even though life seems low, it will be okay. When thinking of “punk” most don’t realize it’s not always about anarchy or revolution, but the harsh look one must take when faced with their own reflection, and when they don’t like what they see. If you don’t like it, Fix it, move on and draw another breath.

With a sound reminiscent of The Ramones, The Clash and Social Distortion, The Swellers might just have an album that could be the break out indie album for the new year.

"I think lyrically this may be our most relatable record,” says Jonathan. “It's about readjusting and finding your place in the world. It's one hell of an awkward adventure we all go through."

Get The Light Under Closed Doors by The Swellers on No Sleep Records

And You can Follow The Swellers on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/theswellers

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No More Hell to Pay - Stryper Renewed, a return to the stage to bring the word to the worthy.

Album Review: Stryper - No More Hell to Pay

No More Hell to Pay - Stryper Renewed, a return to the stage to bring the word to the worthy.

Review by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

July 21, 1984 Stryper released their first album The Yellow and Black Attack, to a mixed response in the music industry and music fans across America if not the world. There were some that felt they we truly talented and deserved the recognition and respect, as well as the right to perform the stage. With a music industry that was pumping out long hair metal bands every other day, Stryper was lost in the mix, even with a truly impressive following and much adulation; they seemed to slip out of the spotlight and our minds.

 

That Was Then, This is Now!

 

With the upcoming release of No More Hell to Pay is proof that faith in a higher power and in one’s self is necessary to creating sublime music that is captivating and exhilarating. No More Hell to Pay is Stryper’s eighth original studio album, a well composed and highly energetic follow up to Second Coming, released last March. Produced by Stryper front man & guitarist Michael Sweet himself, this album features some of Stryper’s strongest and heaviest material ever. Sweet commented on the album: “The new Stryper album, No More Hell To Pay, is the record we needed to make as a follow up to To Hell With The Devil. Every song has a hooky guitar riff. Everything is in minor keys, so it's a little darker sounding and a little tougher. It's definitely our heaviest record and I think people will be pleasantly surprised. To reference, there is less songs like “Calling On You” and more songs like To Hell With The Devil. It's more in that vein than the poppier vein." Stryper has come a long way since their humble beginnings, they have matured and embraced a wisdom that few are privy to, and their enlightened outlook and philosophy on music is profound.

 

Gather the Faithful

In a music genre that entices followers with dark visions and decadence, Stryper has not had it easy. A talented group that has meaningful messages and wants to reach into the soul is often lost among the golden calves of the rock and roll lifestyle. Stryper appeals to those that find their message of devotion and redemption in the eyes of the Lord a path to follow, and to those that love great music. In true form of fighting against the darkness of obscurity, Stryper has succeeded in creating a hard edge, entertaining and emotionally driven album, the lyrical content is harmonious and mesmerizing. Michael Sweet’s vocal range is phenomenal and charismatic. Expected to be among the most well received hard rock albums of the year, to say it is “Christian Metal” would be to sell it short, the music of Stryper can be enjoyed by all and I think detractors would be hard pressed to find fault in No More Hell to Pay.

The Story is Told, the Truth Revealed

Stryper is attributed as one of the top Christian rock bands of all time. Comprised of the original line-up of Michael Sweet (vocals/guitar), Oz Fox (guitar), Tim Gaines (bass), and Robert Sweet (drums), Stryper has been rocking since 1984, and is responsible for such '80s metal classic albums as SOLDIERS UNDER COMMAND, TO HELL WITH THE DEVIL, IN GOD WE TRUST and such MTV hit singles/videos as "Calling on You," "Free," and "Honestly." After a sabbatical for much of the 1990's, Stryper returned strong in the early 21st century. To date, the band has sold upwards of 8 million records worldwide and is a Dove Award-winner and Grammy nominee. Stryper is the first band to have two songs in MTV’s Top 10 simultaneously.

