Bob Dylan FRAGMENTS - The Time Out Of Mind Sessions 1998-1997 - Bootleg Series Volume 17 is official, the first song has been released, we have an unboxing video and details of every song it will contain. Read on…

BOB DYLAN – FRAGMENTS – TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS (1996-1997): THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17 TO BE RELEASED IN DELUXE 5 DISC SET ON COLUMBIA RECORDS/LEGACY RECORDINGS FRIDAY, JANUARY 27
Latest chapter in acclaimed Bootleg Series unveils Time Out of Mind 2022 Remix + previously unreleased recordings including studio outtakes, alternate versions and live performances (1997-2001) of songs penned by Dylan for 1998’s Grammy-Winning Album of the Year
Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 Also Available in 2CD and 4LP Highlight Editions

That first song released is Love Sick Version 2, which has the same basic musical tone but may different lyrics and is clearly a different recording. It runs 6:46 which is about 1:20 longer than the official version of Love Sick.

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Full Set Unboxing Video on AppleMusic
Lyric Video on YouTube (note Lyric video is :45 shorter than track):

Unboxing Video on YouTube:

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Regular and Deluxe Editions

There will be a regular and a Deluxe version, both released on January 27, 2023 in 2CD/4LP and Deluxe 5CD version. (There were production issues that made it impossible to put out in time for Christmas.)

The ‘Regular’ is a 2CD/4LP Set:

DISC 1: Time Out Of Mind - REMIXED
- Available in Dolby Atmos (first Dylan ever)
DISC 2: Outtakes and Alternates (12 tracks)
2CD: $27.98 at Amazon (US)
4LP: $99 at Amazon (US)
Complete track list below

The ‘Deluxe’ is a 5CD/10LP Set:

DISC 1: Time Out Of Mind - REMIXED
DISC 2: Outtakes and Alternates (13 tracks)
DISC 3: Outtakes and Alternates (12 tracks)
DISC 4: TOOM Live 1998-2001 (12 tracks)
DISK 5: Previously Released Outtakes/Live (12 tracks)
5CD: $139.98 at Amazon (US)
10LP: $230 at BobDylan.com (Numbered, Limited to 5000)
Full run time: 6 hours 13 minutes
Complete track list below

Michael H. Brauer is the Engineer for the remix CD1. He previously mixed the electric portion of "Live 1966" and all of "Live 1975". He also created the 1999/2003 remixes of "Blonde On Blonde" and "Bringin' It All Back Home".

Chris Shaw did some of the outtake mixes (including Love Sick Version 2). (Trying to get more details, it seems he didn’t do all the outtakes so other engineers may have been involved.)

Steven Hyden wrote the liner notes. (And look he’s on Substack and wrote his own post about Fragments - Click here and read his post: .

The 10 LP Vinyl appears to be a bobdylan.com exclusive.

FRAGMENTS Bootleg Series: Pre-Order Links

The box set is scheduled for release on Jan 27, 2023 but can be ordered now.

2CD: $27.98 at Amazon (US)
4LP: $99 at Amazon (US)
5CD DELUXE: $139.98 at Amazon (US)
10LP DELUXE: $230 at BobDylan.com (Numbered, Limited to 5000)

