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Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol. 8

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Bob Dylan

October 07, 2008
I am amazed at the number of rich songs on this set. I thought listening to the alternate takes would be pretty boring, but it was like listening with fresh ears. I would recommend this set to people who are fans of Dylan's. It's a fascinating fly on the wall sensation of listening to an artist in the creative process. Need I say more.

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Little Honey

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Lucinda Williams

October 14, 2008
I am amazed at the number of rich songs on this set. I thought listening to the alternate takes would be pretty boring, but it was like listening with fresh ears. I would recommend this set to people who are fans of Dylan's. It's a fascinating fly on the wall sensation of listening to an artist in the creative process. Need I say more.

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Learn To Live

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Darius Rucker

September 16, 2008
He has a fabulous voice, but this cd is a country music style and I don't like it. Please go back to singing Hootie style music.

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Gossip In The Grain

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Ray LaMontagne

October 14, 2008
He has a fabulous voice, but this cd is a country music style and I don't like it. Please go back to singing Hootie style music.

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Way to Normal

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Ben Folds

September 30, 2008
I have enjoyed Ben Folds for years. I think this album has a few GREAT songs including You Don't Know Me (Regina Spektor is wonderful with Ben) and Cologne is quietly intriguing.

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Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 (Deluxe)

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Bob Dylan

October 07, 2008
I bought the two-CD basic version from Amazon for $16 or something--I forget--and the megabuck trifecta costs way more for just a little more, but let me point out this, my fine feathered friends:

You buy the result, and the result--in this case the extra songs--is going to be a bargain anyway. One listen of Red River Shore, to any true Bob fan, is worth $5, isn't it? Or half that? OK, even if a dollar--you'll hear it so often and for so many years, and what with the cost of everything going up so much, what's the big deal?

You will survive. I'm not complaining about the complaints, just pointing out that being able to listen whenver you want, being able to make car-copies of these CD, or whatever. And the book and all. Shoot, if ... Read More:

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Day After Tomorrow

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Joan Baez

September 09, 2008
If you are a long standing Joan Baez fan you will enjoy her new albumn.Day after Tomorrow. It has been released on her 50th year of recording. Im sure you will enjoy it.

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Gift Of Screws

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Lindsey Buckingham

September 16, 2008
Simply put a wonderful album that takes on an emotional journey. I felt it was easy to connect with these songs upon first listen. It just sucks you in. Its hard not to be taken into Lindsey's world, the picking is beautiful, and I bow down before him, in sincere admiration for his artistry.

Age has nothing to do with it, this is the Lindsey we have alway known, full of passion, and with killer tunes to match, but I dig this most because its his most rocking!

I wish you many more years of such emotionally engaging output, you are an inspiration.

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Raising Sand

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
from: Rounder

October 23, 2007
I haven't read enough about this album to know why these two ended up together (surely it's written up somewhere), but it is surprisingly an amazing collaboration. Someone gave the CD to me as a gift. I put it on and started cleaning the house, listening with half an ear. And somewhere on the album, I don't remember exactly where, I simply sat down and listened. And I didn't get up again for a while. It's like that. It stills you. It quiets you. It forces you to be aware.

Gone, Gone, Gone is my favorite song on the album, by the way. It's the song you'll play over and over in the car until you've reached your destination. And then, when you get to where you were going, you'll click it back again so that when you get in the car next time, the ... Read More:

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Promised Land

Childrens Toy Shop > Music > Folk
by: Dar Williams

September 09, 2008
Great writing as always, and the vocals are gorgeous. Troubled Times gives goosebumps. Suzanne Vega and Dar sound perfect together on Go the the Woods. What a talented artist!