Your Top 10 Dylan Songs (17-18)

* Thanks to Andrew Smith:

“As other contributors have already suggested, how about, instead of another tedious compilation of tracks you already own (bolstered by that “remix” of Most Likely… to make you feel that you have to buy the damn thing), Sony put out a best of previously unavailable material, or at least include a generous helping of such?

“I don’t know about you, but my favourite of the many Bob Dylan compilations on the market has to be More Greatest Hits. It’s a nice mixture of well- known songs, fan favourites, new material (at the time) and a couple of live tracks. Too bad it’s only currently available on CD with the, to my mind, inferior US track listing.

“Anyway, if Sony are serious about taking fan preferences into account, then this is our opportunity to press for the release of some lost gems. My votes go to, in chronological order:

1 Black Cross - live at the Gaslight
2 Long Ago, Far Away – Witmark demo
3 She’s Your Lover Now (band version)
4 I’m Not There
5 Tomorrow Is A Long Time (1970 studio version)
6 Lily Of The West (from deleted Dylan album)
7 Abandoned Love (live version)
8 Hurricane (original version)
9 Blind Willie McTell (band version)
10 Born In Time (Oh Mercy outtake)

“And no need to enter me into the Rough Guide draw, of course, as I already have the copy you so generously sent me, for which, once again, many thanks. Keep up the good work!”

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* Thanks to Paul Ryles:

“This is impossible, but my top ten songs at the time of writing are:

1. When The Ship Comes In
2. Blowin' In The Wind (Beverly, Mass. 30th Oct. 1992)
3. Waiting For You
4. Pretty Peggy-O (Malmo, Sweden, 6th June 1998)
5. Visions of Johanna (NYC, 26th July 1999)
6. Shelter From The Storm
7. Tell Ol' Bill
8. Weeping Willow (Supper Club, Late Show, 17th Nov. 1993)
9. Moonshiner
10. When The Deal Goes Down



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