Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music
Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan – Trouble No More – The Bootleg
Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 on Friday, November 3.
The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg
Series showcases the music Dylan wrote and performed during one of the most
surprising, controversial and inspired periods of his career.
As the 1970s ended and the 1980s began, Dylan responded to the changing of
the decades with a three album trilogy–Slow Train Coming (1979), Saved (1980)
and Shot of Love (1981)–of spirit-filled songs of praise, worship and
devotion. These songs were as deeply personal and packed with poetics as any
Dylan had ever written, but the force of conviction and power of faith evident
in these performances baffled segments of Dylan's fanbase (just as Dylan's
“going electric” had alienated folk purists in 1965).
The live concerts from this crucial epoch in Dylan's history contain some of
the most intensely jubilant and transcendent performances of his career. Bob
Dylan – Trouble No More – The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 / 1979–1981 offers
fans and music lovers the opportunity to fully experience for the first time
this extraordinary chapter in Bob Dylan's musical journey.
With the exception of “Ye Shall Be Changed,” released in 1991 on The
Bootleg Series, Vol. 1–3), none of the tracks on Trouble No More have been
previously released. This collection debuts 14 previously unreleased songs and
a multitude of unreleased live performances, rare studio outtakes and more.
PACKAGING/SPECIAL FEATURES – 2CD standard version, packaged in a U-card
with a separate booklet, similar to last Bootleg Series release.