This release has very much exceeded my highest expectations for it, in terms of content if not necessarily presentation, and I've only listened to a few songs so far. THe packaging is reasonably high quality,with the glaring exception of the inexcusably cloudy / fuzzy resolution of some of the scans of the memorabilia / pic sleeves / certain photos.
The sound quality is nothing short of stunning. Absolutely breathtaking, really...
The rocked up Just Like A Woman is revelatory; as in jump out your skin REVELATORY.
The One Of Us Must Know session, as mentioned by the good captain, is mind blowing, with Paul Griffins' contribution somewhat other-worldly. Crawl Out Your Window's evolution across both the Highway 61 & November NYC sessions rewrites all of what I previously thought I may have known regarding its development over the preceding 6 months.
The set simply goes from strength to strength throughout, with each track I've heard so far offering manifold insights. Obviously Five Believers features some incendiary leads courtesy of Robbie Robertson, perfectly accented by Charlie McCoys mouth harp or bass harmonica or whatever....
Haven't really delved into the Bringing It All Back Home / Highway 61 sessions yet, though I did preview a few goes at Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence, which serve to essentially close the book on any debate as to the identity of the hottest guitarist ever to play on a Dylan session.
In consideration of the timeline covered by this set: January 1965 - March 1966 I'll venture that most any fan of 60's garage will find plenty to delve into across the 14 months of top shelf creativity presented across the 18 discs of the set.
