Expecting Rain

You have 3 cds to cover 1985 to the present. As with Biograph pt1, the collection would not be chronological, as with part 1 it would include unreleased recordings but that material would not be the focal point, let's say maxing out at 25% (I'm not sure what the ratio was on the original). Live versions of older songs would be allowed, but would make up no more than half of the unreleased music, the original doesn't offer a guideline for that, but I'm starting the thread so what the hell. You can assume there will be a separate NET box of at least 100cds anyway.

GO!

I don't know. I'm only looking forward to Benny's post.

Good idea, but although the first one was released in 1985, it only covered up to 1981's Shot Of Love, so we shouldn't forget the riches of 1983.

Modogulators!!! Please edit my post to include all back to Shot of Love!

I'll give it a thought. Are you going to compile it?

Too much officially released stuff to compile, except maybe for my own use.

who isn't?

this will take a bit of work...do you have that Top Net Performance Log handy? or is it easy to find on a search....

It's around... But this is mostly for released stuff, in my view, and it certainly won't become a big fandango of a poll

It'd be hilarious to start it off with Neighborhood Bully (what a nice hook for a Dylan novice). Then follow it with Clean Cut Kid.

And end the whole set with They Killed Him. I don't know, maybe find some room for Nettie Moore somewhere in between there.

Maybe Trust Yourself would set the tone better Any good live versions of that with Petty?

Well..... any less than this was impossible, and I didn't calculate the percentage of live tracks, but here goes:

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Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go (live)
In the Summertime
Blind Willie McTell
Accidentally Like A Martyr (live '02)
Ring Them Bells
Red River Shore (#1)
Kaatskill Serenade
Not Dark Yet
Shooting Star
Ain’t Talkin’
Rank Strangers To Me
I Feel A Change Comin’ On
I'll Not Be A Stranger (live Columbus '97)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)


Dirty World
Christmas Blues
Blood In My Eyes
Dark Eyes (w/ Patti Smith '95)
Born In Time
Standing In The Doorway (Stra '04)
Black Muddy River (live Melbourne Apr 6, 1992 - a must hear!)
Most of the Time (TTS solo)
I'll Remember You
Soon (Gerschwin Gala, Mar 11, 1987)
Dixie (from Masked and Anonymous, 2003)
Nettie Moore
Man In The Long Black Coat (live Viareggio '10)
Congratulations
Never Gonna Be the Same Again
Mutineer (live '02)


The Usual (from Hearts of Fire OST)
Trust Yourself
High Water (For Charley Patton) (live)
Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Dignity (live Rochester '04)
The Lady Came From Baltimore (live Besançon '94)
Under The Red Sky
Brownsville Girl
Waiting For You (live in London '05, #1)
You're Gonna Quit Me
My Wife’s Home Town
Can't Wait (Milan '11)
Delia
Polly Vaughn
Forgetful Heart (live Hamburg #2, '11)


This Old Man
Must Be Santa
Froggie Went a Courtin'
Little Drummer Boy
Shake Sugaree (live '96)
I and I (live Dijon '98)
Every Grain Of Sand
Hard Times
Workingman’s Blues # 2
Things Have Changed
Mississippi (TTS #1)
World Gone Wrong
It's All Good
Cry A While
Diamond Joe (from Masked and Anonymous, 2003)

Nice list! No two people would ever agree on all choices, but I have to say this:
made me especially happy. What a great one!!!

I wish it was easy to hear these...

Yes, it's wonderful, isn't it?
Do you like the '92 Black Muddy River?

Agree, amazing list... and one we'd never see anything close to released by Columbia/Sony. I'm sure they'd include Someday Baby though. And a live version of Rainy Day Women.

Tryin' To Get To Heaven, Sugar Baby, and Huck's Tune would have to make it on there for me, in addition to many others...

I don't remember it very well, to be honest.



I agree, it would have to be considerably longer than Biograph pt1!

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Check it out then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBhOwRZFWOU

Thanks That was nice. That linked to a real good Long Black Coat from Padova last year...and I clicked something else and then I ended up with A Change Gonna Come:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3FIF4JZ ... re=related


At this rate I may not get around to making my own list (which is quite alright by me).

Ah no, that doesn't count.... I'd really like to see your list.

Hmmmm, 1st draft, 1st disc...hell, I don't know:

John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man (Dylan/Dead rehearsals)
Blind Willie McTell
2X2
Sugar Baby (Central Point? 2001)
Lonesome Day Blues
Shooting Star
When I Paint My Masterpiece (El Rey '97)
Jim Jones
Series of Dreams (I don't even know what mix anymore...probably TTS)
Things Have Changed
Ring of Fire (soundtrack)
This Dream of You
Thunder on the Mountain
Handy Dandy
Floater
Delia
Something's Burning, Baby (alt)
Jokerman (alt)

Exactly like Tell Tale Signs...ok, perhaps some Infidels outtakes and Dead Rehearsals and much, much, more NET and "LAT" outtakes too!!

Please, please, please no more greatest hit or near-greatest hits albums! The saturation point on those was reached years ago. I'd rather see a continuation of the Bootleg Series. And if it's out takes, then something like Tell Tale Signs works. That is a fine box set of outtakes smattered with a couple of live versions.

I'm with you all the way, Barefoot...but it's just a geekish excercise, I don't expect they'll actually do it. At least not any time soon.

If they must release something besides am actual new album, they should release this:

No, they probably won't do it. But it is fun to speculate.

I know that it's a 60s song--but Hard Rain from Nara would be a nice inclusion. (so would Restless Farewell from the Sinatra thingy) If you're going to tell the story of Bob since the mid/late 80s, it makes sense to include reinventions of older material.