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Bob Dylan - Ring Them Bells (1989)

Track listing:
  1. Ring Them Bells 2:58
  2. Shooting Star 3:16
  3. God Knows 3:16
  4. God Knows 3:14
  5. What Good Am I 4:57
  6. Most Of The Time 5:09
  7. Everything Is Broken 2:59
  8. Political World 4:34
  9. Political World 5:07
  10. Born In Time 4:21
  11. Dignity 6:10
  12. Shooting Star 3:20
  13. Disease Of Conceit 3:55
  14. Ring Them Bells 1:36
  15. Most Of The Time 5:16
  16. Ring Them Bells 1:07

Notes

A fine collection of the "new" Oh Mercy outtakes tape, which I'm told has been in circulation about a year. To my ears, "RTB" sounds a couple of generations better than Deeds Of Mercy, with virtually no hiss and a less bass-heavy sound. It also sounds a lot more punchy and clear. However, this collection does not entirely supersede Deeds -- it does not include the 3 takes of "Series Of Dreams" or the take of "What Was It You Wanted." It does, however, have additional versions of "Shooting Star," "Political World," and 2 abbreviated versions of "Ring Them Bells." All in all, an excellent and very worthwhile collection of outtakes, most of which are drastically different lyrically and musically from their released counterparts.

Studio On The Move, New Orleans, March 1989