BobDylan.com Press Release

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylan’s mid-career masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release on September 30, 1997. Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions featuring Dylan (vocals, guitar, and piano), Daniel Lanois (guitar and organ), Tony Garnier (bass) and Tony Mangurian (drums and percussion) through incandescent live renditions (also previously unreleased) showcasing Dylan and his touring ensemble channeling the songs on-stage from 1998-2001.
In early 1996, Dylan (whose last album of originals had been 1990’s Under the Red Sky) began writing a group of new songs and, in August-October that year, went into Teatro studio in Oxnard with Daniel Lanois (who’d produced 1989’s Oh Mercy) to record demos for a potential album. Recording for Time Out of Mind took off in earnest in January 1997, when Dylan moved the sessions to Criteria Studio in Miami and the studio ensemble was expanded to encompass a mix of all-star session players and members of Dylan’s touring band including Bucky Baxter (acoustic guitar, pedal steel), Duke Robillard (guitar, electric Gibson L-5), Robert Britt (Martin acoustic, Fender Stratocaster), Cindy Cashdollar (slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass guitar, upright bass), Augie Meyers (Vox organ combo, Hammond B3 organ, accordion), Jim Dickinson (keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, pump organ), and drummers Jim Keltner, Brian Blade, and David Kemper.
The end result, Time Out of Mind, became a new pillar in the Bob Dylan album pantheon, its songs–“Love Sick,” “Cold Irons Bound,” “Can’t Wait,” “Not Dark Yet”–becoming concert staples and fan favorites with one composition, “Make You Feel My Love,” achieving rare status as a new contemporary standard in the Great American Songbook, a tune covered by hundreds of artists including Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Neil Diamond, and Adele. Time Out of Mind won the 1998 Grammy awards for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Folk Album while “Cold Irons Bound” took home the trophy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
Disc One of Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 premieres 2022 mixes, by Michael H. Brauer at Brauer Sound Studios, of the eleven original recordings on Time Out of Mind. In his liner notes for the set, Steven Hyden writes, “The album itself has been remixed to sound more like how the songs came across when the musicians originally played them in the room, without the effects and processing that Lanois applied later. It’s not meant to replace the Time Out of Mind that won all of those Grammys a quarter-century ago; it’s a reimagining, an alternate view of a great work of art. If the original album remains mythic and enigmatic, this Time Out of Mind puts you in close proximity to the players.” The Time Out of Mind (2022 Remix) disc will be available in immersive audio, a first for a Bob Dylan recording.
Discs Two and Three of Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 are comprised of rare outtakes and alternate versions of songs written for Time Out of Mind including four original Dylan compositions–“Dreamin’ of You,” “Red River Shore,” “Mississippi” (later re-recorded for “Love & Theft” in 2001) and “Marchin’ to the City”–not included on the canonical 1997 tracklist. A fifth unreleased performance, Dylan’s interpretation of “The Water is Wide,” a traditional folk song of Scottish origin (and spiritual precursor of “Highlands,” Time Out of Mind‘s epic closer) opens Disc Two.
Disc Four of Bob Dylan – Fragments presents songs from Time Out of Mind in a series of spectacular live performances from 1998-2001 featuring Dylan and his touring ensemble: Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, and slide guitar), Bucky Baxter (pedal steel and slide guitar, 1998-1999), Charlie Sexton (guitar, 2000-2001), Tony Garnier (bass) and David Kemper (drums). All tracks on Disc Four are previously unavailable with the exception of “Make You Feel My Love” (May 21, 1998, Los Angeles), previously released on the “Things Have Changed” maxi-single.
As a bonus for fans, Disc Five brings together studio recordings of the four Dylan songs omitted from the original Time Out of Mind track list as well as exemplary live performances of “Cold Irons Bound” and “Tryin’ To Get To Heaven.” The twelve tracks on Disc Five were previously available on Columbia/Legacy’s The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006.
All songs on Bob Dylan – Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 are written by Bob Dylan, except “The Water is Wide” traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan. The original Time Out of Mind sessions were produced by Daniel Lanois…in association with Jack Frost Productions.
Link to official press release

