Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol 9 – The Witmark Demos | CD review

(Columbia)The latest Christmas stocking filler from Dylan Inc is clearly a swizz on some level: 32 of the 47 songs have been released before, many in multiple versions, and even Dylan obsessives might be content for the 15 rarities to gather dust in the vaults. Yet this comprehensive, chronological set of demos from Dylan's formative period, 1962 to 1964, is thrilling – and, for those new to the Bootleg Series, possibly essential. For all their crackling roughness, several of the demos not onl...

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