The track listing on No More Hell to Pay is packed with powerful vocals, blazing chords and rock steady rhythms. Song titles are Revelation, No More Hell To Pay, Saved By Love, Jesus Is Just Alright, The One, Legacy, Marching Into Battle, Te Amo, Sticks & Stones, Water Into Wine, Sympathy, and Renewed. Every song is glorious praise to the one Stryper tributes with their talents and praises with every note. Simply put, No More Hell to Pay is the Stryper album we have been waiting for, and we are witness to it.

Go to http://www.stryper.com to get info on the band, the release of No More Hell to Pay as well their other albums, news and tour dates. You can Follow Stryper on all the social media sites, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Stryper and YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/stryperofficial .

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Product Review: The Engle – Genius Breeds Creativity

Article by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

In January of 2013 I went to the NAMM show in Anaheim and found many new and wonderful toys for the performance and recording of music. One such unique and creative device new to the market was the Engle, invented by Mark Engler, is a hammer shaped tool a guitarist, or for and stringed instrument artist, may “strike” the strings during or in intermediate timings between normal “plucking” or playing, can add interesting tones and progressions into their performance. I retrieved some facts from their website – “Engler’s design—a guitar-hammer or percussion mallet—allows for more tonal variation than traditional guitar picks. The head of the mallet, shaped like an elongated eye, is composed of molded plastic; its shape, weight, and angle are key elements of its design and function. He dubbed the musical accessory “The Engle,” as in “a new angle for playing the guitar.” – (http://www.theengle.com).

Since the show, I received one of the Engle units for our staff guitarist to try out, our testing showed the Engle was fun and exciting to use and even more so to try to master. The Engle is as stated, a tool designed with the concept of hitting precise notes while playing other stings simultaneously, expanding and refining the artist’s style. The Engle is simple in design, created to be held in a manner that does not impede playing, it can be held in many possible ways and can be used with any type of guitar.

The Engle’s “guitar-hammer” design produces values of pure tone and allows the guitar player to play for longer with less hand stress and using less energy. This for some performers is a breakthrough, people that suffer from arthritis or similar hand debilitating illness, which may have had to give up playing, could now reacquaint themselves with their love for playing guitar. The Engle can be used as a medium in helping people with other ailments that prohibit playing stringed instruments find a joy in music. The Engle is very affordable and is a way to add to your instruments versatility without having to buy a different instrument, think of being able to play your electric guitar like a hammer dulcimer or get a piano sound from your acoustic, you are only limited by your imagination. The Engle, which is priced at or near $19.95 at all participating retailers, will be a great addition to any performer’s tool kit.

 

The Engle

To learn more about The Engle or to get one of your own, go to The Engle Web Site where national and online retailers are listed. The Engle has on its web site lists of artists who use and endorse the product, instructional videos and links to its YouTube Page for Updated Video References and company news videos. The Engle may not be a fancy electrified over complicated tool, but it’s not supposed to be, it’s meant to make playing and performing music fun, exciting and rewarding, which is why you learned to play in the first place. Listen to music from a new “Engle” and see what you ears have been missing.

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Jimi Hendrix: a Life to Experience

PBS to air American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ in conjunction with Sony Legacy’s Release of Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival: a Double Shot of Rock History comes to life in sight and sound.

Article by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

On November 5^th, 2013 PBS will air a documentary on the brief but amazing life of one who is synonymous with the development of today’s Rock & Roll music culture. At a point in time that would be Jimi Hendrix’s 70^th birthday, PBS and Sony Legacy pay tribute to Jimi’s life and his gift to humanity.

American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ shows from beginning to untimely end, a career in music that is the stuff of legend, with interviews by those who knew and loved Jimi personally, worked with him, and through it all saw him as a man destined for immortality.

A pioneering electric guitarist, Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942 — Sept. 18, 1970) had only four years of mainstream exposure and recognition, but his influential music and riveting stage presence left an enduring legacy. Hear My Train A Comin’ traces the guitarist’s remarkable journey from his hardscrabble beginnings in Seattle, through his stint as a US Army paratrooper, unknown sideman to R&B stars such as Little Richard, Joey Dee and the Isley Brothers and his discovery and ultimate international stardom.

