Who worked intensively with Bob Dylan's music, mostly comes to two conclusions: 1. Almost no other artist has produced so much unreleased material that still is just great. 2. The man is getting better with age. After a few private, spiritual and artistic wanderings and ups and downs he heralded "Oh Mercy" in 1989 a grandiose late work, whose by-products reflects this double CD as part of the already famous Bootleg Series as Vol. 8 of the series. Included - unlike Vol 1-3 which depict the time to 89, in non-chronological order -. Advantages and alternative versions, especially from the production processes for "Oh Mercy", "Time Out of Mind", "Love and Theft "and the brilliant" Modern Times ". Here, almost all the songs turn out to be just as interesting, if not more interesting than the album version, such as "Most of the Time" as a mere folk song to acoustic guitar, "Someday Baby" as a casual walking Blues or "Mississippi" in equal Two very reduced, charming variations. Particularly exciting is when turn out so far completely unknown pieces as preforms known album tracks: So about the somnabul-scary therefore coming "Dreamin 'of You" combines textual elements that were incorporated later in "Standing in the Doorway", with one of which is totally independent appearing musical shell that was apparently rejected. Too bad; Although is "Standing in the Doorway" actually again a trace more beautiful, but also "Dreamin 'of You" has become a really good number. Similarly, by the way, also the slow blues "Marchin 'to the City" and his music successor "Til' relate to each other I Fell In Love With You" and "Not Dark Yet". Both tracks are fueled mainly lyrically from this previous number, with only the former musical bonds takes there. Who at Dylan takes pleasure in such expeditions to production and songwriting process, will absolutely love this record here. But it is not only these advantages and alternative versions of popular songs that fascinate, but also completely unused remaining musical gems from the studio and selected live numbers are part of "Tell Tale Signs". In the first-mentioned category is in my view the beautiful "Girl from the Red River Shore" from the Toom phase emphasized among the live songs stands out for me in particular a '92 recording of "Ring Them Bells" to emphasize, on the Dylan the on "Oh Mercy" quite good for Piano presented religious manifesto gives an incredible vocally mediated persuasiveness in rousing guitar-based band sound, demonstrating to what performative achievements of these artists at any time has been able and is - even in times of his work, where one might not necessarily suspects such grandiose performances. With "Tell Tale Signs" therefore is a completely successful compilation of - as you would have to say now - "early late work" from bootleg perspective before, which comes not only as a logical continuation of the previous bootleg efforts, but in my view high all other pulverized what we have received from Dylan otherwise. Ago Viewed from the qualitative density of shooting you will in my view only - albeit on a course entirely different way, any comparison is actually - the folk-rock blast the mid-60s and the related Royal Albert Hall Live plate match. This man has again shown it in all ages and is continuing to do so. Let us listen to him further and learn! ;-)
