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Just as he did with his albums, Dylan has created a passionate, widespread following with his Bootleg Series. The latest sheds new light on one of the most controversial periods of his career, when he won accolades for the country-rock classic Nashville Skyline, fomented critical rebellion with the sprawling double-album Self Portrait, then regained his footing with country/rock ’n’ roll gem New Morning (he went Top 10 with all three, by the way). The Self Portrait entries here present that album’s original master tracks without producer Bob Johnston’s overdubs for the first time (Wigwam; Days of ’49; All the Tired Horses; Little Sadie; Copper Kettle). Rewinding to Nashville Skyline, we hear alternate versions of I Threw It All Away and Country Pie; fast-forwarding to New Morning, we encounter alternate versions of Time Passes Slowly; If Not for You; If Dogs Run Free, and Went to See the Gypsy plus the unreleased songs Working on a Guru and Bring Me a Little Water. The 2-CD and 2-CD/triple-vinyl editions here also include Minstrel Boy (unreleased track from The Basement Tapes); live 1969 Isle of Wight performances with the Band (I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight; Highway 61 Revisited); When I Paint My Masterpiece (demo), and more. The 4-CD deluxe edition adds two hardcover books, a newly remastered version of Self Portrait and the debut release of that complete Isle of Wight concert (adding Lay Lady Lay; It Ain’t Me, Babe; Maggie’s Farm; Like a Rolling Stone, and more). And just as he did for the original Self Portrait, Bob has contributed a new cover painting to cap it all off! Columbia.