Latest chapter in acclaimed Bootleg Series unveils Time Out of Mind 2022 Remix + previously unreleased recordings including studio outtakes, alternate versions and live performances (1997-2001) of songs penned by Dylan for 1998’s Grammy-Winning Album of the Year

“Dylan’s expanded 1997 masterpiece reveals new layers”
Associated Press

“No one thought that Dylan would make one of his finest albums in 1997 (or maintain that hot streak for the next quarter-century). No one thought, either, that the outtakes from such sessions could fill a compelling, sometimes revelatory box set. But here it is.”
Uncut

“With Fragments, we bear witness to the flood of inspiration that created a classic and rejuvenated a career that, 25 years on, continues to excite and inspire.”
No Depression

“If you loved Time Out of Mind, this volume in the Bootleg Series is like taking the approach road to nirvana.”
Theartsdesk.com

“The greatest achievement of Time Out of Mind is the way it recast our view of Dylan’s entire career….Perhaps the true legacy of Time Out of Mind is that it taught us never to bet against him again.”
The Boston Globe

Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 was released today by Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment.

The complete Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 is available in digital versions (five disc) and highlights (two disc) editions, as well as a deluxe box set in 5CD and 10LP 12″ vinyl editions. Also available, a two-disc/4LP standard edition of Fragments which includes the Time Out of Mind 2022 remix disc and a disc of twelve select Outtakes and Alternates highlights. 

Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 available now for purchase HERE.

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylan’s mid-career masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release on September 30, 1997. Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions featuring Dylan (vocals, guitar, and piano), Daniel Lanois (guitar and organ), Tony Garnier (bass) and Tony Mangurian (drums and percussion) through incandescent live renditions (also previously unreleased) showcasing Dylan and his touring ensemble channeling the songs on-stage from 1998-2001.

In early 1996, Dylan (whose last album of originals had been 1990’s Under the Red Sky) began writing a group of new songs and, in August-October that year, went into Teatro studio in Oxnard with Daniel Lanois (who’d produced 1989’s Oh Mercy) to record demos for a potential album. Recording for Time Out of Mind took off in earnest in January 1997, when Dylan moved the sessions to Criteria Studio in Miami and the studio ensemble was expanded to encompass a mix of all-star session players and members of Dylan’s touring band including Bucky Baxter (acoustic guitar, pedal steel), Duke Robillard (guitar, electric Gibson L-5), Robert Britt (Martin acoustic, Fender Stratocaster), Cindy Cashdollar (slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass guitar, upright bass), Augie Meyers (Vox organ combo, Hammond B3 organ, accordion), Jim Dickinson (keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, pump organ), and drummers Jim Keltner, Brian Blade, and David Kemper.

The end result, Time Out of Mind, became a new pillar in the Bob Dylan album pantheon, its songs–“Love Sick,” “Cold Irons Bound,” “Can’t Wait,” “Not Dark Yet”–becoming concert staples and fan favorites with one composition, “Make You Feel My Love,” achieving rare status as a new contemporary standard in the Great American Songbook, a tune covered by hundreds of artists including Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Neil Diamond, and Adele. Time Out of Mind won the 1998 Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Folk Album while “Cold Irons Bound” took home the trophy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

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Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17

Disc One – Time Out of Mind (2022 Remix)

1. Love Sick

2. Dirt Road Blues

3. Standing in the Doorway

4. Million Miles

5. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven

6. ‘Til I Fell in Love with You

7. Not Dark Yet

8. Cold Irons Bound

9. Make You Feel My Love

10. Can’t Wait

11. Highlands

Disc Two – Outtakes and Alternates

1. The Water is Wide (8/19/96, Teatro)

2. Dreamin’ of You (10/1/96, Teatro)

3. Red River Shore – version 1 (9/26/96, Teatro)

4. Love Sick – version 1 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)

5. ‘Til I Fell in Love with You – version 1 (10/3/96, Teatro)

6. Not Dark Yet – version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)

7. Can’t Wait – version 1 (1/21/97, Criteria Studios)

8. Dirt Road Blues – version 1 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)

9. Mississippi – version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)

10. ‘Til I Fell in Love with You – version 2 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

11. Standing in the Doorway – version 1 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)

12. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven – version 1 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)

13. Cold Irons Bound (1/9/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc Three – Outtakes and Alternates

1. Love Sick – version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)

2. Dirt Road Blues – version 2 (1/20/97, Criteria Studios)

3. Can’t Wait – version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)

4. Red River Shore – version 2 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)

5. Marchin’ to the City (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)

6. Make You Feel My Love – take 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)

7. Mississippi – version 2 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)

8. Standing in the Doorway – version 2 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)

9. ‘Til I Fell in Love with You – version 3 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

10. Not Dark Yet – version 2 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)

11. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven – version 2 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)

12. Highlands (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc Four – Live (1998-2001)

1. Love Sick (6/24/98, Birmingham, England)

2. Can’t Wait (2/6/99, Nashville, Tennessee)

3. Standing In The Doorway (10/6/00, London, England)

4. Million Miles (1/31/98, Atlantic City, New Jersey)

5. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (9/20/00, Birmingham, England)

6. ‘Til I Fell in Love with You (4/5/98, Buenos Aires, Argentina)

7. Not Dark Yet (9/22/00, Sheffield, England)

8. Cold Irons Bound (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)

9. Make You Feel My Love (5/21/98, Los Angeles, California)

Previously released on the “Things Have Changed” maxi-single

10. Can’t Wait (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)

11. Mississippi (11/15/01, Washington, D.C.)

12. Highlands (3/24/01, Newcastle, Australia)

Disc Five – Bonus Disc (Previously Released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006)

1. Dreamin’ of You – Tell Tale Signs (10/1/96, Teatro)

2. Red River Shore – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)

3. Red River Shore – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/8/97, Criteria Studios)

4. Mississippi – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (9/96, Teatro)

5. Mississippi – Tell Tale Signs, version 3 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)

6. Mississippi – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)

7. Marchin’ to the City – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)

8. Marchin’ to the City – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/6/97, Criteria Studios)

9. Can’t Wait – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (10/1/96, Teatro)

10. Can’t Wait – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)

11. Cold Irons Bound – Tell Tale Signs, live (6/11/04, Bonnaroo Music Festival)

12. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven – Tell Tale Signs, live (10/5/00, London, England)