I tried, but I just couldn't pull the trigger and buy the new Dylan collection.
I don't collect paper goods, postcards and such, so the extras with the deluxe edition didn't tempt me.
I just can't talk myself into buying all the same music yet again.
All they had to do was add a few rarities and I might have been enticed, I'm sure I'm not alone in that. How Sony/Columbia doesn't realize it is beyond me.
Maybe I'll pick it up used in a few months, for a fraction of the cost.

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I agree completely with that. It's really a pity for people who have all the official discography of Bob Dylan to see a so beautiful package of discs and to refuse to acquire it because it does not bring anything new. It's my case. I had same temptation in the store. But I put back this very nice Deluxe edition on the rack with much of spite. Too much expensive for few innovation in addition.
Why they did not add unreleased songs - or alternate versions, etc.? There is so much in the career of this genius of the music. What a disappointment!
Fortunately there are other events of importance in its topicality: "The Other Side Of The Mirror: Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965" DVD, "I'm Not There" movie and its soundtrack are very fabulous news! The work of this man is definitely inexhaustible!
When next Bootleg Series?

All 3 on order (deluxe, standard, single disc edition).
Also on order the 3 Ronson remix UK singles (vinyl, 3 track, 2 track), of which I already have 3 different CD promos of

Even in my pre-cynic, I'll-buy-anything days, I wouldn't have bought all three (or four)! Although I did buy both regular & deluxe versions of Modern Times.
Do you open them all, or leave some of them sealed?

Did you get the "Discover Bob Dylan" EP? Has 5 (I think) regular album tracks. It's one of many in a new SonyBMG series of "Discover..." artist EPs. Besides the on-disc tracks, there's a code to download an additional track. Another hard to understand marketing trick. Don't have the tracklist handy, I passed on this item too. Don't know if it's available outside USA.

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Dave / DylanCover.com / Blog in Plain D

After 40+ years of Dylan record collecting, there is no Dylan (released) track that I don't have....most of them many times over.

My approach to Dylan record collecting is the same as that of a stamp or coin collector....all major types and any/all varieties/variations.....one of each.

I have no sealed records/CD's....I open them all. I do not collect for investment. I collect for the sheer love (obssession) of it.
I do keep all my records & CD's in plastic bags, so even jewel cases are protected. I do have all (released) Dylan tracks ripped as MP3's, to save wear & tear on the record/CD.

Packaging/inserts/postcards/obi's, etc. are very important to me, IF they are part of a record release.

Dylan postcards, photos, shirts, magazines, whatnot, that are not part of a record/CD, I have no interest in.

Don't have the "Discover" EP........yet.

There's one voice in me, sayin': Buy it! You're a completist of Dylan's official releases. (ego)
Another voice, sayin': Buy it! Deluxe! It's a nice package. You like that stuff. (id)
And the third voice, sayin': Fuck it! You already got all the music and that's the main thing. (super-ego)

Well....

But there's something else...
Would it be really better to have a new 3-cd-release with one or two unreleased songs? Those releases normally annoy me much more. It's kinda 'must have' because of a few songs but you have to pay so much for all the stuff you already own. The way they did it now gives us a fair chance to decide, don't you think?

Another way to look at it of course...
I would think that way if, for example, they reissued Biograph with 2 added tracks, that would be very annoying.
But in this case, being a new compilation, I almost bought it, so some extra rarities would have convinced me.
I think a "deluxe" edition should add more than postcards and a nicer box & booklet.

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