Springtime in New York
The Bootleg Series Volume 16 (1980-1985) (2021)
Sampler
Disc One
1. Angelina
2. Need a Woman
3. Let's Keep it Betweenb Us
4. Price of Love
5. Don't ever Take Yourself Away
6. Fur Slippers
7. Yes Sir, No Sir
8. Jokerman
9. Lord Protect My Child
10.Blind Willie McTell
11.Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight
12.Neighborhood Bully
13.Too Late
Disc Two
1. Foot of Pride
2. Sweetheart Like You
3. Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart
4. I and I
5. Tell Me
6. Enough is Enough
7. Tight Connection to My Heart
8. Seeing the Real You at Last
9. Emotially Yours
10.Clean Cut Kid
11.New Danville Girl
12.Dark Eyes
 
So I guess the plan is to put one of these massive compilations out for every phase of Dylan's career.
Whereas the completist may rejoice, the rest must ponder whether or not this is actually a good thing. For the most part, the 1980s were a
low point for Dylan. This record covers outtakes from A Shot of Love, Infidels, and
Empire Burlesque. Infidels was actually pretty decent, but the other two were
pretty low in terms of ranking of quality among Dylan's output. Sadly, even the songs from the Infidels sessions are pretty
bad. In fact, this thing really is rather unlistenable.
Although I don't mention in the track listing, everything here is alternate takes, outtakes, and an occassioanl live recording. I simply
couldn't devote my time to typing all of that for this forgettable piece of work. As much as I love Dylan, I think it's safe to say
that the vaults have probably been exhausted, and we really don't need any more of this.
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