Alt Text From European Online Retailer

The new edition of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, Fragments - Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 is released as a 5-CD deluxe box set as well as a standard 2-CD or 4-LP version. It contains in the standard version the album Time Out Of Mind in a 2022 remix and twelve selected outtakes and alternative versions
Volume 17 of the acclaimed Dylan series takes a fresh look at the masterpiece Time Out Of Mind 25 years after its initial release and traces its creation. Beginning with previously unreleased song versions from the 1996 Teatro sessions featuring Dylan (vocals, guitar, piano), Daniel Lanois (guitar, organ), Tony Garnier (bass) and Tony Mangurian (drums, percussion) and ending with (also unreleased) live recordings from 1998-2001
In early 1996, Dylan, who had not released an album of original compositions since the 1990 LP Under The Red Sky, began working on new songs. From August to October, he went to Teatro Studio in Oxnard/CA with Daniel Lanois, who had produced his 1989 album Oh Mercy, to record demos for a possible new LP
When the songs took shape in January of the following year, they moved to Criteria Studio in Miami, FL. The studio lineup was increased, and an illustrious mix of session musicians and members of Dylan’s touring band found themselves in Florida: Bucky Baxter (acoustic guitar, pedal steel), Duke Robillard (electric guitar/Gibson L-5), Robert Britt (Martin acoustic guitar, Fender Stratocaster), Cindy Cashdollar (slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass, Upright bass), Augie Meyers (Vox organ, Hammond B3, accordion), Jim Dickinson (keyboards, Wurlitzer electric piano, pump organ) and drummers Jim Keltner, Brian Blade and David Kemper.
The album Time Out Of Mind, which eventually emerged from these sessions, advanced to become a Dylan classic. Songs like “Love Sick,” “Can’t Wait” and “Not Dark Yet” became fan favorites. With “Make You Feel My Love,” Dylan even managed the feat of adding a new contemporary standard to the Great American Songbook. Countless artists, including Billy Joel, Neil Diamond or Adele, have covered this song. At the 1998 Grammy Awards, Time Out Of Mind won in the categories of “Album of the Year” and “Best Contemporary Folk Album.” Dylan also took the trophy in the “Best Male Rock Vocal Performance” category for “Cold Irons Bound.”

2CD SET

Disc 1

Love Sick
Dirt Road Blues
Standing in the Doorway
Million Miles
Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
‘Til I Fell in Love with You
Not Dark Yet
Cold Irons Bound
Make You Feel My Love
Can’t Wait
Highlands

Disc 2

The Water Is Wide (8/19/96, Teatro)
Red River Shore – version 1 (9/26/96, Teatro)
Dirt Road Blues – version 1 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)
Love Sick – version 1 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
Tryin’ to Get to Heaven – version 2 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)
Make You Feel My Love – Take 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
Can’t Wait – version 1 (1/21/97, Criteria Studios)
Mississippi – version 2 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
Standing in the Doorway – version 1 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)
Not Dark Yet – version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
Cold Irons Bound (1/9/97, Criteria Studios)
Highlands (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

DELUXE EDITION 5CD

Disc 1 - Original Album Remix

Love Sick
Dirt Road Blues
Standing in the Doorway
Million Miles
Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
‘Til I Fell in Love with You
Not Dark Yet
Cold Irons Bound
Make You Feel My Love
Can’t Wait
Highlands

Disc 2 - Outtakes and Alternates

The Water Is Wide (8/19/96, Teatro)
Dreamin’ Of You (10/1/96, Teatro)
Red River Shore – version 1 (9/26/96, Teatro)
Love Sick – version 1 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
’Til I Fell In Love With You – version 1 (10/3/96, Teatro)
Not Dark Yet – version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
Can’t Wait – version 1 (1/21/97, Criteria Studios)
Dirt Road Blues – version 1 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)
Mississippi – version 1 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
’Til I Fell In Love With You – version 2 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)
Standing In The Doorway – version 1 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)
Tryin’ To Get To Heaven – version 1 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)
Cold Irons Bound (1/9/97, Criteria Studios)

Disc 3 - Outtakes and Alternates

Love Sick – version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
Dirt Road Blues – version 2 (1/20/97, Criteria Studios)
Can’t Wait – version 2 (1/14/97, Criteria Studios)
Red River Shore – version 2 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)
Marchin’ To The City (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
Make You Feel My Love – take 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
Mississippi – version 2 (1/11/97, Criteria Studios)
Standing In The Doorway – version 2 (1/13/97, Criteria Studios)
’Til I Fell In Love With You – version 3 (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)
Not Dark Yet – version 2 (1/18/97, Criteria Studios)
Tryin’ To Get To Heaven – version 2 (1/12/97, Criteria Studios)
Highlands (1/16/97, Criteria Studios)

Disk 4 - LIVE VERSION

Love Sick (6/24/98, Birmingham, England)
Can’t Wait (2/6/99, Nashville, Tennessee)
Standing In The Doorway (10/6/00, London, England)
Million Miles (1/31/98, Atlantic City, New Jersey)
Tryin’ To Get To Heaven (9/20/00, Birmingham, England)
’Til I Fell In Love With You (4/5/98, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Not Dark Yet (9/22/00, Sheffield, England)
Cold Irons Bound (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)
Make You Feel My Love (5/21/98, Los Angeles, California) (Previously released on the “Things Have Changed” maxi-single)
Can’t Wait (5/19/00, Oslo, Norway)
Mississippi (11/15/01, Washington, D.C.)
Highlands (3/24/01, Newcastle, Australia)

