Tell The Dylan Daily which 10 songs you’d pick for DYLAN, the new compilation album – and win a free copy of The Rough Guide

Would you like to win a free copy of Nigel Williamson’s excellent Rough Guide to Bob Dylan (2nd ed, 2006)?

If so, simply send The Dylan Daily a list of the 10 Dylan songs (ranked 1 to 10) – you’d most like to see included on DYLAN, the new 3CD compilation, due 1 October. Please send to: songs@dylandaily.com

Your list will be posted on The Dylan Daily web site, and then aggregated with the other lists to produce a composite fans’ choice list of 51 tracks, which will be widely publicised and sent to Sony.

Your name will be entered in a prize draw and the lucky winner will be asked for his/her postal address and receive a free copy of the Rough Guide, kindly provided by the publishers at launch last year.

The competition closes at 2301 GMT on Thursday 19 July. So please send your Top 10 Dylan songs list now, before you forget!

If you already have a copy of the Rough Guide, please send your Top 10 list anyway – the more contributions, the more authoritative will be the eventual list of top Dylan songs – the 51 track compilation the fans would like to see!

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Here’s a reminder of what Sony are saying about their new release:

“DEFINITIVE BOB DYLAN RETROSPECTIVE SET FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE OCTOBER 1: 3CD DYLAN To Feature 51 Tracks Spanning Five Decades. DYLAN - will be released worldwide on October 1 by Columbia Records. This definitive Bob Dylan collection chronicles the artist's four decades of groundbreaking studio recordings, as well as his unparalleled influence on popular music and culture.

“A career-spanning, three-CD retrospective of Bob Dylan's music -
Extensive Liner Notes And Never-Before-Seen Photos Highlight Deluxe Edition - Two additional versions of DYLAN will be released simultaneously with the 3-CD set: A deluxe edition featuring the three disks in a cloth covered case, and accompanied by an extended booklet of classic and rare Dylan imagery plus 10 limited edition postcards highlighting pivotal moments of Bob's career. The "Best Of" edition will feature 18 songs on a single disk.”

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And as an ideas starter, here’s the tracklist of the last major Dylan compilation, The Essential Bob Dylan, from 2001:

Disc: 1
1. Blowin' In The Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
7. Mr Tambourine Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Like A Rolling Stone
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
12. I Want You
13. Just Like A Woman
14. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
15. All Along The Watchtower
16. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
17. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
18. Lay, Lady, Lay
19. If Not For You
20. I Shall Be Released
21. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
22. Knockin On Heaven's Door


Disc: 2
1. Forever Young
2. Tangled Up In Blue
3. Shelter From The Storm
4. Hurricane
5. Changin' Of The Guards
6. Gotta Serve Somebody
7. Blind Willie McTell
8. Jokerman
9. Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)
10. Silvio
11. Everything Is Broken
12. Dignity (Original Version)
13. Not Dark Yet
14. Things Have Changed


Thanks in advance for sending your Top 10 list to songs@dylandaily.com


Gerry Smith