Blueprints and Fragments: Bob Dylan's "Time Out Of Mind" box set reviewed
FRAGMENTS: TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997) BOB DYLAN - BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 17 (COLUMBIA) (Sony Legacy) In order to truly understand how important this album is, I‘ve decided to place it into a personal, historical context. If you are just interested in the contents of this brilliantly curated box set, feel free to skip down. “Things should start to get interesting right about now …” I vividly remember pulling into the supermarket parking lot. It was late May, 1997. I was about to get out of the car, when some shocking news was reported on my local rock music station - Bob Dylan, who had just turned 56, had been hospitalized. I’m not sure how much was known at this time, but it certainly didn’t sound good. Oh, Bobby, could this really be the end? Luckily for all concerned, he pulled through. I worked for a large independent record store chain at the time. While it championed indie music and up-and-coming “baby bands,” as one label rep called them, I was rapidly losin...