Get it while you can!

The limited edition 10 LP vinyl boxset of Dylan’s landmark Time Out Of Mind album (Bootleg Series Volume 17) quickly sold out when it was briefly available in 2022. I chose to instead get the 4 LP version, as the $230 price (plus tax and shipping) of the 10 LP version was more than I wanted to pay. But with the passage of time (unavoidable pun) I have come to deeply love the album---more and more with each listen, and regret having not sprung for the 10 LP set. 10 LPs for a single album?! I know, that sound excessive, but Time Out Of MInd is no ordinary album. "Not Dark Yet" takes me to a place few pieces of music do.

So when I received a promo email a few days ago announcing another pressing of the 10 LP box (available only on the Dylan website), I was very tempted to this time go for it. Today I received another email, this one offering the boxset with a 15% discount. That did the trick; money be damned, I just have to have it.

Two of the 10 LPs contain the original album, but remixed and mastered with Daniel Lanois’ dreadful production mess removed, a production Dylan has long expressed his displeasure with. Since Time Out Of Mind, Dylan has himself (under the pseudonym "Jack Frost") produced every one of his subsequent albums.

Six of the 10 LPs contain alternate takes and unreleased songs, and the final two LP’s contain live recordings of the Time Out Of Mind songs. Dylan had an amazing band on the Time Out Of Mind tour, and the live performances of the album are fantastic.

If you too regret not having gotten the 10 LP set, here’s your chance to rectify that decision. Don’t wait too long!