The film also features revealing glimpses into Jimi and his era from the three women closest to him: Linda Keith (the girlfriend who introduced Jimi to future manager Chas Chandler), Faye Pridgon (who befriended Hendrix in Harlem in the early 1960s) and Colette Mimram (one of the era’s most influential fashion trendsetters who provided inspiration for Hendrix’s signature look and created such memorable stage costumes as the beaded jacket Hendrix famously wore at Woodstock). The film details the meteoric rise of the Experience, the creation of his groundbreaking music, the building of Electric Lady Studios, his state-of-the-art recording facility in Greenwich Village and concludes with poignant footage from his final performance in Germany in September 1970, just 12 days before his death at age 27.

Janie Hendrix, Sister and President of Hendrix Experience LLC, an organization devoted and entrusted with the preservation of Jimi Hendrix archives and his enduring legacy was quoted “American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ is an in-depth look at the life and legacy of Jimi Hendrix with his own words” she went on to say “His Impression on the world through his genius, music and talent continue to magically touch the lives of ensuing generations”.

In addition to the ground breaking documentary, a Sony Legacy recording is releasing rare audio recordings of his performance at the Miami Pop Festival. In May of 1968, the Miami Pop Festival, the first event promoted by Michael Lang, who would go on to organize the first Woodstock fifteen months later, was to be the first recordings of Jimi playing live at the first ever major concert festival on the east coast. Michael Lang and Ric O’Barry, Inspired by the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, where Jimi Hendrix, lit fire to his Guitar during his US debut, contracted Jimi Hendrix for this 2 day festival that would take Jimi Hendrix into the hearts of millions.

Performing, at the time his newest material, which are now standards in every artist play list, “Hey Joe”, “Fire”, “Foxy Lady”, “Tax Free”, “Purple Haze”, Red House”, “Hear My Train A Comin’” and more, this album takes you back in time when Hendrix first stepped onto the US stages and into our hearts.

Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival will be available for purchase on November 5^th, 2013, the same day PBS will air American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ and is expected to be the most viewed documentary of a Musicians life, the organization and dedication to detail of this presentation, and the quality of the audio on the album is magnificent and will entertain, educate and enlighten all that witness the life of Jimi Hendrix.

 

Hear My Train A Comin’–Jimi Hendrix

For more information on American Masters: Hear My Train A Comin’ go to PBS – American Masters Page and watch the trailer, see air dates / show time and find out more about this look into the living memory of a true genius in music.

To get the album Jimi Hendrix Experience – Miami Pop Festival, go to Legacy Recording for purchase information and this album will be available in stores and online.

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Now, Then & Forever, Once again the planets have aligned to reveal a Universe of Soul

After many long years, the highly anticipated album by one of music’s most memorable and beloved R&B Super-groups has been released to an adoring public.

CD Review: Earth Wind & Fire – Now, Then & Forever

On Legacy Records – Available in Stores now and at http://www.earthwindandfire.com

Reviewed by Joseph Timmons: Xombiewoof Magazine

In the 70’s Earth Wind & Fire took the music scene in a spiritual and soulful storm, breaking every record and crossing every boundary imaginable. With a multi-platform sound of Soul, Funk, R&B and rock enhanced rhythms, they were more than met the eyes or the ears. Not to be considered just “Another Disco Band” they looked to create a musical universe that the human soul would gravitate to and shine as a celestial body of eternal love and harmony in a vast darkness. As a group that would inspire countless performers and groups to come after them, it can be said they are the founding fathers or the present R&B music scene, inspiring artists such as Point of Grace, D ‘Angelo, CDB, Dionne Warwick, The 5th Dimension, Lenny White, Patti LaBelle, The Manhattans, Wynonna Judd, Chaka Khan, Herb Alpert and many more.

One may think that Earth Wind & Fire, after such a rich and enduring legacy of music and award winning, chart topping hits would have exhausted their song writing genius, yet it is just the contrary, Earth Wind & Fire’s new album Now, Then & Forever is fresh, original and what the world needs, songs of a spiritual nature, of loves delight and visions of a world in harmony and peace that will remain eternal.

