Bob Dylan - Best of The Bootleg Series

I agree they're fiery, amazing performances. Dylan gets a lot of cred in the songwriting dept but he was also quite the showman. Which is evident on both performances. I mean, they're priceless if you ask me. And don't know if you've heard Trouble No More but its a positively scorching performance. He's on frigging fire. I know the religious phase can be a bit of a turn off, but he's def playing the part of a fire & brimstone preacher here. I put Royal Hall and Rolling Thunder further down the list because I wanted to emphasize the studio aspect of these releases. But I think they're all amazing an eye opening. Quite possibly the Cutting Edge is the most disappointing in that its mostly alternative takes and light on unreleased material. I'm sure that's fascinating for obsessives but there's a reason why they didn't go with those takes. That said, I find the More Blood amazing and Another Self Portrait as well.