This box set cover image released by Columbia Records shows “Bob Dylan: The Best of the Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12.” (Columbia Records via AP)
This box set cover image released by Columbia Records shows “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection,” by Bruce Springsteen. (Columbia Records via AP)
This Box set cover image released by Atlantic Records shows “Aretha Franklin: The Atlantic Albums Collection.” These 16 CDs highlight Franklin’s explosive breakthrough with Atlantic in 1967 after years of struggling with Columbia, and continue through her more erratic output of the 1970s. (Atlantic via AP)It’s Christmas, so that must mean it’s time for batches of multi-disc musical box sets to come out. This year is no different than years past and here are some of the more-notable releases:
Bob Dylan, “The Cutting Edge 1965-66: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12” (Columbia/Legacy) $149.98
Bob Dylan stopped in mid-song while recording “Mr. Tambourine Man,” unhappy about the arrangement.
“The drumming is driving me mad,” he said. “I’m going out of my brain.”
Even Dylan himself was thrown by his 1965 switch from folk to rock. Fans were outraged, with feedback from concert crowds so negative drummer Levon Helm quit Dylan’s tour.