 

Earth Wind & Fire

Composed of 10 new songs that are balanced and harmonic, this album resonates with the listener, soothing and hip; you move to the beat and feel their radiance in the air. From the beginning of this album to the end, the bass rhythms, airy keyboards and the silky sounds of their voices rising up to the sky, a religious experience in music. Perfect timing and just a bit of funk to get the body moving, songs like “Got To Be Love”, “Love is Law”, “Night of My Life”, “My Promise”, “The Rush” and “Dance Floor” are emotionally driving and rock steady stone solid grooves.

Earth Wind & Fire – Now, Then & Forever is the new sun in the center of the musical galaxy of today’s R&B / Soul infused Universe, If you have not yet experienced Earth Wind & Fire, get into the groove and witness the rebirth of high spiritual soul and feel the freedom of a loving spirit.

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Orange Amplification Turns Pink for Breast Cancer Campaign

 

To raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign, Orange Amplification is offering everyone a chance to own a one of a kind, bright pink Crush 20LDX. In addition, OrangeAmps.com will be turning Pink this Friday for Breast Cancer Campaign.

The international auction for the electric pink Crush 20LDX will start on Friday, 25th October 2013 at 9.00am GMT, on Ebay. The auction will last seven days, giving plenty of time to scrape all those pennies together for a totally unique amp and a fantastically good cause. To find the auction when it goes live, simple go to the pink Orange website homepage and follow the links. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own a completely unique pink orange amp and all the money raised from this auction will go to Breast Cancer Research, so please give generously.

Cliff Cooper, Orange Amplification founder and CEO said ‘Breast Cancer Campaign is a cause close to many people’s hearts, we all know someone who has been touched by this terrible disease. We want to support the fight against this disease and raise funds for this worthwhile organization.’

Breast Cancer Campaign wants every person affected by breast cancer to get the best possible treatment, information and support. Founded in 1975 by celebrated campaigner Betty, Pink Fridays have become a memorable part of their fund raising activities. To find out other ways of supporting Pink Friday go to Breast Cancer Campaign.
So join Orange Amps, go Pink this Friday and support Breast Cancer Campaign.

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Keith Kenny Chosen to Headline UXO Benefit Concert in Laos

 

Vientiane, Laos - Native New Jersey guitarist and singer songwriter Keith Kenny has been chosen to headline a benefit concert in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos to raise money for victims of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).

The event is called “We Are Kind” and will be held on November 11, 2013 in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, and will feature several well-known Laotian rock and dance performers with Keith Kenny closing the evening.

Benefit organizer, Phongsavath Souliyalat (Pong), became a fan of Keith’s music while working with different charity organizations in Laos. Pong is a 20 year-old Laotian UXO victim who lost both hands and eyesight when a tennis ball sized bomb exploded in his hands only four years ago. He is now a spokesperson for the COPE Center which provides prosthetics, rehabilitation and support for other victims of UXO and is involved in raising awareness across the nation.

When Pong approached Keith about performing, he enthusiastically accepted the offer. "I'm really honored to perform for the victims of UXO and hope that my music can help make a difference. I’m looking forward to meeting Pong in person and excited to experience the culture in Laos. ”

Keith also expressed a great deal of gratitude toward Aqua Survey Inc. who has sponsored the trip for him to perform at the benefit concert. Aqua Survey Inc. is an American company involved in locating and remediating UXO throughout Laos.

Keith is currently in the midst of his Big Red Suitcase Tour, which includes performances at over 30 cities across the U.S. He has made some quick changes to his tour schedule to accommodate for the 8,000 mile journey. Upon returning from Southeast Asia, Keith will resume his National U.S. Tour from New Jersey to California.

