August 13: Song of the Day. Bob Dylan–Dreamin’ of You
![Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind [album cover]](http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj23/deeplyrootedradio/200px-Timeoutofmindcover.jpg)
On October 7, Columbia Records will be releasing Bob Dylan’s Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series No. 8 which will contain 2 CD’s worth of previously unreleased studio recordings, demos, live tracks, and rarities that were recorded between 1989 - 2006. During this time period Dylan released four studio albums Oh Mercy, Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft, and Modern Times. All four are fantastic but it is 1997’s Time Out of Mind that is the true gem of the bunch and I’d easily put it in the category of one of Dylan’s Top 5 albums from his entire career. The album went on to win three Grammys including Album of the Year and it was Dylan’s first platinum selling album since the late 1970’s.
One of the previously unreleased studio tracks from the forthcoming Bootleg Series 8 collection, “Dreamin’ of You”, is actually taken from the recording sessions for the Time Out of Mind record. If you don’t mind filling out the registration form on Dylan’s website (it only takes a minute), you can download the song for free as .ZIP file which includes the MP3. The download page on Dylan’s website can be found here. [Listen to “Dreaming of You” on the still frame video after the break]
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Dreamin’ of You by Bob Dylan
[Where do you think Time Out of Mind stands in terms of Dylan’s best work? What are some of your favorite all-time Robert Zimmerman releases? And lastly, what do you think of the song “Dreamin’ of You?]
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“dreamin’ of you sounds” like more of a jam session than an actual song. lyrics are a mish-mash of other lyrics on the album from other songs. i’d listen to him pick his guitar, pick his nose, whatever, and i’ll gladly buy this latest installment of the bootleg series, but the song’s certainly not something that could’ve gone on so damn near perfect an album as ‘time.’ interesting though.
‘time out of mind’ is one of his best albums, no doubt. i put it up there with the mid-60s heyday (’bringing it all back home,’ ‘highway 61,’ ‘blonde on blonde,’ ‘basement tapes,’ & ‘john wesley harding’) and ‘blood on the tracks’. actually, when i’m good and gone late at night, i usually find myself playing either ‘time out of mind’ or ’street legal’–a flawed album maybe, but as powerful, moving and evocative anything dylan ever did.
wait a second. does the ‘royal albert hall’ disc count?