Disk 5 - Previously Released Tell Tale Signs Tracks

Dreamin’ Of You – Tell Tale Signs (10/1/96, Teatro)
Red River Shore – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (1/19/97, Criteria Studios)
Red River Shore – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/8/97, Criteria Studios)
Mississippi – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (9/96, Teatro)
Mississippi – Tell Tale Signs, version 3 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)
Mississippi – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/17/97, Criteria Studios)
Marchin’ To The City – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
Marchin’ To The City – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/6/97, Criteria Studios)
Can’t Wait – Tell Tale Signs, version 1 (10/1/96, Teatro)
Can’t Wait – Tell Tale Signs, version 2 (1/5/97, Criteria Studios)
Cold Irons Bound – Tell Tale Signs, live (6/11/04, Bonnaroo Music Festival)
Tryin’ To Get To Heaven – Tell Tale Signs, live (10/5/00, London, England)

Streaming Site Details and Links

Apple Music

Apple Music Full Album - LINK

Full album will be available in Hi-Res Lossless format on AppleMusic

Spotify - Full Album LINK

Tidal - Full Album LINK

Qobuz - Full Album LINK (w/ 24.96 download for pre-sale_

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Update History

ORIGINAL VERSION, 11/17 - 1 AM (EST)
Apple Hi-Res Lossless added - 11/17 1:01 AM (EST)
YouTube Videos, Tidal Links, Engineer Details - 11/18 7:30 AM (EST)
More images, 10LP confirm on bd.com - 11/18 8:00 AM (EST)
Alt Text of overview added - 11/18 8:30 AM (EST)
Amazon pricing and pre-order links: 11/18 8:40 AM (EST)
Update with Official Press Release 11/18 9:00 AM (EST)
Added 10LP Deluxe LTD Data 11/18 9:30 AM (EST)
Update on Engineers 11/18 at 11:00 AM (EST)
Address press links 11/18 at 12:00 PM (EST)
Added link to Steven Hyden post: 11/18 at 5:00 PM (EST)
Added back cover images 11/19 at 9:00 AM (EST)

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This was some early content that was replaced as new info became available.

Official Release Text - Deluxe Edition

(translated via Google Translate from German, may be errors)

The new edition of Bob Dylan's bootleg series, Fragments - Time Out Of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 is available as a 5-CD deluxe box set and as a standard 2-CD or 4-LP version. The standard version contains the album Time Out Of Mind in a 2022 remix as well as twelve selected outtakes and alternative versions.

Volume 17 of the acclaimed Dylan series revisits and traces the creation of the masterpiece Time Out Of Mind, 25 years after it was first published. Starting with the previously unreleased song versions from the 1996 Teatro sessions with Dylan (vocals, guitar, piano), Daniel Lanois (guitar, organ), Tony Garnier (bass) and Tony Mangurian (drums, percussion) to (also unreleased) live recordings from the years 1998-2001.

In early 1996, Dylan, who had not released an album of original music since 1990's LP Under The Red Sky, began work on new songs. From August to October he went to Teatro Studio in Oxnard, CA with Daniel Lanois, who had produced his 1989 album Oh Mercy, to record demos for a possible new LP.

When the songs took shape in January of the following year, they moved to Criteria Studio in Miami/FL. The studio line-up expanded, and an illustrious mix of session musicians and members of Dylan's touring band arrived in Florida: Bucky Baxter (acoustic guitar, pedal steel), Duke Robillard (electric guitar/Gibson L-5), Robert Britt ( Martin acoustic guitar, Fender Stratocaster), Cindy Cashdollar (slide guitar), Tony Garnier (bass, double bass), Augie Meyers (Vox organ, Hammond B3, accordion), Jim Dickinson (keyboards, Wurlitzer e-piano, pump organ) and drummer Jim Keltner, Brian Blade, and David Kemper.