For more information regarding the “We Are Kind” benefit concert and additional tour dates visit www.KeithKenny.com or www.Facebook.com/Wearekindconcert

This promotional ad will run on National Television in Laos prior to the event:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrx_Huj0HFs&feature=youtu.be&desktop_uri=/watch?v=Xrx_Huj0HFs&feature=youtu.be

For more information about UXO (provided by Aqua Survey Inc.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmbsowEsfNg

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BOSTON STRONG! Boston is Back with New Album

BOSTON’S HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM - LIFE, LOVE & HOPE RELEASED ON FRONTIERS IN DECEMBER

Band’s First Studio Album in 10-Plus Years to Be Released Worldwide on Frontiers Records

On December 6th, BOSTON’s latest studio album, Life, Love & Hope will be released in Europe on Frontiers Records. More than a decade in the making, Life, Love & Hope features 11 tracks replete with the classic and beloved BOSTON sound, as well as the latest in the evolution of Tom Scholz' musical artistry. Diverse yet cohesive, this long-awaited album has something for everyone and will fulfill the expectations of existing fans, while exposing a new generation to one of rock and roll’s great acts. Scholz says, "These are songs from the heart, each of them taking many months of effort to write, arrange, perform and record, always up to the demands of BOSTON's harshest critic, me. They have all been meticulously recorded to analogue tape on the same machines and equipment used for BOSTON's hits for the past 35 years."

BOSTON burst onto the music scene with their eponymous best-selling debut album in 1976, and never looked back.  With over 17 million copies sold, Boston generated hits such as "More Than a Feeling," "Peace of Mind," and "Smokin'," rock staples that are still in heavy rotation today.  Their second effort, Don't Look Back was another chart-topper that confirmed their place in rock history, followed by Third Stage, which hit #1 on the charts, with the top single of 1986, "Amanda." With over 31 million albums sold to date, BOSTON's music has stood the test of time, as evidenced by live BOSTON audiences that spans generations.

Life, Love & Hope includes lead vocals from Brad Delp and prodigy Tommy DeCarlo, as well as Kimberley Dahme, David Victor, and songwriter Scholz himself. This release features tracks that have the characteristic BOSTON trademark guitars, harmonies, and immaculately-crafted sound.  "I intentionally stayed close to the early BOSTON style on some of the songs, even using the same amps and instruments; on others I let my imagination run wild," says Scholz.

A beautiful full-color booklet with notes from Scholz and detailed song credits accompanies Life, Love & Hope, available now for pre-order on Amazon national shops in UK, Germany, Spain, France and Italy and all other fine retailers across Europe.

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Legacy Recordings to publicly release Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection, Volume One.

 

A monumental audio collection that includes Every Full-Length Studio and Live Release in Artist's Official Columbia Records Catalog.

Definitive Library Brings Together 50 Years of Culture-Defining American Music from 1962's Bob Dylan through 2012's Tempest with 2 "Side Tracks" Discs of Non-Album Singles, B-Sides and Other Rarities Available as CD Box Set and Limited Numbered Edition Harmonica-shaped USB on Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records are proud to announce the release of the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One, a colossal box set encompassing the entire official discography of the American songwriter-performer who's revolutionized folk, pop and rock music over the past half century with a profoundly influential catalog of songs and sounds. Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection, Volume One will be available on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

Beginning with tracks recorded for his eponymous 1962 Columbia Records debut album, the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One follows Dylan's restless transformations across six decades as a singer, a songwriter, a concert performer and a studio artist who's continually finding fresh ways of expressing and exploring the varieties of human experience, worldly and other, with music.

Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection, Volume One brings together for the first time, on two "Side Tracks" discs, a wealth of previously released non-album singles, tracks from Biograph and other compilations, songs from films and more.

The CD boxed set contains 35 studio titles (including the first-ever North American release of 1973's Dylan album on CD), 6 live albums, the 2-CD "Side Tracks," and a hardcover book featuring extensive new album-by-album liner notes penned by Clinton Heylin and a new introduction written by Bill Flanagan.

Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection, Volume One will be available as a limited-edition harmonica-shaped USB stick containing all the music, in both MP3 and FLAC lossless formats, with a digital version of the hardcover booklet, housed in a deluxe numbered box.

Each of the albums in the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection, Volume One is being made available in state-of-the-art sound, with 14 titles* remastered especially for this set.

