From the Aquarium Drunkard Newsletter 'Sidecar'!
Is it possible that the latest in Dylan’s Bootleg Series feels…a little slim? Here’s what we get with Springtime In New York: two discs of rehearsals and outtakes from the tail-end of the so-called “Gospel Era”; two discs of Infidels session outtakes; and one disc with a smattering of live performances and studio alternates from 1984 and 1985. It clocks in at well over four hours, but it isn’t quite the immersive deep dive into this Dylan era that fanatics have been dreaming of for many years. But enough complaining. Springtime is still fantastic, with revelations and pleasures galore. What the 16th (!) volume of the Bootleg Series gives us is a chance to explore this odd era anew, to watch it all come together and occasionally fall apart.
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