Ironically, we couldn’t rank the bootlegs (official or not, though we wanted to) or else this list would be well into the thousands. The criteria was simple: We ranked studio releases only (including movie soundtracks) or songs that Dylan played in concert more than 100 times. To honor the release, FTW ranked the 350-plus songs Dylan has put out in his career. This one - alternate takes, rehearsals and false starts from his mid-60s heyday - is one of the best collections of Columbia’s tremendous archival material from America’s greatest artist. It was originally published in November 2015.īob Dylan releases the 12th volume of his much-heralded Bootleg Series on Friday. EDITOR’S NOTE: Bob Dylan turns 80 today, so we thought we’d look back at this ranking of all 359 of his songs.