Coinciding with the release of the Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection, Volume One, four decade-specific digital album collections--Bob Dylan - The Complete Album Collection - The 60's, The 70's, The 80's, The 90's - 00's--will be released as online downloads. A fifth digital album collection, Bob Dylan - The Original Mono Recordings, the artist's first 8 studio albums in mono, will also be released as downloads.

Dylan is currently enjoying the critical and commercial success of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), the latest release in the acclaimed Bootleg Series of previously unreleased live and studio recordings. The Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Volume Two, slated for release next year, will compile the entire Bootleg Series for the first time.

Bob Dylan and his band will be touring Europe and the UK this fall beginning with a concert in Oslo on October 10.

"There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music," said President Barack Obama when presenting Dylan with the nation's highest civilian honor at the Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony on May 29, 2012. "A modern-day troubadour, Bob Dylan established himself as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. The rich poetry of his lyrics opened up new possibilities for popular song and inspired generations. His melodies have brought ancient traditions into the modern age. More than 50 years after his career began; Bob Dylan remains an eminent voice in our national conversation and around the world."

Bob Dylan is perhaps the only recording artist to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a Pulitzer Prize (a special citation awarded in 2008 for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power"), an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Things Have Changed") alongside multiple Grammy Awards.

 

 

Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1 from Columbia Records on Vimeo.

Pre-order now:

Bob Dylan Complete Album Collection Vol. One includes:

Studio Albums

• Bob Dylan (1962)
• The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
• The Times They Are a-Changin' (1964)
• Another Side of Bob Dylan (1964)
• Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
• Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
• Blonde on Blonde (1966)
• John Wesley Harding (1967)
• Nashville Skyline (1969)
• *Self Portrait (1970) - newly remastered for this collection
• New Morning (1970)
• *Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) - newly remastered for this collection
• *Dylan (1973) - newly remastered for this collection
• Planet Waves (1974)
• Blood on the Tracks (1975)
• The Basement Tapes (1975)
• Desire (1976)
• *Street Legal (1978) - newly remastered for this collection
• Slow Train Coming (1979)
• *Saved (1980) - newly remastered for this collection
• Shot of Love (1981)
• Infidels (1983)
• *Empire Burlesque (1985) - newly remastered for this collection
• *Knocked Out Loaded (1986) - newly remastered for this collection
• *Down in the Groove (1988) - newly remastered for this collection
• Oh Mercy (1989)
• *Under the Red Sky (1990) - newly remastered for this collection
• *Good as I Been to You (1992) - newly remastered for this collection
• *World Gone Wrong (1993) - newly remastered for this collection
• Time Out of Mind (1997)
• Love and Theft (2001)
• Modern Times (2006)
• Together Through Life (2009)
• Christmas in the Heart (2009)
• Tempest (2012)

Live Albums

• Before the Flood (1972)
• *Hard Rain (1976) - newly remastered for this collection
• *Bob Dylan at Budokan (1979) - newly remastered for this collection
• *Real Live (1984) - newly remastered for this collection
• Dylan & the Dead (1989)
• MTV Unplugged (1995)

"Side Tracks"

• Baby, I'm in the Mood for You
• Mixed-Up Confusion
• Tomorrow Is a Long Time (live)
• Lay Down Your Weary Tune
• Percy's Song
• I'll Keep It with Mine
• Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
• Positively 4th Street
• Jet Pilot
• I Wanna Be Your Lover
• I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (live)
• Visions of Johanna (live)
• Quinn the Eskimo
• Watching the River Flow
• When I Paint My Masterpiece
• Down in the Flood
• I Shall Be Released
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
• George Jackson (acoustic version)
• Forever Young
• You're a Big Girl Now
• Up to Me
• Abandoned Love
• Isis (live)
• Romance in Durango (live)
• Caribbean Wind
• Heart of Mine (live)
• Series of Dreams
• Dignity
• Things Have Changed
   

This definitive and complete collection of Bob Dylan’s works is a monument to artistry and genius of America's foremost prolific living singer / songwriter.

To review information or Purchase this collection go to Legacy Recording Home Page or http://www.bobdylan.com/us/home

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