The album Time Out Of Mind that eventually grew out of those sessions became a Dylan classic. Songs like "Love Sick", "Can't Wait" or "Not Dark Yet" became fan favourites. With "Make You Feel My Love" Dylan even managed the feat of adding a new contemporary standard to the Great American Songbook. Countless artists, including Billy Joel, Neil Diamond and Adele, have covered this song. Time Out Of Mind won the 1998 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Folk Album. Dylan also picked up the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance trophy for Cold Irons Bound.

Disc 1 - Time Out of Mind (2022 Remix)
Here you will find the 11 tracks of the original album as 2022 remixes by Michael H. Brauer. As Steven Hyden notes in his liner notes, unlike the Lanois-effected originals, the songs on Time Out Of Mind now convey the intimate atmosphere in which they were recorded. Hyden also points out that the remixes are in no way intended to replace the Grammy-winning songs. Rather, it is a reinterpretation that takes a fresh look at an absolute masterpiece. The myth of the original album remains, Hyden says, but Fragments creates a closer connection between listener and musician.

Discs 2 and 3 - Outtakes and Alternates
These discs feature rare outtakes and alternative song versions. These include the four Dylan compositions "Dreamin' Of You", "Red River Shore", "Mississippi" (re-recorded for 2001's "Love & Theft") and "Marchin' To The City", which was not included on the 1997 album hear is. Disc 2 begins with "The Water Is Wide," another previously unreleased track. It's Dylan's interpretation of a folk song from Scotland, the area that also served as the inspiration for "Highlands," the final track on Time Out Of Mind.

Disc 4 – Bob Dylan live
The fourth disc brings together live versions of songs from Time Out Of Mind from 1998-2001, presented by Dylan and his touring band: Larry Campbell (guitar, mandolin, pedal steel and slide guitar), Bucky Baxter (pedal steel and slide guitar, 1998-1999), Charlie Sexton (guitar, 2000-2001), Tony Garnier (bass) and David Kemper (drums). All of the tracks on this disc are previously unreleased, with the exception of Make You Feel My Love (May 21, 1998), which previously appeared on the maxi-single Things Have Changed.

Disc 5 - Bonus Disc
As a special bonus for fans, Disc 5 brings together studio recordings of the four songs that didn't make the original Time Out Of Mind tracklist. There are also live versions of "Cold Irons Bound" and "Tryin' To Get To Heaven".
The 12 tracks on Disc 5 were previously featured on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006.

All the songs on Bob Dylan - Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 were written by Dylan, with the exception of the aforementioned "The Water Is Wide" (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan). The original sessions for Time Out Of Mind were produced by Daniel Lanois in association with Jack Frost Productions.

Alternate Official Text (US)

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy's highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series takes a fresh look at Time Out of Mind, Dylan's mid-career masterpiece, celebrating the album and its enduring impact 25 years after its original release on September 30, 1997. Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17 follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from intimate early incarnations in the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions through incandescent live renditions showcasing Dylan and his touring ensemble channeling the songs on-stage from 1998-2001.

Disc one premieres 2022 mixes, by Michael H. Brauer, of the eleven original recordings on Time Out of Mind, sounding more like how the songs came across when the musicians originally played them in the room.

Discs two and three are comprised of rare outtakes and alternate versions of songs written for Time Out of Mind including four original Dylan compositions--"Dreamin' of You," "Red River Shore," "Mississippi" (later re-recorded for "Love & Theft" in 2001) and "Marchin' to the City"--not included on the canonical 1997 tracklist. A fifth unreleased performance, Dylan's interpretation of "The Water is Wide," a traditional folk song of Scottish origin (and spiritual precursor of "Highlands," Time Out of Mind's epic closer) opens Disc Two.

Disc four presents songs from Time Out of Mind in a series of spectacular live performances from 1998-2001. All tracks on disc four are previously unavailable with the exception of "Make You Feel My Love" (May 21, 1998, Los Angeles).

As a bonus for fans, disc five brings together studio recordings of the four Dylan songs omitted from the original Time Out of Mind track list as well as exemplary live performances of "Cold Irons Bound" and "Tryin' To Get To Heaven." The twelve tracks on disc five were previously available on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs.

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